GoldenPRGuy

Two more recent acquisitions:

Thanks! Was a successful submission on last year's certificate. Also included my Laugh 20 and Archie 20, grading Uni 6.0 C-OW and Uni 8.0 OW-W, respectively. The latter is tied for highest.

You nailed this one too Todd. Universal 6.5 OW Good eye.

Todd, I thought you might like to know that I finally sent this one down to CGC last month and as you suspected it did in fact fall between the two for the second highest grade. Universal 7.0 OW/W.

Seeing books like that are not healthy for me unless I have adult supervision... I went right from my earlier drooling to spending way too much money for a Thursday on some golden MLJ goodness. Pictures upon arrival!

Wow! Just... wow!

Standard (Coupon submission - 4 books) Received - 3/19/15 Verified - 3/20/15 Scheduled for Grading - 4/8/15 Graded/Quality Control - 4/8/15 Shipped/Safe - 4/10/15 (and very pleased with the grades) In-Hand - TBD

Some recent grabs for fun and for the Picked up this morsel tonight off 'the bay'. Decent price for a nice lower grade copy. It was either that or Met's Rockford, but considering I'm about to be raped by Uncle Sam, I thought this was the prudent buy. Thanks Bert ... wherever you are. Also got my coverless Archie 2 back from Matt. He removed the nasty spine roll with a dry press. Now this puppy just needs a cover. That's it for tonight. Happy hunting!

Not the greatest copy but the only one I own off the list.

Hope you bought it!

Feeling Jughead-y today...

I adore Katy Keene, what a great copy! Thanks! My 5.5 was great, but I couldn't help myself on this one. It was going for so little money. You know ... kinda like the purchase you just made. I'd love to buy the 9.2 on eBay, but the seller wants 100/point and that's waaaaaaaay off for issue #9.

In the commotion of last night's CC auction, and the conversations about the sale of both Pep 22s, I was able to grab two of Jamie Graham's books on the CL auction. I upgraded my KK 9 from a 5.5 to a 6.5 pretty inexpensively... and I grabbed this as a placeholder until I can afford a nicer copy.

Ahh, that's the magic of aged polaroid my friend. I think it really adds to the image.

Here's a and a little #tbt submission. My Archie collection in the (I wanna say) late 80's. Probably about 3600 book at the time.

Nice book! My in-laws always buy me Archie stuff... it's sweet of them, but it's always like a sheet of Archie stamps, or the latest "Best Of" printed by Archie Comics or Craig Yoe. Totally appreciated of course, but I'd rather have gift cards to eBay or Metro, or Ha if they did them. My parents on the other hand still inquire from time to time if there's a certain book they can buy me for a birthday or holiday. Suppose even at 40 I'm still their little kid. I know what you mean. My family knows my wife and I love Disney so they are always giving us inexpensive Disney themed items like ornaments and the like. Mickey is not my favorite Disney character but in their mind he IS Disney. Still, I appreciate their trying! My mom would buy me a comic but she is terrified of being ripped off. Its easier to give me a check at birthday and Christmas and then asking what I bought. It's definitely a blessing guys! Here i am , 40+ , and i go to my folks for Christmas to find a wrapped box. I open it, and there was the recently released 'Batman' 60's TV show blu ray boxed set. I can remember the days as a kid when they'd tell me "those things are going to have you grounded in a fantasy world, you read them so much and have so many" . Wow how things have turned around. My step-father would just about cuss whenever he saw me with an "expensive" comic. "Its not art" or "Its not an investment", he'd say. One day, determined to teach me a lesson about art, he took me to a local museum. We walk in the door and we are greeted by a huge Superman banner proclaiming Supeman week at the museum. Not only did they have origional artwork they also had some Superman comics with placards describing their value over the last 20 years. Poor guy. He walked around the museum for the next two hours with a bemused smile and muttering to himself. He never did criticize comics in quite same way ever again. I miss that guy. Reminds me of my grandfather (mom's side) who lived with us when I was a teen. He had worked incredibly hard his entire life and, while he made his money and the money that pretty much raised us all in the market, he believed in real tangibles like real estate, and brick and mortar shops with products people needed to buy. He'd always ask what I spent on x or y, and the response was always the same... he'd either wave his hand and say "aww, you kids are nuts" or tell me that my problem was that I didn't understand the value of a dollar. He was right of course, I didn't. I lived like I was independently wealthy, but I didn't really understand that till after he was gone. Nevertheless, I was determined to make sure he knew that I wasn't wasting my money, and I finally got my chance. I had become friendly with Scott Fulop, Paul Castiglia and Dan Parent (he'd actually just started there), after a few trips to Mamaroneck, and one day I got a phone call from Vic Gorelick telling me that Scott had given him my name. They were putting together the Americana Series, Best of the 40s, and they were looking for certain issues to use for the reproduction. Not sure if you guys know this, but there was something that happened back in the day in an Archie warehouse that destroyed a lot of their library of early issues... fire, water, not sure. Anyway, they needed an Archie 1 and an Archie 7, and while I wasn't ready to part with the former, I had two copies of the latter. I wound up selling the 7 to them for like $300. I'd paid maybe $50 for it. Far from a windfall, but 6x what I spent, and more than enough to make my case. Pretty sure after I told my grandfather and walked away I could hear him mumble, "they must be nuts!" but he didn't give me as much grief after that. Miss you pop-pop! Also got this in the mail out of it ...

Stunning set of books! Clearly you don't mess around with low-grades. What other MLJ beauties do you have tucked away?

Yeah... That's amazing! PM away when you're ready to sell!

Have to say that looks so much nicer than a 3.0. What's the deal? I have thought about getting my copy graded for some time now, as I think it's a great high grade copy, but I kinda don't want to after seeing yours.

She's a beauty!

I'm in the market for a cover for an Archie #2. PM me if youv'e got one.

Nice book! My in-laws always buy me Archie stuff... it's sweet of them, but it's always like a sheet of Archie stamps, or the latest "Best Of" printed by Archie Comics or Craig Yoe. Totally appreciated of course, but I'd rather have gift cards to eBay or Metro, or Ha if they did them. My parents on the other hand still inquire from time to time if there's a certain book they can buy me for a birthday or holiday. Suppose even at 40 I'm still their little kid.

It's definitely the same book but the auction has been removed from eBay so it's a moot point. Thanks for looking out for the community.

Well that's a pretty cool reason. Look like fun books ... Archer's a little young but I'll definitely pick up some copies. Enjoyed the juggling vids too!