Action252Kid

That is extremely cool!

See that's what I'm thinking. At first, I thought that I might've been buying these from the original family (the seller was located in the right general area), then I was told the story about them being given to a great aunt years ago, but I suspect these could've actually come from that estate sale. Of course, if these were somehow tied to that mysterious 3rd buyer, you'd think that there are (or at least were) more of them, but I was told that this was everything.

Wow, that is awesome! Is there a picture online of the Red Dragon? I have a few issues that fit right into portions of the titles that she was buying. My Captain Marvel Adventures #30 ("Okajima" on cover, no date or code) would be after the Captain Marvel 28 ("Okajima" only), and just before the Captain Marvel 31 ("Okajima" plus date & code), so that would maybe help show the cutoff between just the name on the cover and when they had the name/date/code. I have the Sensation Comics #34 as well, which came from the same source, but unfortunately it had no markings on it -- so I'm not sure yet if CGC will certify it as an Okajima. It fits right in there (she had #30, 32, 35), and it had the same look as the other coded ones from the period, but I'd understand if it couldn't get the pedigree status (that's one I'd just keep if that happened, since I'm convinced it is one).

I think I saw some sort of a list within this thread, but it could've been many pages back. It would be cool to see the earliest coded book to see if it was "1A" or something to that effect. It seemed like the older (1943) issues had the name but no "code", but I'm not sure if that is consistent across the collection or just what I happened to see. I have a few more at CGC right now, and I gave Heritage a couple of them. The coolest one (in my opinion) is the Superman #26, since it's a WWII themed cover - that one (from Jan '44) has just the name but no codes. Planet (Nov '43) was just name/no codes. Detective 81 (Nov '43) was just name/no codes. Action 71 (April '44) had date/name/code of "2K".

I was the seller on all of these. I bought a small group of them over the summer from a non-comic seller out of California who claimed that they had been in the family for decades (pre-dating the 1990's find - I was told that these were given to the seller's great aunt by an old man they did housekeeping for, who had purchased them back in the 50's -- I know that sounds crazy, but it's what I was told!). The Planet you referenced actually had whiteout over top of the "Okajima" and I carefully scraped it off (I could see a tiny bit of the signature and knew what was likely under there; I posted a before/after pic of it on my instagram back before I sent it to CGC). Some of the books I bought in this batch didn't have any codes on them, so I'll end up keeping those, but I had a few with just "Okajima" (like the Detective last night & the Planet), some with "Okajima" and the date/"camp codes" (like the Action last night), and a handful of later books (post-camp) with either no markings or a date stamp that matched other Okajima copies that show up in the Heritage archives. I actually thought that the Action would sell for more, given that it had name/date/code, but the lower grade clearly played a part (and the writing was more hidden in the dark title than on the Detective/Planet that sold for higher prices).

Always, always, always copy/paste the title and/or description into google when one of these pops up. Brought up the original Sparkle City sale from 2012. These scammers are too dumb to change even a tiny portion of the title/description, so in most cases it's very easy to spot. But I could definitely see someone taking a gamble on this if they didn't know better. 99.999% a scam. Original sale: https://itsalljustcomics.com/page/19/

That one was missing the centerfold as well!

I'd do 10-day auctions starting on Thursday (ending Sunday night). You get two weekends that way, and Sunday end time is always the most active for bidding.

Thought that I'd give this one last bump, then closing it down. Had an offer very close to what I wanted to get out of the book, but we couldn't quite make it work. $24,000 final price drop, leaving this open til tonight. CLOSED NOW

One last bump, I'd do $25,000 on it if someone might be interested. Otherwise will probably consign it. Thanks again for taking a look!

Thanks to everyone for the kind words! I'd do $26,000 on it if anyone is interested. If not, I'll most likely consign it to one of the November auctions. Would prefer to pass along the savings to a boardie, so please reach out if interested!

