Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[GrasshopperFF]

On 3/6/2024 at 7:53 PM, jimjum12 said:

Some refer to them as "Social Relevance" topics, an easy way to dodge the occasional stigma  GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

I see you originally posted this one, James. Gotta like the background! The art and stories are so intriguing. Guessing I won’t find the stories on my Audible App. I’ll need to pick up a couple readers. 

[Darwination]

The gawker cracks me up, but the figure behind is straight up gorgeous despite all the camp.

"Sin in Suburbia" is kind of an omnipresent subject in the downmarket pubs of the day.  Sure there's the Leave it to Beaver exterior, but there *has* to be more to it, eh? 

I've got like 1400 images up at Flickr, and the number one image in views is one I wouldn't suspect

Edited March 7 by Darwination

[jimjum12]

On 3/6/2024 at 9:59 PM, GrasshopperFF said:

I see you originally posted this one, James. Gotta like the background! The art and stories are so intriguing. Guessing I won’t find the stories on my Audible App. I’ll need to pick up a couple readers. 

It's a minimal expense for readers, just remember the pages can come loose even if you're careful. It would likely be worse with attic books. Even the unread display specimens can be reasonable if you avoid the keys and icon books. I'm not truly sure which ones all of those would even be. I missed out on Christmas last year with my stroke, so I had a few Christmas presents due to me. Instead of ties and leopard skin skivvies, I was allowed to ask for specific things and got a few paperbacks, one was "I, Robot" and was kind of pricey, but I sure like it. Cool hobby, but those 10's and 20's can add up, if one isn't discriminating. Some of my favorites are in grade and cost 15 or 20 bucks. Happy hunting. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[GrasshopperFF]

On 3/7/2024 at 8:50 AM, jimjum12 said:

It's a minimal expense for readers, just remember the pages can come loose even if you're careful. It would likely be worse with attic books. Even the unread display specimens can be reasonable if you avoid the keys and icon books. I'm not truly sure which ones all of those would even be. I missed out on Christmas last year with my stroke, so I had a few Christmas presents due to me. Instead of ties and leopard skin skivvies, I was allowed to ask for specific things and got a few paperbacks, one was "I, Robot" and was kind of pricey, but I sure like it. Cool hobby, but those 10's and 20's can add up, if one isn't discriminating. Some of my favorites are in grade and cost 15 or 20 bucks. Happy hunting. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Thanks, James. With you and Lowell pointing me in the right direction I’m confident my aim will be true! 

[jimjum12]

On 3/7/2024 at 9:16 AM, GrasshopperFF said:

Thanks, James. With you and Lowell pointing me in the right direction I’m confident my aim will be true! 

Thanks for the compliment, but Lowell has forgotten more than I'll ever know. Most of my knowledge came from this very thread, to which I was a late comer. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Randall Dowling]

On 3/7/2024 at 11:08 AM, jimjum12 said:

Thanks for the compliment, but Lowell has forgotten more than I'll ever know. Most of my knowledge came from this very thread, to which I was a late comer. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Seconded, he and Pat have been invaluable resources. 

[jimjum12]

...and then there was FRAZETTA  

GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Surfing Alien]

You all are too kind - of course Pat is the OG of this thread - posting on the very first page waaaaay back in 2014  - As I was perusing that page the other day, I did notice that jimjum12 stopped by and commented way back then, so it looks like you had some curiosity but the pb bug sat dormant in you until more recently James .

It's a lot of fun to go back and see that folks were talking about the very same things we do today, including CGC grading pulps    Mostly though there's lots of great pics that started this muthalode of pb goodness going. I think I started posting around 2017, which is when I was getting my toe wet with some buying again after quite a long hiatus. I'm pretty sure I started out going after Juvenile Delinquency/Gang books because that was always my first love, having acquired some of the big grails in the wild back in the 80's in my first collection.

