Andahaion

I dabble in landscape painting, mainly acrylic on gessobord. Occasionally I'll do something like this. This is called 'Dandahu Ocean' (11"x14"), which research tells me is an actual ocean on Krypton. Superman is my first superhero love, so hope you enjoy.

There are fewer and fewer auctions -- and, conversely, more and more BINs -- for key Silver books as the market has now become a seller's market. There are still many collectors out there hungry for a chance to own an "entry level" AF15, and the window on affordable, unrestored copies of AF15 underneath $7,500 is closing. So, yes, it's a lot for a .5, but the alternative is buying a 3.0 blue for twice as much, which is unaffordable to many. So entry level buyers are thinking, "buy the .5 [or 1.0/1.5/2.0] or get left behind at the station." That's my story. Used the same logic when I bought my 2.5 last September for $7,500. Did the research, saw the dramatic climb upward and decided that now was the time to buy before it became (at least for me) illogical to spend so much. Funny, I already want to upgrade.

Jenga!

I'm in! Bit of a dream come true to own this book. Also happy to have recently found this forum. Really excited to do a lot of reading. Gets me amped to buy more books!

Hi everyone, Name's Andahaion (elvish for Justin, apparently). I began collecting as a child in the late 80s. Superman will always be my guy, but I'm also really into Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, and the team books: JLA and Avengers. In high school, my best friend and fellow comic collector passed away and I gave it up. I was pulled back into the fold when they "killed off" Captain America. One of those marketing tricks that worked. I also work in government affairs and found the symbolism fitting for the times. Anyway, don't want to get political, just relating how I got back into collecting. It wasn't long after that when I found ha.com and other auction sites that allowed access to older books I dreamed of owning as a kid. Now I'm all grown up (doubtful) I'm able to purchase older key issues like my recent acquisition of a low grade copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (CGC 2.5). I'd been watching the book soar in price over the past few years and figured that now is the time if I ever wanted to own a copy. Anyway, I look forward to learning and sharing with all of you. Cheers.