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Agreed... I dont have an issue with him citing that sales data on the 3.0...its the cherry picking of the $400 sale of the 2.5 that seems leading... (and as a side note, do people bump value between OW and OW/W? I guess I've only really noticed people paying "top market" for white pages, and below that grade being less decisive between the whimsical differences between OW and OW/W... now Cream is another matter...

I'm new to GPA but I mean come on. The $315 sale for a 4.0 was not all that recent. October is what, five months. And a 3.0 sold two months ago for $385. Is it over priced? Yes, but only by like $50. Im fine with it being its price, just dont use GPA as a way to convince the buyer that your price is market representative if you arent going to use the data evenly. He makes a point to mention the (not most recent) sale of a 2.5 for $400...but doenst mention that the last sale of a 2.5 was was $340 (which I think still supports his price for a well presenting copy) So he is just cherry picking highest sales to justify his price. And October is not all that long ago... I wouldnt have batted an eye if he'd just said 90 day GPA for the grade is ____, but he cherry picked price points to convince the seller of something. Pick a point (90 day, 12 month, last sale) and stick with it.

Well I hope I don't get smacked for "bashing" but we have another case of "selective GPA use" http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7588350&Main=336249#Post7588350 Funny he doesn't mention that a 4.0 recently sold for $315... If he just made his case that it was a great presenting 3.0 (which it is) and thus his premium asking price...

Thanks for sharing! Those Avon and Charlton titles are great, and still very affordable when they come up in auctions. I had my eye on a few early ones in CLINK last month, but was holding out hope for the Space Western... now alas, this month there's nary a GA Sci-Fi cover in CLINK...

Just arrived from last months CLINK auction. I've been on the look out for a Stan Lee SS that was priced under the "cost to create" amount for a Stan Lee book (at minimum $150 or so thru DWC for a non-modern book). So I had my eye on this book. Ended up getting it for $141 total out the door, so I felt good on the price, espcially considering that it was on a Golden Age Sci-Fi cover, and one of my favorite pre-hero Tales of Suspense covers ever. I love the reds and yellows in the cover, and the contrasting grey people running in horror. One question; while the aliens have advanced flying saucer technology, and some sort of laser guns and translator technology... they still have to climb down a ROPE LADDER to get out of their saucer? I kid, but I do also love that this is an older Stan Lee signature (2009 was 5 years ago man!) so Stan was not quite in "autograph churn factory" mode, and still took the time to sign his full name, with a legible "L" in Lee and either placed it well, or stayed in the window box. And luckily it was a medium tip sharpie, not those fat tips he uses now that just creates a blob of silver. Now I've got my Stan signature I can move on to other targets. I missed out on a Space Western #43 copy (in 7.0). Sold for $231, which was past my $200 target. The 7.0 is second highest, but I just couldnt get a bead on a reasonable price for the copy since the only public sales were a pedigree 9.6 ($900) and a 4.0 for $65 back in 2010. Based on values of surrounding issues (42 and 44) that had sales of a 6.5 at $100 and the harder to find #44 had a 6.0 sale at $278, I thought low to mid $200s was right, but I had someone bidding against me, and I decided to just bail out and go after other Sci-fi books in upcoming auctions. Really targeting the $200 mid-grade copies, so trying to stick to my budgetary guns.

Officially no... But be very careful how you handle it as a ton can go wrong : Books in bad shape Not enough to cover requests Etc Gl! +1

Wayne's a good guy and a good seller. Buy with confidence!

4 total on census, and there's the highest. Heck there hasnt even been a recorded sale on GPA!

oceanavekid; understand that this community doesnt take very well to misrepresentation of interest for the sake of profit. In the past we've had major blow ups when someone begged and pleaded to buy a book, begged and pleaded more to get a price down below the listed price, made claims about it "going in his collection forever" and so on... only to see it end up for sale a few days/weeks (or far less sometimes) later. We've also had a relatively new member come in, take some PIF offerings, beg for some books at below market rates (availing themselves to members senses of charity) and then "get out of comics" a month later trying to sell everything all in one lump on ebay. And let's not forget about the 12 year old. So understand that while all you did is what you did, the other members here have experienced a wide range of less than stand up behavior in the past that makes them/us a bit jaded and suspicious.

Show 'em if you got 'em. Here's mine, also not high grade (VG+ish) but lovely subject matter

Consoling my loss of a few different auctions on HA, CLINK and eBay I found solace in the forums. In a coincidence, this undercopy was available because the seller had out bid me on a sweet 7.0 copy a few weeks ago. Space Squadron #2 Another of the short run Atlas Sci-Fi titles. Five issues in this short run. A George Tuska cover (who actually did all of the covers for the series and a ton of the interior art along with Sol Brodsky). Apparently this title is something of a Tom Corbett, Space Cadet-rip off.

