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[Professor K]

I read Ol' Matt used to keep a huge inventory of photos and art from magazines he would use as let's say inspiration. The girl on Cinderella is a dead ringer for the girl in this magazine: Liberty Magazine Jan.1947. Which came out around the time when the un-named actress above was one of the biggest Hollywoood Starlets in the biz. I suppose a lot of people already knew he swiped that lovely face, but for those who didn't 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/miscellaneous/liberty-magazine-january-1947-paul-hunter-1947-condition-vg/a/40190-81196.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

 

Edited January 28, 2023 by Professor K
spelling correction

[ThothAmon]

Just when I thought a lower grade copy than the one I already have of AMan 5 couldn’t exist. 
 

[ThothAmon]

Finally, Heritage gives us a pic of interior page quality. 

 

[Robot Man]

On 1/31/2023 at 12:32 PM, ThothAmon said:

Just when I thought a lower grade copy than the one I already have of AMan 5 couldn’t exist. 
 

Yikes!    I don't feel so bad. Here is my copy. Very nice paper and complete. A friend of mine gifted it to me back in the '80's. He found it in a pile of old magazines in a trash can while he was walking his dog. It was sitting on top and he grabbed it. I asked him if there were any more comics and he said he didn't even look. Oh, what could have been...

[Professor K]

Mask 1 is coming back.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/mask-comics-1-the-promise-collection-pedigree-rural-home-1945-cgc-vf-85-off-white-to-white-pages/p/7339-166072.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 

[mstrange]

On 2/3/2023 at 9:45 PM, Professor K said:

Mask 1 is coming back.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/mask-comics-1-the-promise-collection-pedigree-rural-home-1945-cgc-vf-85-off-white-to-white-pages/p/7339-166072.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 

There's quite a bit of Promise book relistings in the upcoming March auction.

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 2/3/2023 at 11:48 PM, mstrange said:

There's quite a bit of Promise book relistings in the upcoming March auction.

 

Wow. About 90 Promise books listed so far, mostly DC. 

[comicjack]

On 2/4/2023 at 12:45 AM, Professor K said:

Mask 1 is coming back.

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/mask-comics-1-the-promise-collection-pedigree-rural-home-1945-cgc-vf-85-off-white-to-white-pages/p/7339-166072.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 

Not sure it will get the same results but it is a beauty 

[october]

On 1/27/2023 at 9:21 AM, manetteska said:

Here's another good one:

 

It's infinitely more important I can filter by Drama-Genre comics, as opposed to specific years or ages.

I brought it up to them on the boards once and they appeared confused by the request. Apparently after decades in the business they have managed to avoid all the collectors who are only interested in Golden Age. 

[tth2]

On 2/4/2023 at 9:30 PM, october said:

I brought it up to them on the boards once and they appeared confused by the request. Apparently after decades in the business they have managed to avoid all the collectors who are only interested in Golden Age. 

Cross-selling, baby!!!

[october]

On 2/4/2023 at 7:48 AM, tth2 said:

Cross-selling, baby!!!

It works too. Last time I went to the shopping center to get beer I came home with a bathtub and a new cat. CC playing 3D chess over there.

[ThothAmon]

On 2/4/2023 at 1:01 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Wow. About 90 Promise books listed so far, mostly DC. 

Buyer/Seller premium redux. Is 70% of total original sales price a good guess?

[Point Five]

On 2/2/2023 at 7:30 AM, ThothAmon said:

Finally, Heritage gives us a pic of interior page quality. 

 

"Let's have the new intern scan that book. It's a PR anyway, what could go wrong?"

 

[Professor K]

On 2/4/2023 at 8:24 AM, comicjack said:

Not sure it will get the same results but it is a beauty 

I doubt it too but it will be interesting to see how close it comes. Single highest grade so you never know. One of 7 non-hero Promise books to reach at least 90k btw.

[Point Five]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:10 AM, october said:

It works too. Last time I went to the shopping center to get beer I came home with a bathtub and a new cat. CC playing 3D chess over there.

