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New Golden Age collection/ SD Con

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SoCalComics

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Greetings!

 

I know a bunch of you are headed here for the San Diego Comic Con so I thought I’d use this forum to make my announcement. My store, Southern California Comics, has a booth at each year’s show. This year we are honored to feature a broad selection of consignment Golden Age books.

The consigner and I have reached an agreement to sell some of his books at our booth. The books consist of roughly 800 GA books from 1938 to the late 1940s. There’s a huge selection of Timelys and DCs with many key books. Scans of 3 of the books are attached here.

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The books belonged to the consigner’s father and were purchased in the 1940s and 50s. The owner bought, traded and sold copies with his friends in Northern California. The books are essentially original owner books with no likelihood of restoration beyond some tape. The owner is still alive and can back up any provenance regarding the timeline of acquisition.

The consigner submitted a few dozen copies to CGC and PGX. All the books came back un-restored with the average grades returning as 6.0 Universal.

The consignor says the following books will be offered for sale(amongst others): More Fun Comics 52, 53 and most of the issued through #80. All-Select 1 on, Captain America 2 on, Detective 36 on, Action #3 on(including the #7) and much more.

Hopefully the scans of the sample 3 books are present on this thread. They are Sub-Mariner #1 CGC 6.0. Captain America 19 CGC 6.0 and Action Comics 36 CGC 6.0. There are a lot Timelys and DCs, along with other companies. We are all pretty excited and expect to receive a lot of attention over these books at the Con.

 

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We will have the new edition of the Overstreet Price Guide for sale at the show by Wednesday. Our store is here in town so we have the luxury of receiving our Price Guides that week. Come by and take advantage!

 

Jamie

 

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John R

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Hi Jamie

I'm new to the boards as well and so WTTB but i think that unless you are selling these books on this board, you may have posted this in the wrong section.

 

If you are selling them on this board, you have to provide prices.

 

These should go very quickly.

 

good luck!

John

 

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The excitement is building beyond my expectations! Here's the status of the collection. I'm offering these books on the Boards, exclusively. If they don't sell they will go to the Con. Unfortunately, the Con grows near and there are a lot of books.

 

The low number, key Timelys and DCs are in a safe deposit box. The consignor is sending me a short list of those and I will have them early tomorrow. These are raw, unrestored copies. The books will be in my hands mid-week. I will grade the books by proxy. Meaning, I will have another grader with me so we can be accurate. The entire list will be made available by Monday(I hope!). The consignor is being diligent but we are in a bit of a rush for Comic Con.

Once the grades are set I will be pricing the books using the following criteria:

GPA,

Overstreet,

Heritage records and common sense.

 

The books will available for pre-sale but it will take time to get this together.

I will offer the books to all via e-mails and a post on the CGC Boards.

 

I know you want to see them so I can offer digital scans of the best stuff soonest. Once I get the books I will scan them in for the more definitive picture. I doubt if I will have time to scan all the books in before Con.

The consignor is being very patient knowing that a frenzy may be in the making. I'm working with his timeline so we all have to be patient.

Those of you that have e-mailed me direct will get first look. As far as I'm concerned you guys are doing your best to see what we have and I respect that.

To make things easier for you, here's my cel # 858 0735-4349. After the first list is sent out you guys can call me all you want and I will do what I can to answer questions.

Jamie

 

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