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A Schomburg cover within a Schomburg cover? So meta...

Thanks! These look like great options for storage.

Thanks! I'll have to check those out.

Ugh, sorry to hear that. Seems there's no good options for avoiding these issues with shipping. I hope that buyers are understanding this. There's not much a seller can do once the shipper takes a package.

Noob question, but what do you find those cases? I've never seen them before.

It's not just COVID related from what I've seen with news about the post office. The USPS is a mess right now. I've had better luck with other shipments coming from UPS and FedEx. Good luck with this.

Most of the folks on here have a lot more experience than I do, but in the bit of trading I've done, I'd say don't neglect building relationships - with local comic stores, other collectors, estate sale folks, etc. Almost all of the books I've gotten that were great deals, unique opportunities, or cool collections were because I knew someone. It was the comic store owner who I constantly chatted GA with who had a collection walk in the door, or a friendly neighbor I'd known for years who one day heard me talk about collecting. Or it was the estate sale manager who already had a friend who got first dibs on collections. With the comic shop, I wasn't looking to get keys, but I was always talking to the owner about his wall books and bringing in new finds I picked up. So when he got collections or was in talks with a seller, he would let me know first. This is just my humble opinion being very small-time and very new, but in my experience, those relationships built around the hobby have been really valuable - financially and otherwise.

Super cool cover. If I'm walking through a cemetery, I'm not sure what would freak me out more, some skeletons going about their business or that chubby green guy running around.

Thanks! Been waiting on this one for a while. Now, to see what's next...:)

"Super" excited to get my first GA Superman in the mail today!

I love these old newsstand shots. Seeing them and imagining what it would have been like for these books to just be up on a shelf to browse or buy is so cool. (Also, keeps me motivated working on that time machine)

Hellfire Club. Or their own idealism.

Not sure if other folks saw this yet, but there's a restored MF 9 up on the Clink exchange as of early this morning. It's a 6.0 with B3

It would seem like it wouldn't be that hard, but also that it would be really important. This is good information to have, to make sure the label is as accurate as current knowledge would allow.

Interesting question. The books that come to mind are over-the-top stuff like some of the Grimm Fairy Tales and a few other newer series. I wouldn't go so far as to call them "great." Some of the stories were decent, but the covers always looked like a dang adult mag. There were many that I skipped over solely because the covers were too salacious to have laying around for my kids to find.

Strange Tales 28 in 5.0+. I've been trying to put together the Senate Hearing set, and you can imagine the other key that's missing. My budget is not super high, so this one is just enough to make me skittish spending, especially nowadays. Unfortunately, that means waiting for the day when it will be totally out of reach.

Oh, intrigue!

Yes, but only if it's the same price. In which case, PM me

Then I'm going for it. Title earned, sir. Insert slow clap, and GLWTS!

Is it too early in the morning to declare this the coolest sale of the day?

Love those early Flessel covers. The extra bonus for me when seeing these early More Funs CGC'ed is reading the contributors listed - Flessel, Kane, Siegel, Shuster, Sullivan, O'Meara...it's like a Golden Age wiki list.

Thanks! It has been fun to admire up close:)

Beautiful copy! Nice pick up

Picked this 4.5 up in my first purchase from the boards earlier this year.

That is stunning!