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I feel like this fits in here, somehow

LOVE the Roly Poly! Been having a helluva time hunting one down. Great book! 

I posted this in the bronze threads once and it got called creepy

Thank you! I did a double-take when I saw it. Other than top of the spine and lower left corner, it's flat. And very clean and bright.

1 hour ago, miraclemet said:

usually when trading, the guy getting the best book wins (or trading a quarter for 2 dimes and a nickel) . But with the AF15 being so low grade, and trimmed, and (in my opinion) pretty low on the "presentable" scale I think getting some BA keys, especially if it includes the BA icon IH181. 

Im actually surprised that the dealer would make the trade since moving one big book is likely to take longer than multiple nice BA keys. But maybe he has a buyer who's told him in the past "if you can ever get an AF15, let me know". 

I'd definitely want to be sure to get a good total value for the book so that it makes sense for you (as opposed to just selling the book and getting the cash and buying the books you want).  If you told me it was a BA lot that included a nice condition  IH181 and an ASM129 I'd say go for it.  The other ones you mentioned are tier 2 to me (WWBN, ASM121), very nice, but not key-keys. 

This is what I was thinking, as well. Usually, when I trade with an LCS, it's generally easier, I find, to get one big book for several smaller hot keys. Surprised your guy is willing to go reverse. Then again, maybe if he's deep, he just wants one in the shop. Cracked out, in Mylar on a wLl, it would look even better as an LCS showpiece.

I agree on the trade elements too. 181 great, but I'd want top bronze keys across the trade. (129 as Miraclemet said, or very sharp HOS 92 or X-Men 94. Maybe something else is also acceptable, but it's a short list. WWBN 32 is cool but scares me as it has heated so long for so little reason. MK is a cool bit character but he's a bit character to tie up a quarter to a third of this trade's value. If I wanted a spec book in the lot, maybe a sharp GL 87 for a much smaller percentage of the total trade?)

Astounding to Astonishing (glad you're back in this thread, DM!)

Fortune to Jackpot

On January 17, 2017 at 1:40 PM, AGGIEZ said:

 

I've never understood the appeal for this book...

I bought it off the racks and remember the buzz among others who grabbed one and read it. In my anecdotal experience, it just seemed like the one that made people realize something new and cool was happening with the X-Men. GS1 is kind of a standalone read while 94 definitely has that continuity context, that "here we go, we're rolling" feel that made the X-Men feel new again. I don't know if that explains it, but that's how I remember that 1975-1980 era. My mindset still hasn't caught up and I'm always mildly surprised by how many have come to prefer GS1, even though it's an awesome book too.

While GS 1 is chronologically "baby A" of these twins, the Mile High II find of GS1 and the darker cover on 94 does make it harder in grade. 

I wasn't at the show with all you guys, but I picked up this related piece at an LCS while on business travel a week ago.

9 hours ago, kelholt said:

Looks like a keeper. Nice book.

Thx! 

1 minute ago, NEWTON EINSTEIN said:

Wunderbar!

C'est magnifique!

Woowhoo! Two 9.0's out of the woodwork! Sal, we're not alone anymore! Doom Patrol fans!

22 minutes ago, drotto said:

Which is why I still own the copy I have.  It is unlikely I would have purchased a AF 15 outright without my wife killing me. 

Thx for more info, drotto. I agree with what comicdey said above, but I'd want both 181's from that sampling. I guess I wonder if you couldn't get more from him with the AF15 converted to cash in hand, is all.

Make yourself happy as a collector; I just wouldn't want to see you regret giving up upside (which is no guarantee though it looks like a No-brainer from today's vantage point -- but then again Marvel Comics #1 was once top GA dog after all).

Just because you got it as a bargain/stroke of luck, don't undervalue what you have. But if it doesn't make you happy the way other books do, it is just a valuable possession. So go get what you want; it's a major piece of firepower whether in trade or converted to cash.

1 hour ago, NEWTON EINSTEIN said:

lI have three of them, but nothing like your 9.0, not even close.  Wow!  

Put 'em up anyway! This book needs the love!

Ducks with skis to ducks bearing gifts

Good point, Sqeggs...dehumanizations of the enemy, I would guess.

Duffman; I dunno, I like both that True and that Real Life, so all I can say is "ha ha"!

Based on what you have said above, I'd still be inclined against, but I don't know your preferences and collecting goals.

if the book is complete but labeled purple due to trim, is that the worst of it, or does it not present well? Worst case, you've got a complete low-grade copy of the third most desired comic, generally speaking, on the planet. I would think you could get more in cash for it and buy what you want, I'd there's approx. $4k of books in that collection you would rather have.

Also, do you know it was trimmed, or was that identified in the grading process? If so, I would want to know how they are certain since so many say trimming is the toughest resto to detect accurately. There's a pretty broad variance in size among SA books from the same print run; I'm just saying I'd want high confidence with a key of that prominence.

That aside, a good litmus for you -- if you converted your AF 15 purple point-five to cash, is there a book you'd rather have for the $$ than what is in the collection you are considering trading for?

That's my 2 cents; hope it helps you in the way you were looking for. Can you post your book, and/or say more about your target books from the collection and your collecting goals in general? 

DC trio to DC trio

15 minutes ago, mr_highgrade said:

Yep.

Thank you! 

i will have to photograph and post mine (interior of Savage Tales #1) for the committee's review.

This thread is overdue for a and I was pretty happy to find this in this kind of shape:

The Shadow to shadow back to The Shadow

As noted above

Of course, an MGA80 needs a 79, where the DP is teased as coming next issue on the letters page, but as "The Legion of the Strange."

1 minute ago, mr_highgrade said:

Forget about Ditko, he wouldn't sign if his life depended on it. As far as Barry is concerned, I obtained three signatures from him here in NY back in 84. But it now sounds like he refuses to sign for anyone.

That's what I was thinking....BWS not, over his career, as anti-sig as Ditko, but fairly infrequent compared to most. That about right?

Ok, total ignorance here as I'm not a sig collector (though I have a few acquired by happenstance, including BWS, which is why I'm asking), so his sig is not particularly common? I get the sense he's not exactly like Ditko, but has signed on and off sporadically?