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4 hours ago, szavisca said:

Big upgrade for me here with my favorite Baker St. John book thanks to a most gracious and patient boardie.  This one is on its way back to me now as a CGC 7.0... but the scans CGC took don't do it justice (probably never gonna give them my 5$ for that again)...so here's the raw pic before I sent it in.  Probably one of the glossiest books I've held in hand, looks like it was just painted and is still waiting to dry.

congrats on a beautiful copy ---- and maybe it's just me..as I've not read it previously but what's up with creepy 5 fingers plus thumb? 

15 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Nice flat square bound.  Looks 5.0ish to me, depending on the spine.  Possible there's a bit of damage in a couple of spots? 

yes - a tear in the back cover and 4 additional pages - I was thinking it was a great looking 3.5 - so far the first opinion is a 3.0 

Howdy - here's one I haven't seen on these pages for quite a while... I posted in the Buddy Can You Spare a Grade - please chime in if you have time. thanks 

Hi friends,

Does anybody have thoughts on books that have tears through multiple pages? 

I have a structurally sound square bound book - but there are some tears through the back cover and 4 pages

All thoughts are much appreciated. 

a neat range of books here - and I love how you did your layout!  

clearly, I have more to learn on how to make an efficient thread.

an odd response indeed - but... 

he may be wanting to thwart someone from taking his scans and 'reprinting' them as an unpublished story. 

if he doesn't have the technical skills to add a digital watermark - he could place a piece of paper covering up a portion of each page.
This could protect his concerns and give you some assurance of the quality and their existence 
(you could also ask him to take a picture with the current date handwritten so you know the pictures to be new) 

WOW WOW WOW 

this is (one reason) why I'm selling books.... I need to start buying more like this!

glwts 

Bizarre Near Set $2500.   17 out of 23 issues --- this is what it cost me to assemble these over the last 6 years. These are the original digest size.

half the value is in issue 6, 10 and 14

this lot may not fit here so let me know if I should pull it and put it on ebay. but thought it might be worth introducing this artist to fellow GGA fans 

While not full of illustrations - the ones that are in here will knock your socks off!
I'm happy to send more photos through Private Message 

Bizarre magazine began in late 1945, "while Coutts was living in Canada.[1] He published the magazine under the pseudonym of John Willie a name he kept for the duration of his career. Willie was introduced to the American fetish underground by Charles Guyette and later worked with Irving Klaw
the infamous BDSM merchandiser later charged with obscenity but he is best known for his fetish cartoon character Sweet Gwendoline
which he drew in a clear censored to U89 in some editions the raven-haired dominatrix who ties up Gwendoline and Sir Dystic d'Arcy
the only prominent male character and probably a parody of Willie himself.[6] Sweet Gwendoline was published as a serial in Robert Harrison's mainstream girlie magazine Wink from June 1947 to February 1950.

Bizarre was published at somewhat irregular intervals from 1946 to 1959

and while no original art exists from Willie - as he burned it all himself - I do have a dozen pages of PMT (photo mechanical transfer) art of Sweet Gwendoline - that came directly from the Irving Klaw estate if anybody is interested let me know

Diary Secrets 26.  $1400.    not sure how to price this one... if you have an undercopy to trade I'd be very open to talking 
MpGHA -- Great Horse Art

Presents very well front the front - especially if you like date stamps -  too bad the back cover has a small piece out and major discolouration
Tear on right side of cover 

Bottom staple detached at the centrefold 

5 on census

Weird Tales from the Future $320

huge tear on across the front cover and a smaller tear along the bottom of the spine 

simply great art 

Wartime Romances 14.    $245

hard to see the small tear on the back cover and the tape pull - so look at the pics closely or ask for more - I'm happy to add some. 

Untamed Love 4 $75

The Illusion of Rapture - House of Torment and Treacherous Desire all in one issue!

TipTop Comics52.  1936.     $50

hard to see on the scan but there is tape from top to bottom on the spine and facing edge and even more on the bottom 

I think I'll reread these Tarzan pages now. 

Teenage Temptations 4      $220

Obviously not in great shape but a harder one from the title in my experience. 
miscut - ragged edge, small piece out of cover -  staples are somehow holding on. 

Teenage Romances 1     $900
one of my top 5 favourite covers - I'll just have to be happy with my undercopy for if this one sells. 
priced higher than GPA - but I was surprised to see that

Strange as it seems   2  $200

1939 .  Only 2 on census - oddball backcover that is the same as the front cover

Single Series 2   -- 1939 -- larger size

$125

Romantic Marriage 18     $140    

Here's a chance to pick up the only 1 on census

Crippen Copy - not sure who the artist but it's good. 

Reform School Girl     ---- $900

Entry level copy - hard to get this one in any condition under $1000

nice - Normdamarine picks up Pysco 3 - which I think was my first CGC book I bought for $25 - and the Iron Man as a bonus. 

Thanks 

Realistic Romances 8.   $140

Realistic Romances 7 $175

Psycho 3.   $25

love this cover but I'm out of wall space

Planet Comics 67        $65

Planet Comics 55       $90