jgallo

Yes if done through CCS or an authorized CGC facilitator.

James G 

1 hour ago, Dark Knight said:

Is that your Tec 27 book in your avatar pic? 

Random but yes it is. 

James G

So apparently no love for Red Skull today.  These are the left over books.  See my bronze and copper threads as well.

Captain America Comics #61 CGC 7.0 OW Red Skull $2500

Young Allies 4 CGC 6.5 Cr-OW $2500 Classic Red Skull cover story continued from Cap 16

Warlock #9 CGC 9.6 White VERY hard to find centered and this is far better then most Classic Cover $275

I am listing a bunch of books from my personal collection.  Check out my other golden age and copper age threads as well

DC Comics Presents #26 CGC 9.8 White 1st New Teen Titans $650

DC Comics Presents #47 CGC 9.8 White 1st Masters of the Universe $450

Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 CGC 9.8 White 1st Constantine $400

Y The Last Man #1 CGC 9.6 White Tough book going up $350

No returns on these unless there is a major issue or something I missed.

Shipping in the US is included, outside the US contact me

First  gets it.

Ebay id is jgallo and I can provide references if needed.

I am listing a bunch of books from my personal collection.  Check out my other golden age and copper age threads as well

Iron Fist #14 CGC 9.6 OW-W 1st Sabertooth guy $650

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 CGC 9.0 Cr-OW 1st Darkseid $600

Warlock #9 CGC 9.6 White VERY hard to find centered and this is far better then most Classic Cover $275

No returns on these unless there is a major issue or something I missed.

Shipping in the US is included, outside the US contact me

First  gets it.

Ebay id is jgallo and I can provide references if needed.

I am listing a bunch of books from my personal collection. 

Captain America Comics #10 CGC 5.0 OW Conserved Tear seals to cover, Spine splits sealed, cover reinforced $1800

Captain America Comics #57 CGC 7.0 CR-OW $1000

Captain America Comics #59 CGC 6.5 OW-W Classic Cover $1800

Captain America Comics #61 CGC 7.0 OW Red Skull $2500

Captain America Comics #63 CGC 7.0 OW $1200

Young Allies 4 CGC 6.5 Cr-OW $2500 Classic Red Skull cover story continued from Cap 16

Warlock #9 CGC 9.6 White VERY hard to find centered and this is far better then most Classic Cover $275

Brave and the Bold #60 CGC 8.5 White very tough book that I bought slabbed.  Constantly going up $1000

No returns on these unless there is a major issue or something I missed.

Shipping in the US is included, outside the US contact me

First  gets it.

Ebay id is jgallo and I can provide references if needed.

Hi all really just looking for opinions on value of these pages for insurance.

Star Wars 92 pages 21 18 and 6

Jan Duuersema Pencils

Tom Mandrake Inks

Hulk Annual 11 page 12

Pencils: Rich Buckler

Inks: Joe Sinnott

Spiderman Annual 3

Pencils: John Romita (layouts); Don Heck (pencils)

Inks: Mike Esposito [as Mickey Demeo]

Thanks

James G

Hi all really just looking for opinions on value of these pages for insurance.

Star Wars 92 pages 21 18 and 6

Jan Duuersema Pencils

Tom Mandrake Inks

Hulk Annual 11 page 12

Pencils: Rich Buckler

Inks: Joe Sinnott

Spiderman Annual 3

Pencils: John Romita (layouts); Don Heck (pencils)

Inks: Mike Esposito [as Mickey Demeo]

Thanks

James G

20 hours ago, Mmehdy said:

Beckett is growing, and this was a very smart move, early on in the "other guys" business life,  say two years from now they would double the price....there is an endgame....there always is, I predict within the next 7 years there will be ONE grading company period...it could be that both CGC and Beckett will merge, but most likely a stock purchase. Just makes sense taking two operations and cutting it down to one. We are at the point of diminishing  returns as far as new collectors of the physical comic book, too many other distractions in the entertainment area . The classic stuff will always be there, but the "other guys" knew they were on a time limit to hit peak value, maybe a bit early, but never be too greedy.

