goldenharvey

22 hours ago, Silver_Couch_Surfer said:

I would just send it back if it is truly hardware. What settings are you using?

I'm pretty much just using the standard settings, except for black point being set at 11, like others are doing.   I can improve it a bit using Curves in Photoshop, but that streaking is still visible.

I could send it back, but there are zero of these for sale on ebay or amazon right now....or anywhere else that I can find with a quick Google search.  So I may just tolerate it, at least for now..   Or maybe I'll do more research and try to find another model in the $200 range.

I bought a used HP Scanjet 7400c off Amazon for $230.   It seems like it is working fairly well, but I am some light vertical streaking on the images.   I think I may just tolerate it though....it isn't too bad, and I don't want to send this back and buy something more expensive.

I am using Vuescan software, but I assume the streaking is from the hardware.

@kaculler  Yes, really nice collection there.   I love that Little Dot 3 and always looking for a nice copy, but CGC Census suggests very few out there, as would be expected.   And I think Little Max 1 is the first appearance of Little Dot, and good one there as well.

I wish I would have bought more of the early file copies in the 90s (and not sold some of what I did buy) and also some of the Heritage auctions in 2003 had a lot of high grade books.  There was one particular Heritage auction just packed full of high grade Harvey file copies, but I could not afford more than one or two.

But the treasure hunt continues....

Agreed that head is too large for body and also left breast is in the wrong place.

I picked this one up on ebay recently and wondering what grade it will get from CGC.  I'm sure not that high, but hopefully at least 5.0.

12 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

I'm a fellow Harvey fan (mainly Bronze age), but other than the PCH stuff I think Harveys are doomed to keep declining in value mainly because the once iconic characters have been basically out of print for almost four decades and are sadly and slowly fading into comic oblivion. There is a top-3 graded CGC 7.0 Little Audrey #1 (Harvey 1957) in the upcoming Comiclink auction. It will be interesting to see how that performs compared to previous sales and first issues of Richie Rich and Casper and Spooky from the same era.

Yes I agree with you there.  The people who care about those characters and those books are all aging rapidly, with no new fans/collectors to take their place.  Richie Rich seems to be the most popular and always figure there are some millionaires and maybe some billionaires who are fans and will bid very high for his key issues.   The early Little Dots are probably only so popular, because they have RR's first appearances.  

But at least with the demand dropping, the supply of those early Harveys in high grade is so small.  You can look at the CGC census and some early Caspers maybe have one graded copy and it's 6.5.  I wonder if there are many others out there that are ungraded and in collections, or if there just weren't any file copies of those issues.  But Casper 6, 10, 19, and 20 are the key ones there that will sell for $1000+ in 9.2 or higher.   

And the other key Harvey #1 issues are still pricey like Hot Stuff, Little Lotta, Spooky, etc.   However, once you get past #1 hardly anyone cares about any other issues, as the realized auction prices show. 

I wish a few more of the early Harvey humor books would be offered on ebay/Heritage/Comiclink, but does add to the "treasure hunt" aspect of collecting them to have them so rare and unavailable, at any price.

8 hours ago, RICK STARR said:

 

 

 

Very nice with the Little Lotta !   At one point several years ago, I had an 8.5 but had to sell it, because I needed the cash flow.  I still regret that.  It's obviously a next to impossible book to find in high grade, as most of the early Harveys are.  

On 3/30/2019 at 9:38 AM, Jayman said:

@goldenharvey Great Caspers! I love the early Casper, Wendy & Spooky books. If you notice, most people are posting PCH books including myself. Harvey is unique IMO as they were one of the only publishers that still sold stories with ghosts, witches and other supernatural beings AFTER the code. They were clever enough to convert the characters over to comedy/kids comics. Here’s another PCH that I like. Please post more if you got em! Welcome to the boards!

 

Yes I love the early Caspers, Little Dots, Little Audrey, etc.   They just have a very quaint innocence about them.  I just bought a Spooky #1 on ebay that isn't in great shape, but glad to have it.   I also like the Harvey 3D books and here are a couple of those that I have.

