southern cross

On 1/24/2024 at 5:59 AM, FoggyNelson said:

That is a beauty❤️

Thanks.

The downside to helping out at a comic book store as is it costs me money helping out there. I see books like this walking thru the door and I'm like ok, a 1945 Batman. Needs a new home 👍

That Astonishing looks like 2020 prices. Thinking not having straight white pages was a factor as well.

On 1/20/2024 at 5:48 PM, Inaflash said:

Teen-Age Love 63

 

On 1/21/2024 at 9:05 AM, Inaflash said:

Love Romances 104

 

On 1/7/2023 at 12:14 PM, southern cross said:

Bronze and silver minor keys I've never owned before. 

If I want something I usually don't find it or pay thru the nose.

If I'm mah! With a book I usually come across one pick it up like at a bargain or way lower then FMV.

2022 I came across a HOS 92 though I think Swamp thing is a cool character I'm not a avid fan and when one was offered to me at half FMV I pulled the trigger.

It's a different collecting mindset I have, yet it seems to get me cool books I'm not actively chasing for a song so it works for me.

So I picked up minor keys and high grade unread books.

Unread books

The Doc Savage unread copies were dirt cheap, $15 each so I gave two copies away to board members on here for free.

I cherry picked this book unread from a collection of copies.

I picked up another Lois for $30

And I picked this book up, just love the cover.

Some wonder women's

and Night Nurse

And another ped for my TTA run

Other books but these are the ones I remember.

If you're having trouble.

The name is Donald Olsen.

Of course Donald had a subscription of Donald Duck in the 40s  🤘

I have this, nothing big cash.

but look at the subscription stamp.

I'm at  9.2

I've been targeting bronze age lately in really nice raw grade.

$15, I bought a few of these doc savage and gave away two copies to forum members on here. They were just to cheap and nice not to give a couple away.

$20 each.

Unread copies

Then this key $175

Then I couldn't help myself as they look so nice 

Generally my sweet spot is $30

I'm always looking for a bargain even a key from my lcs.

During the 2022 crazy prices

$400

$125

$30

$10

$5

And $500

$125

I try and buy well.

And the prices I'm paying I'm sure I could possibly find at least one collector to pay me what I actually paid.

I generally buy the cheaper books under $30 or less unless something comes along and the price I feel is right and I'd like to own the book.

AAA

One of the best horror covers art, homage many times.

AA

One of the best electric chair covers created artistically.

A

Classic standard WW2 cover

BBB

Classic cover so striking (pun intended)

BB

Best Donald cover artistically done that shows his character.

last two books I don't think should of been graded that high. 

Scored a lucky 7 🙄

Any you old timers like myself remember the counterfeit copy used to be listed at $50 in Overstreet.

Then the Overstreet started listing it as 'No value' because it doesn't have a value.

If anyone wants to throw good money for fakes, to each their own.

On 10/14/2023 at 10:12 PM, LOC Collectibles said:

I'm talking about a major flaw with the book that was missed during the grading process. Not the grade that was assigned the book. 

Once the book is out of the slab any major flaws missed like missing pages would be hard to prove against a grading company.

Whose to say that it's the same book.

On 10/14/2023 at 9:00 PM, LOC Collectibles said:

If you get a still sealed universal CGC slab and decide to crack it to find either restoration, book is incomplete, or any other major flaw, who's to blame at that point? 

No one.

The book is graded and they give their opinion of the book with a numerical assigned grade and page quality.

Once cracked out of the slab it's no longer a graded book by the third party grading company.

It's grade now is the opinion of whoever is looking at it.

So for the third party grading company is all about trust, professionalism and acceptance with other parties willing to buy it.

Probably why the bulk of the books being graded in the United States are sent into only two companies though there are more operating.

On 10/14/2023 at 3:46 PM, MAR1979 said:

^ what is your SWAG guess of the percentage of cracked out books that sustain some damage in the process?  1-5%, 6-8% higher?  No matter how careful or how many the person potential for risk is plausible. Even .5% of 1000 is 5 books damaged.

 

Not sure but many years ago I bought a TTA 96 in 9.6 Boston pedigree.

At the time there were only 6, 9.6 copies on the census for CGC, one other was the White mountain pedigree copy.

A few years later I saw the White mountain pedigree copy CGC a 9.4, so obviously the book had been cracked out and resub and it came back lower.

Not sure if the book was damaged in a crack slab or the book had been cracked out, read then slabbed again for resale?

Sign me up. 

Amateur restoration the price has to go down.

I won't pay anymore of 50% of fair market value for restored books.

Some collectors pay more and that's up to them. 

6.5,