 This similar to the "dime novels" of many many  years ago, they had price guide, they shows etc...who knows or cares about them today? The greatest comic book work has already been created in this field, the next field is yet to be here, I think comic books morph into graphic novels...on the computer as far as an end game goes.

 Forks, remember this rule..BUY what you LOVE, do not buy assuming that somebody is gonna pay  more money...and  in terms of investment always remember , comic books are not tangible income producing assets, no rents, no crops, no dividends ..only the hope down the line, that somebody is gonna pay a price that exceeded yours  and that amount  hopefully will exceed the inflation factor  from the time  when you bought it to  the  time when you sold it.

Buy the book for pride of ownership , not the hope that somebody is gonna believe that "somebody else" is gonna buy the book for more $$$$ when they buy it from you.

There have been 3 major trading card 3 party grading companies for well over 10 years, none of them have ever merged or been bought out.  I don't see that happening with comics either.  Hell PGX is still grading books for people.  As long as a company has fans and capital they will continue, I think both the comics grading companies now have booth.  I don't think they will ever merge into one.

I also don't think comic collecting will vanish.  People still collect 100 year old baseball cards and more people consider that a dead sport and business. 

Dime novels don't have the character recognition that comics do that is a primary reason why comics will never fade.  People still come into my show and ask for Duck books, these characters wont' just fade...

James G

Seeing as i collect cards and comics a few observations.

beckett grades cards, they also sell there own cards through ebay i think and a card auction house.

they are in Texas

they have now bought a comic grading company and i would expect them to sell that brand as well.

how this is not a conflict of interest is beyond me, but as has been said in this thread there are seversl people that have there toes dipped into both sides of the game.

James G

Zanga

Sorry all gone.

James G

I think this is a good idea as well.  I generally find that covers are rarely brittle.  I think the biggest issue is with Slightly Brittle, what does that mean.  I am not sure it is needed on the label as it may get a little busy but in the notes for sure.  As has been said above these books are getting super expensive and there could be a huge dollar difference between SB and B.  All that being said I think your still going to have an issue with two books being brittle and one looking fine and the other have chips in the holder.

I looked at a major key GA book at NYCC and the pages were labeled as cream to off white, they clearly were not with missing chips visible from the back and weakness to the top right corner....

James G

Is the spine intact or is in trimmed off.  Its hard to tell from your pictures but if its trimmed it would be a restored .5, otherwise maybe a 1.5, but rarely are bound books not trimmed.  Colors are great.

James G

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I think you could interchange 33 and 38

James G

15 hours ago, woowoo said:

Front cover looks 4.5 to 5.0 what's up with the grade?

Detached Cover, colors are great on it tho...

James G

1 hour ago, bluechip said:

Not trying to be unfair to you and perhaps I overstated it here.   I just remember seeing your ID in other threads and feeling that you were somewhat consistent in taking shots at things people were trying to sell, while hyping things you were selling.  "Sandman 8" is a modern book that somehow stuck in my mind as something you hyped, simultaneous with slamming other things that were older and more rare.   I don't mind people hyping their things and I acknowledge their right to slam other things, but have found that when I've seen people slam something that's old or rare or historic or a combo of all three, if I do a search on what they're selling or hyping it is often items that are newer, more numerous, or even manufactered as a collectible (dealer incentive variants, etc).   But my memory is not perfect so it's possible I confused you with somebody else and I can see looking at the post I may have jumped the gun a bit.   Just trying to be fair to the buyer of this, whom I heard about some years ago after wondering who'd gotten the piece I wish I'd bought.   If I had this today I would be extolling its virtues and I want to be consistent in doing so even when part of me would love to see it unfairly slammed so I could get it cheap.

Considering i am a golden age collector and i don't think i have ever tried to sell a modern age book on the boards you most certainly have me confused with someone else.  I do not sell moderns and i hate retailer incentive .  I also dont talk down on things and i was just voicing my opinion about it,which I don't think was done in a disparaging way.

your trying to be far to the owner of this color guide but your disparaging me in the process.  I dont think that is right or fair.

feel free to check my ebay id which is jgallo and you will see plenty of golden age books.

