MrBedrock

On 6/27/2024 at 6:49 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

Most GA collectors that I know hate Robin and would rather shred a Tec 38...

Sounds like a fun group.

On 6/26/2024 at 5:53 PM, Ameri said:

Here's an example of a slug or overprint on a 1937 Goodman pulp and the overprint on Mystic 4

I will be set up. Looking forward to it.

On 6/24/2024 at 11:22 AM, buttock said:

Congrats!  I thought the price on that was very reasonable. 

Me too. Cheap even.

On 6/21/2024 at 6:59 PM, CentaurMan said:

It’s all right, I’ve got 50 more books in tomorrow’s session 👍 

On 6/21/2024 at 1:05 PM, vodou said:

...finally an excellent true comic art result without any kind of asterisk.

Sorta like the 2017 vs. 2022 World Series?

On 6/21/2024 at 10:50 AM, MrBedrock said:

... there is so much stuff in the Roger Hill portion of the auction that I am interested in.

...and I won none of it.

On 6/21/2024 at 11:02 AM, adamstrange said:

On 6/21/2024 at 10:52 AM, MrBedrock said:

On 6/20/2024 at 6:52 PM, adamstrange said:

Humans are more sensitive to loss than to good wins.

Playing poker will dull that sense.

For better.... or worse?

You have to keep an even temperament to be successful, otherwise the swings up and down will drive you crazy.

On 6/20/2024 at 6:52 PM, adamstrange said:

Humans are more sensitive to loss than to good wins.

Playing poker will dull that sense.

On 6/20/2024 at 5:36 PM, CentaurMan said:

No, by definition the one I thought had the best chance to be the worst (King Comics #1) had the least amount of room to fall short of my expectations.  The WAY worse one was one I didn’t see coming.

I had high expectations for the Mile High Air Fighters, but it never got going.  I’ve never sent a book to CGC before, but Heritage did before the auction and the 7.5 killed it.  I was thinking it was a $15k book and it went for 1/3rd of that.

On the flip side, I had bought that Mile High National 7 during the financial crisis for around $8k, and was hoping it would go for $30-35k.  $65k floored me.  So the two books combined exceeded my expectations, but not in an enjoyable way.  I’d rather have just gotten a combined $70k.

They say that winning money creates about 1/3rd the positive reaction, emotionally, than losing money subtracts (thus most people’s risk-aversion).  I’m logically very happy with how the day went but am bummed about the Air Fighters specifically.

The Airfighters 2 was CGC graded originally by John Verzyl. It was a 7.5 back then due to a water stain on the back. He was asking $15K for it then.

I am sorry that it went so far below expectations. I was thinking of bidding on it. The colors on that cover are blinding! But I passed simply because there is so much stuff in the Roger Hill portion of the auction that I am interested in.

On 6/20/2024 at 2:27 PM, batman_fan said:

On 6/20/2024 at 2:22 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

How about that Cap 1 5.0?? Ouch

and that Cap 3? Yikes

The Cap 3 was a HUGE shock

It's shocking that anyone even wants those books.

I would rather have the Turtles.

On 6/19/2024 at 4:25 PM, tth2 said:

I'd like to say it's because they're OA, not comics, and there's lots of discussion of them in the OA forum, but the reality is that there has been almost no discussion of the Heritage auction in general over there, and zero discussion of these pieces since they first appeared in the auction previews.  

Great news!

On 6/10/2024 at 1:00 PM, Darwination said:

Crazy nice condition on this o.O  Ghost Stories has some really cool covers (and content - Macfadden mags are awesome), and I wonder if any of them in more common style of the magazine will get noted as classic. The two I think are easy calls are the last couple in the run which are in a totally different style than most (and the cat one reprints an earlier cover).  Have no idea if others feel the same way about the classic status (not my copies, I've bid on these over the years but always come up short).  Curious if anyone knows anything about the artist, a Stuart Leach, don't think I've ever seen anything

 

I have one of the later at CGC now, so we will find out soon.

Semi-classic Tarzan covers...

Classic covered nipple cover...

On 6/7/2024 at 6:36 PM, Darwination said:

I'll drop a terribly unpopular opinion here.  Schomburg is *incredibly* overrated.  The ridiculous Timely war scene covers the fanboys fawn over?

Who you callin' a fanboy?