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Keep in mind also your signed comic is of niche interest -- while signed comic collectors do tend to pay more for them than the going market rate of unsigned copies of the same book in the same grade, there are Also many of us collectors who simply ignore them as we have no interest in signatures on books. While there are collectors who collect both signed and unsigned books, I'm sure, it's simply not of interest to the entire universe of comic collectors. If you have a comic shop, I would think you would prefer your pricey back issues to be more liquid than niche books.

Stack of foreign GA romance cleared from my watch list!

Hey Jer, awesome thread; sorry I'm late! (For me -- with only four books left, you don't need much help!) But I do hope to be here for the a.m. Hope your son is feeling better. to all buyers -- if you don't have a Love Secrets 35, throw that sucker on your stack as the cover story truly delivers. Awesome romance book that is waaaay under the radar.

It absolutely IS a great book; I had just never heard of this collection, so I see Mile High and automatically think Church (around here, not too silly, as you know). Thank YOU for posting the back story! A great read/education. I learn so much about our hobby on these boards. GLWTS!

Doesn't say Church copy?

Holy ! Those are gorgeous! You kept one kidney, right? Congrats!

Gotta love adding a great boardie book in a partial trade deal! This just in from @elibowman thank you! Word to the wise: he has a nifty little three-book thread in GSB right now

Boardie Book just in! Thank you @elibowman

Sensation 31 jumps to mind.

Awesome, congrats! They do seem to turn up infrequently enough that it made me curious. Looks to me like some of our boardie dealer friends could move a few of these on here if they have any in their long boxes.

Congrats! Back story? Had it a while? Last raw I saw on eBay was an auction from Dolgoff, lower grade, is this that one?

Are you saying Superworld and Dolgoff are using shill bidders, in your opinion? Or third parties are playing games with their listings?

Yes, but we can do that as easily by referring to timespans. If nothing of industry-wide creative significance occurs within a given timespan, be it five or 35 years, does it need a label? The modern age is as long as it is because there's no impetus for another label in that there's no critical mass of creative significance. I'm sure we can all pick a handful of things to accurately defend as non-drek; there's just not enough going on to define as some significant "era." If ya just gotta have a label, then that's another thing. By all means, reach for it and make something up. But we don't need the notion that every year of comics history must fit into a neatly defined era. Perhaps, one day down the line, we might rename much of the now "modern" era something like the "microbrew" or "boutique" era, as its perhaps best defined by small publisher/small circ creativity.

This raises a tremendous analytical opportunity for our analytically skilled insomniac OP! Presumably, the multiples in value as one goes up the grading scale for the same important (or non-important) book roughly corresponds with the scarcity in grade. However, I wonder if the percentage differences in price between grades correspond with the extant percentage of copies of said book at each given grade? This analysis might support the idea of uber-high pricing for high grade copies of some books, and refute it for others. Of course, one could easily argue that there are unknowns as the CGC census represents only a portion of copies in existence, as not all copies of a book are slabbed. Of course, one could argue that you are buying from within the slabbed universe, and we know what the percentage of a given grade of said slabbed book is within the slabbed universe. Of course, more books could be added at any grade at any time as raw books become slabbed, but this is within limit as there are not infinite copies of any comic in existence. We just don't know how many copies exist at each grade to be submitted to affect the percentages. Potentially, applying this logic could drive up prices for low grade copies of popular keys that exist on the census in much greater quantities at high grade than low, such as NM98 or Captain Canuck #1. Shouldn't those books be worth much more in low grade than high, since they exist in lower quantity in low grade? As low grade copies eclipse high grade copies on the census, they should therefore eclipse the more common high grade books in price. Of course, this may even out over time as this increases the incentive to submit low grade copies, as they are perceived as scarcer and more valuable. But as long as there are fewer low grade than high grade copies of a book (say NM98) then the logic should hold and the low grade copies should be worth multiples of the common high grade ones. Of course, this will lead to people artificially degrading some common, raw high grade copies to "create" more valuable low grade copies. This will require a new label color and expertise at identifying artificially degraded books and distinguishing them from those naturally degraded in the wild. Due to the era of bagging and boarding multiple unread copies of books, naturally occurring low grade copies will be quite scarce and therefore worth more than their artificially degraded counterparts. Now what color should the label be?

Thanks Bob! I suspect the same thing; population of Australia between 1950-1955 looks to be between 8 and 9 million, from a quick online search. Assuming they were available in New Zealand as well, they still could not have needed very large print runs, I would think. I've grabbed the only one I've seen thus far.

Never thought of it that way, but as thumbnail at top of cover shows, blonde Ginger = Susie! Haven't had a minute to read it yet; I just grabbed the book (online) soon as I saw it, thinking its a cool twist on a GGA classic cover. But clearly they did t change her hair arbitrarily; they repurposed Ginger as Susie.

Yes, turn the blonde hair red and you have Ginger #4.

The Archie Gang #24, aka Ginger #4 Aussie-style!

As promised, now it's here

This just in from Melbourne

at 10% off Thanks Andy!

Amazing books, Rick! Bravo!

From the notes, very few of the defects seem to be the sort pressing might address. Maybe just the bends/creases referenced without mention of color break on the one 8.0. But then, what is your goal? (Assuming resale with four of same book), what's the highest upside (8.5, 9.0? Etc), what do you have in them ($70 plus acquisition cost? No need to answer publicly, just for your own algorithm in deciding, I mean) and what's the comparison between the cost of CPR and the gap between what you can realistically expect 8.0 and your projected improved grade to each realize at sale? Thats how I'd look at it, assuming you're selling them, or selling three out of four. If they're all long term holds, I guess it's just a question of whether any visible difference made (between say a slabbed 8 and slabbed 8.5) is worth it to you when taking them out/displaying/enjoying etc.

Guessing it's the lower left back cover that did it....front is gorgeous! I went to bed too early