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Wonder Comics 20 for sale, Schomburg airbrush cover, Frazetta art

Wonder Comics 20

What a sharp looking copy! Last German Cap war cover, and one of the best...

Book looks great, I believe it was listed on ebay within the last few months?

Here's a real common book. Bought last year, but just scanned... sorry for the poor quality scan... the book is much nicer (CGC 3.5) than it looks here. Outside of the obvious defect, it's quite nice.

 

 

I know it pre-dates it but that looks like the first Hulk cover appearence to me!

 

Great book!

"Mr. Fixit" prototype cover??

I agree, way cool!

Inexpensive copy has a detached cover and is missing a centerfold...but a book I've wanted for years so I'm happy!

Nice Torch 23!!

Did anyone here buy/see the Cap 28(?) in CGC 1.8 that ended yesterday at $400!?!?

Great pickups Andy and Jay!!

2 more lowgrades came in, both ones you just don't see often. The Baseball cover is one of the best Cole's in any genre I think.

That is pretty cool!

Major kudos to drbanner for a sweet Hulk 103 CGC 9.2. Almost impossible to find in ultra high grade. Thanks again.

Thanks for the seamless transaction...forum deals rule!

29 and afraid to turn 30. Is it a trend at a certain age to do away with the newer comics and find interest in the classics? Ever since I turned 25 and got a good job I've been buying tons of Golden age books and selling my moderns in which I have no interest in anymore. Strange.

That's a common occurrence around here, not strange at all!

Solid!!

Not to self: get mail before the wife does . . .

 

Yeah, I know what you mean. There's a reason I use my office as my shipping address...

 

Summer has been total covert ops for me...running to mail to get it first etc. Yes, when the school year starts Iove to get interschool e-mails stating..."a package came for you today"

You should hopefully be getting one of those soon...

whatchu talkin about willis?

I'm talking about the time you posted a book for sale here that I sold you like the day before that was sitting in my office right in front of me waiting for me to send it to you. That's what I'm talking about!

One suggestion.....wait until you actually receive the book before you flip it.

always!

Not!

 

"Hey fellas, need any High Grade CGC Spideys?"

So is it official, GMan is a flipper.

Gman's never been anything other than a flipper...I just hope he doesn't turn to Hulks or TTA's anytime soon!

Three days later and the book is, as sure as today will turn to night, offered for sale!

George - this is the "This week in your collection" thread, not the "Look what I bought to flip this week" thread!

Shout out to DrBanner for the sweet Spidey 25.

Back atcha, thanks for the BIN!

I'm already surprised at the price of the 83!!

It is tied for the highest graded copy though (and the only early HoS without a 9.4 or better copy on the census), so who knows? I was interested in the HoM 186 in 9.4, but it looks like it's on the soft side of the 9.4?

Magic tape is good, but repeated removal leaves a bit of tape residue on the bag. I may switch over to the "sticky color dots" pirate mentions above as they seem to be easier to put on/take off.

I also recommend fullbacks, but don't quite get the idea of using only an open top 4-mil Mylar as the top is open (duh?) to the atmosphere/elements/bugs? I've never seen books fit real snugly in those as the fit is tight at the bottom, but looser at the top, making the books appear a bit prone to twisting/warping.

Almost 3x guide! LIsted as VG, but obvious G+ at best due to sub crease. I have a low grade copy in the mail coming to me. I know its a tough book (Gerber 7?) but I am still shocked by that price.

unsane

I don't know - it's only about 40% over listed grade, and while I agree that G+ is probably more accurate than VG, it does seem to have decent eye-appeal. When the high bid is still only around $100, I think you find alot of bidders who don't worry about what the actual multiple is. When it comes to a book I've been looking a long time for, I know I'm much more likely to pay 3-5X guide when guide is only $30-$40 , than I would be if guide were already $100+.

I agree 100%. In fact, I love it when Guide is under $50 on a book I really want, because then I know I can pay $100+ and blow away bidders who are constrained by what a book says. Usually it ends up going for just a bit over guide anyway, unless there's someone else who really is attracted to the book.

 

I haven't bought an Overstreet in more than 5 years, and haven't opened mine in almost 2. I figure I'll pay what I'm comfortable paying, depending on how cool/scarce/needed the book is to me. All Guide does is keep me from getting books I really want or make me pay too much for books I really don't.

Agree totally, and Zonker and I had a similar discussion going down to Heroes Con trying to decide if it was worth it to lug around the guide. Most dealer's books aren't graded (only priced), and unless you find a missing coupon or other defect the dealer missed, you're not going to get him to lower his price b/c you disagree with his grade.

For GA books, it's not like there are 2-3 copies of a given book in a given grade available at any one time anyway, and for many books, only a couple of copies in the grade range you're looking for are going to come on the market in any one year.

Awesome, sweet pickup mike. What did that beauty set you back?

 

cheers

Thanks, the Suspense set me back an undisclosed amount.

Wow! Nice pickups! Did you spot any other decent Cole stuff there? Any nice Blue Bolts?

There were quite a few Cole books there, but I don't think there were any high grade Blue Bolts. However, there were lots and lots of lower grade Cole books of all varieties, many in real low grade.

Next up is a book I've really been on the lookout for over the last year or two. There were two copies at the show and after inspecting the first one without pulling the trigger, I wandered around at several other booths with the thought of rushing back to pick it up in the back of my head. Then...I spotted this copy, and my patience was rewarded.

I was able to add two Cole books to the collection this weekend at Heroes Con, and as luck has it, neither are posted in the Cole Library thread. Let's fix that...first up, Contact Comics #3, a cool WWII dogfight cover: