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Finished, at least for now, a redesign of my spreadsheet to be able to produce a concise 1 page want list that distinguishes missing from upgrades. Many thanks to kaculler for providing me with the Title Index so I could import the data While the new style is much more cluttered than the one I came up with a few years ago, I think that adding the title and and current grade is very valuable

And my last book just closed at well under either value or even 10% the last comp for the book from 6 years ago

ANd my Seven Seas Big Apple was 1/3rd less than the book sold for last year

OUCH my New Book #2 closed at barely 1/2 what the same book sold for in Decmeber

I had to go back and read what I actually wrote. Meant to say biggest of the 25 lots I consigned through heritage, and the biggest sale of a book for me in my 55 years as a reader/collector/part-time dealer/investor/four color collector in comic books. Got a few other Early golden age books closing tomorrow like New Book of Comics #2

For the first time ever I watched the live streaming of the Thursday session It was fun seeing several of the books increase 5 fold in the 2 minutes it took. I sold the biggest lot in that session Was both happy and disappointed for the Highest graded Special Edition #1 to reach auction in well over a decade to only jump from 3100 to 3700. To me that is a big book. Could not even imagine paying/owning a 50K book

Updating my spreadsheets to track all the new books since last year. I realized that upping my average grade to a 5.0 is going to be the most difficult of my 2020 goals Since I have about 1250 books, increasing the average grade by even .1 would take an additional 125 "points" which translates to replacing 25 at 2.5 with 7.5's Making it even harder I am focusing on adding books that are either First Series or under 100 which are usually going to below my current 4.6 average grade Here are two of my most recent additions/upgrades from MCS

Hulk closed at 2001. nipping the other bidder who was at 2000 The 4 books I bought as an investment back about 15 years ago are closing this week starting off with the Special Edition #1 TOMORROW. This is the nicest copy of the first book devoted to Captain Marvel in well over a decade During that closing I will likely be at the Retina specialist getting a pelet inserted into my EYE via needle. Hoping to stop the diabetic retinopathy Remember if you win one of my books I will purchase some of your FOUR COLORS

I think this is a generally accepted list 1217 Ken and Barbie #1 01-053-207 1228 Bonanza 01-070-207 1277 Mother Moose 01-530-207 1292 Cain’s Hundred #1 01-094-207 1314 Donald Duck Album 01-204-207 1315 Follow the Sun 01-280-207 1316 King Leanardo 01-390-207 1317 Laramie 01-418-207 1318 Leave it to Beaver 01-428-207 1319 Lolly and Pepper 01-459-207 1320 Man From Wells fargo 01-495-207 1321 Marge’s Lulu and Tubby in Japan 01-476-207 1322 The Prince and the Pauper 01-654-207 1323 National Velvet 01-556-207 1324 Pixie Dixie and Mr. Jinx 01-631-207 1325 The Real McCoy’s 01-689-207 1326 The Twilight Zone 01-860-207 1327 The Untouchables 01-879-207 1329 1329 This is unusual. Ben casey seems to fit the spot (#1 ) 12-063-207 1362 However Gyro Gearloose also seems to fit the spot. In fact I have a Gyro Gearloose in a CGC case titled Four Color #1329, despite the fact that 1329 is listed nowhere on the title or indica. 1331 Blue Phantom #1 01-066-208 1334 Dazey’s Diary 01-174-208 1338 Fury 01-292-208 1339 1339 Rawhide 01-684-208 1340 Beany and Cecil 01-057-209 1342 Brenda Lee’s Life Story 01-078-209 1343 Bullwinkle 01-090-209 1344 Drift Marlo #1 01-232-209 1345 Famous Indian Tribes #1 12-264-209 1346 1346; Jungle War Stories #1 01-384-209 1347 King Of Diamonds 01-391-209 1351 The Magic Sword 12-496-209 1352 Ponytail #1 12-641-209 1353 77 Sunset Strip 01-742-209 1363 The Twist 01-864-209 1355 Bonanza 01-070-210 1356 The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 01-828-208 1357 Mickey Mouse Album 12-518-210 1358 National Velvet 12-556-210 1359 The Twilight Zone 12-860-210 1360 The Untouchables 12-879-210 1361 (q?) Walt Disney’s Goofy Scoutmaster 12-308-211

I think by the end of March I should be down to under 100. At some point I will have to officially incorporate the "missing Four COlors to my spreadsheet. I did my best to track them down on MycomicShop.com and added about 20 to my want list there. Here is one I just got from Heritage where U have consigned a small box of books last year.

