Ivan Ivanstein

PBA Galleries Auctioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area is having our 3rd Pre-Code Horror auction on August 12th. This sale will be huge, and will change the game for already red-hot Pre-Code Horror category. The sale will be both live and online, and will be simulcast on PBA's website, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. There will be a softcover catalogue and a limited edition hardcover catalogue. This will be the horror comics event of the decade! To consign or to request a catalogue link, email ivan@pbagalleries.com. You'll be glad you did!

I had the best Mail Call ever at work yesterday! Horror mags up the wazoo!

I just bought a fistful of 1970s pix of a guy's Mego and Captain Action collection! Here's one of my faves...

Hi gang, I collect comic-related photos, and I'd love it if someone who has Captain America Comics #46 (Holocaust cover by Schomburg) could message me a photo of themselves holding the comic book. I'd like to print it out and add it to my photo collection! I have thousands of comic-related photos, and a pic featuring Cap 46 is at the top of my want list! Thanks... Here are a few examples from my collection.

My latest score. Still waiting for it to arrive in the mail! Cost me a pretty penny, but well worth it! Wally Wood in his dingy studio, circa 1978. Woody's infamous "mess List" is on the wall. The list is said to have named Stan Lee, Harlan Ellison and Al Feldstein, among others.

Polaroid of my daughter reading one of the auction catalogues I produce for a living. Some of my comic-related books are in the background... along with Billy Idol! What can I say... I miss the '80s!

Superman carny cut-out...

Drugstore guy with comics rack... including two ECs! I have the original negative in my photo collection.

Those Archie comic pix are stellar! I dig Archie and the gang myself.

I'll say! I'm still waiting for a bunch of 35mm comic book slides I ordered on eBay 2 months ago!! Shipping is nuts these days. Thanks a million for the Cap shirt pic... it's awesome!

My latest eBay score!

Yeah, I should start watermarking too... As a snapshot collector, I hate it when folks sell copies without designating them as such! I've gotten burned that way once or twice.

Curious!! I own the original vintage print of this same photo... identical down to the faint scratch marks above the comic and to the left!

Just did my first transaction with The Dude.... big THUMBS UP!!!

Sale is Thursday, December 10th. 500 lots of EC, Pre-Code, Golden Age, Silver Age, R. Crumb and Original Art. In-depth descriptions, lots of fun facts, lore, research. AMAZING FANTASY 15, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 4-20, FANTASTIC FOUR 1, DAREDEVIL 1, X-MEN 1, AVENGERS 1, AVENGERS 4, SHOWCASE 22, GREEN LANTERN 1, BATMAN 12, SUPERMAN 23 (and other early issues), WORLD'S FAIR (both 1939 & 1940 editions), WORLD'S BEST 1 (Signed "BOB KANE" and with original art), WORLD'S FINEST 2 (and many other early issues), dozens and dozens of ECs, over 200 PRE-CODE HORROR comics, R. CRUMB'S PERSONAL COPY OF THE PLYMELL PRINTING OF ZAP 1, signed and with provenance statement, CGC Signature Series 8.5, ORIGINAL ART by CRUMB, WALLY WOOD, JOHNNY CRAIG, VAUGHN BODE, JACK KIRBY, R. CRUMB, CHARLES SCHULZ, etc. Fantastic stuff! Bids can be placed on PBA's website and on LiveAuctioneers: https://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/548/ https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/185706_comic-books/?sort=MOST_BIDS&pageSize=48

PBA Galleries had our debut comic book auction on June 4th, and the sale was a smash, with 98% of lots sold and a number of record-setting results. Our follow-up sale on December 10th will feature EC, Pre-Code Horror, Silver Age Marvel, Misc. Golden Age, and key Undergrounds. The sale will run 400-500 lots, and over 300 slots are already filled, so anyone with potential consignment items is encouraged to act fast. Included in the sale will be dozens of EC comics, including some original EC art (most notably, a Johnny Craig page from CRYPT OF TERROR #19), numerous early Marvel keys (including AVENGERS #1, X-MEN #1, DAREDEVIL #1, many Lee-Ditko issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, etc. The sale will feature a fully-illustrated print catalogue limited to 200 softcover and 10 hardcover copies, and will be simulcast on PBA's website, LiveAuctioneers, and Invaluable.com. To consign or request a catalogue, contact: ivan@pbagalleries.com

Great pic! Thanks for sharing! I love the combo of rock n' roll and comic books!