Robot Man

On 3/28/2024 at 11:28 AM, CitrusZ28 said:

Looks like it was a long day

Probably fell asleep reading Henry Aldrich…

I never get tired of seeing all those old MAD covers!

Suprised to see the Frankenstein Aurora model cover still there. All time classic! 

On 3/21/2024 at 11:13 AM, Darwination said:

The bookshelves are immaculate, but throw 15 guitars in a closet and shut the door, and all is well with the world

I keep mine in hard cases under the bed but am now encroaching my wife’s shoes. 

On 3/26/2024 at 6:30 AM, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ said:

Just wanted to comment on the actual slab.

This just arrived, it's robust and substantial and heavy. It's an inch thick and so quite easy to see why CGC waited until they had the logistics sorted out for slabbing pulps.

All I can say is that anyone planning on an abundant collection of encapsulated pulps is going to need a lot of room at their disposal.

It's a monster!

 

I plan to get a handful graded but storage has gotton to be an issue for me. Unslabbed pulps take up a lot more room than comics already…

On 3/26/2024 at 8:55 PM, detective35 said:

Good point about the photocopy of the cert.

You could ask Matt and maybe he had allow you to send a photocopy of the certificate when you send it in and keep the original or if you have to send the original certification in, just take a picture of it.

If that's the case and they lose the  certification, Dave will probably have a master list.

As far as file copies go, that's tricky, because if it's a "Popular" file copy and there's no stamp on the outside of the inside. you'll probably have to get as much lineage as possible so it can be traced back to the source of the main people that bought the file copies, or at least back to the people that bought them directly off the original people that got them directly from the Popular warehouse!

 

 

Hopefully a copy of the eBay listing from David T Alexander will work for the writer’s file copy I want to submit. 

On 3/26/2024 at 9:56 PM, Dr. Love said:

Yes to the photocopy. That's what I do now with Crippens. Probably no to file copies, too murky.

Thanks Andy. I’d much rather lose a photocopy than an original COA. I never got back an original signed Gaines COA years ago.

Will CGC give ped status to a Yakima with a photo copy of the cert? I would hate to send the original and lose it like what happened to a Gaines file I sent in early.

I also have a couple file copies I bought from David T Alexander that came from a writer’s files. No certificate but have the eBay listing. Would that count for a notation on the label? 

On 3/25/2024 at 3:47 PM, Hepcat said:

Surely there must have been more than a few at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show!

 

I don’t actually remember seeing many there. But I’m sure there were some. 

On 3/25/2024 at 12:58 PM, jimjum12 said:

Barely an hour out of the gate, and they're already VG  ....GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Is that all that surprising? They were cheap items for kids. We used to roll them up or stuff them in our backpacks after hitting the drug store on our way home from school on our Sting Ray bikes. No one was concerned about condition or future value then.

On 3/25/2024 at 9:53 AM, ThothAmon said:

Any idea what this ring was a premium for?  Seemed to go for a pretty penny on eBay. 
 

1938 Quaker Oats Monogram Ring. Attributed to Mr. Tracy. I am quite surprised at the closing number. A tough piece but not all that exciting. A couple of Tracy completeists must have wanted it bad. Heck, I’d sell mine for a WHOLE lot less…

On 3/25/2024 at 9:48 PM, fifties said:

Score!  Came in today, and I'm finally able to complete my HOF run.  This was the most elusive issue.

Congrats. Tough indeed! I got mine from Ron Murray @Cobbledclam at WonderCon many years ago. 

On 3/26/2024 at 5:59 AM, Mavrick76 said:

Keeping with similar theme:

 Remember when no one wanted Western comics?…

An impossible task. Every time I pick 5, another one pops up I forgot about…

On 3/25/2024 at 12:08 AM, BA773 said:

Nothing they are just motherf*chers who steal you... had a knowledge who was one of them and in one of our disscusion he told me: i pay 1, i sell 100.

Frankly, if you sell to a dealer for less than you think it’s worth, that is on you. Keep in mind, dealers have expenses and might sit on the book a while to sell it. But, yeah, I have gotton some real low offers. I just don’t sell to them…

Not moderns, but yes, I have paid up for some double cover and even out of register GA books. 

Another Target score last night. The Godzilla Nissan, the Batman regular Treasure Hunt and my first Super Treasure Hunt of the year!

On 3/24/2024 at 2:37 PM, Hepcat said:

Do any of you fellows collect the Matchbox cars that were originally issued in the little boxes?

I don’t really collect them but I have accumulated some over the years. Not as popular as Hot Wheels but there are a lot of dedicated collectors.

These were of my era. By the time Hot Wheels came out, I was into rock ‘n roll, girls and real cars. 

On 3/24/2024 at 3:39 PM, SpineTic said:

Lordy! What a stash. Makes you wonder what was in those piles. 

But, I doubt most of you high grade folks would be interested…

On 3/24/2024 at 5:28 PM, plady69 said:

That kid is “dropping some dimes”!!!!

I’ve seen this story. He was selling or trading them to this nice lady for 2-3 cents each in trade for used comics I think she was charging a nickle for. 

On 3/24/2024 at 7:46 PM, aardvark88 said:

All right kids, please take these fat stacks of heathenous comics to Sunday's church comic book burning. Pic courtesy of Bob Beerbohm's fb page:

One of my friends in high school was “born again”. He took his record collection to church for a “record smashing”. But worse of all he chopped up his beautiful Fender Percision Bass with an ax! Was really scarey the power these people had over him…

On 3/24/2024 at 4:05 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@Robot Man and @snitzer

Since it's your thread and the other reacted when I posted it is new episodes.

Anyone happen to watch it today? As it was comic sentric!

Sensational first cover appearance of Wonder woman restored 8.0 CGC appraiser out $25-30,000

The Shelby cobra that iron man falls on in the first iron man, prop, valued at $75,000

The world's greatest super hero costume from the TV show valued at $15-20,000

And something else but I forget.

The trade was a first riddler CGC 3.0 for the classic spectral joker two guns cover raw

Dang, I forgot. Was watching baseball. Hopefully, I can catch it later. 

On 3/24/2024 at 6:09 PM, johnenock said:

Been looking for a nice copy of this one for awhile!

I got this one as well as a few more of these back when they were the going price of $10 out in the wild. My, have times changed…