AndyFish

I don't think it's a valid comparison between the AF15's-- two 7.5's, sure, but one with restoration removal and a kind of a gift grade.  We'd need to see another comparable 7.5 or better yet the SAME 7.5 sell to determine if prices are stalling, falling or plummeting.   I  think during the nonsense of the Pandemic prices went wacko and we'll see an adjustment, but compare everything bought in 2020 to what is sold in 2026 and I think it will have leveled off and even seen an increase.

Prices have shot up like crazy, I bought a BATMAN #2 about seven years ago in 4.0 condition for $800 try finding that now.  If they should fall back to those levels I'd be happy because I'll buy some more.

Great thread!

Great book Norrin!  Happy Birthday!

On 1/23/2023 at 3:23 PM, adamwfish said:

hey friends!

first post up on this thread-- my father @AndyFishhas been telling me to get on here for months-- boy, i've been missing out. starting with one of my favorite atomic age books-- annie oakley #1! 

It's my boy!  Welcome to the boards-- you've got an amazing Golden Age Collection so you should have no excuse not to post!

I thought THE BATMAN 1 was wretched, so I'm out for 2.

I post about 50% of what own.   Don't see the need to let the world know all of the pieces I have.

Updating my CAF Gallery so I thought I might post here too, since I'm a regular in the Golden Age Comics threads.  First up, Bruno Seelig WOLVERINE.  I love Bruno's style!   If he was drawing mainstream comics today I'd be reading them.

On 11/30/2022 at 5:30 AM, Frisco Larson said:

I didn't recall having ever seen this book before, so ... I had to get it!

Those MASTER COMICS are great, and I've never seen this gem either-- great pickup!

I went to one of his first shows and picked up a Mary Marvel #1, a Batman #44 and almost, ALMOST bought an Amazing Fantasy #15-- so there were a handful of good comics in the room.  There were also sideshow performers, a LOT of vintage toys and tons of voice actors.   That was probably eight or nine years ago-- so no idea if there are any exhibitors worth going for.   Atomic Dimestore was the guy I bought the two golden age comics from, the AF #15 was a guy who had mostly toys which is what kept me from buying it.

This was CaFLive #6 for us-- we've been in them all and each one has subsequently grown for us.   This time around we kept our sales goal the same as last time rather than increasing it and we hit it to the penny.   

I also bought a few pieces and unlike previous years the seller(s) responded immediately and I already have some of the art in hand. CaFLive remains our favorite of the half dozen or so cons that we do, Bill is great and CAF has always had some great folks on it.

Love that Abbott and Costello!

On 11/7/2022 at 12:37 PM, Murphman13 said:

Are you referring to big show in Salt Lake now known as Fan X? My only time there was about 5 years ago and it was almost exclusively a pop culture show. Out of the hundreds of vendors in that huge convention center maybe 5-7 were primarily comic book dealers and not all of them had golden or silver age books. 

Yes it was FanX-- biggest crowds I've ever seen, and I've done SDCC and NYCC often, and I found some real Golden Age Gems cheap (posted some over on that thread).

Baltimore is a good show, but it's not an "all comics" show-- the focus on Disney Princess' was pretty prominent.   Heroes is still the best show of the year as far as I'm concerned, and to be honest I found a lot of great stuff at Salt Lake City, Chicago Fan Expo, C2E2, Rhode Island Comic Con and Little Giant in New Hampshire.  It had a good art lineup-- I thought for about ten minutes about signing up for the Frank Miller package but figured it would be a nightmare.  Then I ran into him at the Starbucks across the street from the show and got to catch up and have a nice chat.

On 10/30/2022 at 2:08 PM, Terry JSA said:

I didn’t get to spend a bunch of time at the convention today, but I did take some pictures. Unfortunately I couldn’t get around to all of the comic vendors.

Shortboxed

 

Superworld Comics

 

Moving Pictures

 

High Grade Comics

 

Reece’s Rare Comics

 

Buzzard Brothers Comics

 

Graham Crackers Comics

 

Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find

 

Steve

 

Mike Carbo

 

Collector Supreme

 

Dave & Adam’s 

 

J & S Collectibles 

 

Basement Comics

 

Toy and Comic Heaven

 

Absolute Comics & Statues

 

Silver Age Comics

 

SSalefish Comics

 

ComicConnect / Metropolis Comics

 

Victory Comics

 

Big Lick Comics

 

SELFIE! Until next time Baltimore!

It was a pleasure talking to you at the Superworld booth-- always glad to meet a young guy who knows his stuff about classic comics.  Great pics too!

On 11/1/2022 at 10:59 PM, Point Five said:

I know I stir this pot endlessly re All-New/Speed/Green Hornet, but... IMO, that cover is no way, no how a Schomburg cover. It looks very little like the other covers he was drawing in 1943. But what it is is awesome for sure! I love it.

 

It actually looks more like Kirby/Simon in the Nazi's to me, but the Comics.org lists it as Schomburg?  so who knows. I do know it has a killer Jerry Robinson story inside it.

GREEN HORNET COMICS #15 - Alex Schomburg Nazi Ghost Ship nonsense at its best!  Love this one.

WALT DISNEY COMICS #9 - I love the blacks on this one-- heavy inks are my thing!