JazzMan

Here's a couple of recent arrivals...

ASM 1

And ASM 75...This looks more like a 9.2 but a small stain on the BC dropped it down to an 8.5.

Great looking book!!

I think all of the Beware are reprints from the '50s Atlas books.

Jazzman, that ASM #1 is just awesome. I agree that the lack of certification hurts the value in terms of straight resale. Also, Joel mentioned something interesting which was that there is no guide for signature values like there is for unsigned books. What we're left with then is following GPA and eBay for comparable sales.

 

Since it isn't possible to get a certified Jack Kirby sig, as a collector, one has to make do with what is available. There was an amazing artist named Jack Kirby, who signed relatively few (compared to Stan for example) marvel comic books on the splash page, and if you examine these signatures carefully, you can at least determine that the signature is not new. Given that the Kirby sigs are not yet liquid gold, there is no real incentive for forgers en masse, especially since the market is uneasy about them. Nevertheless, they are still worth collecting.

 

It's really up to us as collectors to assign the value and perhaps some future generation will rely on us to have put together the best known instances of his sig, as long as we document our collections. I value my Kirby sigs very highly, as in never going to sell, although I do agree with the point about not overpaying for them due to the lack of provenance. Seems like it's more or less a game of chance to come upon one of these. Less than 1% of my sig collection are Jack Kirbys and I suspect that ratio is more the norm for gold label junkies.

 

Grail, I may end up bidding against you someday for that Hulk #1, that is one heck of book.

 

On the point of the splash page in slabbed book, the obvious answer there is to photograph it before it's slabbed or crack it out, photograph, then reslab, to enjoy the signature. Here's a couple of my Kirby sigs:

You know it's absolutely true, especially in a slabbed book where you can't really see the signature, since Kirby's generally signed the first page and seldom the cover. Generally signed in the interior or as a qualified book, probably isn't as monetarily significant as an SS book which has been authenticated. But in instances when there is no chance to get it, it's definitely worth it to have rather than to have not.

It's interesting to see that so many copies have the same tell tale chipping on the upper half the cover's edge.

Oh, and by the way, here's my personal Jack Kirby signed book.

i didnt even know cgc was around when kirby was alive?. also i wouldnt get it slabbed then you can never enjoy the splash sig. i guess if you are going for resale yeah slab it but whats the point if you are never gonna sell it !!!!!!!!

He wasn't. Jack died February 6, 1994 which is about 6 years before CGC ever encased a book. I think that's what the original poster meant when he said that Jack didn't cooperate with CGC.

Try this link better.

From across the pond (flaming telepath/Nick)...

At first glance, looks like a freakin 9.0...in hand, hard to tell how it isn't 6.5/7.0 easy (?)

 

That is such a gorgeous book.

 

If the book was given a 6.0 for the staining, that is a travesty. That is about as nice a #2 as you will see. There must be some other defects we can't see?

A beauty. Looks like a candidate for a trip to the spa to get rid of those spine tics.

I'd been looking for one like this a while and finally got enough scratch to pull the trigger.

 

 

And the Kirby sig is discreetly located on the inside cover!

 

Claudio...where'd ya pick up the book?

It was on consignment at Metro and, for once, got it at the going market rate.

I'd been looking for one like this a while and finally got enough scratch to pull the trigger.

Well, at least Ditko's still alive, although a recluse. Maybe if he ever gets committed he can be cornered by an SS witness.

Here's my new contribution! (as seen in another forum)

OK, drum roll please.................I'll have it next week!

And signed by Jack Kirby no less!

Very cool! I'm happy I got my copy when I did. So much attention on AF 15, and yet when you look at the numbers, ASM #1 is really moving up there! If AF 15 is going to be the next Action 1/Tec 27, then ASM 1 will be the next Supes1/Bats 1.

 

Although there are an s-load of ASM #1 out there...

The way I look at it is that at a 10% return year over year for the last 3+ years in ceratin grades, it's a safer investment than anything I can get in the open market...even if they were plentiful.

Oh, I see how that can be misleading...it's not a want list, it's just a status of my run of the first 100 (really 101 if you include AF15). And yes, your suspicions are correct.

Well, I have a new bronzey spidey but I prefer to post this one here.

And I am working on a BIG spidey key in the next couple of days...

Fav. ASM cover is pretty tough. 62 is probably the sexiest. I do like 14 and 100 tho...

 

I finally picked myself up a nice #100 a few weeks ago from comicwiz:

 

 

I agree it's a cool cover. One that I'd been looking for a nice (yet affordable) example for several months.

 

My personal favourite cover is #59, for some unknown reason. So far I've only got reading copies of that one. One day I'd like a nice 9.0++

 

Glad it arrived ok - now I have a cover recreation that would go perfect with that ASM 100...

 

 

 

That's a sweet recreation. Did you commission someone?

 

Thanks - just some fan art I did some years back. I did a total of 4 cover recreations in a few short months, and then sustained some kind of sports injury (I can't recall the specifics) and I never got back into it. Here was one I did of Batman 608 (this photo was taken just before completion):

 

Well that totally deserves a

Fav. ASM cover is pretty tough. 62 is probably the sexiest. I do like 14 and 100 tho...

 

I finally picked myself up a nice #100 a few weeks ago from comicwiz:

 

 

I agree it's a cool cover. One that I'd been looking for a nice (yet affordable) example for several months.

 

My personal favourite cover is #59, for some unknown reason. So far I've only got reading copies of that one. One day I'd like a nice 9.0++

 

Glad it arrived ok - now I have a cover recreation that would go perfect with that ASM 100...

 

That's a sweet recreation. Did you commission someone?

I was disappointed to see that there is no bondage designation on the label...

This lot just arrived from DKB. These fill a lot of gaps in my ASM run. Most of them hovering around the 7.0 mark, they look great

 

 

Very nice batch, indeed. (thumbs u