miraclemet

The Teen Comics 35 exhibits similar markings to the 2 examples I posted. The seller says it comes with a cert. I bet its a legit Okajima. now that Im looking I see the markings, and you're right it does look like your 50s era examples!

Just did a look up. All New #11 would be from '46 (maybe super late'45) . So its possible since this would be post-camp (thus no -script, no code) and I think there were some books in this in between time (later books all have the distributor code) that dont have any markings... let me look. Odds are better since its a 45/6 book.

I think he means if you have a scan/photo of your possible Okajima book to post it...

seriously doubt it. The '44 books were camp books and they have all had the same marking types. Unfortunately, I doubt there'd be one different book in the middle of the other identical books. The camp books vary in condition, though I havent seen any THAT low (G-). Though I've seen some in VG+ condition or FN-ish.

Here's one that was on the market at Worldwide being sold as a raw VF+++, the scan on the right is the prior slab it was in at some point in the past.

Its a book from mid 1950. the 1950 books were some with distributor marks, some without... I kinda doubt it is an Okajima since it is so different contentwise than her other books.

Regarding the MightyJohn SS complaint. If I had been his SS an gotten his "wish list" and I had something in my collection that matched his wants/loves but the slab had a small crack, I'd have sent it as a gift. Maybe I would include a little "sorry the slab has a crack but I thought you'd love the book" note... Secret Santa has a $15 floor. A slab, even one with a crack, exceeds that. Now if the book DIDN'T line up with TMJ's want list... Then yeah it looks more like a "use SS to dump stuff you can't sell" move. I did enjoy gift guardians response to it al

ok information from the episode of "The Incurable Collector" definitely a camp book Superman #29 (august 1944)"5/4/1944" on cover possible Worlds Finest #9 (march 1943) though the shot doesnt show the pedigree markings).

Wasnt end of year the deadline for this getting done? Anyone know if BLB has completed the transaction?

I would assume there are distribution restrictions on unreleased pilots, especially since they are owned in full by the network that ordered them. And I'd assmue the network would retain those distribution rights, or at best they'd revert to the production company that created the pilot. So I cant see how the answer here would be anything but no.

Let's get HusTruck in here. the irony is, this is the thread where most of his comments SHOULD be, instead of in the sales threads...

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=78&Number=7314701&Searchpage=1&Main=325309&Words=&topic=0&Search=true#Post7314701 I never understood this. You are already on the internet (on this message board) its a hop skip and a jump to a million sources of information about a) the retail price of this book b) the cost of this book elsewhere (like amazon) c) the cost of this book used (ebay or half.com prices) why ask?

send him a 3% fee back for "receiving costs"

thems the one! I get that it was meant as a joke (I guess), but thought it might actually be confusing to either the buyer or seller since they are new, and pirate was so matter of fact about his statement. but according to him I should *spoon* myself. I though he was serious (why I came here and asked initially)... Don't worry about it. According to Pirate, everyone should go *spoon* themselves. glad I made my stripes then!

thems the one! I get that it was meant as a joke (I guess), but thought it might actually be confusing to either the buyer or seller since they are new, and pirate was so matter of fact about his statement. but according to him I should *spoon* myself. I though he was serious (why I came here and asked initially)...

good gravy the level of butt hurt just went from zero to 100...

Did I miss a rule being passed that there's a 100 post minimum to buy in the marketplace?

someone pulled one of my pet peeves a few nights back... Seller listing some GA Archies... guy comes in and says "If you have an Archie 50 :takeit:" now I dont think the seller would have even come close to honoring that move if he was going to list an Archie 50. but I do wish a seller would call out a buyer when they do this, list the book they're claiming and price tag it 50x market and try to hold the buyer to their claim... I dont have a problem if someone asks about a book (i.e. "Archie 50?"), but throwing up the pre-emptive on a book sans grade or price? I think they're asking for a douchenozzling!

Is it worth scanning reader copies of Bronze age ASMs for sale, or will they sell just as easily via a list with a grade. 99% will grade as VG+ to Fn- a few are G/VG is it worth the time to scan? these are gonna be blown out in the $1-3 range

Yup. A few here are getting completely out of hand, and becoming a bigger problem than the azz hat sellers they're fired up about. do you think it should even be talked about here? (really asking, not sure if you guys are talking about comments being made in the sales threads, or over here)

he's asking double what GPA says a slabbed 4.0/4.5 is worth. Im guessing his logic is a press could magically up it to a 6.0 which GPA has at ~$800, so he's asking $800.

link please I's freezing here tonight... anyone else cold? how bout you Mr? no? thats batty! Wait.... what. my subtlety has gone over one head... hope another 120 people dont join him... 121 is a lot of people not to get it Got it. I was just looking at that and thought there was no way that book was worth that much raw. If it went from it's advertised 4.0/4.5 ($400 GPA for a SLABBED copy) up to a full 6.0 it would be worth the asking price... again IF it was slabbed. I never understood the logic. Raw book in a grade worth $400 but with a press it might be worth $800 so let me ask $800... what buyer in their right mind would take that risk? If it's worth the effort of pressing why doesnt the initial seller press it? If they want the $800 value they should be the one to get it to that condition! but again, as I say.. sellers get to ask whatever they want for a book. as long as they are cool with having no chance in hades of making a sale.

link please I's freezing here tonight... anyone else cold? how bout you Mr? no? thats batty! Wait.... what. my subtlety has gone over one head... hope another 120 people dont join him... 121 is a lot of people not to get it

link please I's freezing here tonight... anyone else cold? how bout you Mr? no? thats batty!

Someone has a nice strategy for lowballers... offer books at TWICE GPA (and its a raw at that!) and when someone comes in and offers 50% of what you're asking... you come out a winner!