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I know what you mean... before CGC it was more difficult to determine the scarcity of some books. I regretted selling those as well... I need the 11 now.. PreCGC I used the Metro site to gauge rarity. Didn't really work because Metro's weight kinda warps reality. At one point they had two USA #6 listed on their site and I passed them both by thinking, "How rare can they be?" Now I have a rule that I do not sell a Timely unless I have an upgrade in hand. I know what you mean... but sometimes sacrifices are made... Yes USA 6 is one I'm looking for as well, I was out bid on a restored copy at an extravagant price and I never buy restored...It's way harder than issue 11 which has the reputation for hard...CGC and the internet give clarity to rarity, and we collectors do not have to rely on anyone else to tell us anymore... we just know the 8 is tougher then both of them. Yeah, I know. I had two #8s pass through my hands in one year. The highest grade was a 4.0 and, again, I thought, "How rare could it be?" I'll sell these and wait for an upgrade. Actually issue 14 IMO is the toughest USA especially in grade, I would put the 6 and 8 on par... interesting. In 22 years, I've seen more 6s than 8s pass by. They are all tough. Yeah, it is interesting. I've personally owned three different copies of 14, one 7, and two of 8. I've never owned an 11 or a 6 (although the 11 is about to change. ) Maybe its a regional thing? More copies of some on the East Coast and more copies of others on the West? I do agree, "They are all tough." the USAs were the lowest distributed/printed of all the Timely titles from what I have gathered. I favor the #s 6-10 books only and have only tracked these mainly the past twenty years. I've owned two 6s, four 7s, two 8s, one 9, and three 10s in my time. The 9 is the least favorite of mine in that little run. The 8 my favorite. I have the longest history with the 10. The 7 has the highest demand. I think 10 is the most common of the 6-10 run. All great covers.

I know what you mean... before CGC it was more difficult to determine the scarcity of some books. I regretted selling those as well... I need the 11 now.. PreCGC I used the Metro site to gauge rarity. Didn't really work because Metro's weight kinda warps reality. At one point they had two USA #6 listed on their site and I passed them both by thinking, "How rare can they be?" Now I have a rule that I do not sell a Timely unless I have an upgrade in hand. I know what you mean... but sometimes sacrifices are made... Yes USA 6 is one I'm looking for as well, I was out bid on a restored copy at an extravagant price and I never buy restored...It's way harder than issue 11 which has the reputation for hard...CGC and the internet give clarity to rarity, and we collectors do not have to rely on anyone else to tell us anymore... we just know the 8 is tougher then both of them. Yeah, I know. I had two #8s pass through my hands in one year. The highest grade was a 4.0 and, again, I thought, "How rare could it be?" I'll sell these and wait for an upgrade. Actually issue 14 IMO is the toughest USA especially in grade, I would put the 6 and 8 on par... interesting. In 22 years, I've seen more 6s than 8s pass by. They are all tough. Here are my USA 8 and 14... copies I am missing are the 5 and 6...issue 5 always seems to be over priced IMO... if there are any nice issue 6's out there would love to see.... Lots of love for #8 but I much prefer #14. I seem to see it a lot less than the #8

I know what you mean... before CGC it was more difficult to determine the scarcity of some books. I regretted selling those as well... I need the 11 now.. PreCGC I used the Metro site to gauge rarity. Didn't really work because Metro's weight kinda warps reality. At one point they had two USA #6 listed on their site and I passed them both by thinking, "How rare can they be?" Now I have a rule that I do not sell a Timely unless I have an upgrade in hand. I know what you mean... but sometimes sacrifices are made... Yes USA 6 is one I'm looking for as well, I was out bid on a restored copy at an extravagant price and I never buy restored...It's way harder than issue 11 which has the reputation for hard...CGC and the internet give clarity to rarity, and we collectors do not have to rely on anyone else to tell us anymore... we just know the 8 is tougher then both of them. Yeah, I know. I had two #8s pass through my hands in one year. The highest grade was a 4.0 and, again, I thought, "How rare could it be?" I'll sell these and wait for an upgrade. Actually issue 14 IMO is the toughest USA especially in grade, I would put the 6 and 8 on par... interesting. In 22 years, I've seen more 6s than 8s pass by. They are all tough.

