adamstrange Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 55 minutes ago, batman_fan said: It was a gift to a kid and the Aunt wrote the birthday greeting on the cover. Auntie should have a sprung a dime for a card and left the comic alone! batman_fan, Point Five, ThothAmon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 It’s a great collection that will put a lot of emphasis on golden age books. I believe many of the high rollers buying modern books for exuberant prices won’t be able to resist the hype that Heritage is going to spin and right fully so. I hope it rises the tide on all of the wonderful books not only the Promise Collection but all of the Golden Age! We shall see! Going to be interesting to watch. MB1952 and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, linmoth said: It’s a great collection that will put a lot of emphasis on golden age books. I believe many of the high rollers buying modern books for exuberant prices won’t be able to resist the hype that Heritage is going to spin and right fully so. I hope it rises the tide on all of the wonderful books not only the Promise Collection but all of the Golden Age! We shall see! Going to be interesting to watch. I will definitely be a bidder but sadly most likely not a winner. But maybe there is hope in the "after auction sells thread to try and cover what people spent" Point Five and walclark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I have some GA books that I consigned to the auction and at first I was pissed that Ed didn’t tell me about this collection. Then after I saw the time line I feel pretty good about my books! We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 hour ago, lou_fine said: Yes, this would definitely be a rather warm and sentimental back story to the collection, a bit akin to the Tom Reilly San Francisco books then. Given the 40s timeframe here, my guess is earlier. Young man shipped off to WW II. Family promised they'd keep getting books for him to read when he came home... but he never came home. That's why these seem unread; they weren't. And why the earlier books are lower grades more in line with having been read normally. Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 41 minutes ago, Qalyar said: Given the 40s timeframe here, my guess is earlier. Young man shipped off to WW II. Family promised they'd keep getting books for him to read when he came home... but he never came home. That's why these seem unread; they weren't. And why the earlier books are lower grades more in line with having been read normally. Why keep buying them until 1950 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Korean War.. we didn't officially enter until June of 1950.. WWII scenario seems likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, vheflin said: Why keep buying them until 1950 then? Good question. MIA maybe vheflin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Good question. MIA maybe Or just because they promised to have comics for him until he got home, and he wasn't home yet. People have done stranger things when they lose family to war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Qalyar said: Or just because they promised to have comics for him until he got home, and he wasn't home yet. People have done stranger things when they lose family to war. Possible but quite tragic and so tragic that I don't think I'd want to own one of them, at any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 So.... wait for backstory and to see if any Police Comics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 3 hours ago, adamstrange said: 3 hours ago, lou_fine said: How about the Camp copies of Okajima with all of that writing or the Recil Macon as I have one of these books and it looks like he wrote his name in there at least a dozen times, including filling out the coupon. Apparently, it is common and one of the trademarks of the Recil Macon pedigree books, but how does CGC handle all of this writing from a condition grading point of view? Excessive writing on the cover does get some level of downgrade beyond the usual. The Marvel 1 Lloyd Jacquet "Pay Copy" is an example of a near mint copy receiving a 9.0 due to the writing. Although I thought that I was getting ripped off at the time, it now definitely brings back pleasant memories of not only the Recil Macon that I picked up at the time, but also a couple other GA pedigrees as a result. Brought a Macon copy of what is now considered to be a key Timely book from the Dentist way back in the day for about VF condition guide. When I went through the book upon receipt and saw the writing of his name throughout the book, I called Dave up and informed him that I would be returning the book to him. Although he said it was not a problem, somehow I ended up with a Denver copy of another key Timely book since he gave me a huge discount on the book in light of my dissatisfaction with the Macon copy. Upon receipt of the Denver copy, when I was going through the book and noticed the siamese pages, I called Dave up again and told him that I couldn't read the story in the book. Same story, but this time I ended up with the Larson copy of a key early Fox book at a steal of a deal considering that he sold it to me for quite a bit less than the price which it was advertised for in the Metro catalogue a few months earlier. Although I was thinking of calling Dave up again on the Fox book because it had a very light but failed attempted erasure of the Larson numeric code, I decided against it since the book was absolutely minty fresh and perfect in every other way condition wise. Besides, I figured my wallet wouldn't be able to take another hit if I gave him a call since it had already been lightened by quite a few thousand dollars for all 3 of these books already. Definitely turned out alright in the end since that Recil Macon book has gone up almost 25X in terms of Overstreet guide valuation, and better yet, the book seems to even sell consistently in the marketplace for a big premium to condition guide, even in restored condition. Can't complain about the Denver and Larson books which I got as a result of all the Recil Macon writing, as their price trajectory is also closely behind in the same positive upwards direction. aardvark88, Funnybooks, GreatCaesarsGhost and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, vheflin said: Possible but quite tragic and so tragic that I don't think I'd want to own one of them, at any price. I understand. Me on the other hand, my dad went MIA in WWII, and I may go all in on this if that’s the story Gotham Kid, Zolnerowich, vheflin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 9 hours ago, path4play said: Okay read through the 26 pages and got caught up. Exciting. Aside from the new pedigree fever grade bump, this is been out two weeks, the labels are created and books are up on HA, so 1. where is the backstory? 2. are there any Police Comics in the collection so I can add them to mine? Are you confident that your wallet can take the hit for any of the Police Comics that might eminate from this Promise Collection here? As per your post below, how did you make out in your quest for the Chinatown copies, or are you going to ditch them like yesterday's old lover and go after your fresh new love: On 8/29/2020 at 8:36 AM, path4play said: Any Police Comics? GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Things seem to be changing. I know I saw a Flash 104 earlier this week. Now it's gone. (I wanted to compare it to the 1.5 that sold on Clink yesterday.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, innocuous said: Things seem to be changing. I know I saw a Flash 104 earlier this week. Now it's gone. (I wanted to compare it to the 1.5 that sold on Clink yesterday.) Hmm...yeah. It's a 9.2 (shown on p. 11 in this thread). Question is whether it was just pulled from this auction or already sold privately? BTW - that 1.5 sold for *stupid* money. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 34 minutes ago, lou_fine said: Are you confident that your wallet can take the hit for any of the Police Comics that might emanate from this Promise Collection here? Hope you are saving up your Bitcoin to snipe: Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 2:54 PM, Crowzilla said: Cap 1 is only a 3.5? This collection stinks. On 4/29/2021 at 2:57 PM, linmoth said: Glad the early books aren’t that highly graded! Too lazy to search for the scan again, but if I remember correctly, the copy of All-Select 1 from this Promise Collection was only a CGC 8.0 graded copy even though it's from the Fall of 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, Gatsby77 said: BTW - that 1.5 sold for *stupid* money. I don't get it. Yep. I was a loser on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 6 hours ago, lou_fine said: Wow, greatly appreciate you posting a link to this absolutely killer copy and truly stunning book with the deep bold dripping blood red cover colors: Of course I am biased here since I have always love the books with the deep strong color strike and this copy definitely has it here in terms of the red, blue, and purples here. The only other time I remember such a strong red cover was on a copy of Star Spangled 8 with the deep red sky, but ended up passing on the book as it was a Mark Wilson book and just figured that it couldn't be that blood red unless the book had gone through one of Mark's patented cleaning processes. As for the Eldon books, based upon what I have seen this appears to be an outlier condition wise as compared to the rest of the collection, but what an outlier it is in this particular case here. Which Eldon is this? I their is more than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...