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A Curator Pedigree.

 

One of the best war covers of all time. Very cool to own a Curator. How fresh is that book?

Ken,

I finally finished off the last payment on another package deal and can give you guys an update on this Beautiful Curator Copy. I think I now have 8 different pedigrees and I don't want to sound like an expert and this Curator is by far the best looking and the freshest looking of the other Pedigrees I own. The back cover is white, the gloss is outstanding and the pages are awesome that are probably just shy of being white and they have that awesome smell.

I don't own a Pacific Coast, Boston, Suscha News or a Twin Cities to compare them against this book and the Curator is quite impressive IMO.

A few more books in this awesome package that arrived today.

One more surprise 10 cent book I can't seem to find a scan of.

My sort of new/used scanner broke down just now and I had to go back to

the sales thread to grab a few decent pics of slabs. You've never heard this

before and it appears CGC was a little tough on this one.

Airfare/accomodations and an invite for Fay?

 

 

 

I sure envy you guys and I'll be thinking of all of you that night. (thumbs u

 

The invite goes without question Fay!

For the travel – we may need to cross our fingers that the Royal Canadian Air Force will do their part. However, accommodations are NOT a problem… I heard Comick is putting all 40 of us up at his house for the entire week! Thanks Bro!!

Thanks Matt, I appreciate the thought but I can never save up enough money.

As far as the Royal Canadian Airforce goes they might drop me off in

Afghanistan and I know for sure a Burka would NOT look good on me.

I would love to spend a night at Mick's house as long as he let me sleep in his comic room carefully flipping through that awesome collection.

You lucky devils have a great time and like I said I will be thinking of all of

you. Make sure you say hello to Keith for me.

Airfare/accomodations and an invite for Fay?

I sure envy you guys and I'll be thinking of all of you that night. (thumbs u

Great books you guys.

I purchased this one from Flaming_Telepath and I love these SA Detective

and Batman books.

Great book Jim! (thumbs u

Congrats on the GIC run Bill. What an awesome set of books to put

together and the last one was sent from some generous board member.

What an amazing place and my guess would be that Andy character.

Nice books Bill and I love this cover. I've got one on the way soon after a long search.

 

[font:Comic Sans MS]I know this isn't the right place for this post, but I'm looking for Our Army at War 103, 104 &105 in solid 6.0 or better unrestored condition.

 

If anyone has any of these books, please let me know and name your price. [/font]

I wish I could help you out Mike and I've been searching for a 6.0 to 7.5 copy

of OAAW 105 for about four years now. That original box of comics my Mother

in Law gave me to sell had an okay copy of a 105 and I sold it before I started

to collect these gems of history.

Good Luck on the hunt.

Awesome additions Richard and that picture will be looking good.

I had never seen that SSWS 41 issue until I purchased Shep's copy.

Not quite comparable to yours, but I still love it.

Awesome books Peter!

You really love that TTA 100 issue don't you?

Thanks Fay. I do like it (thumbs u

 

No you don't.

Wow. Suddenly I feel as though I don't like it as much.

 

 

 

But I still have an urge to bid on it.

Ooops, sorry Dan.

I know I'll only be watching and I hope one of you wins this great book so

we can see it again soon.

Maybe you shouldn't bid on it Richard and it appears you have the odd nice book.

Love that picture and can we see one with your DC and Atlas War?

Your welcome!

Sorry, I was talking about Richard Mr.Bedrock's next purchase.

It would go along nicely with his River City Pedigree Atlas Russ Heath

covered war book he won recently.

A BEAUTIFUL BOOK!!

Come on Richard, the only and highest graded copy of one of our top

ten finalists in this year's survivor series best war covers contest put on by

our good friend Andy. A top notch Pedigree to sweeten the purchase and

the best part is another awesome Russ Heath cover.

Hey, folks. I bought this copy of OFF106 about six or seven years ago at one of Mike Carbonara's Big Apple shows in NYC.

 

I can't remember the name of the dealer I bought it from, but I do recall that he sold mostly high-end OA, with only two shortboxes of books. He looked a little bit like Gomez Adams (in an awesome way, of course).

 

He told me this was a Boston copy. Is there any way to really tell? The corners are razor sharp and the pages are super white.

 

 

 

Let me know what you think!

 

I think that's a sweet looking book. I don't know much about the Boston

Pedigrees and can't help you there.

I sure wish I didn't have a time payment deal on the go and ComicLink has a

few Beauties I would love to win.

Here's one and it's a favorite cover of mine.

Richard's new Atlas War Book!

I think this copy would go along nicely with your Pedigree copy of

Combat # 1. (thumbs u

Mick,

I really enjoy many of your posts and that was a Beauty. (thumbs u

Wait i might know who your favorite ebay seller is, because that SSWS 157 looks like the one i was gonna bid on but got caught up in another auction that ended at the same time as that one.

Sorry I'll never tell and I think many members have it figured out.

The SSWS 156 & 157 were listed in one auction.

The day before he had a Beautiful SSWS 75 in VF- condition that my good

friend Mike stole out from under me for only 33.00. Actually Mike or

"Lizards2" was only paying attention and I thought all his auctions

were ending on the same day.

The seller is Keith Marlow and he's probably in the top ten Premiere DC War

collectors in the country, but that still doesn't give you his e-bay ID.

