Terry E.

David I picked up No. 11 just before starting the thread, which has a very similar cover to Showcase 8, but on closer examination it is not. No back cover, but the paper we used was not great but the paper used for covers holds the colors very well. Considering the Silver age had just begun these are pretty amazing.

Thanks guys, Ausreprints has been great, I will look into the others. Flash was reprinted in Australia very soon after the US. Maybe first of the many different international reprints.

Looking for expert on foreign DC reprints in 60s Hi, I am from Australia and when I started collecting the US comics back in the 80's I pretty well considered our B & W 60s reprints junk. (well actually as they had been lent out and read to death they pretty well were). I started feeling nostalgic as they contained a lot of Atom age stuff as well and have been looking at picking some up. Way overpriced so far, but maybe the dealers are just ahead of the curve. Now Australia was reprinting Batman and Superman from the 50s at least and started selling basically most of the range of what was published by DC in the early 60s as collections. Is there someone who is regarded as an expert on these books. Not just Australian but DC reprints

From what I see on other silver age stuff maybe an 8.0 or maybe 8.5. If I owned that and got a 7.0 considering the way some silver keys, (but low dollar books) get I would be a little miffed. That said I am still on my learning curve, ..and I would love to have that on my shelf.

I will go for 5.0-5.5 for all three all for different reasons. Nice books, have you read them yet ? The 153 / 147 story line (basically the same) is one of the very best. I think 128 will be closer to the 5.5 as it is a minor key.

Last year (not the Christmas sale time) I bought a lot of Howard Porter Flash and some Booth Flash, and I mean a lot. Saw the Christmas sale and sent off in maybe late December a request (two pages I had missed, somehow) got a reply about two weeks later, sent the payment agreement, waited maybe 6 weeks and saw it debited to the card and then maybe two weeks later it turned up. Very little communication, but solid as ever. Around mid year, I will probably chase him again. I could not be happier.

I think it comes down to how much this is considered a key. I will go with 3.5. I sometimes think square bound should get a different grade standard.

and the replies keep coming Howard Porter Flash - Barry Allen p1, splash, got it, plus two other Rogues pages I chased A little over two weeks, but as reliable as ever.

Bill C, "Spencer told me this was his biggest year ever as far as the sale goes- I don't doubt him. I know for me personally, it's a good thing that I didn't get frustrated or give up the hunt based on the old website. But then again I see OA collecting as part archeological dig, it takes some work and part of the fun is in the search. As far as Spencer is concerned, I can tell you in my case the patience and persistence has paid dividends. I'll add for those that are frustrated by what's on the website- that may not be all there is. Once again, in my personal experience some of my best art has come from Spencer, and it was never on his site in the first place." I agree with Bill, as he already knows. I bought a ton of Porters Flash run, some Finch Forever Evil at the start of the year and found the prices for Porters stuff very reasonable, cheaper than ebay sellers. Also he helped me get some of Booths, latest stuff, I was chasing from the current issue, stuff that never made it to the website. For the Porter stuff I had all issues so was no problem when links did not work, and kind of enjoyed looking through them again, for Booth Spencer gave me lots of images from the artist and chased up certain pages (the cheaper ones with Iris and Patty) that would not have automatically sprung to the artists mind. I am in Australia, so just wandering down to the local Con and flipping through portfolios is not an option. and I have found him very busy. Judging by what I bought off Booth, I would say Booth would have been very happy, and so was Porter.

but not for everything they hold. Fact, I bought a very nice Bronze Flash page from them for around $1,100 early this year. On Heritage recently another Bronze Flash page went for $1,300+. I have had others knock back $1,250 for similar pages. So if you want it and it is a priority buy it. I don't think those prices put me in millionaire status, and I could buy 100s of Flash pages for a lot less off Ebay, but as until that Heritage page came through only three Flash Bronze CI pages had turned up and none with Rogues, Flash in costume etc., it made sense. Now I understand that other stuff may not go this way, but generalising may rule out some very good stuff. No one is making anyone pay for this stuff, and as always buyer beware. They are one of 4 dealers I have dealt with this year and their deal was the smoothest, because they actually had it. Two of the others had the "sorry but that is gone .. how about this.. after I had paid" . They also worked out in the end.

With dealers it comes down to how much is my time worth and how much do I want this. Not, "is this a great investment" or "how much can I flip it for next year, to someone not lucky enough to live in the same town as this Con". Having now faithfully checked Ebay every day for a year, looking for Infantino art and found 5 bronze pages only, some with okay content and some with low content (none I would rate as high) how much is your time worth (my time) to just keep looking. I doubt I will sell this stuff. If my son does not look at it a little more (gamer) then it may wind up with a friend in my will. (Applies to Bronze only). So if Cool lines have stuff I can afford and I know the chances are remote of acquiring similar it makes good sense to use them. that is why you use retailers to buy clothes and not spend eons looking in second hand clothes shops. Convenience. and if you have some Bronze Infantino Flash please let me know. Why let Steve have all the fun.

Firstly I would like to say a thank you for all the info I picked up here when starting this earlier in the year. Learned a lot met some great people, spent way too much money, but it made me very happy. My wife had 7 weeks in France and the UK, I bought some Infantino and Porter Flash and could not be happier. Different strokes. At the start I followed the dealers and ebay and realised after a short while that the Infantino stuff seldom came up. Moy had a page for $500 with Flash at speed but no Rogues, I should have bought it but passed and it sold on Heritage for maybe mid $700s including buyers fee. A page from 300 showing Barry at speed, but no Flash or Rogue went for I think $580 on ebay in Feb. I then went to Cool Lines in late Feb about a couple of pages and was sent a full list of Flash Bronze Infantino. I picked two pages that really did it for me, including a Rev Flash / Mirror Master page and started haggling. In the end was happy. Steve replied to emails promptly and shipped it quickly and efficiently. As the year has turned out, looking over Heritage and Comic Link I think I may have gone maybe 10% but not 15% over, maybe less. Sure there have been cheaper pages sold this year, and I got some of them, but every time the content, context picked up the price jumps. Know your stuff, check the archives, and roll the dice. You may get a similar page for less, if you just wait, but for certain stuff, it is getting harder and harder to find. My perspective may also differ. If I go to SDCC it will cost me around US$1,800 in Airfares alone before paying the crazy accommodation. Also just like these posts, the more research the better you will be.