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Was chatting with a comic shop owner today about yakimas. Said he bought half the books, and sold most, but still has some nicer ones buried away in his attic (late 30s). Sadly not interested in selling 😞

All I really see is that people coming into pulps are mimicking what seems to have been somewhat common pulp collecting practices, namely cover/genre chasing. I wouldn't mind a decent copy of Marvel Science Stories Aug 38, but not at $300. Wave a nice uncanny tales under my nose at that price and I'd probably have to go look for my wallet.

They were still figuring things out. Brain in a vat? Meh. Girl in a test tube?

I feel like it would be rude to scan ebay while browsing, but sometimes I'll just tell the owner I'm not familiar with the comics or books and want to look them up later to see if I need them. I try to be polite and respectful, and haven't had any issues where it got awkward. 😀

Probably will eventually 😆

Just lucky with a bookstore, owner said he picked these up a while ago and is losing money since no one is buying them. If you dont mind me asking, are any of these worth grabbing? Was planning to check ebay once I get in front of a desktop but figure you guys are more knowledgeable.

I came across a copy of Dunwich today 😆 Cool looking book, almost grabbed it but I'm unfamiliar with what a fair price should be. (I take photos of books I'm interested in so I can look them up when I get home)

Some recent additions. The terror is a little rougher than I thought, tge others are in pretty nice shape.

Might have been flirting 😆

Some recent lower grade pick ups

Yah I remember my jaw hitting the floor on that auction. Stunning book but out of my league. Some more clowns covers, none are mine. I did get a copy of gay book magazine with a clown cover a bit ago, but the artist forgot to add a gun.

There's a 9.2 March 1933 weird tales.

Which is why I'm now eyeballing paperbacks 😆

I'll take a stab since no one has answered. I'd say they're roughly interchangeable. Terror Tales seems to be slightly more available, a few more copies available on ebay, a few more sold listings on HA, a few more cgc graded copies, but like most pulps specific issue availability varies. For prices, again it seems like they're largely cover and condition dependent, moreso than title specific. They share a lot of similar cover style, starting with Gothic horror in early issues and shifting away from lurid covers in 38. The interiors are also largely interchangeable, from what I've seen. Im curious as to why they switched to a bi monthly schedule though. I read about a bi monthly western editor using the bi monthly approach to sell more books even going so far as to run around new york stamping issues with next months date to extend the books time on the stands. I wonder if they went with this approach as more competition hit the stands? Their sales were still increasing, even to the point they surpassed street in Smith in 37 with 1.5 million books sold a month. I know there are some posters in here with much more experience, and I'd be curious to hear their take.

A lot of graded pulps on HA tomorrow, a good number I wouldn't consider grading candidates. Be interesting to see where the prices land for the lower grade common books. On ebay, Dave smith sold a 4.0 startling stories witch book for 250, which looks like the grading helped, where another copy in 2.5 with a purple label sold for 66, which means the seller likely lost money. I think lower grade common books will have been a bad call to get graded, where the nicer books will see a bump.

I was just in kalispell a few days ago, and when I googled comic store, comics arcade popped up but I thought it was just a literal arcade based on name and first few Google photos. 😆 definelty checking it out next time I head out there.

Just the cover, no book. Saw on a bookstore wall and had to have it.

A nice tip I got from Darwin is when they have that little text box at the bottom of the cover, they're often recycled covers. Looks like it's reused art from v2n5

Are there any paperback guides you guys would recommend?

Prices added.

My favorite from the run, but I grew up watching bewitched 😆 With pulps I don't think you're going to find a number of covers considered classic over a long period of time, my pulp fanzines from the 60s and 70s focus on the stories and authors, and rarely mention the art. By the 90s I have some pulp art books, but what they considered sought after covers has in some cases shifted over time. One mentions this as the most sought after WT cover Which judging by recent sales is no longer the case. I could be wrong but I believe in the 90s the batwoman cover hadn't really broken out yet and was about as sought after as other brundage books. I think moving forward we will see more solidification in what is considered a classic cover, but collectors can be fickle so that could still be a shifting target. Barring everything else, I'd give a lot of weight to people more knowledgeable in the hobby like detective and Darwin to what books collectors are chasing based on cover, but also the old rule of thumb stands. Books I own are classic covers, and books I still need are not and should be avoided by everyone until I get a copy

I feel guilty at passing on the people eating kangaroo cover Have to go back, he's going to dig up some old pulps for me, so it might end up with me at some point 😆

You guys corrupted me with all the pretty pictures, just found these at a bookstore 😠