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I meant #9. I shouldn't try to type anything before I've had any coffee.

? It looks like The Dead-Eye Western v1#9 was the only raw Promise book that went over a grand. That's more than I'd pay for any western, but for people who collect westerns, it's probably a sought after cover.

I have never heard of Albert Moy or Mike Burkey, but I'm glad you got some original art back when it was still reasonable! I never had a yen to build an original art collection, but at one time I thought I might buy a couple of pieces to decorate my house. The prices have gone too high for that now, so if I want to do any comic-related decorating, I'll have to stick to posters.

Candle to candle and cops with no courage to Connie Kurridge.

Trapped to tricked.

Missile to missile.

It would have also depended on which newsstand, right? The operator of a street-corner newsstand in downtown Manhattan would have had to pack in the comics. The owner of a general store in Podunk, Iowa, might have had room to spare and might not have needed to worry about pulling old issues from the racks. When I was buying comics off of spinner racks in the 80s, there were often two or three issues of the same title. They would just stick the new ones in front of the old ones. There's no reason to think that the same thing didn't happen in the '40s, at least at some vendors.

I was looking for one of those back in the early 2000s, and I decided that it was a common enough issue that I would hold out for a copy with white pages even though I'll usually accept off-white-to-white. I could not find a white-paged copy anywhere, so I never did snag a copy.

Somebody should tell that guy that's he's supposed to stand a little farther back, or his bullseye doesn't count.

I'm not sure about that. I haven't dug into the numbers—and won't have time to any time soon—but it sure seems like the quarterly Batman comics from the '40s are more common than the monthly Tecs. I would have to think that the Batmans enjoyed more time on the stands.

Doing something weird with a snake to doing something weird with a bird.

Creepy hand to creepy hands.

Some of the results were just plain asinine. If people really wanted the books to keep, fair enough, but if guys were paying those prices thinking they could flip the books, well . . . let's wait and see how that works out for them.

DCs in general appeared to have weak results compared to the Timelys. That may just reflect the state of DC collecting versus Timely collecting. The AA61 was not a weak result, though.

I strenuously object! Orville from The Rescuers, Archimedes from The Sword in the Stone, and Owl from The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh were all highly intelligent.

The materials used seem to be high quality. Unfortunately, a slab can't handle much of an impact. I don't know what they could do to add an impact-absorbing feature to the slab, but most options would probably be cost prohibitive. The issue underscores the importance of packing slabs well for shipment. No amount of padding is too much padding. All that padding helps to absorb the energy of hard impacts. News flash: the employees at FedEx, UPS, and USPS can't be trusted to handle packages gently.

I meant to say that slight damage occurs more frequently during regrading and reholdering because that process includes handling of the raw comic. Severe damage, like the damage to the Large Feature Comic above, is more likely to occur during shipping or pressing.

Tom Gill cover to Tom Gill cover.

Here is an example of a book that was damaged while still in the case. Heritage listed this book in an auction in the spring of 2020 and then pulled it and had it re-graded when the damage was pointed out. It went from a 9.2 to a 4.0. I am posting this example just so that people understand that the damage that can occur in the case can be significant.

Books can be damaged inside of a holder and often are during shipping. They call it SCS—shaken comic syndrome. You should never assume that a book's grade is the same as when it was slabbed. Always inspect every book you buy. The page quality can deteriorate inside a holder, too. However, damage is even more likely to occur during reholdering or regrading than during shipping.

Moving vehicle to moving vehicle.

It will probably happen if there are books that have gotten hot, or if a particular Promise book flew under the radar and got a lackluster result the first time around—there were a rare few. It also depends whether you strictly look at the dollar amount or whether you adjust it for inflation. We went through a long stretch of years where inflation was practically negligible, but it isn't negligible any longer. Inflation has supposedly been about 9% over the past year, but I don't know how that's calculated. I think that the politicians have rigged the formula to make it seem lower than it is. The things that I spend money on have certainly gone up more than 9% in the last year. The half-and-half that I put in my coffee has gone from $1.69 to $2.69 per quart, for instance. That's 59.2 %. I had a water heater quoted during the early months of COVID for $1,025. I waited two years because of the pandemic, and by the time I had it put in, the price had gone up to $1,350. That's 31.7% over two years, or 15.85% per year. The examples I could list are legion. The point is, if you seen a Promise book that sold for $2,400 a year ago sell for $2,500 now, that book didn't increase in value, it lost $100 in value, even if you accept the government's official inflation numbers.

Futuristic gun to futuristic gun.

I've heard quite a few guys express similar thoughts. Most older guys I've known seem to lose interest in collecting around age 65. It makes me wonder whether I'll lose interest in collecting when I reach that age. I'm 48, so I have 17 years to go. Right now I feel like I'm in the hobby for life, but I think that a lot of guys felt that way—until they didn't.