jmg3637

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

20 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Wowzers, so this was your copy of Spidey that sold in Thursday's session??:    

If so, congrats and very well done!!!  

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

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        

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

On 2/14/2020 at 4:51 PM, KirbyJack said:

I’m so old I was thinking Jackie Gleason.

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

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?

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