FlComicFan

didnt see this before so

FLComicFan is allstar-comics on Ebay Thanks, Chet

My wife has a very wealthy friend and we went out to dinner with them one time. While they were very nice people they were "new rich" so the lady had to mention she was ordering a very expensive bottle of wine I actually felt a lot of remorse/guilt even drinking it. Hard to enjoy yourself drinking a bottle of wine that easily a few weeks salary. Its very difficult to not be either envious or begrudge people who just away money like its water. Far as the wine I'm no expert and neither were they but it was just the good ego trip for them to be able to drop a few thousand bucks like its nothing on drinks.

Everything is relative once you are that wealthy. Still doesnt account for someone paying $12K for a paper lable that says 9.9 instead of 9.8 Can you imagine how much dollar inventory in wine that place must have?

Hmmm what I find interesting is that while a lot of people find it mystifiying the amount paid but nobody thinks its interesting that a few qualified individuals could tell the difference between that 9.9 and the hundreds of 9.8's ? Almost like printing money.

I always have a bunch of original art and golden age comics up on Ebay under user id g-man2002

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Have 88 long boxes of bulk books for sale. Comics are in alpha numerical order (with exception of a few boxes of indies which are semi organized) Comics range from 1970's - 2004 with no heavy duplication . Perfect for store stock or dollar comics conventioineers. Price is $5000. gainesville area obviously pick up only.

I've seen a few listed in websites over the past 3 or so years since I got interested in collecting art I have never seen listed anywhere close to the price this one was listed at I think I saw one of the Suspense covers with an asking price of $2K a year or two back Fantastic artist, by using bright primary colors he sure gets your attention quick. I bet the books with his covers stood out big time in the 40's and 50's

thats a crazy price for a recreation

I collect Holyoke and Continental as well Someday I hope to have Cat-Man, Terrific complete I have several Suspense but doubt I will ever secure a #3 to complete the run I do have a nice #8 Judging by the prices in the guide those dont really qualify as under rated anymore, maybe 10 years ago before their huge run up. Just by guide price I think MLJ's and Fox are a quite cheap compared to Timely's and DC's. I think DC's are waaaayyyy overrated prce wise Never understood why a much more common DC book with uninteresting cover art would be worth 3-4 times what a MLJ or Fox with a great cover is valued at Dont most people now collect mainly individual issues by covers? Exactly how many collectors out there can stil try and complete full Golden Age runs of Action, Superman etc (besides Ian of course)

for cover art MLJ can vie with even Timely's For interiors Quality had an excellent stable of artists I collect Fox for their covers but most of the interior art seems cheesy even for the era. Judginhg from the handful of Centaurs I own they seem to pushed to the side since they are by the same artists who started Timely

thanks for sharing the Disneys with the board. The first comics I ever read were Disney Barks Ducks.

Shield, I sent you a PM let me know what MLJ's you are selling?

yeah its mine I scanned it for someone who was also looking for one Kind of uncommon I got a new scanner finnaly so I'll be posting some more pics of my esoteric non DC/Timely collection

One of the better Golden Age covers

original art, vintage unopened sports and non sports cards, movie posters, and just started collecting animation cels

DC's are overpriced other than the keys Timely's sell for over guide so you wont get no great deal. Buy some esoteric publishers with great ünknown"covers Titles such as Super Mystery, Speed, many MLJ's have killer covers and sell for peanuts by guide and sometimes you can even pick them up below guide since they are not as known as Superman, Batman etc Give me a killer cover from a secondary publisher over yet another drull drab boring DC anyday

maybe? I usually shy away from Timely's as they are pricey but mail me scan and let me know paper quality

BUY THEM WHERE THEY AINT--don't follow the herd.

Great advice its easy to buy whats hot and usually you are already buying near the top. I was buying NM/M Bronze books especially the oddball titles 5-10 years ago when nobody wanted them and most dealers said they were dogcrap. Unfortunately when Weird War 1 is $2 in NM not many people even want to dig through their stuff to get it for you but I dig manage to amass a nice collection of those. CGC has killed my hunt for these as I wont pay what I think are insane prices so I now am hunting for Gerber scarce books from the GA with great covers in vg unrestored. I'm thinking of pursuing other new hunts and am allways interested to hear what other people think will be big in the future or is simply cool/hard to find/relatively underpriced.

As for totally new collectors start slow and buy what you really enjoy and you cannot lose. (as long as you dont enjoy Iron Man 1's in CGC 9.6, )

Your basing the start of the Golden Age on the new breed of art which came out in that time frame. Why not Nick Fury 1 with Steranko he shook things up just as much as Adams did with GL 76 or Wrightsons horror books or Kaluta or any of the other new guys on the block who injected some life into comics as the Silver Age waned down. My vote stays with Conan 1 starting Marvels and GL 76 starting DC's silver age. Chet

yep Weird War was a throwaway title till a few years ago. Conan 1 was widely collected. High valued and in demand right from its release and was a totally different from other books that were being put out on the stands at that point. Was it also Marvel first lproperty they licensed f(didnt create on their own)??

Conan 1 gets my vote . Its the first new title/character not seen before in comics that made a impact on both what would be published later and artistically.After that if you read those old Stan Lee ramblings it seems Marvel and DC were cranking out experimental idead almost monthly man without even a tryout series first! Marvel finally getting their own newstand distributor after sharing till 1968 and being limited in the number of titles they could publish is the catalyst. Giant Size X-Men will likely end up being the key most valuable book of the era. I can remeber arguing with some DC fans whether House of Secrets 92 or GS 1 would be the first $1000 Bronze book. Too bad I've given up collecting Bronze for Gold Chet

Thanks for all the fantastic information about restoration. I have been using a black light but was totally unaware of how to spot cleaning other than the funky smell some improperly cleaned books would have. Now I get to check all my stuff armed with this great info. Keep it these great posts coming!!! Chet