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[BuscemasAvengers]

My Own Romance 42; Colletta and Pike goodness.

[BuscemasAvengers]

Last one from today's haul: My Own Romance 68 (technically SA, I guess!); GCD has quite a lineup for this issue: Colletta, Baker (?), Maneely, Pike and Heath - wowsa.

[BuscemasAvengers]

A few more books in today, starting with this Cowboy Romances 2 (1949). That's William Holden on the cover. Last story has Buscema art. Only 4 on the Census.

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[BuscemasAvengers]

Romances of the West 1 (1949), with a 27-year old Yvonne De Carlo on the cover, and more Buscema art between the covers. I was told this copy once belonged to Jim Vadeboncoeur.

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[BuscemasAvengers]

The Romances of Nurse Helen Grant (1957). A tough Atlas to find, and a copy that I also believe was once owned by Vadeboncoeur.

[C. Spaulding]

On 7/16/2023 at 3:37 PM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Romances of the West 1 (1949), with a 27-year old Yvonne De Carlo on the cover, and more Buscema art between the covers. I was told this copy once belonged to Jim Vadeboncoeur.

I usually focus on PCH but I also dabble in cowpoke covers.

[N e r V]

Only 5 on the census and I now own the two lowest graded copies…

The good news is I’m at least working my way up the scale. 

Highest graded is only a 6.5.

One of my favorite Harry Anderson covers.

 

 

[Qua-Brot]

I think this is pretty rare, no?

[manetteska]

On 7/31/2023 at 10:29 PM, Qua-Brot said:

I think this is pretty rare, no?

Take!

[Dr. Love]

On 7/31/2023 at 8:29 PM, Qua-Brot said:

I think this is pretty rare, no?

Back in the day was considered a minor grail. Now, with 23 universal and 3 restored, not as much.

Still, a decent mid grade copy, very difficult to find in the wild. Congrats!

[adamstrange]

On 8/1/2023 at 1:49 PM, Dr. Love said:

Back in the day was considered a minor grail. Now, with 23 universal and 3 restored, not as much.

Still, a decent mid grade copy, very difficult to find in the wild. Congrats!

I was expecting the number to be higher.

Given how long there's been heat on the book and the prices, that's not a lot of copies. 

[PeterPark]

On 8/1/2023 at 4:13 PM, adamstrange said:

I was expecting the number to be higher.

Given how long there's been heat on the book and the prices, that's not a lot of copies. 

Bakers on general don't have large census numbers. 23 sounds like a very popular issue to grade to me.

[manetteska]

On 8/2/2023 at 1:51 AM, PeterPark said:

On 8/1/2023 at 3:13 PM, adamstrange said:

I was expecting the number to be higher.

Given how long there's been heat on the book and the prices, that's not a lot of copies. 

Bakers on general don't have large census numbers. 23 sounds like a very popular issue to grade to me.

For comparison:

[Qua-Brot]

On 8/2/2023 at 10:22 AM, manetteska said:

For comparison:

I was thinking the same thing - that issue is a good comp, as would be Giant Comics Editions 12 (15 + 1 Resto on census). 

[PeterPark]

On 8/2/2023 at 11:00 AM, Qua-Brot said:

I was thinking the same thing - that issue is a good comp, as would be Giant Comics Editions 12 (15 + 1 Resto on census). 

And I don't think anyone believes any of these 3 to be common...

[Yorick]

On 8/2/2023 at 7:22 AM, manetteska said:

For comparison:

I'm a little skeptical of those numbers.  I believe there may have been some "upgraded" books that were not removed from the census.

[PeterPark]

On 8/2/2023 at 2:08 PM, Yorick said:

I'm a little skeptical of those numbers.  I believe there may have been some "upgraded" books that were not removed from the census.

The lone 3.0 was my submission...until I sold it...

[manetteska]

On 8/2/2023 at 1:08 PM, Yorick said:

On 8/2/2023 at 9:22 AM, manetteska said:

For comparison:

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I'm a little skeptical of those numbers.  I believe there may have been some "upgraded" books that were not removed from the census.

Of course, but that's possible on every title/book in the census. Similar to the unknown number of books which were never graded.

Census is not the whole picture, just one point that can be compared.

[manetteska]

On 8/2/2023 at 2:05 PM, manetteska said:

On 8/2/2023 at 1:08 PM, Yorick said:

On 8/2/2023 at 9:22 AM, manetteska said:

For comparison:

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I'm a little skeptical of those numbers.  I believe there may have been some "upgraded" books that were not removed from the census.

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Of course, but that's possible on every title/book in the census. Similar to the unknown number of books which were never graded.

Census is not the whole picture, just one point that can be compared.

I know of at least 2 CL #25's which are not graded (yet). 

And that's just in my very small circle.

[N e r V]

I started collecting romance back in the 1980’s including Baker books. I don’t pretend to have a collection like our Dr. Love or others have but pretty sure if I ever started submitting my books some of those census numbers that seem low could change since I have a fair amount of dupes. I’ve just started this year submitting random DC romance books that I have in high grade.