Robot Man

A very short but unique sub set today. I'm sure there are a few more of these, but these are the only ones I have that I can think of.

2 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Congratulations, gives the rest of us hope!  Couldn't really tell from the video if there were multiple winners of the auctions?  

 

Such an interesting dynamic at an auction like this.  With knowledgeable bidders it seems it could go one of two ways.  Either one guy tries to buy everything and items go for near value or you let the others get a taste and everyone walks away with a good deal.  Think I'd be the pig.  Lol. 

With only basically three bidders and no internet action, deals can sometimes be had. It looks like the bidders got some real good deals if those books were as nice as they looked. 

If anybody needs it, a set of covers for All American #61 (first Grundy) was just posted on the bay...  Be interesting to set what they go for.

On 4/5/2017 at 8:26 PM, Badger said:

One of Timely's hand me downs.

Awsome book. Maybe my favorite Bugs cover. And a "Paul" copy to boot. I wish I'd seen that one when I was picking the collection...

Wow, just wow! Just look at those glossy beauties being tossed on that piece of plywood like steaks on a grill. And the hungry dogs drooling for the meat. A nice Tales of Terror Annual just tossed on the table like any other book blew my mind. That guy in the white sweat shirt looked like stiff competition. Actually, looked like pretty good deals on those. PCH in that kind of shape outside of a couple pedigrees just rarely turns up. Thanks for the video and shot of the house as well.

Congrats on your load. That Thing is a beauty and getting a copy of Daring Love that nice is near impossible. Hopefully, there was "No love for love books" when you were bidding...

I can't count how many times I've read my ECs and Barks ducks. Just timeless books. Both have the best of both stories and art. The newer stuff just doesn't even come close to these...

Beautiful copy and worth the wait. Congrats on completing your quest!

Sadly, I no longer have any of the Disney ones. Sold them a few years back to a guy that really wanted them. Only ones left are the Flash Gordon and the small Buck Rogers.

Who ever bought it probably already has a 27. This is a once in a lifetime book. Either way, pretty stiff price.

5 hours ago, Alzabar said:

The auctioneer is Elyse Luray.  She's been on History Detectives on PBS.  Do you think she is getting lower final prices than someone like Barry who might talk more (and maybe know more) about the books?

Maybe, but I think the collecting community is well versed on what they are bidding on. She is pretty well versed on collectibles but not a comic book person. My wife and I had lunch with her at the Brimfield Antiques show a few years ago. Very cool lady and passionate about collectibles. Just a little out of her league here. Not hard on the eyes either...

The Phantom pin is from Phantom Detective. Probably the hardest one of these to find. Closely followed by the G-Man Club. I have only seen a couple of either of these. The Pete Rice badge does turn up from time to time as does the Air Adventures wings badge. Of special note, the Nick Carter badges have different backs. One is the usual pin and the other is a lapel stud. Stud is MUCH harder to find and as an added bonus, it is serial number 45! The two biggies missing here are the Operator 5 and Spider Rings. I have the Spider but never the Operator 5.

On 5/15/2017 at 1:07 PM, G.A.tor said:

this is the one where the boy sets dog on fire and stabs folks, right?

Yeah, you might say that. Welcome to the dark side Rick...

And then there is this stupid tree from space. Who would have thought he would be the star he became?

Anybody with a book of matches could have easily taken him down...

Here's some of the stuff the older pulp folks could send away for...

20 hours ago, n2wdw said:

Junie 5 (and Cindy 37)

I've mentioned before that the cover of Junie 5 reminds me of Cindy 37.  In fact, of the 2, I probably like Junie better even though Cindy gets all the love (maybe it's a Betty versus Veronica thing).  Until recently this was my copy of Junie 5.

Recently I was able to upgrade Junie 5 in a big way.  The Mile High copy!  I want to thank @Ricksneatstuff for selling it to me.  Now finally I can put them side-by-side.  Thanks for reading.

Now, that's what I call an upgrade! Two great book, congrats!

I also like this classic where Kerry smokes marijuana...

14 hours ago, cmcfan said:

Great pick up.  This will definitely have to be on my radar.   

You might want to add these to the Kerry Drake list...

13 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

Robot,

circa what year is that Card? I ask since Olga was born in 1910. I am always curious to know how old were the folks sending in / signing up for the Clubs. I find that many we can trace are in their later teens rather than their early teens as once might suspect from our looking back at these.

Not exactly sure since it's not dated but around 1941 would be a solid guess. Sounds like she would be an adult. Most of the pulp premiums seem to be aimed at adults but the comic book clubs generally seem to be a younger audience.

There are three variations. First one was 1-1/2" and had a blue rim. Then the one seen in the ad and last was a thin celluloid shield. First one is pretty rare. The other two are fairly attainable. By, the way, in this picture is the only other MLJ premium pinback I know of. Rang-A-Tang the Wonder Dog from Blue Ribbon Comics (pre Mr. Justice). I often wished they did a Mr. Justice pin instead...

Cool, thanks for posting that. I remember seeing it a long time ago. Seems like this company liked to portray their artists on the covers of their books. On this one, looks like the cop arresting Jack Kirby is holding a western toy cap gun...

This might be my favorite Jungle. Seems that Jungle had so many more bondage covers than Jumbo. Both are great titles.

I really don't know why some one would spend the time and money to CGC a "poor" book. Poor is poor slabbed or not. And, why would some one pay more for it because it's in a plastic case? A book like that, I would just put into a nice shiny new mylar and enjoy it for what it is. Nice purchase for the right price.

Wow, just an incredible archive of comic artists of the era. Hard to believe you could just write to them and have them send you original art. Never happen today. So many classic pieces. This should never be broken up.