PeterPark

Tried to get on stlcomics.com to talk about variants but it seems largely inactive now... Also, IMHO, this thread is not for foreign editions. :shrug:

I'm not seeing it with these.

Have purchased higher end books multiple times and Anthony always comes through. If I'm happy, you'd be happy too (thumbs u

IMHO :shrug: I think the census backs that up too...haven't checked it in a while...

But no 13? Never the 13...

It was a nice copy. I was not overly surprised by that sale. :shrug:

In the wild? In the wild. In a box 20 people sifted through before me. Isn't that awesome?? I pulled an X-Men 107 35 center out of a box at a show in Maryland at 3 PM. The best feeling. Don't let the VCC escape without giving someone a chance...and find some westerns...

Never saw the flash 92 before...want that book now...cool.

crazy $$$, right?!?

These blow my mind. Not sure how I missed this but I will find some! haha...

because i don't have the money to invest in slabbing. i'm always cash poor. if i find some book in a dollar box and i can flip it for $20-$40 even if it has $250 upside in a slab, i usually take it Also its not as easy as some here make it out to be. Most people don't talk about their 9.2s,9.4s, or even 9.6s they thought were 9.8s until they got them back.Please keep that in mind. Along with the fact there is a time frame involved here. You have to have access, cash, knowledge, time, resources, and a little bit of luck to pull those 9.8s. I know sometimes reality is a tough sell here, but there is a lot of BS that floats around here from egos. Some of you new posters read all this stuff and go "Oh yeah I can do this" until you try it for more then a few books. If it was easy there wouldn't be that much money involved in them because there would be more slabs.(Cues the testimonies from guys making a killing and they are new at doing it. ) Which is why I've never listed a raw here as a 9.8, just as something that potentially could make that grade. Of course, I've never sought more than the going ebay rate for a raw NM for any sort of book like that either. Although the two times I sold on ebay where I thought it had a good shot of making a 9.8, they did, in fact, come back as 9.8s and the buyers wound up having $250 books for their $65 purchases. i had no real money in either, so I was happy to make the loot and even happier I happened to be right. I don't grade books (read, get them CGC graded) because I prefer raw books. When ever anything gets near uber high grade, I cap it at "9.6-9.8". I just listed an Astonishing Tales 25 this way. Looks basically perfect but CGC perseveres to find something to mark down and you can't catch everything. Is it a deal at the price I have it up for if its a 9.8? Yes. CGC 9.6? Not bad. Less? Maybe not so great, but its not full CGC price and its a lot less than CGC minues grading fees. I don't invest the kind of money to grade all the books I want to sell. And I don't have the time either. I'm happy to let someone else figure that out while I buy the books I want and keep them raw. By the by, there are still a lot of high grade books out there that are not graded... I hope every book I sell gets a grade better than I sold it for. Don't sell it if you aren't happy with the price you get and you can't go wrong... :shrug:

No, I buy price variants, whitman variants, newsstand variants, and the occasional foreign variant (thumbs u

If only there was a copy for sale in my Gold/Silver/Bronze sales thread Ok that was shameless. But honestly, I'd rather keep the book. I am very happy to be in this club! Doctor Stephen!

I don't think that book would've gone for much less.

Are people still looking for this book? I had a high grade copy of 1 and 2 for sale but it seemed like none of the usual speculators came out to cash in on a good deal...haha

I hadn't heard Inhumans 1 was hot...I knew about FF 45...

No such thing as terrible pictures of Timelys! All-Select #1 It was sold to me as a cap "in the 20's" so try to imagine my surprise when I looked up "the mystery of the human bats"! I was ecstatic...my first legitimate Golden Age key!

Nice find. 14 is a great cover. What else was in that garage...

I tried for a while but photobucket has completely failed me... here goes nothing... APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR THE TERRIBLE PICTURES!!! and even though they're low grade...believe me, you can't go wrong for the price! MMC 21 missing first two wraps and maybe CF? USA 9 missing first two wraps :shrug: All-Select 1 coverless Daring 10 pages with Namor, Human Torch, Angel Venus 16 incomplete but with cover :shrug:

picked up some Timely pieces today... I was quite pleased when I determined which books they belonged to: All-Select Comics 1 Daring Comics 10 Marvel Mystery Comics 21 USA Comics 9 Also picked up a Venus 16 and an Amazing Mysteries 32. Fun stuff.

This is all a lot of good information and an enjoyable read! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

Yes, they did ... though this being Superior, you have to separate the reprints from the original material. Best I can see quickly, they published: Total (Reprint and Original): 25 series for 122 issues BUT the Original series were few: 16 issues of Love and Marriage 24 issues of My Secret Marriage 27 issues of Secret Romances so a total of 67 original Romance comics from Superior. So did I find something tough with secret romances 1? I'd never seen it before...

Alright, alright, eBay says the Love Tales is nothing special but I haven't seen many Secret Romances around...did Superior publish many romance titles?

When I saw the booth on Friday I was like wow...that's a impressive booth. I tend to stay away from booths like that. The costs of the books will give me a nose bleed. Not saying the books weren't fabulous I just don't want to look at the price associated with it. Aren't conventions supposed to be about deals anyway? I mean, I get that some stuff is priced high to keep drawing eyes but...aren't conventions supposed to be about deals anyway? Haha...

Alright, they're not turtles but I did pick up some very cool lower grade Baker St. John romance books...