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

[Darwination]

I hate yellow comics and pulps but love yellow pbs

This Johnson girl has some buck teeth or a gap which I actually find endearing.  Cool faded out foreground and array of colors in the pattern in the background, too.

[OtherEric]

A nice batch in today.  The Dunwich Horror is low grade but very happy to have it nonetheless.  The JDM is a 1st.  The Phantom Lady is low grade but I don't know anybody in this forum who would pass up the Reader's League variant for $2.50.  And the Avon is "just" an Avon from the round logo glory days.

[waaaghboss]

I came across a copy of Dunwich today 😆   Cool looking book, almost grabbed it but I'm unfamiliar with what a fair price should be.

(I take photos of books I'm interested in so I can look them up when I get home)

 

 

Edited May 3 by waaaghboss

[OtherEric]

On 5/3/2024 at 4:54 PM, waaaghboss said:

I came across a copy of Dunwich today 😆   Cool looking book, almost grabbed it but I'm unfamiliar with what a fair price should be.

(I take photos of books I'm interested in so I can look them up when I get home)

 

 

I can't read the price on any of the Barts.  The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes would be a no-brainer for me at $12, though.

[OtherEric]

And some doubles in today as well.  I love the upside down look to the D-6

[OtherEric]

I really like both covers on the Evil is the Night/ Dictators Die Hard double, I may need to put that on the upgrade list.

[Darwination]

On 5/3/2024 at 6:48 PM, OtherEric said:

A nice batch in today.  The Dunwich Horror is low grade but very happy to have it nonetheless.  The JDM is a 1st.  The Phantom Lady is low grade but I don't know anybody in this forum who would pass up the Reader's League variant for $2.50.  And the Avon is "just" an Avon from the round logo glory days.

These look familiar

Hey! I didn't notice the Phantom Lady when I went through those! (as I put no less than 13 other books in my basket)

Maybe I missed it because of that cover   Still, a neat Woolrich tho

[OtherEric]

On 5/3/2024 at 5:02 PM, Darwination said:

These look familiar

Hey! I didn't notice the Phantom Lady when I went through those! (as I put no less than 13 other books in my basket)

Maybe I missed it because of that cover   Still, a neat Woolrich tho

The Dunwich and some of the doubles were from other sellers.  But yeah, 5 books were from that link a few days ago.

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/3/2024 at 7:54 PM, waaaghboss said:

I came across a copy of Dunwich today 😆   Cool looking book, almost grabbed it but I'm unfamiliar with what a fair price should be.

(I take photos of books I'm interested in so I can look them up when I get home)

 

 

Are pb's being lain at your doorstep

I wish I got such service 

Those Lovecraft Bart's look pretty good. Any fresh copy that has a good spine and colors and the main cover image uncreased is worth $50 retail, going up in inverse square to the lack of creases and wear. 

[Darwination]

On 5/3/2024 at 7:00 PM, OtherEric said:

I can't read the price on any of the Barts.  The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes would be a no-brainer for me at $12, though.

I think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a top Bergey.  For that matter, I think the Loos book is a classic piece of American satire, too, with a great American novel being overshadowed by the Jane Russell/Marilyn Monroe flick.  Ofc, I say that as I'm looking to find a copy of the movie ><

I really like the Shadow Over Innsmouth cover, too (great colors and design).  I haven't branched out into horror or SF yet in the pbs, but I can see myself picking up that one if I see a nice copy.

I just checked out the wiki on the story, curious where the Weird Tales appearance was, and was surprised to learn Farnsworth Wright rejected it! (though it was later printed in 1942).  So first printed thusly - not my copy (and no doubt some around here may have one):

Edited May 4 by Darwination

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/3/2024 at 8:00 PM, OtherEric said:

I can't read the price on any of the Barts.  The Gentlemen Prefer Blondes would be a no-brainer for me at $12, though.

If those are the today prices rather than being on there for 10 years, I'd scoop every book the seller had.