1 hour ago, sfcityduck said:

As far as I know, Shuster never, not once, colored a cover.  He was not a colorist.  So I'm not seeing your point here.

Nor do I understand the difference you percieve between a color guide done by an on-staff colorist as opposed to a color guide done under the earlier practice of outsourcing that task to the printer. 

These nitpicks may matter to you, but they make no sense to me.

 

 

My points were from a value standpoint.  If this was the inked line art and not a color guide we would be having a difference discussion.  My point is that the person who did the art/coloring directly coroalates to its value.  So a piece done by Shuster would have more appeal and more value then an outsourced colorest.

As for who did the coloring if they were all outsourced at the time then i would agree with you but to me there is a difference between someone in house at DC verse someone at a random printing company or in China doing the work.

James G

7 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

The art was by an artist.  The color was by a colorist, here the color separator for Photochrome who would go on to be employed by DC after the war.

Yes i am aware of all that but as far as i know nothing was done by Shuster who is the artist on the cover. And i am aware it was done by a colorist who would later be employed by dc but it was outsourced at the time.  Maybe its semantics but to me all that matters.  

I am not saying its not a historical piece or not cool i am just saying all things being equal I would rather have the comic.

James G

On 9/19/2017 at 7:41 PM, bluechip said:

I bid on this when it was offered and regretted that I heeded the advice of people who talked it down.   If it went for only 20 or so I would be happy to bid that and get it.   All that said, I think the seller deserves not to have his item dumped on and I think it would be unfair if he ends up selling it for the low price I would pay just because people come on sites like this and trash it.   Maybe I've just seen too many examples of this from you, interspersed with other posts that tout the investment potential of the likes of some "rare" issue like a Sandman 17 dealer inventive variant, but I just think it's not fair and a little petty to chime in with remarks like "small with a 'story;'" when it happens to be the earliest known printed image of Superman.   

Umm not sure what the heck you are talking about with your sandman 17 comments above.  I think you have me mixed up with someone else.

the fact is the piece is small in size smaller then a golden age comic and that is far less appealing to me.  Much like large art brings more i think this would be far more appealing if it was full size and done by the cover artist as opposed to an out sourced color seperator. 

I highly doubt my meager opinion is going to impact the sale price one way or the other but this whole board is made up of people expressing there opinions so not sure why your calling me out.....???

James G

I personally don't find this an appealing item.  It is small with a "story" behind it.  I am not disputing the story in anyway.  Regardless of the historical importance I don't think this will even sniff the price of a coverless cover.  I think 20-30K will be the ending range.

James G

2 hours ago, twmjr1 said:

What would a 5.0 w. moderate amateur resto bring now? 60k? More?

Why you got one, LMK I am interested...

James G

Looking for the following

Detective 26 cover

Detective 66 centerfold or complete coverless

Action 20 I need the back cover but will take an incomplete copy

Thanks

James G

I have a lot of experience with pieces as I collect parts and have bought and sold tons of parts to a lot of keys especially Batman 1.  I bought an incomplete batman 1 with the wraps intact, I had CGC grade the wraps and did not split it into single pages.  This is the only way to do it as it maintains a usable part that can still be married into a book.  I would never part out a complete coverless book and I would never split intact parts just to make more money. 

That being said some people would rather own a piece of something they would not otherwise be able to afford, others would rather go without.

As for that coverless incomplete Detective 27, I bought it from comic connect years ago for like 1200, sold it to carbo for like 3700 which I thought was nuts at the time.  I believe it has since moved around a lot but at one time I think it did sell for like 25K which I find insane since none of the desired parts are there.

What do none Superman Action 1 pages sell for, to me those just have no interest much like this Detective 27 had no long term interest to me.

Complete coverless books are great but the big keys even the Silver Age ones are getting expensive even coverless.

James G

Moving these to ebay tonight....

Bump feel free to hit me up with offers..