ThothAmon Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Very impressed by Inaflash’s sale of Archie 35 in 9.4 right here on the boards. Not sure if I would have ponied up the 5k if I’d seen it in time but I would have been sorely tempted. His Archie 8 was also sweet. Hard to find one of those things with an attached cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 43 minutes ago, ThothAmon said: Very impressed by Inaflash’s sale of Archie 35 in 9.4 right here on the boards. Not sure if I would have ponied up the 5k if I’d seen it in time but I would have been sorely tempted. His Archie 8 was also sweet. Hard to find one of those things with an attached cover. On that note, I am in need of a cover for an Archie 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThothAmon Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 Group shot! Sqeggs, pmpknface, archiecomicscollector and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 26 minutes ago, ThothAmon said: Group shot! Wonderful group of books! ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 Has this become a general Archie thread? If not, please forgive my posting this melange of recent pickups. archiecomicscollector, Patriot6, Point Five and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 11 hours ago, ThothAmon said: Group shot! Wowza!! Some of those must have taken a while to find in grade. 31 in 9.2 Sqeggs and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheycallmeArchie Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 5:57 PM, Sqeggs said: Early B&Vs seems to be escalating in price -- unfortunately, because I have some holes to fill. I really enjoy the Archie, Jughead, and B&V annuals. Lots of fun stories and art work. Don't forget the Pals 'n' Gals and Christmas stocking annuals as well. 116 pages of all new stories! archiecomicscollector and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Patriot6 Posted February 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2019 Not sure if anyone else collects like this, and to be frank I don't always follow this as I stray from 'the path' regularly, although rarely outside of Archie. I try to break down my Archie run by 10s. 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, etc.. One of my favourite groups of ten would be the 30s, 30-39. I love those Ray gill covers. This year I decided to work on upgrading my set to a 4.5 minimum. I have already had to agree to 4.0 on a few, but both look much better than the grade and I was, therefore, happy to have them. Here is what I have accomplished so far this year (only in my 30s quest, not the rest) I threw 29 in there because who doesn't like 29?: Big shout out to @thirdgreenham for helping me with most of these I long ago decided to try to upgrade everything to a 4.5 minimum. I have not always followed this and as you can see the outcome isn't what I had set out for. Having said this, both 29 and 35, to me, look the part. Had it not been for the slightly brittle pgs on 35, it would be there, and the 29 may one day be re-subbed. The book I am least happy with that I will likely look to upgrade at some point is the 39. Such a great cover! Having reflected on my self decreed minimum of 4.5 I feel like such things have boxed me in and really hindered me when looking to add raw books. I have thus relied more and more on slabs to guarantee my minimum, but likely passed on a book I needed multiple times since it was raw and I didn't have it 'in hand' to asses. moving forward I think I will return to raw and try to sub my own, TBD I guess. The thing that has actually prevented me from buying books I wanted/needed this year the most has been the global shipping program on eBay. There have been so many books that I have really wanted to jump on, but I am unable to buy books that use GSP, since for the buyer it is a scam. I do have a complete raw set of the 30s as well, and I may sub a few I think make the grade, but they just look so nice slabbed ! Looking forward to completing this set over the rest of the year. Happy hunting pals and gals, JF gadzukes, Sqeggs, ThothAmon and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 That's a nice group of books. I can see how it could get expensive having slabs sent to Canada with ebay's global shipping program. I looked into using it a while back and felt like it would be way to expensive for buyers. Patriot6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 6:34 PM, Patriot6 said: Not sure if anyone else collects like this, and to be frank I don't always follow this as I stray from 'the path' regularly, although rarely outside of Archie. I try to break down my Archie run by 10s. 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, etc.. One of my favourite groups of ten would be the 30s, 30-39. I love those Ray gill covers. These are great! I agree, I've always liked that run in the #30s. Patriot6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 5 hours ago, lotemo said: That's a nice group of books. I can see how it could get expensive having slabs sent to Canada with ebay's global shipping program. I looked into using it a while back and felt like it would be way to expensive for buyers. It truly is. I never look twice once I've established that the seller uses GSP. I can understand the need for it if you're shipping things to Poland or something, but to Canada???