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She Lived In Sin (The Sins of Donna Kenyon) Croydon No. 101R 1954 Cover art by Lou Marchetti Some of these late number Croydons you just never see, this one is a first for me. The story is a reprint of Stork Books No. 6, which may account for the "R" in the numbering This incredible copy is one of my pickups from the LA show that I'm finally getting to re-bagging and cataloguing. I am definitely going to have to do another sale because I can't get my overflow boxes to fit back in the closet anymore

Swamp Hoyden by Jack Woodford and John B. Thompson Uni Book No. 71. Cover art by Saul Levine (Re-used on Whittington's "Cracker Girl") Once you start collecting digests, especially Uni Books and the others with thin cover paper, it becomes a tough itch to scratch This one has it all, high grade, swamps & cleavage. What more could a man ask for ?

While we're still on the re-use subject, I dug back once again to the legendary Doohickamabob thread where he posted literally every Avon/Realistic comic/paperback re-use (starting on page 8) so no one has to go looking or wondering what there was... A fun thread and a great effort on the original poster's part

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Well, I got GCD to give Johnson his credit (70 years later) it would be nice to see it on the label https://www.comics.org/issue/263278/

True, but much more formulaic I think. Whittington delivered so many varied noirs in different genres, it is tough to comprehend how good he was

Yeah, there's quite a few appealing books by Harry... This is one of the most awesome re-packagings ever

Harry Whittington titles for when you put your man-pants on Spectacular GGA on these U.S.A. Phantom digests.

A great Whittington. But his are almost all great - I'm trying to be a completist but it ain't easy... Such a smooth teller and blessed with tons of top notch cover artists to match the content in awesomeness

Beautiful display Aside from my "wife-supported" Ikea shelf system in my office I usually show, we have a few Billy bookcases in our living room that we've had since our first apartment back in Brooklyn. The glass fronts are awesome, you can make so many cool displays in them

Nice. I'm really glad I grabbed a few back in the days of sanity. Moving to another artist, "The Dark Man" cover may be my favorite I have of Senf's covers. A gem of a tale is what led me to the cover 👍

Two pretty faces

Some nice space babes from the collection I just bought For some reason, Popular 447 is always trashed. This one is smooth as silk

Hey, being in company with Bogie ain't a bad thing. The dude scored "Slim" with that look

Ha - I know you love that purported Cardwell Higgins - although I could see it possibly being a concept sketch for a girlie by someone like him. The "study" for Reefer Girl sold for $20k back in a time when the market was hotter for Illustration art. It will be interesting to see what the true published cover goes for on the 23rd. I can imagine it would go for quite a bit more, being so iconic but it's hard to tell in today's market what anything will go for. I could see myself throwing a thrill bid on one or two of the cheaper items that looks cool but I haven't seen anything that was really cool go for cheap on HA

Yeah, I kind of agree. The copy says "The Books", not "The Publishers" but it is is poorly worded and I can see how it can imply a more benevolent intent on the publishers part than they had, which was surely to sell books to men in raincoats with their collars raised

I know we should always feel blessed with what we have, and I do, but I wish I had the swag to play in this pool The number and variety of fantastic pb OA pieces in Heritage's April 23 Signature Illustration Art auction is mind blowing. Aside from the incredible original Rudy Nappi cover for "Reefer Girl" that I posted earlier, there's a great McCauley, https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pin-up-and-glamour-art/harold-w-mccauley-american-1913-1977-toffee-takes-a-trip-imaginative-tales-magazine-cover-november-1954-oil-on-canvas-30-x/a/8161-71108.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Belarski's "River Boat Girl" https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/rudolph-belarski-american-1900-1983-river-boat-girl-paperback-cover-1952-oil-on-board-25-x-19-inches-635-x-483-cm-signed/a/8161-71115.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A great Fixler piece https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/fred-fixler-american-1923-2010-the-hard-sell-girls-paperback-cover-1964-gouache-on-board-16-1-2-x-11-1-2-inches-419-x-292/a/8161-71123.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Some great Rader's, I've rarely seen his originals go for sale https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/paul-rader-american-1906-1986-the-platinum-trap-paperback-cover-1962-tempera-on-board-12-7-8-x-6-7-8-inches-327-x-175-cm-/a/8161-71125.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/paul-rader-american-1906-1986-the-drifter-paperback-cover-1962-gouache-and-watercolor-on-board-18-1-2-x-12-1-2-inches-470/a/8161-71124.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Some nice lesbian pieces that you rarely see https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/al-brule-american-20th-century-the-one-between-paperback-cover-1962-gouache-on-board-18-3-4-x-12-1-8-inches-476-x-308-cm-/a/8161-71122.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A gorgeous McGinnis blonde https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/robert-mcginnis-american-b-1926-mermaid-on-the-rocks-paperback-cover-1967-gouache-on-board-9-5-8-x-14-3-8-inches-244-x-36/a/8161-71126.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 A whole bunch of nice girlies https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/hugh-joseph-ward-american-1909-1945-irresistible-bedtime-stories-magazine-cover-april-1936-oil-on-canvas-29-x-20-inches-73/a/8161-71139.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Lot's of killer pulp covers https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pulp-pulp-like-digests-and-paperback-art/hugh-joseph-ward-american-1909-1945-mr-oo-private-detective-stories-magazine-cover-may-1941-oil-on-canvas-30-x-21-inches-/a/8161-71090.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115 Lot's of Dribens, some 5 figure Elvgrens, so much more. A great auction if you love this stuff Man it's fun to look at but kinda sad for us bottom feeders as well. I really hope to snag at least one nice piece of OA this year that flies under the radar somewhere. Heritage isn't likely the place

A lot of bathroom jokes to be made about the title but an excellent Ray Johnson cover of the type Wertham would have loved

Startling Detective Adventures, September 1939. Stockton Mulford bondage cover. Brilliant colors on this one. "If this was a comic book"

Nice books fellas I'm going to a ballgame tomorrow so I'm gonna do a Thursday Fun instead of the usual Friday. Bought a nice collection of Science Fiction that is chock full of high grade books. I have to compare most with my current copies but It will generate a ton of dupes, probably enough to do another sale sooner rather than later. A couple of tubs full... Some nice spines. Most look like they were read once carefully and put away. When the spine edges have all their color you know you're looking good... Very high grade copies of a whole bunch of the "fridge magnets". Here's a couple The prize is this unread copy of Jack Vance's 1st book, "The Dying Earth", Hillman No. 41. Cover art by Leo Morey. At the top of every old school collectors list. It's so tough in high grade due to scarcity and terrible construction. This is bright and glossy with almost no wear. NFS

I take it this means you did well selling ? If so that's great to hear

April 15th, 1940 Blatantly blatant. A pure copy. I don't think there is any counter-argument to Tilburne as the artist on these AFR's. It is just how he operated.

I've been collecting for a loooooong time but I don't think I've seen any jd piece atop this OA. A demo piece sold for records in the past, but this is the actual used cover... Masterpiece of stoner girl mood by Rudy Nappi Anyone want to lend me 20k https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/rudy-nappi-american-1923-2015-reefer-girl-paperback-cover-1953oil-on-board23-x-15-5-8-inche/a/8161-71114.s

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