Westy Steve

I think this is a straight up “good”. Golden age EC goodness. Haunt of Fear #27. If I recall correctly this one has a marijuana reference in it, but I could be wrong. $100 shipped

Hey guys the terms of this sale is that shipping is included. US sales only. PayPal goods and services payment preferred. Chronological first offer received with an I’ll take it, an agreement in a PM or by carrier pigeon gets the book. Also if someone indicates they wish to purchase the book but does not follow through with payment within 24 hours by PayPal then the book will go back up for sale. First book: Betty & Veronica 320. First Cheryl Blossom. I think this is a VG...would be a fine but missing a couple small pieces top of front cover. $110

Another Noob Question: So, I was corresponding with somebody who mentioned the concept of Art being “fresh to market“. I follow what that means, but generally what qualifies as fresh to market? How long does Art need to stay out of circulation to qualify?

Thanks. And you're right. I figured out a way to move some money around to fix it.

Hey guys, I have a 15 second question and I figured I could get an answer here. I paid down my Paypal credit account in anticipation of a large purchase. Now I find that the seller doesn't take paypal. I seem to recall it was possible to send a check from paypal, but I'm not seeing that option. I see they have a thing called Xoom that will allow me to send cash to Walmart, however I checked and they don't give an option of funding from my credit account. How can I use my line of credit to send someone funds for a purchase? Thanks for any help, Steve

Thanks for this well-thought-out post. I see the merits of it and I’ll try to follow it. One of my complications is that I have so many other collecting interests that would starve if I solely feed my art habit. The good news is that I’m pretty good at collecting things in general, meaning I tend to do a lot of research and stay patient so I don’t overspend on junk that I’ll regret. I know what you mean about how sometimes spending an extra $50 Can mean the difference between a good collectible and a great collectible, though an extra $50 doesn’t go as far in art. It’s good advice to bone up on newer and emerging artists. My interest is not just solely Comic art, I like illustration art, which thankfully is cheaper, but your concepts still apply. For what it’s worth, I do have at least a dozen convention sketches that would be considered “great” by today’s standards simply because I collected them more than 20 years ago. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll ever sell those. I’ve started posting those on CAF. Thanks for the info. Gives me a lot to think about and refine my strategy. Steve

No, but I feel like I’m trying to swim in the deep end of the collectibles pool. Everything is so expensive

Gorgeous!

Ha, I just bought a vintage western and was sorely disappointed with it. Advertised as a VG minus, but it can’t be any better than good. There was writing on the back of it that was covered with a sticky note the same color as the book! I bought it because the art was done by Boris Vallejo. And because I’m waiting for Delivery on this prelim.

Good God! I chase some artwork for a little while and you guys are going bananas here.

As a new collector, or arguably an old dabbler turned serious, I’m ordering art online for the first time. Before now I obtained art in person. Anyway, I’ve noticed that no matter how detailed the pictures of the artwork are, or how much I look at the pictures before the piece is delivered, seeing the artwork for the first time with my own eyes has a much stronger impact on me. Seems that every time I open the package I can’t wait to show the new art to my wife and kids. Seems like it always looks better in person.

Yeah. I’m gathering up the ones that are in loose hands. I don’t understand why stuff from McGinnis sells for 10 to 15 times more. Back in the day, Maguire drew women with curves. No worries though. I’m on the hunt for some fun paperbacks. I’ll report back later when I gather them up.

Sweet! Thanks! Where did you find that oblique picture? I looked on a bunch of sites for a better picture...the book is kind of rare. I have been to the ends of the Internet trying to solve a mystery and you just provided the last piece of the puzzle. I should have outlined why I was asking but didn’t want to bias the responses. I just bought the prelim below after two evenings of searching in advance of the purchase for its origin without luck. But this evening using some death-defying googling skill I ran across that book. I was pretty sure it was a match to this new purchase:

Hey guys I’ve been doing some sleuthing .Does this look like Robert Maguire art to you? I have reason to believe that it is. Book was printed in 1988.

Regarding your first point, there’s some thing to consider. One of my cheapest hobbies is astronomy. Back when I first started astronomy, I would buy magazines that would highlight three or four once-in-a-lifetime events or once in a millennia astronomical event. I would always kill myself to see them because I knew I’d never get another chance. But eventually it occurred to me that they there was always once-in-a-lifetime events going on because the universe is a big place. So what I’m saying is in the universe of art for sale there is always going to be another must have, one of a kind, item just around the corner. The art universe is populated by one-of-a-kind items. And to add to that, my own pot of hobby money is finite. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I bought something cool only to see something way cooler offered to me that I then couldn’t afford to buy because I just spent all my money. Of cours over time I’ve learned to be more patient and shop harder. But my point is there is a universe of one-of-a-kind items but your money is finite. Don’t get pushed around.

My best stuff is the items I stretched to buy. I know it’s common sense, but If the piece in question is better than the stuff you have in your collection, then buy it and fund it by selling lesser pieces. If you do it right, you only temporarily loaned yourself the money to buy it or at least brought the price down to a reasonable level.

You guys are bringing it!

I have an answer for that. I’ll lower the bar. I’m just getting started in serious acquisition after barely dabbling in it. I’m a paperback book collector and one of the great artists from the 50’s and 60’s was Robert Maguire. He got out of the book cover game for a while like the late 60’s to do greeting cards and then came back and did mostly romance covers. He passed away in 2005 and I think his stuff is inexpensive right now because there is a glut of it in the market as most of his final works are being absorbed. So I bought this painted prelim for what seemed a bargain price and I really like it. The style is Gothic If that sounds a lot like Batman’s “Gothos”cover, it’s the same style.

Good God, y’all are scaring me. Sounds like the sellers have most of the power. If I ever clash swords with sellers without integrity, they are dead to me. It doesn’t matter what they have in the future. Likewise when I find a good seller I try to let people know. Sounds like it might be a good idea to have a long enough/diverse enough want list such that you can always find reasonably priced items.

11 months? I guess I have to hand in my fez.

Wow! That’s stunning! After forcing myself to tear my eyes away from her, I noticed interesting details in the rest of the drawing. Very nice piece!

Hey guys. Us pulp and vintage paperback collectors share one little thread in the Golden Age section of this forum that we use as a subforum to share pictures of our collected vintage paperbacks, pulps and related vintage publications. It has come to light that some of us also collect or are starting to collect vintage illustration art...mostly cover art from paperback and pulps. I also know there are at least a couple collectors of video game art here on this forum. I’m not sure how many of us there are but I think some of us “fringe art collectors” would enjoy showing our artwork here in this thread if it doesn’t get the boot. What say you? Steve

Lol. Damonwad, Since I’m still fresh from the factory if there’s any advice that I can give I’d be happy to provide it. My one piece of unsolicited advice is “be picky”. Try to find books that have more than just a sexy cover on it, look for important authors or higher grade or scarcity too.

OMG! I’m not the new guy anymore?

I love that cover. Showed it to my wife and joked about it