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Two of the best in the ‘30’s run. And consecutive holiday issues. Nice copies! Yeah, Rich loved his Ducks especially in high grade. He told me Leonard Brown willed his high grade WDCS run to him upon his passing. Now that Rich is also gone, I hope that run stays together.

This might get more interest in the Pulp thread…

I do it all the time at flea markets. The young “hipster” crowd that buy my vinyl records love them. They, of course only do so when priced right and often buy several at a time. The problem is finding them again at a price where I can make enough if a profit to make it worth while…

All good points posted here. Do I really think PBs are taking off? Not really. I have just seen a lot of renewed interest in them. They are hot sellers when I take a box out to a show. Just can’t keep them or replace them when I sell them. The young hipsters really eat them up. The folks here on the boards have pretty good sell through at a brisk pace when they post them. Like Pulps, they seem to sell best based on the covers or subject matter. And heck, like slabbed comics, the cover seems to be everything. I have always been primarily a cover collector for Pulps and PBs. I do occasionally read some but don’t often have the time anymore. Compared to comics, the prices are very low and I see that is a strong attraction. That, and the fact that there is very little information to draw upon. Will they ever see huge price spikes like comics or now pulps? I doubt it. But a fun and affordable as well as challenging area of paper collecting. I no longer go out of my way to find them but find it hard to not buy them when they turn up.

All this just sounds like way too much work. And unprofitable. A reason why I’ve pretty much given up selling on EBay. I tell people, I’m an expert at buying and selling junk but I am no accountant. Nor do I want to be or pay someone to do it even further lowering any profit I might make. Strictly a hobby that used to be a lot more fun…

I have heard about this legendary place for years. But what a mess. How would anyone find anything in there? Where be the “good stuff”? Or is there any at all? How would anyone ever clean this out? It sure doesn’t sound like he is giving away anything…

When I was a wee lad and a budding PCH collector, I really gravitated to those fat 52 page Suspense issues. Seemed like a lot of content for the money. The covers, for the most part left me a little flat. Way too much dialogue and distractions.

I agree. My favorite era for WDCS. Big, fat issues with some of the best covers in the run. Most of mine are good presenting lower grade copies with nice pages.

I used to own a copy of that one but gave it away. Awsome art but it was too creepy even for me…

Comics have been and will probably always will be King of the Hill. Pulps were lurking in the shadows and largely due to CGC grading, are currently on fire. Finally, the poor stepchild, Paperbacks and Digests seem to be waking up. We have a very popular topic thread here that seems very active. There have been several very sales threads in the recent past as well as currently two in the sales area. Solid books at solid prices with lots of brisk competition. I remember, many years ago there was a big flurry of interest and a big price rise but it, like Big Little Books, kind of cooled off. I had a rather large collection back then. I remember publishers like Avon, Dell 10 cent and Mapbacks, Croyden, Diversity and Signet among others being real hot. Like pulps, I bought them mostly for covers and “subject matter”. But, due to a number of reasons, sold off most of them for at the time, pretty decent prices. I did keep a couple boxes of my best and favorites. Been thinking about dusting off some of those old boxes. Comics, Pulps and Paperbacks seemed to be out there all over flea markets, garage/estate sales and just “in the wild”. But, those days are pretty much gone forever. The days of dollar vintage PBs are a thing of the past. I don’t say any of this to rock the boat or to pimp them. At this point in my life, I am winding down my collecting. I still buy all of this stuff but, have gotton very selective. I joke to my wife that she might have to open that “last package”…It just seems to be an area of rising popularity.

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Buying your kid a pipe? You don’t want to know what I did with one of my grandpa’s pipes…

There is the Church collection and the rest are all contenders to the throne…

Never seen those. Yes, probably cut from a candy box.

The Batman cards are from around 1966. Made by Topps. Fairly common. Worth $2-3 each depending on centering and condition. First and last cards in nicer shape go for a little more without rubber band bends. The Marvel cards don’t turn up quite as often and are a little more popular. Worth just slightly more. Both sell quite faster and for more in full sets.

That is some pricey swill. There was a Moonshiners True Crime episode that documented a large theft of Pappy Van Winkle that was stolen by employees out of their warehouse. That is going to taste good!

A cool one hit the mailbox today. Was going to post in the “out of register” thread but couldn’t find it. Was a good price because the seller thought it was “defective”…

Five… Tears, wagging fingers and condemnation. Love these “judgement” covers. Any more of these out there?

I used to collect bottle caps as a kid but just lost interest. Still something (other than rare examples) you can get for about a buck apiece.

You gotta go to Brimfield before you die. A week long extravaganza of flea markets. Probably the biggest in the country. I haven’t been since Covid but it used to be the place you walk around with your wallet in your hand.

Thanks. I’m looking for one with the pre-MAD Alfred E Neuman pictured on them.

I think these two first issues from PL Publications are a bit hard to locate.

Those covers look in really nice shape. I have a large lot of GA Fiction House Jumbo comic covers that somebody did the same thing. They were very careful to remove the staples. It is not uncommon to find coverless or very low grade books. But it is quite the challenge to find a cover if you have a coverless copy. These would probably do pretty well at auction. Possibly, EBay. I think the market would set a fair price.