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Point Five said: These are great! I agree, I've always liked that run in the #30s. Which one from the #30s is your favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Patriot6 said: Which one from the #30s is your favourite Hmm. Maybe #36 as that librarian is a cutie and her body language is charming. No strong feelings though, they're all fun. Patriot6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheycallmeArchie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Those are great books that have been posted on this page, throughout the whole thread actually. It's fun to see the different covers and how nice these comics really are. I think Archie gets forgotten or unnoticed by a lot of collectors. Which is probably good for those of us who collect them as there is less competition but it would be nice to see people think of Pep 22 in the same way as Action 1 or Detective 27. There are a lot fewer known Pep 22's out there than the other 2 comics. There are 17 universal and 10 restored Pep 22's. There's a total of 70 Action 1's and 68 Detective 27's. That's a pretty big difference. Does anybody here think that because there are fewer Archie collectors and not a lot of new Archie readers (as far as I can tell from their current sales) that the demand/price will eventually drop as people won't want to buy or aren't interested in the golden age comics? Sorry to go off topic but am just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, TheycallmeArchie said: Those are great books that have been posted on this page, throughout the whole thread actually. It's fun to see the different covers and how nice these comics really are. I think Archie gets forgotten or unnoticed by a lot of collectors. Which is probably good for those of us who collect them as there is less competition but it would be nice to see people think of Pep 22 in the same way as Action 1 or Detective 27. There are a lot fewer known Pep 22's out there than the other 2 comics. There are 17 universal and 10 restored Pep 22's. There's a total of 70 Action 1's and 68 Detective 27's. That's a pretty big difference. Does anybody here think that because there are fewer Archie collectors and not a lot of new Archie readers (as far as I can tell from their current sales) that the demand/price will eventually drop as people won't want to buy or aren't interested in the golden age comics? Sorry to go off topic but am just curious. Since I started this thread many years ago I've seen an uptick in Archie collectors and ALOT more competition in bidding on certain issues. Edited February 26, 2019 by gadzukes archiecomicscollector and Mr. Lodge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 10 minutes ago, gadzukes said: ALOT more competition in biding on certain issues. I blame Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheycallmeArchie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 42 minutes ago, gadzukes said: Since I started this thread many years ago I've seen an uptick in Archie collectors and ALOT more competition in biding on certain issues. That's good to hear. I'm new to this thread and haven't researched too many prices. I was basing my comment on the shows that I've been to in my area. I ask a lot of dealers if they carry older Archie's and they say hardly anybody wants them or they left them at the store because the don't sell at the shows. I guess I need to start traveling and going to better shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, gadzukes said: Since I started this thread many years ago I've seen an uptick in Archie collectors and ALOT more competition in bidding on certain issues. With the popularity of Riverdale which has at least a few million fans around the world, if even just 50 or 100 of those fans develop an interest in the original comics that inspired the show, we're likely to see prices continue to increase. Even though the new comics don't sell in huge numbers, the awareness of the Archie characters in general has grown substantially. Granted the show takes a lot of liberties with the characters but even for me as a longtime fan, Riverdale is more like The Mighty Archie Art players do teen melodrama with murder and intrigue. archiecomicscollector and gadzukes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, lotemo said: With the popularity of Riverdale which has at least a few million fans around the world.... Is there evidence it has a world wide audience? I'm not even sure what season they're on. I watched a couple episodes and it didn't do much for me, did it get better? Don't get me wrong, I want it to do well. Selfishly I want huge worldwide swaths of Archie fans, who like you say, will develop an interest in the original comics (just let me get my high grade copies of want I want before they drive up the prices more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, gadzukes said: Is there evidence it has a world wide audience? I'm not even sure what season they're on. I watched a couple episodes and it didn't do much for me, did it get better? Don't get me wrong, I want it to do well. Selfishly I want huge worldwide swaths of Archie fans, who like you say, will develop an interest in the original comics (just let me get my high grade copies of want I want before they drive up the prices more). It was renewed for a fourth season. I wouldn't say it's gotten better. It actually just gets weirder. From what I see online, they have fans in the UK and the cast went to France for a convention there. I sometimes open the twitter feed during the live telecast and there is non-stop posting throughout the show in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. I've seen plenty of online articles on the show and there is always press coverage in the UK. Many of the cast, in particular the actresses that play Betty and Veronica get a number of magazine covers in Mexico and other countries so there does seem to be a decent amount of interest in the show beyond the US.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...