Dave Henson Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 HOF set sold for $415 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Larryw7 Posted October 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2020 Got this in the mail a few days ago. Contains two of my favorite stories, Dog Food by Crandall and Key Chain by Krigstein. KirbyJack, Joshua33, Robot Man and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Well guys Ive gotten a few EC books in the last 2 weeks. I like to read them before I post them but its going to be awhile before I get to them all. First I got another MAD...Issue 17. I got this on ebay under $20. The description said “Inner cover has tape on spine . Black and white story in middle of the book pages 1-4 are detached from spine. Pages 5 and 6 from same story are detached from top staple. Book is complete.” When I got the book and counted pages it was missing 3 wraps. The missing story is "meet miss potgold". Seller refunded all the money and told me to keep the book. That was nice of him since I told him Id send it back. On the 3rd of October I went to a LCS that knows I collect ECs and got a hard to find book (for me in my price range). I got a Two-Fisted Tales 18 (1) and its a mess! Tape color touch winkles and all but I love it! I stay away from color touch on my books. I only had 1 before this and it was a gift. I have never knowingly bought a color touch book. Cant wait to read it! Next Crime Suspenstories 8. Got this on ebay no problems! Yay! And the last book, again ebay and its a mess. But which of my books are not? Crime Suspenstories 20 this was a collecting goal for the year. Its becoming more out of my price range so I decided that I can go a little higher since I had extra to spend this month due to overtime. This was the most I have paid for a single issue with shipping. This is a record year for what I'm spending on single books. But when I got it there were undisclosed problems that was not in the description. Seller was kind and we came to a decent refund making this the second most Ive spent on a book by $3. Larryw7, OtherEric and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Raze said: Well guys Ive gotten a few EC books in the last 2 weeks. I like to read them before I post them but its going to be awhile before I get to them all. First I got another MAD...Issue 17. I got this on ebay under $20. The description said “Inner cover has tape on spine . Black and white story in middle of the book pages 1-4 are detached from spine. Pages 5 and 6 from same story are detached from top staple. Book is complete.” When I got the book and counted pages it was missing 3 wraps. The missing story is "meet miss potgold". Seller refunded all the money and told me to keep the book. That was nice of him since I told him Id send it back. On the 3rd of October I went to a LCS that knows I collect ECs and got a hard to find book (for me in my price range). I got a Two-Fisted Tales 18 (1) and its a mess! Tape color touch winkles and all but I love it! I stay away from color touch on my books. I only had 1 before this and it was a gift. I have never knowingly bought a color touch book. Cant wait to read it! Next Crime Suspenstories 8. Got this on ebay no problems! Yay! And the last book, again ebay and its a mess. But which of my books are not? Crime Suspenstories 20 this was a collecting goal for the year. Its becoming more out of my price range so I decided that I can go a little higher since I had extra to spend this month due to overtime. This was the most I have paid for a single issue with shipping. This is a record year for what I'm spending on single books. But when I got it there were undisclosed problems that was not in the description. Seller was kind and we came to a decent refund making this the second most Ive spent on a book by $3. What a great batch of books, Raze! Let me know if you ever upgrade the Mad #17... I could use the cover on my copy. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Raze said: Well guys Ive gotten a few EC books in the last 2 weeks. I like to read them before I post them but its going to be awhile before I get to them all. First I got another MAD...Issue 17. I got this on ebay under $20. The description said “Inner cover has tape on spine . Black and white story in middle of the book pages 1-4 are detached from spine. Pages 5 and 6 from same story are detached from top staple. Book is complete.” When I got the book and counted pages it was missing 3 wraps. The missing story is "meet miss potgold". Seller refunded all the money and told me to keep the book. That was nice of him since I told him Id send it back. On the 3rd of October I went to a LCS that knows I collect ECs and got a hard to find book (for me in my price range). I got a Two-Fisted Tales 18 (1) and its a mess! Tape color touch winkles and all but I love it! I stay away from color touch on my books. I only had 1 before this and it was a gift. I have never knowingly bought a color touch book. Cant wait to read it! Next Crime Suspenstories 8. Got this on ebay no problems! Yay! And the last book, again ebay and its a mess. But which of my books are not? Crime Suspenstories 20 this was a collecting goal for the year. Its becoming more out of my price range so I decided that I can go a little higher since I had extra to spend this month due to overtime. This was the most I have paid for a single issue with shipping. This is a record year for what I'm spending on single books. But when I got it there were undisclosed problems that was not in the description. Seller was kind and we came to a decent refund making this the second most Ive spent on a book by $3. Fun group Raze. Including two big keys! I have been plagued buying comics on eBay lately. Got a real nice VOH only to find it was a married copy. The