comicjack Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 And a great Powell cover for that price Tri-Color Brian and Cobbledclam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Recently picked up a copy of this one. Been after one for a while. What a hot babe! Any red blooded guy even notice the rusty staples? Cobbledclam, Yorick, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Good Golly Miss Molly!!! Hubba hubba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 7 hours ago, MrBedrock said: 19 hours ago, Cobbledclam said: Wee bit. Actually the little old ladies were set up at the PMA antique shows in San Mateo and the collectors shows at the Cow Palace, and it was in the early nineties. They would also have stacks of Kaluta Shadows and misc. Wrightson Swamp Thing along with Kirby Jimmie Olsen and other 4th world titles. Any Major Inapaks? They always liked him. I think maybe because he outranks Captain 3-D. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 21 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: 22 hours ago, Cobbledclam said: You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is exaggerated just a little... However, I remember a twenty-something guy that always set up at SDCC in the mid-90s who had a bunch of Thing #16s. He only displayed one at a time, but you could see the stack behind his table if you were nosy enough. He sold them at guide, but was well aware of the warehouse find. I wonder how many he had, and if he's still selling them... Way OT, but when I was a kid, the only adult comic collector I knew (a used car salesman--make of that what you will!) had a box of March of Comics 20 (Barks DD in Darkest Africa), many in high grade, or what we considered high grade in those unenlightened days. I just looked and there are only 28 copies on the census, although 13 of them are 9.0 and above. Don't know what became of that box and whether any of them survived to be graded and on the census. FoggyNelson and Tri-Color Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 Cole used this collage approach a number of times on his romance covers. I think it works well. Book isn't nearly as yellow in hand as it appears in my scan. FoggyNelson, Inaflash, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Cole used this collage approach a number of times on his romance covers. I think it works well. Book isn't nearly as yellow in hand as it appears in my scan. Another AMAZING book T. Gorgeous! Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up Sqeggs and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 6:41 PM, Cobbledclam said: Back in the mid late 90s and early 2000's seemingly billions of those in the bay area. Yes I said billions, prove me wrong! Thing, Blue Beetle, a couple of different True Life, a couple of oddball Star westerns and a couple of Charton crime as well as a bunch of misc LB Cole cover titles. You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones.👌😃😂Especially if you were allowed the privilege to dig through Gary Arlington's, bookstore. Boxes and boxes.Buy them for a buck and put them out at five dollars apiece and then...money money money! I absolutely believe you, as just a couple years ago I got a Crime & Justice 20 and a Space Adventures 13 (with Blue Beetle) for $5 or so from KAYO books in SF. There was clearly a find of late '54 Charltons down in that area a while back. Cobbledclam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Dr. Love said: Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up One of Hartley's best. Sqeggs and sacentaur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Dr. Love said: Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 24 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? I thought it was just me with the lighthouse …. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) paid 12 times Guide on these books. Ye gads! Edited May 22, 2020 by GreatCaesarsGhost szucchini, pmpknface and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jimjum12 said: 1 hour ago, sacentaur said: Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? I thought it was just me with the lighthouse …. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) jimbo and Steve, you're not alone! Edited May 22, 2020 by MusterMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Kitty Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Dr. Love said: Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up I thought most of the Romance went for strong or outrageous prices. I struck out on quite a few lots over the last couple of days. Heck, I was not even the under bidder on all the expensive books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 5 hours ago, OtherEric said: I absolutely believe you, as just a couple years ago I got a Crime & Justice 20 and a Space Adventures 13 (with Blue Beetle) for $5 or so from KAYO books in SF. There was clearly a find of late '54 Charltons down in that area a while back. I miss Kayo. It's been years.👍🏻😢so much fun stuff. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Bumble Kitty said: I thought most of the Romance went for strong or outrageous prices. I struck out on quite a few lots over the last couple of days. Heck, I was not even the under bidder on all the expensive books. Yeh it's quite something. And not over yet. This could have been a calamity for CC and the romance offering, which I believe is predominately their own stock (assuming they're not buying their own books). A perfect storm - a potentially weak market, a troubled site rollout, and most important - an enormous block of books being presented at one time. I think there are 78 romance books in this auction. Prior to this the largest romance auction at one time was a Sparkle City ebay auction on 10/28/12, 46 romance books at one time. For prices to be super strong, given the incredible supply, means that either the overall market is strong as heck, or romance is strong as heck, or both. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Just hammered for $2,272 though one I personally like very much, not considered a Cole romance grail. And not the highest graded. damonwad, FoggyNelson, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: though one I personally like very much, not considered a Cole romance grail. And not the highest graded. Features a fairly ugly mug in the center... comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted May 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 Maybe this is rare? I just thought it was hilarious (and the artwork is very nice). davidtere, sagii, pmpknface and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