Now that I have so much more data accessible I have been doing more statistical analysis My longest unbroken streak is between 598-672 for 75 consecutive issues. the next best ones are only 45 and 43 issues the average grade of my books is only 4.63 with the lowest grades in the below 100 section as we would expect, in the low 3's but the highest grades are in the 6,7, 8 and 1100s all of which are just over 5. My goal for 2020 is add at least 25 missing books and upgrade at least 50. Would love to bring the average grade up to at least 5.0 as well

Just got this Missing FOur Color in last week Common Wisdom seemed to have this as number 1344 based on a number of 01-232-209 AS you can see the actual number is 01-232-207 meaning it was Not a September issue, but was instead issues in July of 1962. I would argue that this was the 5th of the missing books and should be more like issue 1314

Hulk is up to 1800 with the closing on Sunday

All 6 books are open for bidding Led off by the Hulk 181 already at $1,250 Hoping all of my sales via Heritage auctions yield enough to pay for the 2016 Mercedes B250e I bought my wife last year just prior to consigning last September To paraphrase Chicago voting "Bid Early and Bid Often" Thanks for looking

I am glad I was not the only one who had that thought. I recently picked up a copy of Jackie Gleason #1

This was the version I developed a few years ago when the HAVE list exceeded 1100 and the wants dropped into the hundreds I added the upgrade section later

Now that I have grades and costs in the RAW data section of my Spreadsheet I figured it was time to start really working with the DATA. I built a Query sheet where all I have to do is enter an issue number and I can see if the book is missing, or if I have it what grade and price info I have for my copy.. It is setup to permit many multiple queries on the same page. Really a useful tool when looking to fill holes and upgrade issues in a very compact manner. I plan on transfering the Thank You data from the Word Documnet into this sheet and would like to add the Title for each issue. as an aid. I was wondering if anyone here has list of titles in some kind of word doc, or spreadsheet the I can cut into mine?

While for many here these are not big books they certainly were for me My 4 better consigned books were delayed to the March 5-8 Signature Auction. All scans are available, and the bidding actually opened a few days ago. Special Edition 1 CGC 6.5 https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/special-edition-comics-1-fawcett-publications-1940-cgc-fn-65-cream-to-off-white-pages-this-is-the-first-book-devoted-entirely-to/p/7224-47001.s? Seven Seas 1 Big Apple CGC 8.5 https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/adventure/seven-seas-comics-1-big-apple-pedigree-universal-phoenix-feature-1946-cgc-vf-85-off-white-pages-south-seas-girl-captain/p/7224-47003.s? New Book of Comics 2 CGC 5.5 https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/humor/new-book-of-comics-2-dc-1938-cgc-fn-55-off-white-pages-last-issue-of-the-title-contains-dr-occult-a-superman-prototype-/p/7224-47002.s? Uncle Sam Quarterly 1 CGC 7.5 https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/uncle-sam-quarterly-1-quality-1941-cgc-vf-75-off-white-to-white-pages-origin-of-uncle-sam-will-eisner-story-eisner-and-lou-fine/p/7224-47004.s? These books have not been up for sale for nearly 20 years, and were part of one of my last major comic investments. Also hitting the blocks in the NEXT Sunday-Monday Weekly (FEB 17-24) auction are two of my better Silver/Bronze books that are recently back for grading. Hulk 181 7.0 and Aquaman 29 8.0 https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/the-incredible-hulk-181-marvel-1974-cgc-fn-vf-70-white-pages/p/122008-101001.s? Besides my 7.0 there is also an 8.0 in the same auction. Hope mine comes after the higher grade one. https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/aquaman-29-dc-1966-cgc-vf-80-off-white-to-white-pages/p/122008-101002.s? That still leaves 2 other recently slabbed books (Cap 100 and Aquaman 11) to be scheduled. As I mentioned previously if you win one or more of my auctions I will use the net proceeds to buy missing or upgrade FOUR COLOR issues for my collection. I am currently missing just over 100 issues and want to upgrade at least another 200 issues. For example if you win the Hulk 181 with a hammer of $2,000, you will pay $2,400 with BP and I will net $1,800 after SP. That will leave me with $1,800 to spend on your NICE, but often hard to move Four Colors. Net result, for $600 and a pile of Four Colors you can have a nice Hulk 181. Call it a QUID-PRO-QUO if you will, but more like a perfect transaction to me. Feel free to pm me with questions Jim Greenspan ( jmg3637)

