*Bronze age fan*

10 hours ago, bc said:

Lets see how the full group shot displays

Dang, too tiny....guess the best I can do is link to the gallery

 

Great group shot. Congrats. Great collection!!! 

On 1/29/2018 at 10:03 PM, catrick339 said:

All Winners 1 (Vol2,  1948

Great  Blonde Phantom   cover  on  a  wretched issue. 

Several  centerfolds missing.   Blonde  Phantom  story  complete,   Subby story  missing  five  pages,   page 1 of  Cap  story  is gone, 
second  Blonde Phantom  story  complete. 36  interior  pages. 

Plenty  of tape  along  inside  spine and  spine of  first fold,  other  bits of tape here  and  there.  Five  small pieces out  of  the 
perimeter of  the  back  cover. 

Buy it  for  the front  cover,  which displays  nicely  for  such  a  rag,   or  buy it  for  the Blonde  Phantom stories and  (most of) the  Cap  story.

Asking  $75  SOLD!

Interesting thing about this comic. This is Gunsmoke Western #1. Gunsmoke Western (Atlas/Marvel) series changed names a few times. Was Black Rider for a bit, then ended up Gunsmoke Western. I would love a copy of this comic. ? Nice pick up! ????????

It's not the right forum but this is a golden book. No hype. It's one of the most popular characters. No bubble. I would be shocked it you ever lost value holding this comic. It's a sure fire will increase in value and it will sell for the most times, very quickly. Because so many people want one. 

Just now, Pontoon said:

Sure, but can you find them all?

Probably not. 

6 hours ago, Pontoon said:

Funny you should ask! I started to make a list yesterday and was surprised at of the lack of ‘58s in my short boxes. I have more ‘57s i didn’t even get to, tons of ‘59s but only a handful of ‘58s. I need to start scanning.

I have every Marvel published from 1958.   

On 1/8/2018 at 3:46 PM, Pontoon said:

Sweet. Where is the 1958 thread? 

I forget if I posted this here, took me years and years to put this set together. Mag fans might enjoy seeing them. 

Picked this up. By CROM

54 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Overstreet has always tended to be conservative.  As an annual price guide, he can't really shift prices up dramatically on the basis of a few sales for the reasons you note.  I think it's particularly tough for him to price higher grade books in genres like this one.  The Atlas humor books that have been selling on Heritage are in a number of cases by far the best copies to come on the market in years.  Who knows if other copies will appear or if they will achieve comparable prices if they do or whether mid-grade copies will escalate as well (in some cases, obviously, they have).

If prices are sustained at these levels, I think he'll raise the prices in the guide.

My guess is that, given the scarcity of these books and the interest in them, prices will remain high indefinitely, although they may move off current levels.  I don't see them becoming $100 books again. I can't think of an instance of price crashes of that magnitude happening with GA books.

I get what your saying. I am sure you watch eBay auctions for these comics, as do I. Once in a while, do you notice a Millie that sells high, then the same issue number comes up for sale and it does no where near what it did in the prior auction for the same issue. It does not happen a lot. But it does happen. Sometimes it comes down to do the right two people see the auction, who both need the issue. Then it's a perfect storm for the SELLER. The storm does not always happen. You get what I am saying? 

Just picked this one up. 

On 12/31/2017 at 9:06 AM, Mr. Lady Luck said:

In recent years, this genre has been severely undervalued in the price guide. Does anyone have any ideas why? Does it take a long time for the market value to be reflected in the guide? Do they assume that this is just a trend that will die down soon? Are there too many comics in the world to keep up with them all?

I realize that Overstreet is only meant to be a "guide", but when "$100" books are consistently selling for $2,000...

This genre is rough. Once all the guys, (how many guys are chasing these comics) fill in there runs. What will the new copies of these comic listed for sale, sell for? A book that sold for thousands, may sell for hundred once the demand if filled with these guys and then could sell for 20 bucks. The comics are worth what people are willing to pay. Once the deep pockets guys get their copies (I.E. you) the price could fall to the ground. 

24 minutes ago, DocHoppus182 said:

What a nice group @*Bronze age fan*!  If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure I sold you the JIM 1 3.0.  It was several years ago.  Such a nice copy.

Off eBay? That was were I bought it. Sept 10 2014. According to GPA. 

1 hour ago, herc2000 said:

be back with more tom, best herc

It might help you, to list the approximate retail value of this lot as a running total. Good luck. This is an interesting idea! ??

2 minutes ago, Pontoon said:

Paging @*Bronze age fan*

All the Marvel ones. 

Would love to finish Millie the Model, Strange Tales and JIM.