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

[Sarg]

On 5/12/2024 at 9:05 PM, Surfing Alien said:

When I got back into collecting vintage paperbacks 7 years ago, a distant, yet seemingly unreasonable goal was getting back the 3 rarities I most regretted selling back in the 90's 😪

Well, with the recent addition of the Studio Pocket Edition of Jim Thompson's "Sins of the Fathers", the trio is back in the fold. All three of my original copies were pulled out of the ceiling-high stacked boxes in the  "store" of Mike, the Greenwich Village beatnik who sold his collection out of his basement apartment, many to me, in the early 1980's when I roamed West 4th Street in search of paper treasure.

These 3 are the "Top Of The Bill" as far as I'm concerned in the vintage paperback world as far as the combo of rarity and desirability. YMMV

 

[Darwination]

One from SA's recent sale, I'm pegging this as Chriacka but could easily be wrong (maybe a stylized D for Darcy worked into the left edge of the cover?):

Wild Fruit - Joan Sherman (Peggy Gaddis) (1960.Beacon B367) cover suspected Chiriacka

and another discovered in this book of postcards put together by Miriam Linna that I've had forever:

My daughter is working at a Christian summer camp this Summer and isn't allowed her phone and has requested written correspondence.  My wife doesn't think she'd appreciate these postcards, but I may send them if only for my own amusement

I pondered tracking down a high grade copy of this but instead opted for this beater copy.  It seems perfectly appropriate -

The Young Punks edited by Leo Marguiles (1957.Pyramid G271) cover Rudy de Reyna. 

Not the most menacing gang I've ever seen

The only other pb cover I found from de Rayna is the Pyramid G352 edition of Harlan Ellison's Rumble.  Otherwise, I found a good number of art manuals he's written.

Great line-up of authors inside including Richard Prather, Hal Ellson, Gil Brewer, Evan Hunter, Johnathan Craig, Frank Kane, Robert Turner, etc.

[MattTheDuck]

"Subtle" is not often used as a descriptor for these books.

[johnenock]

A real nice copy. The lady on the cover looks like an elf:

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/14/2024 at 9:55 AM, johnenock said:

A real nice copy. The lady on the cover looks like an elf:

 

 

I really like how Bischoff's stylized approach works for Fantasy & Sci-Fi. This was a landmark collection for Bantam.

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/13/2024 at 9:47 PM, Darwination said:

and another discovered in this book of postcards put together by Miriam Linna that I've had forever:

 

I recognize her     She's a toughie!

 

There were a bunch of those Postcard books back in the 90's. I have "Love Was Cheap and Life Was High" buried somewhere, one of my sisters gave it to me for Christmas back then

[Surfing Alien]

I shared this on Have a Cigar but figured I'd link it here. I still have some comics. To fit in the context of this thread, I'll just say that if this was a paperback it would probably only be worth fifty bucks

 

[Darwination]

Maybe a paperback would fetch more if you labelled it "racist octopus burned alive by flamethrower"

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/14/2024 at 7:47 PM, Darwination said:

Maybe a paperback would fetch more if you labelled it "racist octopus burned alive by flamethrower"

 

 

The comic didn't have to be named such to be worth a lot, it's just the sad fate of the paperbacks to be worth less (not worthless!)  

[Darwination]

The low prices are part of the joy of paperbacks!

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/14/2024 at 9:09 PM, Darwination said:

The low prices are part of the joy of paperbacks!

Beautiful Skull cover from 1943. $10 in high grade. Might even be racist  A cultural artifact for sure.

Edited May 15 by Surfing Alien
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[moonpool]

On 5/14/2024 at 9:09 PM, Darwination said:

The low prices are part of the joy of paperbacks!

Statement of the day!

[moonpool]

More bagging

[Darwination]

These are not cheap paperbacks

The subject of Heade came up in a conversation this week with a pal (re: a unique sense of color, use of opaques, the tendency of clothes to look barely glued on).  I was prompted to go looking for OA at Heritage and only found a couple of pieces.  Is there a trove of Heade art somewhere, or is it lost? I've heard watercolors are more vulnerable to the ravages of time...I know next to nothing about him.  I see there's a couple of Heade art books, anybody recommend them?

[moonpool]

I would recommend the Heade art books (some of the pictures are from me).  I have a Bonham's catalogue from 1994 with the big sell of Heade art if anyone is interested in seeing it.   My understanding is that most of them were purchased by one collector and one dealer, but that's second hand. No, I knew nothing about it at the time, and even if I had, I was a poor college student at the time.  

[Darwination]

There's a couple of volumes but also a deluxe edition, is that right?  Trying to sort out what's what - 

How many paintings were sold? An heir had a large stash? That's great news in any case, many pulp artists are not so lucky.

I'd certainly appreciate seeing a choice page or few from the auction catalog

 

 

[moonpool]

[moonpool]

[Darwination]

Those prices - - -

[ThothAmon]

Little more recent hardcover.