PRETTY MARVELS for 6/19/04

[burntboy]

ok, this'll be the last post of books from me for a while - don't want to hog the spotlight.

 

these four TTA's just came back this week from sarasota. i bought them off-the-rack in late 1963/early 1964.

 

TTA # 50 - 9.2- OW/W

TTA # 51 - 9.4 - White

TTA # 53 - 9.4 - OW/W

TTA # 54 - 9.2 - OW/W

 

[grider67]

Damn Burnt, those are awesome.

 

[Bonds25]

 

[BachelorOfComix]

[mr_highgrade]

[Ares]

[Silver Surfer]

Burnt,

 

Very nice set of books.

[r100comics]

Burntboy - I just can't tell you how much I am enjoying seeing these books.

 

This is what collecting High Grade is all about. The way those covers come to life in these grades is just incredible.

 

BTW, whatever happened to.......The Porcupine

[burntboy]

Burntboy - I just can't tell you how much I am enjoying seeing these books.

 

This is what collecting High Grade is all about. The way those covers come to life in these grades is just incredible.

 

BTW, whatever happened to.......The Porcupine

 

thanks for the compliments on the books.

 

as for the Porcupine, he turned up as roadkill on a back road in Maine

[PUNYHUMAN]

Killer Books, Burnt!!! Awesome collection you have there!!! Keep posting them ,I know I'm enjoying them!!!

[COI]

Very nice. The white backround on #50 looks phenomenal. Most white covers that age look kind of dingy and transparent, even in high grades.

[Deathlok]

Great books BB. I love that cover where Giant Man talks in the 3rd person. Classic!!

[supapimp]

got a TTA 60?

[burntboy]

got a TTA 60?

 

of course, i have one copy of just about everything. i sent that one to CGC in my very first submission. came back a 9.0...........not too shabby..........

[tth2]

Wow! Beautiful books! What in the world did the #50 get dinged for, it looks immaculate! The whites of the covers look great, your dresser drawer must have been located in ideal temperatures/humidity!

 

-Tim

[COI]

Wow! Beautiful books! What in the world did the #50 get dinged for, it looks immaculate! The whites of the covers look great, your dresser drawer must have been located in ideal temperatures/humidity!

 

-Tim

 

That's what I was wondering. It looks so crisp and clean that you'd think you were looking at one of Hammer's scans.

[tth2]

Wow! Beautiful books! What in the world did the #50 get dinged for, it looks immaculate! The whites of the covers look great, your dresser drawer must have been located in ideal temperatures/humidity!

 

-Tim

 

That's what I was wondering. It looks so crisp and clean that you'd think you were looking at one of Hammer's scans.

 

[Aces]

Antman rules!

[burntboy]

Wow! Beautiful books! What in the world did the #50 get dinged for, it looks immaculate! The whites of the covers look great, your dresser drawer must have been located in ideal temperatures/humidity!

 

-Tim

 

That's what I was wondering. It looks so crisp and clean that you'd think you were looking at one of Hammer's scans.

 

 

the range of grades on my books is pretty significant. almost everything would grade out 6.0 or better, but i've got some beasts as well. when i get books back graded at 9.4 (like the ST's and TTA's) i'm always amazed that about a third of the books stayed in HG (8.5 - 9.4) over those 40 years.

 

if i had kept the books nicely bagged and boarded for those first 20 years, i would have a pedigree collection on my hands.

[fantastic_four]

if i had kept the books nicely bagged and boarded for those first 20 years, i would have a pedigree collection on my hands.

 

Since you bought the Spidey 1 and AF15 from Hammer, does that mean you missed those issues off the stands, or were you just trying to upgrade copies you already had?