Had a Golden Age Sci-Fi lot arrive from HA today. While the books were all as described, I do so wish that HA would provide scans of all the books in the lot... but all the same Im happy to have a batch of fun Sci-Fi books. Seems like lots are usually more affordable than single books on HA. Flying Saucers #nn Just realized that what I thought were paper tears (on the S and the C in Saucer in the title) is really nothing more than dirt that seems to be easily coming off. Atomic Age Combat #6 Love the colors on this one, though dont love the couple of little stains. There's also a small tear at the main character's neck that goes all the way through. Strange Journey 4 Again nice colors Speed Carter Spaceman 5 Hard to find, but well beat. Wish HA would have noted the cover writing. Now for the two books I was really interested in when I bought the lot... Captain Rocket #nn Always love a nice "bubble helmet" cover. Just a great rocket ship cover. and the piece de resistance Speed Carter Spaceman #6 nice colors, no major creases across the image, nice OW pages... Love this Joe Maneely cover.

thanks! the good news, what I thought was originally paper loss on the title of the cover (on the S and the C in saucers) is really just dirt that I'm currently removing! though

Had a Golden Age Sci-Fi lot arrive from HA today. While the books were all as described, I do so wish that HA would provide scans of all the books in the lot... but all the same Im happy to have a batch of fun Sci-Fi books. Flying Saucers #nn Atomic Age Combat #6 Love the colors on this one, though dont love the couple of stains. Strange Journey 4 Again nice colors Speed Carter Spaceman 5 Now for the two books I was really interested in when I bought the lot... Captain Rocket #nn Always love a nice "bubble helmet" cover. and the piece de resistance Speed Carter Spaceman #6 nice colors, no major creases across the image, nice OW pages...

Had a Golden Age Sci-Fi lot arrive from HA today. While the books were all as described, I do so wish that HA would provide scans of all the books in the lot... but all the same Im happy to have a batch of fun Sci-Fi books. Flying Saucers #nn Atomic Age Combat #6 Love the colors on this one, though dont love the couple of stains. Strange Journey 4 Again nice colors Speed Carter Spaceman 5 Now for the two books I was really interested in when I bought the lot... Captain Rocket #nn Always love a nice "bubble helmet" cover. and the piece de resistance Speed Carter Spaceman #6 nice colors, no major creases across the image, nice OW pages...

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One of my favorite titles from the 50s.

Say you're Charlton, and you have a Western title that's losing steam, while your Sci-Fi line is doing well... what do you do? You do this: Beat but complete. With some tape and some tears. But it's mine. My favorite cover from the short lived (6 issues) revamping of the Western Comics line into SPACE WESTERN COMICS!

Thats a beautiful Lantern! (and if anyone is looking for a Milestone's Green Goblin statue I'm selling one over on eBay right now... started the aution at $0.99 Id certainly rather see it go to a CGC message boardie!

Got caught up in some bidding on HA tonight... and now I (happily) have these headed to me Atom Age Combat #5 (not pictured); Captain Rocket #1; Flying Saucers #1 (1950); Speed Carter Spaceman #4 and 6 (not pictured), and Strange Journey #4 I missed on a mid-grade Captain Rocket a few months back, and I love the Speed Carter books... so I cant wait to see them in hand.

Has anyone interacted with Flash105 since his sales thread in January? I bought from him and have been trying to consummate the deal ever since. PMs have gone unread. He's not a new member, just one that comes and goes with some gaps in time... Anyone?

Not high grade by any means but finally got one. My favorite cover of the short lived Space Western line.

Super excited that this book is on the way... It's a beater, but so hard to find I had to jump on the one that popped onto eBay. A strange 6 issue mash-up of two genres. Issue #40 is my favorite due to the extreme prominence of both the western and space/sci-fi theme. Before issue #40 it was just the western title Cowboy Western Comics by Charlton, and after issue #45, it returned to its original title.

Time for another cover. This is Planet #71 with a Maurice Whitman cover. It is the best. Planet Comics in general are awesome, but #71? It looks like some combination of Steranko, Dave Stevens and Heaven. I don't even understand everything that's going on with that space suit, but it's awesome. Like best space suit from the 50s awesome. The mix of colors on the suit, that contrast with the colors of space. Knee pads, Self Propulsion, a ray gun. Air tanks, some sort of hand held rocket to throw/aim at people. There's great detail in the spacecraft below (see the guy in restraints on the examining table? Is that New York City being towed into space off on the right? It looks like someone wrapped the Statue of Liberty for transport! I wish my work scanner was better... After buying a few CGC 2s and a few 4s, I definitely think 4s are my threshold. Less than that and the condition is distracting from the book/cover image. Lesson learned.

I do enjoy the art on the covers, But something about the layout, the oversized Title taking up the top 1/3 of the book, the fact that they border it all out (rather than just having the title overlay the larger cover art it all seems repetitive to me. And thus a bit monotonus. The art INSIDE the space on the cover is beautiful, some of the most amazing rendered Sci-Fi images around, but the design of the covers leave me lacking.