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[Robot Man]

On 5/10/2024 at 8:54 PM, OtherEric said:

I think that one might be partly driven by the Lovecraft story with Bok art inside... not all the heat on pulps is cover based yet.

Or it could be the poor man's January 1950 Startling Stories.

I think the interest in these and a lot of pulps are primarily cover driven.

For many years the hard core pulp collectors were content driven. I was always a cover guy. And with the influx of other comic folks who live in the world of slabs, the covers have really driven up the prices.

Pulps will never realize comic book prices but comic folks are smelling blood in the water. Most know nothing about them now but if it says Weird Tales on the cover, they fly out of my con boxes at what I consider stupid prices. 

[ThothAmon]

[sagii]

[Q.N.S.]

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

Arrived today.

 

[johnenock]

After the high price realized on the 3-sided trim with hole in cover in the HA auction, I thought I'd take a chance on this affordable and decent looking copy. Might be trimmed on one side but has WHITE pages:

 

[ThothAmon]

On 5/12/2024 at 8:28 AM, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ said:

Arrived today.

 

Beauty. That’s a 🦊!

[Robot Man]

On 5/14/2024 at 6:50 AM, johnenock said:

After the high price realized on the 3-sided trim with hole in cover in the HA auction, I thought I'd take a chance on this affordable and decent looking copy. Might be trimmed on one side but has WHITE pages:

 

That used to be a very common issue. I have owned maybe a dozen copies. Many found at flea markets and antique stores. But, like all pulps, the cheap supply has now dried up. A friend who is not a pulp collector picked up a vg copy at the LA Paperback show a couple months ago for $25. He just loved the cover.

@Ricksneatstuff has a nice copy. I’m sure he had to pay Dave Smith more than I paid for all the copies I’ve ever owned…

[Point Five]

Here's Thrilling Mystery from July 1941. The logo looks really electric against the rich blue background... not the raciest cover but it's a pretty book. I really like looking at this one.

 

[Ricksneatstuff]

On 5/14/2024 at 11:14 AM, Robot Man said:

That used to be a very common issue. I have owned maybe a dozen copies. Many found at flea markets and antique stores. But, like all pulps, the cheap supply has now dried up. A friend who is not a pulp collector picked up a vg copy at the LA Paperback show a couple months ago for $25. He just loved the cover.

@Ricksneatstuff has a nice copy. I’m sure he had to pay Dave Smith more than I paid for all the copies I’ve ever owned…

I bought this over four years ago, so I paid less than the 4.5 copy just went for. 
 

[GACollectibles]

On 5/1/2024 at 1:42 AM, waaaghboss said:

 

Yah I remember my jaw hitting the floor on that auction.  Stunning book but out of my league.   

Some more clowns covers, none are mine.

I did get a copy of gay book magazine with a clown cover a bit ago, but the artist forgot to add a gun.

Digest size, but clown!

[OtherEric]

On 5/15/2024 at 9:01 AM, GACollectibles said:

Digest size, but clown!

Steve Allen really was a renaissance man, wasn't he?  TV host, musician, actor, writer of stories about murder clowns...

[Darwination]

CREEPY

[Hap Hazard]

Really like these Paperback/pocketbook size pulps

Better pic with reg size pulp

 

 

 

 

Edited May 16 by Hap Hazard

[comicjack]

On 5/16/2024 at 5:11 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Really like these Paperback/pocketbook size pulps

 

Great cover on the pocket  the westerns aren't bad either

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/16/2024 at 5:11 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Really like these Paperback/pocketbook size pulps

 

 

Love these. I only have the two Maguires but I wouldn't kick the others off the shelf     All tough to find.

[Surfing Alien]

Haven't bought many lately due to all the fake pricing but I still kick the tires enough to come up with a few that I like.

 

First Ted Sturgeon story

 

Great Heinlein cover.

Edited May 16 by Surfing Alien

[Surfing Alien]

"Classic Hungry Devil Cover"   One Million Dollars!

 

 

 

[waaaghboss]

Couple all stories and a cavalier I picked up today.

[Robot Man]

On 5/16/2024 at 3:13 PM, Surfing Alien said:

"Classic Hungry Devil Cover"   One Million Dollars!

 

 

 

Used to be quite common. Had a similar copy in my boxes for $45. and it just sat. Frankly, I thought it was even cheap at that.