adamstrange

Apart from the scan that aman619 provided I have only seen/heard of one other nice copy of BB 25 and only one copy of 26. That book almost always horrible pages -- it's as bad as the first Space Ranger in Showcase. I can picture the BB26 copy I saw because it had very nice pages and very pretty colors on the cover. I'll probably have to call someone to find out about the BB25. I could have bought the BB26 (probably a vf/nm) but it was going at a primo price and the book just doesn't do that much for me (this was probably 9 years ago). I have no idea about WM. I'm don't think Carter had that one -- at least it's not something he mentioned. The other possibility is that it was sold at Sothebys so I checked the first 4 catalogs and found no HG BB25, WM or otherwise.

That's a very, very tough book. Thanks for posting again. If you aren't careful, you're going to make even more of us jealous than you already have!

If you only have 5 of them, that's an outstanding set to have. They are all at or near the top of my list of favorites of his from the 50s.

Now where have I heard that question before?

Not quite silver age but I'm listing it anyway because it's Murphy Anderson.

Not only does that copy look tight and bright, but the pages look outstanding for a Timely. You are so right about that being a classic cover -- I've been interested in finding one since Carter put it on the cover of CBM. At least I think he did.

I didn't realize you had any "modern comics". Those are great covers. I can see why you kept them.

and if I said "Yes" to either or both questions ....

Glad you liked it! There a limited number of color catalogs like this so I thought it might be fun to post. I own a number of auction catalogs and I have fun browsing through them every once in a while and wishing and I had enough sense to bid on a few of the items. When I think of what I bought instead ...

This is the last page in the brochure that displayed comics or comic art. The other pages are mostly animation cells, misc art, toys, or movie posters. There were more books sold at the opening than were listed in the brochure. There was also the large amount of books sold the next morning to a smaller number of visitors.

This is a great thread and I like the way you're providing the information on the books and the interior art scans. It's clear you really love the books. The pace of posting is just fine. It's a nice thread to return to every few days to see what's new on the newstand for March 1952.

Wu Fang 1 =

I love the Joe Kubert Sargon the Sorcerer Story in this one.

Cowboy Western Sci-Fi

Quick, someone call the cops! I'm being stalked! I got my collection by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties! And I made it square. Ooops, slipping into a little Uncle Scrooge. Seriously, I appreciate the thank you's, and it does help keep me posting. I keep debating whether to slow down because I'm spending WAAAAY too much time on the computer these days. I'll probably slow down to one post per day, but I'll try to switch around between threads. We need more folks posting/talking about comics -- of any grade, slabbed or raw (I prefer the term "nude", myself). By the way, I don't feel particularly special as I believe you can go look at old Heritage catalogs or Metropolis's website to see an even greater selection of seriously wicked comics. Whenever I need a comic collecting fix, I go to both of those sites (and others) just to browse. As far as where I acquired the books it would be from all the typical sources, primarily over the last 20 years. Dealers, auctions, conventions, and collectors, sometimes cash, sometimes trade. There are stories attached to particular deals or particular comics, but too many share and I'd prefer a little privacy, for as long as it lasts. Some stories aren't very exciting to anyone but me, as I remember how I had to economize in order pay for this purchase or that. There's a t-shirt I like with a quote from Erasmus: "If I have a little money, I buy books. If there's any left over, I buy something to eat." The comics I have posted so far are only occasionally related to the same seller or the same deal. That's true even of the WM books on the pre-hero thread. I picked the Action 211 from a large dealer -- it was the only nice 50s Action I remember him having at the time and came from no collection in particular. The Flash 112 came from a different large dealer who got a large lot of mostly GA books but who had the beautiful copy of the 112. My records are horribly disorganized so it would take me a while to find out for certain what I paid for the Flash. I can't imagine it was much over 200 -- which seemed cheap to me at the time. The Action 210 came in a trade -- the fellow collector loved the cover as much as I did. I wouldn't overpay, he wouldn't overcharge, so we figured out a mutually agreeable deal involving WM horror and Salidas (the Action 210 was just one of the books that I got). Even if I were to divulge sources it wouldn't mean much. The sources don't necessarily have any comics any more, or necessarily have any nice ones. Good collections don't come around often and it's unusual for a dealer to get one good score, much less two. I do think that comics are much easier to get now than they used to be. CGC, Ebay, Heritage, and internet stores/exchanges all make it relatively easy to find material compared to the old days of say 1998 and earlier. I still think it's a great time to be in the hobby, but I do realize that the higher prices make it tougher on many of us to prioritize our purchases. I keep praying for the great crash so that when tth2 panic-sells his killer SA DCs, I can scoop them up cheap!

Keep posting away. I think you'll get tired of posting long before we get tired of looking!

Overstreet bought a lot of restored copies. Probably to keep costs down, probably because he didn't mind too much on big item, and probably because he was sold some that had undisclosed restoration.

Overstreet's divorce was the catlyst for the sale of the price guide and the collection. For the statistically minded, it was stated that the collection contained 25,000 GA -- but it also included SA. The collection itself was first split between the Bob and his ex-wife. Geppi bought both parts of the collection (separate purchases), although some of the comics in the wife's set were sold before Geppi bought the vast majority of them. I don't know, but suspect that the Bob's comics were separate ffrom the deal for the guide. The guide was probably a business purchase while the comics were a personal purchase by Geppi. Just to prove the accuracy of Mr. Zillatoy, I'm posting a scan of the errata sheet -- which I should have looked at before making my comment.

Yes. I'll post some more from time to time. Have you already posted on the thread? If not would you mind sharing? I wouldn't say that, as there is another collector who, if he is to be believed -- and I do -- scooped up scores of them in the 90s. I wasn't as single-minded in my pursuit. If you go to Metropolis you'll see some very nice ones, including STT 11. None of them cheap, of course, but in my experience they seem to turn up with regularity. They usually sell pretty quick as even folks who don't collect GA will often buy one because they like a particular cover. Now if you are looking for a particular issue and having trouble finding it, I can believe that. There aren't very many high-grade copies to go around of any particular issue.

No. But it has look and feel of one.