LDarkseid1 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 High bidder baby!!! Please no one outbid me so I can get this for $30 🤣 Tri-Color Brian, Dave2739, electricprune and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 That stamp on the cover reminds me of an Allstate advertisement. The hand is attempting to solicit or distribute information about “Peterson’s Magazine Center.” Could also be a “hand-some billboard.” The guys in the car have had enough with advertisements but there’s no escape! LDarkseid1 and Tri-Color Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) On 6/15/2022 at 3:23 AM, bronze johnny said: That stamp on the cover reminds me of an Allstate advertisement. The hand is attempting to solicit or distribute information about “Peterson’s Magazine Center.” Could also be a “hand-some billboard.” The guys in the car have had enough with advertisements but there’s no escape! Well and it just occurred to me, but with how well manicured that hand was, this was wayyy beyond it’s time. I mean those fingernails are just gorgeous and pristine. Dude’s weren’t getting manicures back in the 50’s last I checked. So that’s one hell of a hand-some billboard! Edited June 15, 2022 by LDarkseid1 bronze johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 4:23 AM, bronze johnny said: That stamp on the cover reminds me of an Allstate advertisement. The hand is attempting to solicit or distribute information about “Peterson’s Magazine Center.” Could also be a “hand-some billboard.” The guys in the car have had enough with advertisements but there’s no escape! It's a shame. I usually don't mind stamps, but that one just ruins an otherwise very pretty copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 OtherEric, bronze johnny, LDarkseid1 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 3:25 PM, buttock said: It's a shame. I usually don't mind stamps, but that one just ruins an otherwise very pretty copy. Agree. The stamp is in the worst spot it could be in. Reduces the effect of the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 1:36 PM, pickycollector said: Very nice presenting mid grade copy, and great colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Has anyone ever seen this before? It looks like someone added string to keep the book together, with I assume the staples likely missing. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:36 PM, LDarkseid1 said: Has anyone ever seen this before? It looks like someone added string to keep the book together, with I assume the staples likely missing. Not quite like that... the ones I've seen were through the front and back covers, a couple millimeters in from the spine, rather than right along the spine. But I've got a couple old books sewn together in a similar manner. LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) On 6/17/2022 at 5:41 PM, OtherEric said: Not quite like that... the ones I've seen were through the front and back covers, a couple millimeters in from the spine, rather than right along the spine. But I've got a couple old books sewn together in a similar manner. Yeah that’s crazy. When I saw it I couldn’t figure out at first what I was looking at. Never seen it before myself, but guess it makes sense people would play around with stuff like that. I wonder if that would be considered conservation. Edited June 18, 2022 by LDarkseid1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:50 PM, LDarkseid1 said: Yeah that’s crazy. When I saw it I couldn’t figure out at first what I was looking at. Never seen it before myself, but guess it makes sense people would play around with stuff like that. I wonder if that would be considered conservation. From the couple I have, it seems less damaging than tape. And clear tape wasn’t that common back n the day, so it probably looks better than opaque tape would. Not something you see that often. They make for nice cheap reading copies on occasion, though LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LDarkseid1 Posted June 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) Newest acquisition. Was used in SOTI 😁. And for those that don’t know: “Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency.” 🤣🤣🤣 Edited June 18, 2022 by LDarkseid1 hchill25, buttock, Kevin.J and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 8:31 PM, LDarkseid1 said: High bidder baby!!! Please no one outbid me so I can get this for $30 🤣 Up to $540 with buyer's premium now...so much for your $30 score... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) On 6/20/2022 at 2:17 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: Up to $540 with buyer's premium now...so much for your $30 score... Oh yeah I’m the current under bidder. It’s such an awesome cover and part of me wants to keep bidding. I’m just really trying to concentrate on my Captain Comet and Deadman parts of the series. It should go for a quite a bit more I would think. Pretty sure this is a $1K and up book right in this grade? Edited June 20, 2022 by LDarkseid1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 2:48 PM, LDarkseid1 said: Oh yeah I’m the current under bidder. It’s such an awesome cover and part of me wants to keep bidding. I’m just really trying to concentrate on my Captain Comet and Deadman parts of the series. It should go for a quite a bit more I would think. Pretty sure this is a $1K and up book right in this grade? Normally yes, although the stamp placement could seriously ding this one if the bidders are looking at the book, not the label. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) On 6/20/2022 at 3:39 PM, OtherEric said: Normally yes, although the stamp placement could seriously ding this one if the bidders are looking at the book, not the label. It’s well placed though 😄 Edited June 21, 2022 by LDarkseid1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Well, I thought this would go for more than this. Maybe that stamp did affect the sale. Or maybe it’s just not as big of a book then I thought 🤷♂️ OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 9:01 PM, LDarkseid1 said: Maybe that stamp did affect the sale. This. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 6:24 PM, pickycollector said: This. Period. Agreed. The stamp is perfectly placed as an amusing novelty, and would be neat on a decently presenting lower grade bargain. It's a disaster on a high grade copy. LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 This one will forever be known as “Peterson’s Mag Copy.” Cool, nevertheless. OtherEric and LDarkseid1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