Just one book tonight, and it’s a good one. Superman #2 CGC 7.0 off-white to white pages. Label notes: “Piece out of margin of page 9-12, slightly affects art.” Picked this one up recently from someone who has been buying books from the 86 year old original owner. Presents exceptionally well for the grade (my assumption is that the grade took a slight hit for the missing interior piece noted on the label, as this presents better than the typical 7.0). Heritage sold two CGC 6.0’s for $15,600 and $16,800 this year. A CGC 6.5 sold on eBay a couple of weeks ago within a few hours of being listed for $16,150 via buy-it-now. No 7.0’s have sold in a while, but Heritage sold a cream to off-white CGC 7.5 for $39,600 in May. I think that the ow/w copy offered here would bring in the 30’s at auction, but I’m looking an easy sale and asking $27,500. Terms: US ONLY. Payment via cashier's check or bank wire. USPS Priority Mail Express (overnight shipping) with insurance and signature confirmation is included. Time payments are available, but I'd like some sort of payment upfront. If you are interested, just send me a PM -- I'm easy to work with. Usual rules. No returns on CGC graded books. First “I’ll take it” in the thread gets it. Any questions, please let me know. Kudos thread is posted on the boards, and I sell on eBay under the name "blissard" (100% positive, with over 25,000 feedback). Thanks! -Adam

Ok, going to close this one down. The AF15 is still available for the time being (likely going to consign that one somewhere in the near future, but I'd prefer to make a deal on here - so pm me if interested); sold a few of the others, and the remainder is likely going to be up on eBay in the near future. Thanks again to everyone who helped out

Saw that in the completed section the next day. Initially thought "hmm, even with only 40 pages there.. it was a decent buy." Then I realized it was complete! According to watchcount, it sold within nine minutes of posting. Congrats to the buyer -- they had to see it within those nine minutes, realize it was all there and not a scam, and checkout before anyone else.

Lowered the prices on everything one time before testing the waters elsewhere. Thanks for everyone taking a look!

I was kind of thinking that I'd find another raw copy by now/submit it and see if it got the label notation.. but it ended up being harder to find another copy than I had anticipated!

I submitted this one myself, but it was a year or two back. I knew what it was when submitting the book, but it was before either of the two big public sales, so I don't think it was on CGC's radar yet. I think this is one that they might not get around to updating for a while, since there aren't that many copies getting sent in for grading. It took a while for Tip Top 173/United 21 to get the label notation, and those are seen far more often than the Top Notch.

6. Top-Notch Comics #22 CGC Graded 3.0 Price: $5,000 $4,500 now pulling this one "First appearance of Archie in comics!" This book pre-dates Pep Comics #22 by a few days and features a full-page ad which talks about the newest MLJ feature, Archie & his pals, coming up in the next issue of Pep Comics. I've attached a sample image of that page. CGC has graded a grand total of four copies in their history: a 9.4 (which just sold in Heritage for $38,400), a 9.0 (which I believe is owned by a boardie), a 3.5 (which did have tape, and sold for $4,080 last year at auction and is likely not for sale), and this 3.0 copy offered here. A truly rare book, and a must-have for any Archie fan!

FF4 sold via PM.

Hulk 1 is sold via pm. Thanks!

5. United Comics #21 (1st App. Peanuts) CGC 6.0 OWW PRICE: $5,000 $4,500 now Trails just one 7.0 & one 6.5 at the top of the CGC census. Tied for first appearance of the Peanuts in comics. The 7.0 copy sold for $7,768 two years ago and a trimmed 6.0 sold for $2,629 last year. I think the 7.0 would likely sell for more if auctioned off today, and a friend owns the 6.5/won’t sell it, so this is likely the best copy you’ll find for some time. PRICE: $5,000. $4,500 now Grader Notes: light, multiple staple rusted small tear right center of front cover small, multiple crease front cover breaks color wear spine breaks color

4. Incredible Hulk #1 CGC .5 (Centerfold missing, affects story. Incomplete) Price: $3,500 (sold) Difficult book to price; not much sales data history on centerfold-less Hulk 1's, but GPA shows that an incomplete .5 sold for $3,750 last year and $3,050 the year before that. This one would clearly grade much higher than .5 if not for the missing pages. Coverless copies routinely bring over $1,000, so I think that I've got this one priced about right. Buying a coverless copy and marrying the centerfold to this copy should pretty easily double its value, so I do not expect this one to last long.

3. Fantastic Four #5 CGC 3.0 Price: $3,250 $3,100 now Nice-looking copy of another hot book; from an original owner collection, just back from CGC. GPA is a little out of whack on this one (the last 2.5 went for $3,295; the last 3.5 went for $4,300 - yet the last 3.0 was only $2,640 (because it had tape)). Pricing this one a bit below where I think it would sell at auction.

2. Fantastic Four #4 CGC 3.5 off-white pages. Price: $1,750 (sold) Nice, solid copy of a hot book. Another original owner purchase from recently, just back from CGC.