sacentaur Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1 minute ago, thehumantorch said: Owner is in his mid 90s and the collection is priceless to him. I'd expect it will come to market when he passes. Not as big as the Mile High but should easily get a pedigree designation. It's high grade, early, and high quality. I'd guess it's the best GA collection that's undiscovered but certainly they haven't all been found. There's a friend of mine who has become acquainted with a local collector in his 90's who has been buying books since the late 30's (including Action 1, which he sadly no longer owns). The collection is said to be large, but also heavily amateur restored (the elderly gentleman is an artist and he tinkers with all his books). Likewise, I imagine it will come to market when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Just now, sacentaur said: There's a friend of mine who has become acquainted with a local collector in his 90's who has been buying books since the late 30's (including Action 1, which he sadly no longer owns). The collection is said to be large, but also heavily amateur restored (the elderly gentleman is an artist and he tinkers with all his books). Likewise, I imagine it will come to market when the time comes. They are out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 34 minutes ago, tv horror said: Thanks for the reply, yes it was Famous monsters that started my interest, I made the mistake of looking at their back issue page and I was HOOKED! There I was minding my own business suddenly there was Monster World, Screen thrills, Creepy and Eerie, as I got other mail order lists then came Castle of Frankenstein Mad monsters Horror monsters the list grew and grew. To think that I was dealing with these U.S dealers were Amazing fantasy was listed for $15 (I'm depressed now) and I was only interested in horror movie magazines. If you hear a loud bang in the States it is only me taking my own life lol. I forgot about Castle of Frankenstein. Did you know film director Joe Dante (Grenlims, Parina) wrote for COF as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 21 minutes ago, tv horror said: Negan did that for me as I stopped watching the show then, as for the comics I hate the art (oops should I say that online). I've even written for Famous monsters and other magazines so no I've not lose interest in horror (love the Universal and Hammer films) I went back to my love of comics as a child too little too late. Funny I never actually realized how much I love horror comics till I read your post. My first love was EC reprints as I wasn't born when the originals came out. Then it was the 80s indie stuff Twisted Tales Fangoria taboo gore shriek etc... I took a sabbatical when walking dead came out but when I saw the covers for it, it always reminded me of Richard corben b&w horror stuff. I actually thought he did the covers for those books.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 39 minutes ago, tv horror said: Thanks for the reply, yes it was Famous monsters that started my interest, I made the mistake of looking at their back issue page and I was HOOKED! There I was minding my own business suddenly there was Monster World, Screen thrills, Creepy and Eerie, as I got other mail order lists then came Castle of Frankenstein Mad monsters Horror monsters the list grew and grew. To think that I was dealing with these U.S dealers were Amazing fantasy was listed for $15 (I'm depressed now) and I was only interested in horror movie magazines. If you hear a loud bang in the States it is only me taking my own life lol. BTW, the AF15 for 15$, are you sure? I read a book about the first comic con in 1964 in NYC and the book included some price lists and folks were selling AF15 there for 25$. Did anybody else read that book? Am I remember correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 3 hours ago, the blob said: well, "inherited" implies a dead dad. I'm 44, please don't kill me off so soon, although lately i feel like I'm pretty close. I thought "inherited" meant "he doesn't know I'm trying to sell it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomised Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 4 hours ago, the blob said: with 5,000 octobers and aweanorders all looking to score on that potential underpriced key, with search engines and snipes galore, potential russian interference and what not, it's harder to find one. wonder if Putin is a GA guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
followtheleader Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Even the shops are ransacked of minor minor key issues. I agree with the time frame, it's been bad the last year. Toy collecting has been much worse the past 2 years. Everyone is now aware that they can quickly become an "expert" on the price of something. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newshane Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 6 hours ago, Quicksilver Signs said: I don't think collections are drying up, just being held onto. There's more awareness with all the movie hype. I'm pretty sure in about 10+ years time there will be a glut of collections popping up for sale, I'm 50 and plan to sell around retirement time, and there are a ton of guys my age with sweet collections. You can't take it to your grave! It's possible now might be the best time to sell, movies will dry up along with the hype, comics may well be as popular as pulps 20 years from now. That's what some people were saying 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Don't worry when my boys sell my books after I pass there will be plenty of books for everyone. comicquant, Azkaban and thehumantorch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I noticed a huge decline in SA ASM on eBay near the end of last summer. I don't remember the exact number but I think there was around 15k SA ASM but now its usually around 10k. That is a precipitous drop in a short amount of time. Why its happened? It could be a number of things, but I think the core sentiment behind Oktober's post is absolutely true. The quantity and quality have both suffered severely and right now being a Spidey collector gets more expensive with every auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 am I the only one who thought this might be about page brittleness before opening the topic? Might be from living out in dry old Arizona now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 56 minutes ago, 01TheDude said: am I the only one who thought this might be about page brittleness before opening the topic? Might be from living out in dry old Arizona now. I thought it was about comics pulling their weight in the kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Marwood & I said: I thought it was about comics pulling their weight in the kitchen. I thought it was about comics getting on the wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, october said: I thought it was about comics getting on the wagon. I actually thought it was going to be another improper pressing thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 36 minutes ago, 1Cool said: I actually thought it was going to be another improper pressing thread. I thought "collections" was code for female genitalia Foley and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Boy Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 11 hours ago, thehumantorch said: They are out there. In a way ... yes. They would have to be either 2nd or 3rd generation GA collections in smaller sizes. Forget the original owner status - this day was long gone. Maybe finding one of original owner SA collections is possible. I have noticed more BA collections come up from time to time. More often are Derks or modern collections ... not for me. with the people nearing their seniority to retire and downsizing, they might start sell away their comics someday. Now this year seems dry up in my area in garage sales. I knew of one elderly gentleman whom has a nice small GA/SA collection. He had stopped buying comics in late '70s. Had seen his collection. He is not yet ready to let go of these books (he started in early 1950s!). Yep, people are holding on theirs. it's just a matter of being in right place at the right time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver Signs Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 9 hours ago, newshane said: That's what some people were saying 20 years ago. Except now it's baby boomers who are retiring, the biggest portion of society. There's some big collections coming up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 12 hours ago, valiantman said: 16 hours ago, the blob said: well, "inherited" implies a dead dad. I'm 44, please don't kill me off so soon, although lately i feel like I'm pretty close. I thought "inherited" meant "he doesn't know I'm trying to sell it". Actually was the case with the Church books, with Edgar alive and in the hospital as his family was trying to sell the books. And, of course, the first group of Crippens was stolen and sold by a contractor working on the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 12 hours ago, thehumantorch said: 12 hours ago, Sqeggs said: You know of an undiscovered collection? Owner is in his mid 90s and the collection is priceless to him. I'd expect it will come to market when he passes. Not as big as the Mile High but should easily get a pedigree designation. It's high grade, early, and high quality. I'd guess it's the best GA collection that's undiscovered but certainly they haven't all been found. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