There is a thread in the Silver Age section for Harvey Comics, but my favorite period are the earlier books, so I figured would make another thread.

Here are a couple of my best books from that period:

I picked up this one on ebay for about $100.  I'm going to get it graded and thinking it will get about a 5.0 but perhaps lower, because of the rough spine.  The highest graded copy in the census is only 6.5.

I picked this one up on Heritage by offering the previous buyer $1K for it.   I thought that was a very reasonable price and figure the market value is closer to $1200.   But after tax and shipping, it was still $1080.    But this is my favorite Casper cover after #34 (that has zero CGC graded copies) and was glad to upgrade my previous copy.   I doubt I'm going above this 9.0 though, because just too pricey.

I wish I would have bid on the 9.4 copy from the Quinton Clem collection back in 2013.  It resold for over $8000 last summer.  But I'm glad to have this one and very happy with it.

Ok, I overpaid for this one a bit in the recent Heritage auction, but just had to have it.   

There is a 3-D Dolly CGC 9.2 in the latest Heritage weekly comics auction.  It ends on Sunday 8/19.  I won't be bidding on it, already having a 9.4, unless I can pick it up at a crazy bargain rate.  But would rather someone else get it who can appreciate it.

I'm the same way and very much cover-centric with my Harvey books.  That looks like a beautiful book with the Wendy/Casper cover.

I think my all time favorite Casper cover is #34 with him riding the rocket on a black cover.  That one even edges out #20, but there are no file copies and I don't think even any graded copies of that book...probably the only issue in the first 30 or 40 Casper comics without one being slabbed and graded.  I suppose there were no file copies of that issue, which is sad.

I wish I would have bought about 5x the number of file copies from Diamond International Galleries in the 90s.  They were such a crazy bargain and are rarely seen again and offered for sale.

On 8/8/2018 at 10:16 PM, jimjum12 said:

What is the significance of Casper 20 ? GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

It is the first appearance of Wendy, the Good Witch, Casper's main romantic interest and also it's a very nice black cover that is difficult to find in high grade.  There are four copies graded 9.4 though and those are the highest.   I have a 7.5 copy and I guess that's the best I'm going to be able to do there.

A Casper 10 CGC 9.2 (first Spooky, and highest graded copy) sold for over $3800 on Heritage in Nov, 2016 but then that exact same copy sold a few months ago on Comiclink for $1688.  You can just never tell the true market value of highest graded copies, because easy for two people to get into a bidding war for one.

I wish I had more $ to spend back in the early 2000s when more of these graded Harvey file copies were auctioned off.  Most of them are locked in collections now and don't come up for sale very often.  I have a couple of nice copies of Harvey Comics Hits #61 to get graded and those should be 7.5 or a little better.  And I have a Casper 21 that is really nice and could even get 9.4  

On 8/1/2018 at 3:49 PM, Hepcat said:

 

 

Oh wow! I love Harvey 3-Ds, and I have neither of those!

Yes I love them too and would always see 3-D Dolly at comic conventions in the early 80s and just coveted that book for some reason.  I was eventually able to buy a file copy from the Diamond collection and graded 9.4, so I was very pleased.  

Funny 3D is another one that is good, although not much demand for it.   You probably know there were scores of file copies of Adventures in 3D #1, so it isn't that valuable but it's always been one of my favorites.

Did you guys see the Casper 20 CGC 9.4 that was auctioned on Heritage recently?   It went for $5520.  I would post a pic, but too depressing, because I tried to get that one, but was outbid.   But that has got to be one of the most valuable Harvey books, along with Little Dot 1 , Richie Rich 1, Sad Sack 1 and Harvey Comics Hits 3.  Well, maybe a couple more 9.6 Richie Rich books in there.  Harvey Comic Hits 61 9.2 sold for less than $2000 a few years ago, so not sure it is a contender. 

Anyway, it was fun tracking the auction and watching it for a few weeks, even though I ended up being a loser.

Ok back to my proper acct..