sagii Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, MrBedrock said: An investment tip and a question...Many of the beautiful painted Ace romance comics covers were originally published as covers for their pulp line, which was enormously successful back then. In some cases the pulps were published many years prior to their comic counterparts. Even in nice shape those pulps now mostly sell for less than $15 each. When CGC starts grading pulps those Ace romance issues should increase in desirability and value as more folks are exposed to them. Will the corresponding comics hold their value? I am psyched as this isn't the first time i have seen you post with a (perceived on my part) certainty that slabbing of Pulps will happen. I have recently jumped in after years of being on the fence -with a more heightened profile of them here on the Boards, my Spidey senses were telling me it's now or never. I have pondered your question every time i look at these babies (ignore the satin sheets in the photo ). I have only seen one issue (yellow cover) in Pulp form after years of having all four as a saved search in Pulp form on eBay. There are other Ace painted covers i have seen in Pulp form more than comic form also. But my answer would be because the interiors have different contents, i don't think one would pass the other in value if the covers are the main draw with that in play. They would be collectible in both forms and many collectors may want both editions. Yorick and MrBedrock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 23 minutes ago, sagii said: I am psyched as this isn't the first time i have seen you post with a (perceived on my part) certainty that slabbing of Pulps will happen. I have recently jumped in after years of being on the fence -with a more heightened profile of them here on the Boards, my Spidey senses were telling me it's now or never. I have pondered your question every time i look at these babies (ignore the satin sheets in the photo ). I have only seen one issue (yellow cover) in Pulp form after years of having all four as a saved search in Pulp form on eBay. There are other Ace painted covers i have seen in Pulp form more than comic form also. But my answer would be because the interiors have different contents, i don't think one would pass the other in value if the covers are the main draw with that in play. They would be collectible in both forms and many collectors may want both editions. Ya done good, kid! sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 42 minutes ago, sagii said: I am psyched as this isn't the first time i have seen you post with a (perceived on my part) certainty that slabbing of Pulps will happen. It isn't 100% yet, but I think the odds are in the high 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: It isn't 100% yet, but I think the odds are in the high 90's. Appreciate that! I'm still happy i got in when i did. Won't be a large collection, but always had a little wish list. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 hours ago, MrBedrock said: When CGC starts grading pulps those Ace romance issues should increase in desirability and value I don't think so. CGC will not grade pulps and those Ace pulps will not be more desirable. The pulps are even worse paper quality than their comic counterparts (if you can believe that). Imagine a CGC slab for a pulp. Would it be 2 inches thick? 3? I barely have enough room for my comics, and I'm strongly considering adopting your "cracking" methods for all the slabs that I already have.. Dr. Love and MrBedrock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, MrBedrock said: It isn't 100% yet, but I think the odds are in the high 90's. Even though you have friends in high places since you're a betting man, I bet dinner it won't happen (aka CGC announcement, and not just bedsheets, which are already being slabbed, I mean overhang baby) within a year from today, lunch within two years, and a cup of premium coffee it won't happen EVER Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 42 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: 3 hours ago, MrBedrock said: It isn't 100% yet, but I think the odds are in the high 90's. Even though you have friends in high places since you're a betting man, I bet dinner it won't happen (aka CGC announcement, and not just bedsheets, which are already being slabbed, I mean overhang baby) within a year from today, lunch within two years, and a cup of premium coffee it won't happen EVER I will definitely take the third bet. No way it happens within a year so I can't take the first. The second is 50/50 and I would buy you lunch any day of the week anyway, so let's do that one too. Dr. Love and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I figured I better share some of the non-Baker pages over here in Rare-Romance. No census copies and no image available on GCD. I don't even have the cover -- it's that rare! This is a reprint of Love Romances 57 (FYI). Crimebuster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) I know this is Silver Age, but I am really stoked I finally found a copy of this after looking for quite a while. There seem to be very, very few covers that are beefcake covers. Tons of covers with hot women being looked at by leering men, but almost none the other direction, which is weird given the target audience. This is one of the few pure beefcake covers I know of - not only is it a shirtless lumberjack, but the whole point is the woman in the background doing a double take at how hot he is, while her jealous boyfriend gives her the stinkeye! It's basically... Edited June 6, 2020 by Crimebuster sagii, pmpknface and MusterMark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr. Love Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, rjpb said: Now that's one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time Good job R rjpb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RareHighGrade Posted June 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 4:35 PM, szav said: Saw that a CGC 5.0 of this one just went over $300 in the CC auction so figured I should buy this $15 copy right away...although I worry it'll lose 90% of its value whenever Dr. Love changes his avatar... I'm also a proud member of the Dr. Love avatar club. And like most, also a low grade member. Dr. Love, pmpknface, jimjum12 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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