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[Robot Man]

On 4/8/2024 at 8:57 AM, manetteska said:

I second all of this.

I picked up a pulp at Windy City that was interesting and put it back in the box. I came back the next morning (basically only a few hours of "show time" since I put it down) and it was gone.

Same exact thing happened last year at Windy City; I didn't learn my lesson. 

Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago at the LA Paperback show. Even worse, I saw the guy buying it. I was that close…

[OtherEric]

On 4/7/2024 at 5:45 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I remember when I first saw this cover, a nice copy sold on the bay for about $250, and I started looking for any decent copy under $300 and it just so happened that this was the time of changes, around 2021, and no nice copies came up. Only pukey beaters priced at $500+. No thanks.

Didn't Pukey Beaters open for the Dead Kennedys back in the day?

[Surfing Alien]

On 4/8/2024 at 1:16 PM, OtherEric said:

Didn't Pukey Beaters open for the Dead Kennedys back in the day?

 Would be a great name for a Boardie Band

[tth2]

On 4/9/2024 at 1:45 AM, Surfing Alien said:

On 4/9/2024 at 1:16 AM, OtherEric said:

Didn't Pukey Beaters open for the Dead Kennedys back in the day?

 Would be a great name for a Boardie Band

My band's name would be Low Grade Drek.

[OtherEric]

On 4/8/2024 at 8:18 PM, tth2 said:

My band's name would be Low Grade Drek.

Trying to think of others, it might be worth doing a thread in comics general for fun.

Bug Chew- Punk

Subscription Crease- New Wave

Dust Shadow- Emo

Church Collection- Gospel

Cream- I think somebody already took that one...

[tth2]

On 4/9/2024 at 11:57 AM, OtherEric said:

On 4/9/2024 at 11:18 AM, tth2 said:

My band's name would be Low Grade Drek.

Trying to think of others, it might be worth doing a thread in comics general for fun.

Bug Chew- Punk

Subscription Crease- New Wave

Dust Shadow- Emo

Church Collection- Gospel

Cream- I think somebody already took that one...

Brittle Pages

[Aman619]

The Rusty Staples.  

[OtherEric]

I went ahead and created a thread over in Comics General for the band name jokes, so we don't totally derail this thread:

 

[adamstrange]

On 4/8/2024 at 11:57 PM, OtherEric said:

Trying to think of others, it might be worth doing a thread in comics general for fun.

Bug Chew- Punk

Subscription Crease- New Wave

Dust Shadow- Emo

Church Collection- Gospel

Cream- I think somebody already took that one...

Spine Stress - Heavy Metal

Deep Purple Label

[tth2]

On 4/10/2024 at 10:23 AM, adamstrange said:

Spine Stress - Heavy Metal

Deep Purple Label

P.L.O.D.

[AnkurJ]

On 4/8/2024 at 11:22 AM, Robot Man said:

Pulps have not had the benefit of a Gerber Photo Journal book. Thusly, most are undiscovered. I see ones every day I never knew existed. Pulps have breathed a lot of new life in my collecting endeavors.

I have known for years that they are much more rare than comics. Very few people had the forsight to amass large collections in high grades. Comics have many pedigrees, pulps as of now, do not.

In knowing all of this, I have always known that the time to buy one you like is when you see it. Might never again get the chance. There are so many cool ones in all genres. But, they will always be second fiddle to comics for me. 

Agreed! I’m new to it and love discovering some amazing covers and interior artwork. Honestly some of the very common ones like famous fantastic have great covers and interior art. I had purchased a few years ago as the cover art appealed to me. But have picked up many more recently. In many cases they’re so much more affordable then golden age comics.

 

[Darwination]

I think we have a few "pulp sales" talk threads going, but I'm just gonna use the most recent one with convo.  Nothing too crazy this Sunday night, but this one did catch my eye - a trimmed Planet Stories v01n01. You aren't gonna catch me using the CGC numbering system, sorry bros, nuh uh, not doing it

Somebody recently pointed to an eBay auction of the issue in similar condition on the Planet Stories thread asking about trimming at eBay for what seemed like a high price (since sold), but apparently not:

High hammer of the night:

Edited April 15 by Darwination

[lpsunburst]

Spicy=Pricey

[tth2]

As I suspected, pulps from the 1930s (and even 1920s) are not as non-existent in 7.0 and above as had been made out to be, at least based on the run of slabbed Weird Tales that'll be in Heritage's upcoming Signature Auction. There are three 8.0s, a couple of 8.5s and even one 9.0, all pre-1940.

Or perhaps CGC grades less strictly or with different criteria than pulp collectors traditionally have?

In addition, right after the record-setting sale of a CGC 7.0 Bat Woman Weird Tales #118 (Oct 1933) in the last Signature Auction, there will be a CGC 7.5 copy with White pages. 

[tth2]

This is starting to remind me of when I first started getting into GA comics and a well known dealer tried to convince me that I should be willing to settle for GAs in VG to VF grades because they simply didn't exist in higher grades.  Clearly what he really meant was that GAs in higher grades didn't exist in his inventory.  Fortunately I was skeptical of his claims and kept my powder dry as I learned more about GA comics before starting to buy books.   

[Darwination]

Weird Tales is gonna be a title you see in higher grade and more copies of than pretty much any other early pulp.  People have been trying to put runs together for a long, long time and babying them like comic books (understandably).

It's also gonna be a title that gets graded at a faster rate.

[jimjum12]

On 5/26/2024 at 1:27 PM, Darwination said:

Weird Tales is gonna be a title you see in higher grade and more copies of than pretty much any other early pulp.  People have been trying to put runs together for a long, long time and babying them like comic books (understandably).

It's also gonna be a title that gets graded at a faster rate.

Pretty sure WT switched to factory trim in the 30's, so the more common edge wear and overhang snafus are avoided. It was also popular as hell, and probably had healthy print runs. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

 

[Bookery]

On 5/26/2024 at 12:03 PM, tth2 said:

As I suspected, pulps from the 1930s (and even 1920s) are not as non-existent in 7.0 and above as had been made out to be, at least based on the run of slabbed Weird Tales that'll be in Heritage's upcoming Signature Auction. There are three 8.0s, a couple of 8.5s and even one 9.0, all pre-1940.

Or perhaps CGC grades less strictly or with different criteria than pulp collectors traditionally have?

In addition, right after the record-setting sale of a CGC 7.0 Bat Woman Weird Tales #118 (Oct 1933) in the last Signature Auction, there will be a CGC 7.5 copy with White pages. 

A few years ago someone brought into my shop a run of about 30 or so Weird Tales from the '30s.  They were spectacular.  I graded most an 8.0, with a couple even at 9.0, which I had never given to a pulp before.  So it can happen.  As others have pointed out above, WTs may be a bit easier to come across those grades than some.  I believe you can find almost any science-fiction pulp above 7.0 if you are patient, since so many were kept.  But it's going to be more difficult to find high-grade Detective pulps, Spicys, westerns, etc.  Some will have to do with printing quality as well... Fiction House was as cheap about printing their pulps as they were their comics.  Street & Smith seems to be a bit better paper, so high grades turn up now and then.  Argosys vary by era... the 1890s are actually better made than the 1920s ones.

Edited May 26 by Bookery
typo

[ThothAmon]

Hotter than a pistol as HA begins its Sunday night auction with some nice pulps selling for decent prices. I bid on a few. 
 

[comicjack]

On 5/26/2024 at 7:33 PM, ThothAmon said:

Hotter than a pistol as HA begins its Sunday night auction with some nice pulps selling for decent prices. I bid on a few. 
 

Crazy good