[Darwination]

On 5/3/2024 at 7:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Are pb's being lain at your doorstep

I wish I got such service 

Those Lovecraft Bart's look pretty good. Any fresh copy that has a good spine and colors and the main cover image uncreased is worth $50 retail, going up in inverse square to the lack of creases and wear. 

Can you find the Innsmouth with the coloring above the title lettering or is it always gonna be cropped off?

Edited May 4 by Darwination

[OtherEric]

On 5/3/2024 at 5:32 PM, Darwination said:

Can you find the Innsmouth with a coloring above the title lettering or is it always gonna be cropped off?

Looks like my copy managed it.

[waaaghboss]

On 5/3/2024 at 5:25 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Are pb's being lain at your doorstep

I wish I got such service 

Those Lovecraft Bart's look pretty good. Any fresh copy that has a good spine and colors and the main cover image uncreased is worth $50 retail, going up in inverse square to the lack of creases and wear. 

Just lucky with a bookstore, owner said he picked these up a while ago and is losing money since no one is buying them.

 

If you dont mind me asking, are any of these worth grabbing?  Was planning to check ebay once I get in front of a desktop but figure you guys are more knowledgeable. 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 4 by waaaghboss

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/3/2024 at 8:39 PM, waaaghboss said:

Just lucky with a bookstore, owner said he picked these up a while ago and is losing money since no one is buying them.

 

If you dont mind me asking, are any of these worth grabbing?  Was planning to check ebay once I get in front of a desktop but figure you guys are more knowledgeable. 

 

Buy them all

[waaaghboss]

On 5/3/2024 at 5:41 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Buy them all

Probably will eventually 😆 

[Darwination]

On 5/3/2024 at 6:54 PM, waaaghboss said:

 

(I take photos of books I'm interested in so I can look them up when I get home)

 

I'm always curious what the etiquette on this is.  I feel kind of funny doing it.  At the same time I feel funny looking up values in-store.  And then there's the fact that I'll check comics against the scanner's wantlist, too.

I tend to just take a very quick picture and looking up later even though I don't think any of it does any harm.  Same thing with records since sometimes it's nice to listen to an album I'm curious about before buying.  I'll usually walk out of a good used record store with a stack of four or five but 10 or 20 pictures of albums to check out.

[Darwination]

On 5/3/2024 at 7:39 PM, waaaghboss said:

Just lucky with a bookstore, owner said he picked these up a while ago and is losing money since no one is buying them.

 

If you dont mind me asking, are any of these worth grabbing?  Was planning to check ebay once I get in front of a desktop but figure you guys are more knowledgeable. 

 

 

WTF.  I went to no less than 6 comics/vintage stores across two states this week and didn't see a single vintage PB

[waaaghboss]

On 5/3/2024 at 5:42 PM, Darwination said:

I'm always curious what the etiquette on this is.  I feel kind of funny doing it.  At the same time I feel funny looking up values in-store.  And then there's the fact that I'll check comics against the scanner's wantlist, too.

I tend to just take a very quick picture and looking up later even though I don't think any of it does any harm.  Same thing with records since sometimes it's nice to listen to an album I'm curious about before buying.  I'll usually walk out of a good used record store with a stack of four or five but 10 or 20 pictures of albums to check out.

I feel like it would be rude to scan ebay while browsing, but sometimes I'll just tell the owner I'm not familiar with the comics or books and want to look them up later to see if I need them.  I try to be polite and respectful, and haven't had any issues where it got awkward.  😀

[Surfing Alien]

On 5/3/2024 at 8:42 PM, Darwination said:

I'm always curious what the etiquette on this is.  I feel kind of funny doing it.  At the same time I feel funny looking up values in-store.  And then there's the fact that I'll check comics against the scanner's wantlist, too.

I tend to just take a very quick picture and looking up later even though I don't think any of it does any harm.  Same thing with records since sometimes it's nice to listen to an album I'm curious about before buying.  I'll usually walk out of a good used record store with a stack of four or five but 10 or 20 pictures of albums to check out.

Y'all think waaaaaaay too much. You see nice books for 5 and 10 in a store,  then you take your panties off, put on your man-jeans and buy them all