mikephoen

That is a tough book! Congrats (thumbs u Awesome book! (thumbs u

This is what I love about this thread. No matter what subject comes up, BZ has them all.

Kudos for awesome transactions with all the following in the last few months: namisgr JazzMan peasofcrap Socratic Wonder 143ksk Filter81 r1970d Hopefully I didnt miss anyone. A pleasure to deal with everyone on this list!

Recent arrivals, all from board members.

Some recent arrivals:

Here's a couple more Real Life Comics. I picked these up for about the cost of the grading fees. Seemed like a good deal to me.

I'm sure I'm way at the back of the line, but if you ever want to sell - Doubtful I will be selling any time soon... however I might trade it if anything in your sig line becomes available

This book must have the ugliest back cover in comic book history for this to be a 7.0. I was thinking the same thing. staining, creasing, tears we need a BC scan (thumbs u I 'archived' it yesterday after posting, but I will try to dig it back out in the next few days and post a back cover scan. (thumbs u

Nope, back cover looks pretty good too. The top right corner has some non-color breaking creases... I should call for grading notes. This one might be a good candidate for a press and re-sub Dont tell comics general. I bought this one on ebay from a seller with a tiny fuzzy picture. Took a chance with a pretty low bid and got really lucky.

This one didnt fit that well in any of the color threads, so here it is:

Just got a new scanner, and I havent posted any books in forever, so here are a few recent (or semi-recent at least) arrivals. All of these came from boardies, so thanks guys!

Btw, every time you mention this mystical flea market, I am sick with envy. You're posting interesting stuff for sure but I want to know where that flea market is. Of course, when would also be an interesting question and if I need a time machine to attend, I might as well use it to go straight to the printers (yes, those that would use their time machine to go to the newsstands are . Me, straight to the printing press). Scrooge, Most of the comics and pulps that I have were purchased since 1995. Since I live on the east coast, I have gone to flea markets in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York (including Manhattan) and Florida. They are all well known to antique collectors and toy collectors (like Noah from the antique road show). Some flea markets were better than others. I think the competition with ebay has made it all a little more difficult but I am sure there are bargains out there. Sometimes you pay too much like for platinum age stuff. A rare Mutt and Jeff may not be worth as much as a Donald Duck or an All Star. Near Mint original Classic Comics can be found at low prices but low grade 15th edition classics can also be found at the same price. I only made one really large purchase but the condition of the comics were low (a few near mints) and I had to sell the best ones (Suspense 3, Captain America 4 and Thrilling 41) due to the expense. But I have a lot of other comics, pulps, BLB and badges that I have kept. bb P.S. I bought this Daring from the back of a pick up truck. The former owner collects toy cap pistols but he wasn't interested in collecting comics. There is some spine damage on this one too. Send me a note if you are still curious about the names of these flea markets. Did you read this issue? How come the Japanese guys have thier own guys strung up over the sharks?

Thanks to 50 Cent #II (1st) for some great undergrounds and cheap and fast shipping to Canada. mike

Three awesome books!

Awesome book rick!

1koko should get BangZoom to send him a list of the comics he has, and then try to recreate the entire list in approximately the same grade. Since obviously nothing else is much of a collecting challenge. Awesome, awesome books! (thumbs u

Never seen this one before, but its awesome! (thumbs u Beautiful copy too!

Cool books surfer!

Picked this up a couple months ago. Who doesnt love boobies?

This book has been posted a ton lately, but here is my new pride and joy. This is the famous/infamous book that Showcase-4 bought out a coffee can and then had pressed. Not even a hint of coffee smell through the CGC holder (sorta disappointing). Thanks again Steve, was awesome doing business with you, hopefully we will do more in the future.

Awesome art BZ. Care to share the story of how it came to be yours?

Is this restored? Great book either way, any more you can tell us about it?

For Sale in the marketplace. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1990991&page=1#Post1990991

Sign me up for a 10 point restoration grading scale... and I think I would lean toward dumping the purple label as well...but that seems less important than the 10 point scale. The labels above though are a little convoluted... it should just be a 0 to 10 scale printed below the grade on each book, with more detailed notes in the regular location. Oh, and for what its worth, I am a dealer, a collector and a buyer of restored purple and 'semi-restored' blue label books.

Oh how the tables have turned! Its like Trebek being forced to become a common contestant on Jeopardy!