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I was watching a re-run of that show recently. I don't think it would fly on network TV today. Boone's character, Paladin, lives at a hotel, and he calls the male Chinese servant "Hey Boy" and the female Chinese servant "Hey Girl." That would not be considered politically correct today.

I guess these three qualify.

That was random! I think that we would have heard if he had died, but he has not been active on the boards. I believe that he was having some health issues that interfered with his participating. So if by "around" you mean alive, then yes, I think so, but if you mean active on the boards, then no. And yes, his collection is staggering. He built a nice collection back when key books could be had for quite a bit less than what they go for now. It would be virtually impossible to build a collection like that today without very, very deep pockets. Back to the connections, though! September Fawcett to September Fawcett.

Checkered pants to checkered vest.

Jeep to jalopy.

From a face that only a mother could love to a face that probably led to abandonment on the steps of an orphanage.

Some Big Apple copies are low grade—no argument. But have you ever seen a Big Apple copy with tape or a married centerfold? The only way I can see the original poster's book being a Big Apple book is if CGC made the wrong call on the married centerfold and if the tape repair is an extremely old repair.

Hungry plant finishing dude to hungry plant finishing dudette.

Quasi pedigree to rejected pedigree (Selkirk).

No. 34 current pedigree to no. 34 obsolete pedigree.

I've picked up a couple of books lately, and I've been the underbidder on quite a few others. I haven't been that aggressive, so I think prices must be softening a bit. Throughout last year, most of my bids weren't even close—on anything.

Metal head to a real stoner.

Enemy with a star on his cap to enemy with a star on his cap.

Creep carrying a woman in red to same.

I agree that it is not a Big Apple copy. It might have come from the same distributor as the Big Apple copy.

Rising sun with 12 stripes to rising sun with 8 stripes.

Moving in on your friend's girl to stealing another girl's fellah.

I never liked Frank Miller's art or writing. I know very little about the man, but whatever stories of his I read back in the 80s and 90s seemed like they were written by a misogynistic psychopath. I don't think that I've read anything of his since the 90s, and I don't particularly care to.

Uncle Sam looming large to The Owl looming large. Battleship in the air to sedan in the air.

The third result was from ComicConnect. I was tracking the book that night and thought about bidding on it but decided not to. I'm not positive why I held off, but I did buy my Subby 30 the following night. I guess I wanted a Subby 30 in 8.0 more than I wanted a GL 26 in 9.6. You make some valid points, but I'm not sure the GL 26 would have sold for much more on Heritage. I personally haven't gotten any bargains on CConnect.

Lasso to lasso.

Is a QES sticker even more sought after than a CVA sticker?

Most of the books are only top-of-the census copies because they were so softly graded. Besides, many of the Mile High copies from that era are still raw, including most of the Timely superhero books.

I think that an inordinately high price will buoy the sales price the next time around. When Gary Keller paid very high prices for some Mile High DC's, they eventually came back down to earth, but it took having them sell two more times. Whatever they ended up losing, they lost about half with the first resale and the rest with the next resale. If this book follows that pattern, it should sell for around $20,400 if it is sold again in the next few years. I have seen a similar pattern many times over the years. For some reason when a book sells for an astronomical price, collectors seem to think that it has somehow magically increased in value completely out of proportion to historical trends instead of recognizing the sales price as the outlier that it is.

Girl underwater to presumed dude underwater.