RedFury

24 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

This is some of the coolest interior art I've ever seen!  And bonus, it's for a Kuttner story. 

Yeah, I see it too.  I know Rick and company are working hard trying to fix it, but I think the need for CGC graded pulps is becoming more and more pronounced.

Congrats, that's a nice-looking copy of a great book. 

I think there is a lack of quality material on the market.  Dwight and I have been talking about this for months.  Two years ago we could find high-quality material at reasonable prices, and we bought.  A year ago, we could still find it, but the prices were higher, and we still bought.  Now, we have trouble finding the high-quality books at all.

When they do come to market, high-quality books sell quickly and at strong prices. Very often it's not public, but private sales between collectors, so it will escape notice.

Here's a few nice books that sold recently on Ebay for way more that I thought they would.  I don't really have an explanation other than at least two people must have really wanted these.  Both have quite a lot of water damage, which makes the sales prices even more mystifying.

• Masked Rider, Mar 1936 - Sold for $759.  I would have guessed $100 to $200. 
• Aces, May 1931 - Sold for $766.  I would have expected $50 to $100.

I have people often ask me to sell my books, but for the most part I only sell extras.  I'm pretty sure if I decided to sell I would find a strong market waiting.

I wouldn't worry too much about the guide prices, they're just one person's opinion.  There's a lot of good work that went into the guide, but I think Tim was pretty conservative with the pricing, and I disagree with a lot of it (mostly on the high demand books).  

All-Story Love, Jun 1947

Strange Detective Mysteries, Mar 1943

Here's another Strange Detective Mysteries...this series sure had a lot of great covers!

I absolutely love this invisible man cover.  I've had a low grade copy in my collection as a place-holder for years.  Well, patience has paid off and I finally found a real nice and clean high-grade copy, and boy does it pop!

The Shadow Magazine, Jul 15 1942

This classic cover by George Rozen was just used by Bob Dylan for his new single False Prophet.

Thrilling Detective, Jan 1936

File Copy

Cover by Belarski

War Stories, Nov 1926 (#1)

This series ran for more than 100 issues.

Fight Stories, Feb 1930

Features a Sailor Steve Costigan story, "The Bulldog Breed", by Robert E. Howard.

I've been chasing the Howard issues of Fight Stories and I'm up to 6 out of the 13 now. 

Cover by Earle K. Bergey

On 8/17/2020 at 3:27 PM, RedFury said:

Argosy All-Story Weekly, Aug 7 1920

I just ticked this one off the long-running wish-list, a nice copy of the first part and cover story of A. Merritt's The Metal Monster.

A couple other Merritt cover stories.

1 hour ago, sagii said:

Anyone know the story why this master signed some of his works 'Blain"?

Blaine was Saunders' his middle name.  I think he was just trying to protect his reputation.  Saucys were sold under the counter.

Rangeland Romances, Apr 1947

1 hour ago, Bugfarm said:

Hey Guys.  Looks like I’m late to the party.  Some beautiful books  and really cool posts so far.  I’ve collected WT for awhile now (still around 12 issues short of a full run.  Here are some older ones.

 

That's two of the four I need right there! 

Great stuff, and thanks for posting!

Nice catch.  It looks like they had a pattern of re-using covers from blue to yellow.  Here's two others I have, and in this case I strongly prefer the blue version.  It's one of my favorite books.

So, does this go under Romance or Western...

Western Romances, Mar 1939