entire contents were slightly smaller than the covers. Extra staples inside. Ended up getting a huge partial refund so I kept it as a hole filler. And then there was this. Described as very light water ripple on cover with no stain. Looked pretty nice otherwise. I didn’t get any further than opening the cover. Back it went. NO mold books allowed in my junk pile! OtherEric, Larryw7 and Raze 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 My luck in the past year has been pretty bad. Slightly over half of my purchases have had to go back. Granted, these are lower grade readers. But I expect them to be “reasonably” close to published grade and of course complete. Anybody who posts no description without the “not a professional grader”, “no returns” and doesn’t have perfect feedback, gets their auctions closed by me. OtherEric and Larryw7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 12:31 PM, Robot Man said: I was a little surprised to see what VOH and TFTC brought. Didn’t notice HOF. I put up my sets of WS, WF and WSF up for sale and they didn’t bring anything close. Horror is hot. I recently completed my originals of HOF. Maybe I should sell my hardbound set. What did it sell for? HOF Hardcover with Slipcase sells in the 300-600 range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Henson Posted October 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2020 I can breathe easier now that my EC’s are home. 😃 Larryw7, KirbyJack, Ghastly542454 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Tuck them in tonight and kiss them on the forehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted October 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2020 Finally got the small 4 inch Alfred bust been looking for quite a while, just needs some cleaning. Another shot with the larger 6 inch bust. OtherEric, Raze, Tri-Color Brian and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Nice score Hap! I sent away for the small one as a kid. I ended up trading the kid down the street for the large one. KirbyJack and Raze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) On 10/16/2020 at 8:10 AM, Robot Man said: My luck in the past year has been pretty bad. Slightly over half of my purchases have had to go back. Granted, these are lower grade readers. But I expect them to be “reasonably” close to published grade and of course complete. Anybody who posts no description without the “not a professional grader”, “no returns” and doesn’t have perfect feedback, gets their auctions closed by me. My informal survey seems to indicate that 80% of ebay comic dealers cannot grade to save their lives...I especially like the one's who say they are not a professional grader and tell you to look at the photos. Then, they show one photo that is out of focus and doesn't enlarge... Edited October 19, 2020 by Tri-ColorBrian fifties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: My informal survey seems to indicate that 80% of ebay comic dealers cannot grade to save their lives...I especially like the one's who say they are not a professional grader and tell you to look at the photos. Then, they show one photo that is out of focus and doesn't enlarge... True on both accounts! Tri-Color Brian and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 KirbyJack, Raze and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 10:08 PM, Raze said: Well guys Ive gotten a few EC books in the last 2 weeks. I like to read them before I post them but its going to be awhile before I get to them all. First I got another MAD...Issue 17. I got this on ebay under $20. The description said “Inner cover has tape on spine . Black and white story in middle of the book pages 1-4 are detached from spine. Pages 5 and 6 from same story are detached from top staple. Book is complete.” When I got the book and counted pages it was missing 3 wraps. The missing story is "meet miss potgold". Seller refunded all the money and told me to keep the book. That was nice of him since I told him Id send it back. And a HUGE thank you to @Raze, who hooked me up with this book to marry with my copy with the damaged cover. Now I've just got to figure out the best way to do that... probably pull the center wraps from my damaged cover copy. Not sure if the staples alignment is close enough to actually reattach them, or if I should just lay the pages in. Suggestions welcome. Larryw7, Raze and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 @Dave Henson Stellar books! Dave Henson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejudge01 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Finally got a Canadian edition of Mad #1 Larryw7, OtherEric, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 11 hours ago, thejudge01 said: Finally got a Canadian edition of Mad #1 Very cool! Were you looking specifically for a Canada copy? A year or so ago I found a Canada #5. I already had a nice US copy but was just compelled to buy a Canada copy. One of my favorite EC MAD covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 Found these put away. I sure wish I had all the EC ones from this set. I don’t even know how many there were. buddy2, OtherEric, Raze and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejudge01 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Very cool! Were you looking specifically for a Canada copy? A year or so ago I found a Canada #5. I already had a nice US copy but was just compelled to buy a Canada copy. One of my favorite EC MAD covers. I wasn't looking for a copy but came across one. I have a few copies of #1 (US edition) but this was too good to pass up. I was able to pick up a 5 also. I'm still looking for a NM #5 if there is one out there not priced multiples of GPA sales. Stevemmg, Raze, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...