I was talking about USA 8 Steve. Cap 8 is a schomburg cover

I know what you mean... before CGC it was more difficult to determine the scarcity of some books. I regretted selling those as well... I need the 11 now.. PreCGC I used the Metro site to gauge rarity. Didn't really work because Metro's weight kinda warps reality. At one point they had two USA #6 listed on their site and I passed them both by thinking, "How rare can they be?" Now I have a rule that I do not sell a Timely unless I have an upgrade in hand. I know what you mean... but sometimes sacrifices are made... Yes USA 6 is one I'm looking for as well, I was out bid on a restored copy at an extravagant price and I never buy restored...It's way harder than issue 11 which has the reputation for hard...CGC and the internet give clarity to rarity, and we collectors do not have to rely on anyone else to tell us anymore... we just know the 8 is tougher then both of them.

happy bday dude

I was expecting $20k+. It used to belong raw to a board member. If they want, they can expand on the details of the condition before it was slabbed. Doesn't look like a bad book eye appeal wise (except for the piece out lower left)

Sold me a nice Larson last May. Easy transaction and included some free Batman artwork

maybe $1000-$1200 tops?

Adventure Comics 240 (Sept 1957) in "Capt Jack" episode of Leave it to Beaver (aired Oct 11, 1957) http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/comics-on-tv-unidentified-issue-of.html?m=1 Wally cuts out an ad for a $2.50 alligator but you can clearly see the Superboy panels on the left of the alligator ad

Supes 1---rarer, earlier book, more key, better cover, not even close. I can only stand Robin on a Bat 1.

Thanks for filling in the other mystery books.

Not sure if this was posted yet. Unless this is a photoshop trick, it looks like these comics and mags were displaced upside down? I posted them upright to view the titles. Manchester, NH Summer, 1937 Here's what I see: New Adventure 18 Detective 6 More Fun 23 Ace Comics 5 Star Ranger 5 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=8&year=1937&publisher=all&sort=alpha&checklist=null http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=7&year=1937&publisher=all&sort=alpha&checklist=null

Congrats Jon The 37 was my first pre Robin I had acquired when I got into them. Full moon and rolling fog makes for a good Batman cover

Sold. Congrats to buyer and seller. How many unrestored Bat 1's even exist? My guess would be 500 range. Even if 1000 exist that is still low supply. Forget the comic community on this and a few other comics from this period. I feel a lot of people/investors outside comic collectors will continue to see these core group of key low supply comics as a solid investment causing prices to escalate monthly instead of yearly. In 5 years I bet any Bat 1 .5-1.8 with nice eye appeal will be $50K minimum. back in the day, Overstreet estimated 250+ copies existed. The current CGC census says 221 total w/ 90 blue label copies. I've always thought it was safe to think there are at least the same amount of raw copies out there as total CGC copies..so 400-500 total copies on the planet at the very least.

Blessings of good health and comic reading to you BZ

Congratulations! Just be aware that the first hit of pre-code crime and horror just leads to the harder stuff. thanks! But the buck stops here with his lone issue. I just wanted an early example of a Ditko cover. I'm a Timely guy

I don't do pre code horror/crime at all, but I was able to pluck this Ditko gem recently

I've seen it before. Not sure who's it is. White pages. Very nice.

those jet black cover colors are unreal Jeff.

nice Ken! One of the few Schomburg Cap covers without his shield. How's the interior paper?

how was the tailgate food?

recent pick up?

Assuming I paid Jerry via PayPal, which I have almost always used to pay for anything, I could probably dig up the transaction, among my many thousands (unfortunately). The back of the Mylar had this label which I have zoomed up. Does anybody recognize this as either Jerry's writing or store? "O'Leary's Books"? I'm pretty sure the label is from the O'Leary's just south of Tacoma, Washington that closed about 10 years ago. correct. O'Learys used to advertise in the OSPG.