sagii Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Will do tonight Doc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 As per request of Dr. Love here is a group shot of the hard to complete(4 issues!!)run of Forbidden Love. Photo covers don't get the 'love' they deserve imho, but this is one of those rare instances where a run is noted for it's photo covers (and the boards are creating others with the building Alice Kelly following). Overstreet has long deemed these scarce, three and four are really TOUGH! That's Janet Leigh on no. 3. Wish the photo was clearer, i have always heard Apple products were lauded for the quality of the camera pics. This was taken with my iPad, and i still think my BlackBerry took clearer pics. Probably just a case of me not knowing how to 'fix' the contrast and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks Sagii! The four lovely ladies, including the #2 Lady in Black and the impossible to find #3. We're looking at the only slabbed copy of this book. What's the back story on this book, Sagii? I remember when you got the last one, the #4 last year, it was an exciting night. Do you have plans to slab the #2? Wonderful! and a great accomplishment. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Thanks Dr. Love, it was not easy. I'm SO bummed right now. An order i placed with an online dealer for a group of four hard to find golden age comics in Dec, but never got to me even though it was scanned out of the sorting facility with the post office, so i knew it was stolen, is now on eBay. I have gone to the police, and they said they can't prove the seller stole them so they can't approach him/her and that i have to go through the post office, which is closed today!!!!! And i can't get ANYONE from eBay on the phone. Sorry to be rambling, but i cannot believe my eyes and that this person is gutsy enough to sell them so soon after stealing them!! What do can i do?!?!? Edited February 16, 2015 by Sagii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 No doubt the sultry covers to Forbidden Love 1 and 4 are more interesting than the average photo cover, but I wonder if the great title and logo don't also help in higher collector interest, after all there are a few other Quality photo cover books with similar covers that don't get much attention. Strange Confessions seems like another book where the title may be the biggest factor for collector demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Very good call out Sir. "Forbidden Love" does have an alluring ring to it, and the 'come hither' covers certainly help bolster collector intrigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Those Forbidden Loves are cool. I have #1 and seen #2 but have never seen #3,4. I have 3 of the 4 Strange Confessions. Still missing #3 but have seen it from time to time. I'm not really a romance collector but do have quite a few in my collection especially if they have wild covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks Robot-Man, yes, the 3 and 4 are really hard to come by. I have acquired many issues of various other titles in less time than it took me to complete this four issue run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I know. Those real short runs are just impossible some times. I've been looking for Starlet O'Hara #2 forever and there is only 4 issues in that run. But that is the challenge that makes this fun. I will have to keep my eyes peeled for those last two Forbidden Loves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Great covers on that run, especially no.1 and no.3 (with Starlet on the half moon in the glamour gown). But i have a feeling the no.2( with a Lion ripping Starlets outfit off) is hoarded for obvious reasons. Good luck completing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 #4 has un-credited Frazetta art as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This one was probably already posted but I cannot remember seeing too many copies of this giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I feel like some of the digests don't get much love, but they are pretty scarce in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This one was probably already posted but I cannot remember seeing too many copies of this giant. My god... I just realized- that's Alice Kelley! We never even included this one last year, when we first started turning up everything we could find with her on the cover. I'm dumbfounded. Or maybe just dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I feel like some of the digests don't get much love, but they are pretty scarce in my humble opinion. Nothing humble about these books, bro. Scarce indeed in any grade. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29dukedog Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 This one was probably already posted but I cannot remember seeing too many copies of this giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 And in other romance news... Blissard blew the doors off last night on Ebay with a large group of lower to mid grade Atlas, Marvel photo, Fiction, and St.J. Prices were strong overall to very strong on some select books. I got beat out on one myself (no respect!) much to my surprise. But it should come as no surprise that 2 minutes after the whole thing ended yours truly was up with a BIN trolling the second place bidder on one particularly hot book. Psychologically it's an interesting exercise. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. I think this time, not. However if the bidder, who I do not recognize, comes around these parts then I have two words - PM me bro. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I feel like some of the digests don't get much love, but they are pretty scarce in my humble opinion. I'd love the digests like it was Valentines Day if I could get my hands on 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I feel like some of the digests don't get much love, but they are pretty scarce in my humble opinion. I'd love the digests like it was Valentines Day if I could get my hands on 'em! Me, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) And in other romance news... Blissard blew the doors off last night on Ebay with a large group of lower to mid grade Atlas, Marvel photo, Fiction, and St.J. Prices were strong overall to very strong on some select books. I got beat out on one myself (no respect!) much to my surprise. But it should come as no surprise that 2 minutes after the whole thing ended yours truly was up with a BIN trolling the second place bidder on one particularly hot book. Psychologically it's an interesting exercise. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. I think this time, not. However if the bidder, who I do not recognize, comes around these parts then I have two words - PM me bro. I bid on just about all of them and won nary a one. A few went for Bakeresque prices. Apparently there are some active romance collectors out there. Correction: Forgot he was the seller of the Cowgirl Romances 12. I won that one, which actually went for less than I had expected. Edited February 17, 2015 by Sqeggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
