Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted October 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2023 Thanks in large part to some boardies I have caught the romance bug. I’ve always loved Baker, of course, but have been catching up a little to all of the other great stuff out there. I did not do what it took to get a lot of the books I wanted, but did manage to get a few. Dr. Love, Bumble Kitty, Casablanca and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heronext Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) On 10/23/2023 at 11:17 PM, Dr. Love said: just now on Ebay - and that's for the lowest graded, behind a 4.5 and a 6.0 pent up Atlas pre-code romance demand? or is it the "Blissard Blessing"? hmmm There seems to be a high demand for slabbed romance right now. People seem willing to pay way more than what a raw copy plus pressing & grading would cost them. Edited October 30, 2023 by Heronext Darwination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/29/2023 at 6:30 PM, Darwination said: That's a nice one. For the most part, I don't find the desire to buy Fox romance, but I'd make an exception here! Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 12:50 AM, Heronext said: There seems to be a high demand for slabbed romance right now. People seem willing to pay way more than what a raw copy plus pressing & grading would cost them. Colletta seems hot all of a sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted October 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 1:49 PM, Ryan. said: Colletta seems hot all of a sudden. Who do we blame for that?? Get Marwood & I, jimjum12, davidtere and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted October 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 10/29/2023 at 8:10 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: Thanks in large part to some boardies I have caught the romance bug. I’ve always loved Baker, of course, but have been catching up a little to all of the other great stuff out there. I did not do what it took to get a lot of the books I wanted, but did manage to get a few. Congrats, Rick, on your latest purchases. You've got a good eye and great taste, and when you go in, you go in relatively strong. There goes the neighborhood - but in the best way! And congrats to you and the HA team on a fantastic Romance Showcase Auction. Well done. HA has been a forerunner in bringing the romance goods to auction. The Valentine's Showcase Auction from earlier this year set a high bar in terms of slabbed romance - a very diverse offering of 24 publishers, 181 slabs with an average grade and sales price of 5.8 and $534 respectively. Bakers figured prominently, however, with 35 slabs generating 40% of the total $ in romance slab sales. Two huge St. Johns alone accounted for 31% of the total $ in romance slab sales. So, Baker sells - and sells well. This we know. If you back the Bakers out, you get a better picture of the state of the genre in market terms at that time - 23 publishers, 146 books, $254 slab average on an average grade of 6.3. Now it's 8 months later and we just finished the newest Romance Showcase. One in which there was no Baker, none at all. Instead, it was billed as featuring LB Cole. How'd it go? Tightly focused, it involved just 4 publishers - Ace, Atlas, DC, and Star - offered 119 slabs with an average grade of 6.5, so pretty much the same as the Valentine's Showcase in that respect, but averaged $470 in slab sales price. That would be almost double. And this wasn't on huge Cole representation. In fact, with only 13 slabs, the Star portion was the least of the publishers. With a whopping 65 slabs, the biggest chunk was from Atlas. This actually could have been called the Atlas Romance Showcase (including some LB Cole!). And for romance collectors like me - it was a dream come true. Bakers and Coles abound in the census and in the market. PCR (Pre Code Romance, trademark pending!) Atlas, on the other hand - you could wait a quarter century for some of these books to surface (and I have) - in grade, which for romance means 7.0-7.5 - and still have nothing after all that time. And then keep in mind that of the 65 slabs, 75% were the highest in the census, and often the only one in the census. Another 20% were the 2nd highest in the census. That was NOT the case in the Valentine's Showcase, not by a long stretch. And lest I forget, there was a huge grail non-Atlas book in this auction as well - Falling in Love #1, highest graded impossible all black cover 8.0. In fact, this book starts the SA for romance - in fact, according to me and my imaginary friend, it starts the entire Silver Age! Yup, I just said that! Anyway, it was a great two day treat. Hopefully the start of more sweet graded romance to come. But allow a little time to recuperate, please! damonwad, szucchini, Pickie and 12 others 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted October 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2023 High praise from @Dr. Love Thank you! This auction was a pleasure to put together. I love working with my favorite things. jimjum12, Point Five, Bumble Kitty and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2023 As you all know, I love this book. Apparently a few others do as well. A long time Ebay romance guy got the win, and a somewhat new to romance collector with a fondness for Ace books was right in the mix. Too bad Dylan was the seller on this one. Don't touch our books, you scoundrel! Mr. Lady Luck, damonwad, Point Five and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted November 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2023 I love this one. I’m glad she is thinking about me adamstrange, Dr. Love, Robot Man and 11 others 7 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darwination Posted November 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) Not my copy! But an image I worked with this morning from Mycomicshop, Bud Plant's copy, still there. Norman Saunders on the second issue (the first of two #11s, as can happen in the golden age). Me too, or ooh la la? How fun is this? Great colors. Readers of GA romance recognize the workplace romance as a common plot if not a great way for a young woman to meet a husband. Don't tell HR Having worked the cover, I gave it a read. From the JVJ project at the comic museums, with excellent edits from Tilliban. https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=24121 A nice one pager black and white job on the ifc. And a giant sized indicia, damn Ziff-Davis The artist is Paul Parker, who I last encountered in a re-read of his Mr Zin Hatchet Killer stories in The Killers. He's got the lead story, too, which I don't like as much as the style on The Pianist and The Earl there. The second story's from Ogden Whitney. I always like an opening scene in a diner. My favorite story in here, if not exactly graceful, are the pages from the Lin Streeter story Storywise, there's lots of melodrama throught the issue, but is does get a little catty in the last tale (Reed Crandall). Redheads are always trouble. The Saunders might just be my favorite Ziff-Davis romance cover, but there's one or two others vying for my heart. Edited November 12, 2023 by Darwination pmpknface, Dr. Love, Ricksneatstuff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatNerdyCanuck Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 10:10 AM, Yorick said: That's a nice one. For the most part, I don't find the desire to buy Fox romance, but I'd make an exception here! Shes a Canadian copy too! Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyDeath Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Don't know how rare it is, but always enjoyed Ogden Whitney's quirky style. pmpknface and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On 11/16/2023 at 12:31 PM, LadyDeath said: Don't know how rare it is, but always enjoyed Ogden Whitney's quirky style. That guy is HUGE. Some of my favorite covers have some... weird proportional issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) speaking of ACG a publisher with hidden gems. Many Bald books were meh, but some were terrific. Of course, speaking of Whitney, there is the Fab 4. And I spy a painted cover by none other than John Rosenberger. Edited November 17, 2023 by Dr. Love SushiX, damonwad, MrBedrock and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted November 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2023 and speaking of painted covers some of which are what I call painted treatment covers Inaflash, SushiX, Bumble Kitty and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThatNerdyCanuck Posted November 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) Just got this in "Romance Comic Album" - A Canadian Square Bound Thicc Boy. Absolutely zero data on it. I'll report back with what stories are inside! *Well I feel bad for whatever poor sap bought this expecting romance. Not a SINGLE romance story in here. It's all Jo-Jo Stories, a few Western stories, and some random at the end* Edited November 20, 2023 by ThatNerdyCanuck Point Five, buttock, Dr. Love and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted November 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2023 There has been only one book I’ve been searching for with intensity the last few months. It is an extremely difficult book to come across. I had only been looking at the sales threads here once or twice a week lately and somehow I came on within 5 minutes of this being posted and picked it up. TupennyConan, Funnybooks, Dr. Love and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Giant book. Maybe the hottest atlas right now Yorick and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted November 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2023 Just graded. comicjack, Funnybooks, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 11/20/2023 at 11:39 AM, ThatNerdyCanuck said: Not a SINGLE romance story in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