Beautiful books, Fay.

Thank you kind sir!

Hey gents and Fay,

 

This was just posted over in CG. Anyone know if the story mentioned was ever finished?

 

DC Special Series 13 features a Sgt. Rock story where Easy Co. is going up againt some kind of super German Panzer tank.

 

Kanigher builds up how powerful the Panzer is, and Easy Co. scrambles to figure out a way to beat it and then...the story ends.

 

IIRC there's no big battle, just a "To Be Continued..." which, as far as I know, was never finished. Maybe in an issue of Sgt. Rock?

Sorry Jeff, I don't recall ever reading the end of that story and I've read most

of my Sgt Rock issues. I'm still looking for a VF/NM copy of that DC Special

Series # 13 and I love that cover.

A few recent purchases and how can you pass up these books for two for 15.00

on the SSWS issues and 15.00 for a VF/NM copy of OAAW 199 from my favorite

e-bay seller.

Another package showed up with some sweet SA DC War and these BA Beauties!

My BA GIC run is looking pretty good these days.

I'm trying to complete 1 to 30 on these great WWT books.

I will let you guys know as soon as I pay it off along with a few other

books and it was a package deal. I can hardly wait.

Two packages arrived today and I'm getting closer to finishing off my

Capt. Storm run. I like this series for some reason and I think the

covers usually have lots of action with a bit of a cartoon feel to it.

A Manitoba Collection copy.

Great story in this book.

Here is a copy I will never, ever sell!

 

Wow, awesome seeing that book and the legend Kubert signing it. I sure

envy you Matt. Would you take...ah forget it.

Great additions to the thread with that incredible CGC 6.0 PW22 bought

from Keith.

Looks nicer than a 6.0 to me and what an awesome book to own.

BrianR,

Your copy looks similar to my old copy and I sure regret selling that book.

Actually yours look nicer and I would love to own your new addition. (thumbs u

A Curator Pedigree.

 

One of the best war covers of all time. Very cool to own a Curator. How fresh is that book?

It's not quite here yet and I probably should have waited to have it in hand

before posting. I can hardly wait to see the pages and inside covers.

A few nice scores heading my way soon.

A Curator Pedigree.

Another Mlle. Marie cover and two more to go.

Sterling,

Yes it is and it's listed in the OSPG as "The Classic Roster cover."

11 K is a ton of money and you would have to check the census and

a 9.2 might be the highest graded copy. I know it's a very hard book

to find and afford in HG.

We had a convention in Houston this past weekend and the big comic guest was Joe Kubert. What a nice man and and awesome guest. He signed and chatted with so many folks (the attendance was over 15,000) and he was incredibly gracious with everyone. Our own WildBillKelso (Matt Ballesteros) moderated a panel with Joe on his war comics period which was well attended and fascinating.

Here are a couple of shots of yours truly challenging Mr. Kubert to an arm wrestling contest while Matt B. looks on with exasperation.

That must have been awesome to talk with Joe Kubert and you guys from the

States are so lucky with some of the guests that attend your shows. (thumbs u

I know I keep saying this and I swear I'm going to make it to a big show in the

good ole' USA one of these years.

Battle Action 3 added to a long want list.

Thanks for posting those fantastic inside pages.

If i pissed off any sellers doing this, i apologize. I really didnt think tat would constitute a done deal

 

I'd be pissed. You are essentially asking the book at the price that's OK for you and the seller has the right to assume that if he accepts that price without countering, it's a done deal.

 

When I send a request with a specific price in the PM, if accepted, I always consume the deal.

 

If I am on the fence, I send a PM with the following question: "What's the best you can do on this book?" If the price I hear back is not OK for me, I thank the seller and might pass on the book (or counter, which I rarely would do in that instance) as I never indicated that I will accept the new price offered.

 

I think to avoid any confusion and hard feelings either way, that the proper approach is for a buyer to do one of two things:

 

If the buyer is serious about the item in question, the phrase should be "If you'll sell for $X, I'll take it." This is an offer to buy and the seller can then accept or reject the offer in a reasonable time.

 

If the buyer is just fishing, then the phrase should be as Scrooge says "What's the best you can do on the item?" This is an inquiry asking for an offer, rather than an offer.

 

This should work for everybody

I'm far from being a perfect buyer on these boards and my requests are

usually if a seller will accept payment on my next payday. Being on a

budget and having my better half attempting to keep my spending down

affects some books I attempt to purchase.

I really think the key to avoiding many of these problems is proper and

polite communication and I just recently sent Monkeyman a question

about possibly paying on payday and during the night I realized I had

spent too much lately and sent him another PM as soon as I woke up

to tell him to forget my request and to apologize for wasting his time.

It wasn't an expensive book and that doesn't really matter.

I don't believe he had read my first question and I'm sorry about that

Mike.

I would NEVER send a PM asking a seller to see if he/her would accept

65.00 and then after the seller answers, ask if 50.00 would be okay or let

me think about it.

I have NEVER hit the and then send a PM asking if I could pay

on payday and I've missed some great books because of this.

Because of an incident back in Decmeber I try to be as careful as possible

and don't want to lose another friend or fellow collector I look up to.

Can't believe this thread is on Page 3 of Silver....

 

 

 

Wow Mike, how long have you had that Beauty? If you ever decide to sell

you always have my address...and you owe me one.