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

[Surfing Alien]

On 4/11/2022 at 9:26 PM, frozentundraguy said:

Thanks. I agree this cover stands out compared to others in the Avon series.

13 and 16 are probably my favorites (and hardest to find, probably for the same reasons - 13 is "test-tube" babes and 16 is nekkid & a Bloch cover story), then a tie between 5, 6, 7 & 14. But they are all cool in their own ways.

[OtherEric]

On 4/11/2022 at 6:43 PM, Surfing Alien said:

13 and 16 are probably my favorites (and hardest to find, probably for the same reasons - 13 is "test-tube" babes and 16 is nekkid & a Bloch cover story), then a tie between 5, 6, 7 & 14. But they are all cool in their own ways.

I need to replace my #7... it's missing some pages from the middle.  But since I've got the scan available, let's throw it in as well.  I also need 2 and 9, I really better grab all three before the run becomes impossible.

[Pulpvault]

The original cover to Avon Fantasy Reader #9, by Ann Cantor, for Clark Ashton Smith's "The Flower-Women".

[Pat Calhoun]

way beyond wonderful: awesome image and worthy ID in one swoop: many thanks

[Sarg]

On 4/5/2022 at 6:58 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Nice set 

You'll be needing one of these... 

Damn. A truly great cover.

[Surfing Alien]

On 4/12/2022 at 6:22 PM, Sarg said:

Damn. A truly great cover.

Lou Marchetti art 

[Number 6]

On 2/22/2022 at 5:31 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Thanks. If your 115 doesn't have an eyeball keyhole on the spine, it is either an error or maybe Canadian or something. They moved the eyeball to the top of the spine around this time - erratically as you can see (that's 115 at the far left - glare obscures the top a little). But they kept it on the spine until somewhere in the upper 400's or early 500's. I don't have enough in that range to pinpoint it better.

This post has me looking for things I would have never given a second thought to before. 
 

Wife and I were going through a bookshop yesterday while on vacation and spotted these. 
 

Didn’t buy as they’re all beat and not really in my wheelhouse, but all have the eye-in-keyhole on the spine though the design varies on the cover. 
 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Won some random mixed Digest lots because these gems were tucked away in them, among others...

Another tough Falcon in nice shape. Nappi or Howell Dodd art

Upgraded this Belarski cover JD/Drug classic 

Some back country love with a famous Ray Johnson cover.

A pair of George Gross covers...

The artist for this Croydon has always been uncredited but this copy is miscut much higher than usual, enough that a fair piece of the signature is showing. Gonna have to to try to figure that one out now...

[frozentundraguy]

Picked up a couple of novels by Murray Leinster recently, and thought I would include them in a group shot of Leinster books. I thought that the cover for "Time Tunnel" looked almost identical to that of the mid 60's TV show. It turns out that 20th Century Fox bought the rights to his book and also based the look of their tunnel to the one on the book's cover. My other recent acquisition is "The Wailing Asteroid".

 

[Pat Calhoun]

[frozentundraguy]

One last PB to share from last weekend. It's one of many written by Fearn under his pseudonym Gridban. I spotted this in the semi-wild at the Dreamhaven book store. While not in great shape it saved me a lot in the sometimes exorbitant shipping charges that U.K. sellers love to use. A check inside shows this book once resided in the half-price Popular Books Store in London.

 

 

[OtherEric]

On 4/15/2022 at 6:50 PM, frozentundraguy said:

One last PB to share from last weekend. It's one of many written by Fearn under his pseudonym Gridban. I spotted this in the semi-wild at the Dreamhaven book store. While not in great shape it saved me a lot in the sometimes exorbitant shipping charges that U.K. sellers love to use. A check inside shows this book once resided in the half-price Popular Books Store in London.

 

 

I used to hate store stamps like that, now I tend to love them as a way to track the history of the book, as long as they're not obtrusive.  Not fond of most Bonnets books stamps still.

[htp]

The whole run of these started sitting on a shelf at a local bookshop a few years ago, and I somehow always found something else to buy instead. Finally grabbed what was left, but you could do worse.

[Bookery]

Sold this complete set yesterday... original owner copies, all but #1 in VF...

 

[FoggyNelson]

Great cover artwork on those above👍‼️🥰

[Randall Dowling]

On 4/16/2022 at 8:14 AM, Bookery said:

Sold this complete set yesterday... original owner copies, all but #1 in VF...

 

Do you mind sharing what it sold for?  Just curious.  If not, no worries.

[Surfing Alien]

On 4/16/2022 at 9:14 AM, Bookery said:

Sold this complete set yesterday... original owner copies, all but #1 in VF...

 

A classic set, and easy to store, cause they're so thin

Great to see them all in one shot. I have my 4 must-haves but there's a few others I'd like to add, like "Superstition Farm"

[Bookery]

On 4/16/2022 at 10:30 AM, Randall Dowling said:

Do you mind sharing what it sold for?  Just curious.  If not, no worries.

No reason to be a secret.  I had them out on display in the store a few years back, and no one was interested, so I put them back in storage.  Then a dealer remembered them and decided he was interested.  They still had the same price on them they did earlier, so sold for $1500.  The dealer doesn't normally deal in paperbacks, so presumably he has a client he can flip them to for whatever margin above that he gets.

[Pat Calhoun]

[Number 6]

Kind of off-topic but, without giving up any “trade secrets”, what book(s) would you guys recommend for information on collecting vintage paperbacks?

I know that sounds like kind of a dumb question, but I’m up on the books I’m actively searching for, like John Wyndham firsts. 
 

But there’s times when I’m searching for stuff and I’ll see something that’s not in my focus but seems like it might be something worthwhile…but I just don’t know. I would like to get a more rounded-out knowledge of paperbacks beyond just the sci-fi stuff I usually look for. 
 

There’s been a couple of books that have popped up as suggestions when I’m doing searches on Amazon for other things so thought I would ask here.