While it's true that you can still find great books for 10's and 20's the increase in competition is palpable and better books get a lot of bids - I see far more 3 figure sales than ever. My advice for anyone has always been to buy stuff you love and you'll never go broke. Prices still vary so widely, you still might find a $100 book in a lot full of drek by an unknowing seller (The only problem with those finds is, then you gotta deal with the drek ) But those finds are fewer and fewer - so my new advice is, go away, nothing to see here

[Surfing Alien]

Here's a little pre-Friday fun. This white paged beauty should appeal to Avon collectors and Girlie collectors

Avon No. 815, 1958

 

[jimjum12]

Here's one that I would love to read, if the print wasn't too small. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[jimjum12]

Thanks to Lowell, I've had to settle for a beater just to have one ... dambit! GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[OtherEric]

On 3/7/2024 at 4:10 PM, Surfing Alien said:

You all are too kind - of course Pat is the OG of this thread - posting on the very first page waaaaay back in 2014  - As I was perusing that page the other day, I did notice that jimjum12 stopped by and commented way back then, so it looks like you had some curiosity but the pb bug sat dormant in you until more recently James .

It's a lot of fun to go back and see that folks were talking about the very same things we do today, including CGC grading pulps    Mostly though there's lots of great pics that started this muthalode of pb goodness going. I think I started posting around 2017, which is when I was getting my toe wet with some buying again after quite a long hiatus. I'm pretty sure I started out going after Juvenile Delinquency/Gang books because that was always my first love, having acquired some of the big grails in the wild back in the 80's in my first collection.

While it's true that you can still find great books for 10's and 20's the increase in competition is palpable and better books get a lot of bids - I see far more 3 figure sales than ever. My advice for anyone has always been to buy stuff you love and you'll never go broke. Prices still vary so widely, you still might find a $100 book in a lot full of drek by an unknowing seller (The only problem with those finds is, then you gotta deal with the drek ) But those finds are fewer and fewer - so my new advice is, go away, nothing to see here

I was a latecomer to the thread... I didn't show up until page 6, four days after it started.

[Surfing Alien]

On 3/7/2024 at 7:43 PM, OtherEric said:

I was a latecomer to the thread... I didn't show up until page 6, four days after it started.

Damn, you get to play in the Old Timer's Game too!  

 

[OtherEric]

On 3/7/2024 at 5:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Damn, you get to play in the Old Timer's Game too!  

 

I really didn't post much the first 50 or so pages, to be fair.  I was amused to see that my 1st post in the thread was about John D. MacDonald and my 2nd was about PKD.  I certainly started out right on brand, at least!

[Surfing Alien]

Gotta give OtherEric his due, he's a run collector of many things, old school. Ace's and Avons for the most part in the pb world. That's a lot of books to go for but considering you completed the Warren mags, I'm sure you'll take them down in your quietly determined way 

Edited March 8 by Surfing Alien

[Darwination]

For real, before this place I knew Eric from the GA comic scan scene and have been pleasantly shocked to learn he collects EVERYTHING.

[OtherEric]

On 3/7/2024 at 6:22 PM, Darwination said:

For real, before this place I knew Eric from the GA comic scan scene and have been pleasantly shocked to learn he collects EVERYTHING.

What can I say?  Old paper makes me happy.

[jimjum12]

On 3/7/2024 at 8:26 PM, OtherEric said:

I really didn't post much the first 50 or so pages, to be fair.  I was amused to see that my 1st post in the thread was about John D. MacDonald and my 2nd was about PKD.  I certainly started out right on brand, at least!

Are you talking about this John MacDonald? GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Surfing Alien]

On 3/7/2024 at 7:36 PM, jimjum12 said:

Thanks to Lowell, I've had to settle for a beater just to have one ... dambit! GOD BLESS ... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Such a classic. I don't feel bad for forcing you to acquire it I'd say a step above a beater - the kind of book that, if vintage pbs keep getting collected, could be like lower grade golden age key comics - nice things to have in the long run

[jimjum12]

On 3/8/2024 at 7:55 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Such a classic. I don't feel bad for forcing you to acquire it I'd say a step above a beater - the kind of book that, if vintage pbs keep getting collected, could be like lower grade golden age key comics - nice things to have in the long run

You were right, too ... this one is just not out there... one more copy I saw that is slightly nicer@$75. It's 1943, IIRC, so it really IS golden age. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)