Mmehdy Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 The part 2 of the "promise collection has gotten off to a great start, I do not think I have ever seen it before but Dynamic #22 is amazing. Those 9.8 Marvels on page 7 of the preview...super. If they follow the pattern there should be 270 for this next sale. Given the prices attained in the first sale, Ha should reconsider even the small books and grade them all, I think the cost of grading will increase the sales price over and above what the grading will cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mmehdy said: The part 2 of the "promise collection has gotten off to a great start, I do not think I have ever seen it before but Dynamic #22 is amazing. Those 9.8 Marvels on page 7 of the preview...super. If they follow the pattern there should be 270 for this next sale. Given the prices attained in the first sale, Ha should reconsider even the small books and grade them all, I think the cost of grading will increase the sales price over and above what the grading will cost. The decision to grade probably isn't up to HA, but rather the consignor(s). I'm sure that whoever owns the books is being advised on which books are worth encapsulation and which ones aren't. I suspect the number of books being graded and TAT was taken into account as well. But in one respect you're absolutely right. If the numbers reflected in overall sales are robust enough, even lesser books ...assuming lesser condition as well... may be up for reconsideration. Mmehdy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted June 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Straw-Man said: damm lawyers; here in laf. parish a local ordinance now requires they be interred in 30' graves. "why, Billy? why 30 foot graves?" because deep down they're GOOD! SOTIcollector, ThothAmon, Larryw7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Terry JSA Posted June 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Mmehdy said: The part 2 of the "promise collection has gotten off to a great start, I do not think I have ever seen it before but Dynamic #22 is amazing. Those 9.8 Marvels on page 7 of the preview...super. If they follow the pattern there should be 270 for this next sale. Given the prices attained in the first sale, Ha should reconsider even the small books and grade them all, I think the cost of grading will increase the sales price over and above what the grading will cost. The 9.2 Suspense Comics #8 looks absolutely beautiful! Readcomix, lou_fine, Mmehdy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 All the Detectives have their own numbering scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 22 minutes ago, vheflin said: All the Detectives have their own numbering scheme That's wild. Never saw somebody re-number a book like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Man, the kooky decision to re-number Detectives sure devastated the grades. 9.4s are now 6.5s. Larryw7 and mstrange 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Why do so many Promise books have $#@*&! writing on the cover? it's killing my buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 52 minutes ago, Sarg said: Man, the kooky decision to re-number Detectives sure devastated the grades. 9.4s are now 6.5s. Was this during the time when the collector was, idk, 10 maybe 11 years old? Hard to imagine it survived at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sarg said: Why do so many Promise books have $#@*&! writing on the cover? it's killing my buzz. Most pedigree's have a distinctive marking somewhere, and in this case it seems to be the letter "K" marked on some of the books. Edited June 22, 2021 by Terry_JSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chief1332 said: Was this during the time when the collector was, idk, 10 maybe 11 years old? Hard to imagine it survived at all I guess the 1940 books are the earliest ones in the Promise collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sarg said: I guess the 1940 books are the earliest ones in the Promise collection? I cannot remember exactly, but some of the earliest as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, vheflin said: All the Detectives have their own numbering scheme I found the whole numbering thing very weird, not sure why they did that. Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Terry_JSA said: I found the whole numbering thing very weird, not sure why they did that. Young man, using his own tracking method, maybe?? Terry JSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chief1332 said: Young man, using his own tracking method, maybe?? That could be a possibility, but then again it's covering the issue number which is why I found it quite odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, szav said: He's almost spot on with the grading on these first 2 pictured. I didn't even realize that, thanks for pointing that out. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Terry_JSA said: Most pedigree's have a distinctive marking somewhere, and in this case it seems to be the letter "K" marked on some of the books. Many of the Selkirk books also had a "K" on them. Here is an example (you can see the K in the upper left hand corner): I wonder if the Promise books came from the same distributor. Did the marketing information say in what city the Promise books originated? The Selkirk books were sold out of Washington State, but I don't know whether that's where they were originally collected. Edited June 23, 2021 by jimbo_7071 Terry JSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, jimbo_7071 said: Many of the Selkirk books also had a "K" on them. Here is an example (you can see the K in the upper left hand corner): I wonder if the Promise books came from the same distributor. Did the marketing information say in what city the Promise books originated? The Selkirk books were sold out of Washington State, but I don't know whether that's where they were originally collected. Curse you Now I have to go look at my Selkirk books. jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, jimbo_7071 said: Many of the Selkirk books also had a "K" on them. Here is an example (you can see the K in the upper left hand corner): I wonder if the Promise books came from the same distributor. Did the marketing information say in what city the Promise books originated? The Selkirk books were sold out of Washington State, but I don't know whether that's where they were originally collected. No clue where the Promise Collection originated from but some books have a "K" marked on them while some others appear to have no marking at all. There were also some books that have a "C" marking as well with a date next to it. jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 hours ago, szav said: Where's lou_fine when I need him to discuss the grading? I mean, it was sorta covered ad nauseum during pages 20-120 but I do like a little less mud on the back of my 9.8s at least... Is that a 9.8 with shadows on the back cover? There's no way. jimbo_7071, jcjames and Larryw7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
