UNRECOGNIZED PEDIGREE BY CGC.....GOLDEN STATE COLLEXN

[drdonaldblake]

 

 

???

[tth2]

Dinner is on you? Now I now this is not the real Captain Tripps who I have never seen buy a dinner.

 

He never said where the dinner would be!

 

Let's face it Bob, the fact is that I'm just cuter than you.

[sterlingcomics]

Let's face it Bob, the fact is that I'm just cuter than you.

 

"Well, isn't this Special?"

[Captain Tripps]

Blazing,

 

Could that be because you are always getting up from the table as soon as the check comes??

 

See you in Philly.

[mr_highgrade]

[tth2]

A few years ago, I cleaned out a bunch of the later GS Sgt Fury's from Dan after they'd been sitting in his catalog for a while and he was desperate to unload them. They are gorgeous! A few months ago, I picked out some of the better issues and submitted them to CGC, which I just got back. Here are the results:

 

24 9.4 OW-W (undergraded in my opinion, thought it'd get a 9.6)

25 9.4 W (fair grade, was hoping for 9.6)

36 9.8 OW-W

51 9.8 W

63 9.8 W

64 9.8 W (one of my all-time favorite Fury covers, this one is going to be locked up for many years to come)

80 9.6 OW-W (boo! hiss!)

 

I would've submitted more, many of which would undoubtedly come in at 9.4 or 9.6, but the sad fact is that prices for mid- to late-run Sgt Fury's, even in 9.4, just don't economically justify the slabbing costs.

 

Anyways, I think the results confirm the discussion in this thread that the collection really gets stellar starting from the mid-1960s. I think this collection rivals the Boston pedigree as the top pedigrees for mid- to late-1960s books, although I don't know if the size or depth rivals Boston.

[tth2]

Here's the GS Sgt Fury 64

 

[drdonaldblake]

stunning hi grade red cover

 

super example of the GS pedigree

[r100comics]

What an awesome cover ! I've never seen that one before.