Every time I go to Metro's site looking for Chamber of Chills #19 and #23, I end up buying a short box of beater copies of Unexpected. Whatever, it's all horror.   

 

[lou_fine]

On 2/3/2023 at 10:01 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

On 2/3/2023 at 9:48 PM, mstrange said:

There's quite a bit of Promise book relistings in the upcoming March auction.

 

Wow. About 90 Promise books listed so far, mostly DC. 

Wowza indeed, as some newbie probably just wants to cut bait and run as I highly doubt they'll be making any money here.    

I guess our resident statistician boardie here (i.e. @MasterChief) will be awfully busy in April updating this chart of his for the rest of us here:  

On 12/18/2022 at 7:02 PM, MasterChief said:

Update!

Current Promise Collection ROI snapshot.

Chart includes data from recently closed auctions, a "New Grade" column, and additional sales from other venues as noted by Resold @.

(Source: Heritage Auctions, Comic Connect (CC), ComicLink (CL), eBay. Data sorted oldest to newest Sale Date)
 

Somehow, I don't think this March dumping of the Promise books will require very much green ink and my guess is that the overall ROI to date of negative 28% (excluding any fees) will have a better shot of dropping even further into the red, as opposed to improving very much.  

[lou_fine]

On 2/4/2023 at 9:40 AM, Professor K said:

On 2/4/2023 at 5:24 AM, comicjack said:

Not sure it will get the same results but it is a beauty 

I doubt it too but it will be interesting to see how close it comes. Single highest grade so you never know. One of 7 non-hero Promise books to reach at least 90k btw.

Well, let's hope it doesn't do a Terry-Toons 38 with the first Mighty Mouse which did not have such a mighty 1-year return at -72% as it dropped from $60K all the way down to only $16,800 or even a Saddle Justice 6 which dropped by some 69% as it fell off its $21K saddle and landed on the ground at only $6,600 on their second go round.    

Edited February 4, 2023 by lou_fine

[Professor K]

On 2/4/2023 at 2:25 PM, lou_fine said:

Well, let's hope it doesn't do a Terry-Toons 38 with the first Mighty Mouse which did not have such a mighty 1-year return at -72% as it dropped from $60K all the way down to only $16,800 or even a Saddle Justice 6 which dropped by some 69% as it fell off its $21K saddle and landed on the ground at only $6,600 on their second go round.    

Nice puns . Well those were apparently just way overbid the first time. I did some checking, this is the first non hero book over 90k to re-appear after their intitial sales in 2021. The others being Phantom Lady 17 9.6 456k, " " 23 9.4 108k, " " 14 9.6 90k, Startling 49 9.6 132k. Suspense 11 9.8 132k, and Eerie 1 9.2 90k. I don't think any of those would reach the mark of their original sale at this time.

Mask 1 as we all know is one of the most desired book there is, so yeah it wil be interesting to see how close it comes or maybe even surpass the other sale. I think it might.

[Professor K]

On 2/4/2023 at 2:41 PM, szav said:

I think of all the Promise books I see that are up for resale on HA, the Mask 1 probably has the best chance of hitting its original sale price, or even beating it.  PCH has remained insanely on fire recently, and the highest graded Mask 2 went for 118k more recently than the original Mask 1 Promise sale, on CLink no less.

I'd been wondering how some of the more head scratching 100k+ plus sale Promise books would do on resale, and it looks like were going to get a chance to see with a few.  Anyone see this going for 156k again?  I don't.

I think lots of people had Bat-Man Fever at the time, right after the 2.2 miliion Bat 1 sale. 

Edited February 5, 2023 by Professor K
Bat-Man Fever

[comicjack]

On 2/4/2023 at 2:25 PM, lou_fine said:

Well, let's hope it doesn't do a Terry-Toons 38 with the first Mighty Mouse which did not have such a mighty 1-year return at -72% as it dropped from $60K all the way down to only $16,800 or even a Saddle Justice 6 which dropped by some 69% as it fell off its $21K saddle and landed on the ground at only $6,600 on their second go round.    

Greed will bring you down one should enjoy them for what they are a part of history. The problem some can not float the cash that took to buy them that is my opinion!