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Fawcett Books can be so Damn Cheap
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On 7/15/2022 at 8:53 AM, Robot Man said:

This one? I dunno, I kind of like it...

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This is before “Operation Highjump”. The penguin was telling Captain Marvel Jr. that the Nazis are building a base and the world of penguins and man must destroy it…

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On 7/14/2022 at 11:28 PM, Sqeggs said:

A couple more dubious ones, but I love 'em all!

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Egad! I don't think I've ever seen that one before—or maybe I did and blocked it out! That one's almost enough to make me give up comic books and start collecting bottle caps or Precious Moments figurines.

ETA: Collecting bottle caps was kind of popular when I was a kid, and I was curious whether anybody still collected them, so I looked on eBay, and sure enough, there are quite a few of them for sale. So I guess the hobby still exists. There were actually some pretty cool ones. Apparently there used to be Donald Duck Root Beer and some sort of beer featuring the Katzenjammer Kids on the caps.

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On 7/10/2022 at 1:26 PM, lou_fine said:

Speaking about the early Raboy Master's, I still remember having the opportunity of picking this copy up, but made the mistake of changing my mind at the last minute:  :luhv:  doh!

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/master-comics-26-lost-valley-pedigree-fawcett-1942-cgc-vf-85-white-pages-the-cover-of-this-issue-illustrates-nicely-w/a/808-4448.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ArchiveSearchResults-012417&lotPosition=0|2

Golden Age (1938-1955):Superhero, Master Comics #26 Lost Valley pedigree (Fawcett, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. The cover of this issue illustrates nicely w...

Was down at a SD Con and saw this copy up high on a dealer's wall display for what I thought was a very enticing price of only $900 or thereabouts.  Just as I was about to make him an offer, I decided to walk down to the Basement Comics booth and asked to see a copy of their Lost Valley Collection catalogue for one last check.  Since this was about a year or so after the whole pressing controversy had erupted on the boards here, was rather turned off when I saw the book had been initially slabbed as a CGC 8.0 even though it had been listed for $1,150 at the time back then.  :censored:

Can't remember now if it was sitting in a CGC 8.5 slab or its final CGC 9.0 slab (most likely) when I saw the book, but now that my then disdain for pressed books have mellowed after all these long years on the boards here, I probably should have picked it up based upon the very reasonable price, let alone the fact that it would sure look pretty sitting in my personal collection today.  :(

Just took a look at my Lost Valley Catalogue and makes me wonder where all of these Master's are today since this pedigree had a pretty intact run from Master 22 right through to Master 45. hm

I share your disdain for pressed books, but they're virtually impossible to avoid now if you're trying to fill a want list. I can't avoid all pressed books, but if I can tell just by looking at a scan that a book has been pressed, then I'll pass.

I see quite a few books on CLink with horrific pressing jobs. I don't know whether they're using CCS or whether they're pressing books in house before submitting them to CGC. If they're pressing books in house, they need to fire their pressing guy ASAP.

I keep telling myself that I need to send out some low-dollar value books for pressing so I can educate myself about the differences before and after and maybe gain some competence at detecting pressing, but I haven't been able to force myself. My understanding is that pressing reduces the gloss on a book, and I want to see for myself whether that's detectable.

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On 7/15/2022 at 5:13 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

Egad! I don't think I've ever seen that one before—or maybe I did and blocked it out! That one's almost enough to make me give up comic books and start collecting bottle caps or Precious Moments figurines.

ETA: Collecting bottle caps was kind of popular when I was a kid, and I was curious whether anybody still collected them, so I looked on eBay, and sure enough, there are quite a few of them for sale. So I guess the hobby still exists. There were actually some pretty cool ones. Apparently there used to be Donald Duck Root Beer and some sort of beer featuring the Katzenjammer Kids on the caps.

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I share your disdain for pressed books, but they're virtually impossible to avoid now if you're trying to fill a want list. I can't avoid all pressed books, but if I can tell just by looking at a scan that a book has been pressed, then I'll pass.

I see quite a few books on CLink with horrific pressing jobs. I don't know whether they're using CCS or whether they're pressing books in house before submitting them to CGC. If they're pressing books in house, they need to fire their pressing guy ASAP.

I keep telling myself that I need to send out some low-dollar value books for pressing so I can educate myself about the differences before and after and maybe gain some competence at detecting pressing, but I haven't been able to force myself. My understanding is that pressing reduces the gloss on a book, and I want to see for myself whether that's detectable.

I wouldn’t say I actually “collect” bottle caps. More like “accumulate” them. Here are my comic related ones. I believe I have that Fritz along with Hans and the Captain around somewhere. There are others. 

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