I wish I had $46,000 right now

[Bo_Hogg]

Which one of you big boys are going to bite on this one? This is actually not that bad of a deal.

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASHCAN-Superman-Superhombre-1-DC-1944-RARE-Only-known-copy-plus-BONUS-/222205428666?hash=item33bc79c3ba:g:k4AAAOSwRoxXnhY7

[ecgt]

This is quite interesting. Isn't the interior from Superman # 31 though?

[ecgt]

Also, the price looks pretty inflated:

 

http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=278163

[G.A.tor]

Can't imagine worth anywhere near asking

[IngelsFan]

Can't imagine worth anywhere near asking

 

[Gotham Kid]

I wouldn't even buy it for $4,600

[Bo_Hogg]

I don't know a lot about ashcans but I have seen ashcans with the interior listed for between $30,000 and 5 million so why do you all say this is not worth it? Again, I am just asking because I don't know what ashcans go for but I know what I see on Ebay.

[Silver Surfer]

It looks like a brown paper bag that is brittle.

[N e r V]

What foreign market was this intended for? Mexico?

 

It has a 1944 date on it but I'm not sure what market it would have intended for or why.

 

Most of the famous ash cans were done as prepublication books for copyright reasons. So was this done to protect some copyright for the Spanish markets?

 

The super hombre name?

[Bronty]

I don't know a lot about ashcans but I have seen ashcans with the interior listed for between $30,000 and 5 million so why do you all say this is not worth it? Again, I am just asking because I don't know what ashcans go for but I know what I see on Ebay.

 

I'm not sure any ashcan has ever sold for that price. Maybe some should, particularly the action 1 if you ask me, but 50k is like top of the market for the best ones last I checked. This is far from that given the 1944 date and foreign market angle (makes an already niche item more niche).

[ecgt]

Here's a good write-up about it.

 

http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.ca/2012/01/ay-caramba-superhombre.html

 

BTW I don't think this is worth even 10% of what the seller is asking.

[adamstrange]

I don't know a lot about ashcans but I have seen ashcans with the interior listed for between $30,000 and 5 million so why do you all say this is not worth it? Again, I am just asking because I don't know what ashcans go for but I know what I see on Ebay.

I would suggest more focus on what ashcans have sold for than what they have listed for.

[G.A.tor]

I don't know a lot about ashcans but I have seen ashcans with the interior listed for between $30,000 and 5 million so why do you all say this is not worth it? Again, I am just asking because I don't know what ashcans go for but I know what I see on Ebay.

I would suggest more focus on what ashcans have sold for than what they have listed for.

bingo

[batman_fan]

I wouldn't even buy it for $4,600

 

You are much more generous than me. I would have to seriously think about it if offered at $100. On second thought, I would pass at $100.

[Straw-Man]

I wouldn't even buy it for $4,600

 

You are much more generous than me. I would have to seriously think about it if offered at $100. On second thought, I would pass at $100.

 

if i got if for my birthday next month, i would be disappointed.

[thunsicker]

If he paid me to dispose of it for him I'd ask for at least 50k.

[SupergirlDC1959]

So many other books I would rather own for that price!!

[N e r V]

Damn. No big boy bites then?

 

So disappointed...

[batman_fan]

I wouldn't even buy it for $4,600

 

You are much more generous than me. I would have to seriously think about it if offered at $100. On second thought, I would pass at $100.

 

if i got if for my birthday next month, i would be disappointed.

[Moondog]

I had a chance to buy this book back in the 90s, but it was just too brittle and the owner wanted way too much at the time.

 

The current owner is a great guy. He bought the Superman/Super Hombre, Superboy and Supergirl ashcans back in the early 2000s. He loves historical rarities (not just comics but other documents and books) and purchased many rare comics. About 10 years ago we worked out a deal for Superboy and Supergirl. Some of you may remember the piece I wrote describing how difficult it was to make the deal - and the fact that it took me 25 years to finally own the Super family.

 

 

He's slowly been selling off his comics. The problem he has is that he paid very high prices that seemed reasonable to him back 15-20 years ago, so he's just trying to get whole.

 

I started selling my ashcan collection about 7 years ago and just sold the last 3 pieces this spring, but I'm keeping Superman, Superwoman, Superboy, Supergirl, Action Comics and Action Funnies. They're just too cool to sell.

 

Almost every ashcan you see for sale today came from my collection. It's pretty cool to have owned such historically important rarities.