Several of my consignments are listed in the March signature auction including a Special Edition 1 that i have held for over 15 years

and this list is for the books I am looking to upgrade. Prefer at least a 5.5 for the below FOUR COLORS NEEDING UPGRADE First SECOND SERIES 3 208 401 607 802 1120 8 220 415 610 805 1121 14 221 419 611 806 1125 23 222 420 622 810 1134 223 423 633 825 1140 6 228 424 643 826 1141 16 238 429 653 829 1151 25 240 439 662 843 1153 27 241 440 665 845 1180 29 247 457 666 859 1183 38 250 458 669 861 1185 44 255 467 683 866 1186 46 256 468 689 873 1191 52 257 471 693 880 1192 53 270 473 696 899 1194 59 280 480 697 909 1203 61 291 483 701 913 1211 64 293 489 710 914 1213 70 302 498 714 925 1214 72 307 501 727 926 1216 77 308 504 735 937 1223 91 320 509 736 946 1231 98 327 510 739 948 1234 100 331 513 762 954 1235 117 358 515 771 957 1264 119 363 517 773 959 1305 131 365 525 774 960 1306 151 367 527 777 970 1307 158 375 537 779 980 1330 164 378 539 783 989 1354 166 379 556 794 999 171 380 559 1007 176 381 565 1009 184 390 573 1011 188 394 576 1012 189 395 579 1013 190 580 1040 191 582 1041 194 586 1053 196 587 1058 596 1061 1067 1070 1085

not going to the REAL show this time Just the swamp meet the Below is the current list of the issues I am missing Comics Want list--FOUR COLORS FIRST SECOND SERIES 1 1 319 704 1102 4 2 332 730 1122 5 7 337 733 1124 6 8 344 740 1135 7 9 359 754 1154 9 13 361 765 1164 12 14 405 776 1175 15 18 428 796 1181 18 22 435 799 1204 22 26 444 827 1215 28 455 834 1221 31 469 835 1222 37 474 840 1241 41 485 867 1262 63 494 868 1266 73 502 872 1272 74 503 876 1284 94 526 879 1296 110 529 916 1297 139 553 917 1298 172 561 922 1309 204 564 931 1335 206 575 932 211 593 938 224 594 940 235 597 963 259 673 974 265 983 294 1019 1065 1097

I have gainer an appreciation for them since beginning my Four Color Collection. I have never taken the time to think about it much less count, but there are certainly Hundreds published over the 25 year span of the Four Color Series Does Zorro count as a Western?

I think I snagged the last table for the swap meet. I am looking for FOUR COLORS via trade. I will post the list of the 100+ that I still need as well as the 200+ that I am looking for upgrades to say F or above Will be bringing mid grade Marvel and DC's primarily Silver age. Also random slabs and excess Four Color inventory Was it like 6 short boxes on a table? and will I have space behind to bring a small display board?

I have been working on refining my tracking system to include as much information as possible In the last month I have quick graded all of my collection and entered that data in a new section of my tracking sheet. I have also added another new section for value at time of trade (i.e.cost basis)where that information was available With the 1/2 dozen books on the way I am now down to just 109 issues missing and just over 200 that are in serious need of an upgrade I am now only one book (673) away from completing all of the 600's my first completed column Here are some of the First series issues, no idea when I posted them last. I am sure that many of them are on the "to be Upgraded" list, just not likely to happen for a long time

The scans are up for the 4 Golden Age books I first mentioned in this thread. Well for 3 of the 4 anyway. New Book still shows the placeholder of the GL junkie issue For some reason they got bumped into the March 5-7 Signature Auction, but the links still work Books are : Special Edition 1 CGC 6.5 New Book of Comics 2 CGC 5.5 Seven Seas 1 (Big Apple) CGC 8.5 Uncle Sam Quarterly 1 CGC 7.5 All of these are old slabs. Who knows what they could CPR into Thanks for looking , and especially to those who bid