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Jayman

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  1. On 4/22/2024 at 9:34 PM, Stevemmg said:

    Correction.  Finished version is still available for purchase from Michael Gidwitz. 
     

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    More info from his page. Very interesting, I did not know about this.

    This was the final version of the painting that appeared on Eerie # 36 by Enrich but the preliminary painting was used on the cover instead. I wrote James Warren a letter and asked him about this and received a reply on February 24, 2014. This is a portion of his reply: Dear Mike- After studying both renditions and trying to remember what happened here some 43 years ago, this is my thinking: 1) My guess ( and it is an educated guess ) is that when I was first shown the original painting ( The one you own ) , I rejected it because I didn't think the deformed hand was realistic enough. ( It was more like a claw from an animal or zombie, or whatever.) I wanted more of a human hand at the time. 2) I then asked Enrich to give me another version. 3) Enrich then submitted a comprehensive color rough of a new hand. 4) I liked the comprehensive color rough, and accepted it as the final art that would appear on the cover. - OR- 5) I was forced to accept it, and use it, BECAUSE OF A DEADLINE that had to be made. It's possible that we had already gone ahead with the inside painting of the issue, and this inside contained the story (" The Hand of Kane Kinkaid"),which meant that we had to use a ' Hand" painting for this particular issue;- And there was NO TIME to wait for ENRICH to do another big painting. This was entirely possible but as I said, it was 43 years ago, and my mind is not clear on this. If I had it to do all over again, I WOULD HAVE INDEED USED THE " CLAW " ORIGINAL VERSION THAT YOU HAVE - INSTEAD OF THE COLOR ROUGH. THE ORIGINAL IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE COLOR ROUGH ARTISTICALLY, AND FROM THE POINT OF VIEW AS A " BETTER COVER". 

  2. On 4/20/2024 at 1:24 PM, Stevemmg said:

    Finally found a nice copy of the hardcover collection. Mmmmmaroto. 
     

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     Congrats and welcome to the club! 😁

    It truly is a beast of a book. It held my top spot in my collection till I got another hard cover book. :whistle:

    Your copy looks to be in excellent condition too!

  3. On 4/16/2024 at 6:16 PM, adamstrange said:

    When pre-code horror collectors gather together...

    Magical things happen! The showing of some top examples of books and the sharing of some of the history behind them was such a treat. Just one phenomenal book after another! Seeing first hand the page quality on certain copies takes the appreciation to the next level.

  4. On 4/15/2024 at 7:38 PM, vaultkeeper said:

    With all the artwork to look at, and all the books that were brought, we could have spent two days going through everything. 

    At least! And that is just what Adamstrange decided to share with us. It was nice to finally meet the legendary Vaultkeeper too! All the books and OA to look at was such a treat. Still processing all I got to see!

  5. On 4/13/2024 at 10:42 AM, Robot Man said:

    Condition is not a factor. For every high grade collector, there are hundreds of low grade collectors scrambling to pick up any copy they can find. Used to be there were deals in the mid grades but no longer.

    This. When I first got serious collecting PCH in the early 2000’s, I would turn my nose at anything below a 7.0. Of course there was more to choose from at way better prices. As time went on and prices rose, my standards started to ease up. 6.5 - 5.0 started to not look so bad if you really wanted a copy. I think the lowest grade I’ve gone to is 4.5 graded. But now even at these grades the prices are crazy high. It’s hard to believe some of the prices for slabbed beaters at around the 1.8 - 2.0 range go for. These books used to sell in groups of 5 - 10 for $50-$75. 
     

    If anyone thinks prices are cooling, I believe they have been heating up!IMG_3288.jpeg.ac4c2117e201254950c2f09e47b79eb0.jpeg