Bronze age comics that are heating up on eBay... 39 39

[SuperBird]

There's a PLOD 6.0 for a nice price on eBay actually. 

[PeterPark]

On 7/26/2021 at 10:27 AM, SuperBird said:

There's a PLOD 6.0 for a nice price on eBay actually. 

Well that didn't last long...

Buyer will probably try to remove the restoration...

[B2D327]

On 7/26/2021 at 4:57 PM, PeterPark said:

Well that didn't last long...

Buyer will probably try to remove the restoration...

Yeah, I saw that one earlier too. Removing it will probably drop it to the same grade as the one I sold but the blue label would definitely bump the price up some.

As a side note, my buyer made payment today as promised so I’ll be sending it out later.

[littledoom]

On 7/26/2021 at 7:27 AM, SuperBird said:

There's a PLOD 6.0 for a nice price on eBay actually. 

whats plod

[FoggyNelson]

On 7/26/2021 at 6:15 PM, littledoom said:

whats plod

Purple label of death😳😳😟😰😣

[Microchip]

On 7/19/2021 at 4:10 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

I actually wrote one of these letters! Fun to see this in the podcast.

If you had written a few, I'd ask if you were George RR Martin 

[B2D327]

On 7/27/2021 at 6:12 AM, Microchip said:

If you had written a few, I'd ask if you were George RR Martin 

🤔

[WolverineX]

On 7/26/2021 at 10:27 AM, SuperBird said:

There's a PLOD 6.0 for a nice price on eBay actually. 

Wow that was a steal.  6.0 for 1200...

[ThothAmon]

On 7/26/2021 at 6:15 PM, littledoom said:

whats plod

I like to think of it as purple label of doom. A relative of yours?

[littledoom]

On 7/27/2021 at 9:35 AM, ThothAmon said:

I like to think of it as purple label of doom. A relative of yours?

Of course.. but for which comic?

Edited July 27, 2021 by littledoom

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 7/27/2021 at 3:12 AM, Microchip said:

If you had written a few, I'd ask if you were George RR Martin 

I had quite a few letters published in a variety of books in the seventies. I don't remember them all but thanks to indexers on the internet they come to light now and then and I can usually dive into the comic closet and find them.

[aardvark88]

On 7/27/2021 at 10:03 AM, littledoom said:

.. but for which comic?

Think Cerebus 1 Cgc 4.5 blue initially.

[WolverineX]

On 7/27/2021 at 1:03 PM, littledoom said:

Of course.. but for which comic?

Cerebus 1. These used to be everywhere... now they are all gone into collections so the prices have been reflecting that. 

[WolverineX]

Obviously, I know the book is very rare. So when I said everywhere I meant there used to be at least three or four copies on eBay at all times. Now you  only see an authentic copy come for sale every few months... only 2000 printed... who knows how many survived. 

[Brock]

On 7/27/2021 at 1:17 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

thanks to indexers on the internet they come to light now and then

Ha! I just looked myself up in the Grand Comics Database. I've finally made it!

[MyNameIsLegion]

On 7/27/2021 at 2:42 PM, Brock said:

Ha! I just looked myself up in the Grand Comics Database. I've finally made it!

[B2D327]

On 7/27/2021 at 2:20 PM, Wolverinex said:

Obviously, I know the book is very rare. So when I said everywhere I meant there used to be at least three or four copies on eBay at all times. Now you  only see an authentic copy come for sale every few months... only 2000 printed... who knows how many survived. 

If I remember correctly, there are around 1600 in circulation while Dave Sim himself kept the remaining copies in the better condition from the printer for himself. Legend has it that he sells one every now and then but not often.

[B2D327]

On 7/27/2021 at 11:53 AM, Wolverinex said:

Wow that was a steal.  6.0 for 1200...

Funny thing is an authentic copy with his signature could end up in a qualified green label and scare a potential buyer away

[batmiesta]

I check 9.6 on ebay most days, the prices people are asking now are just getting silly, I'm sure they just think of a number and add 2 or 3 noughts on the end, I mean is anyone buying this stuff? 

[Microchip]

On 7/28/2021 at 3:17 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

I had quite a few letters published in a variety of books in the seventies. I don't remember them all but thanks to indexers on the internet they come to light now and then and I can usually dive into the comic closet and find them.

It'd be great to make the connection, and see them all these years later.   It's a valuable piece of history.     

After the passing of Stan, all the iconic greats of the medium have left us.   This is hobby is nothing, if it's not about history, and it's own history of the people who made it.    

 

https://retromash.com/2017/03/03/that-time-when-a-teenage-paul-gambaccini-and-george-r-r-martin-appeared-in-the-fantastic-four/