They're Still Out There! Pt. 2 - The Hole-Punch Pedigree 2 2

[waaaghboss]

 

I'd like to present a new Original Owner collection I acquired today, and one which I think will join the prestigious ranks of comic pedigree collections such as Lost Valley and Promise.  The books in this collection tend to range from 1949-1957, and are distinguished expertly placed hole-punches along the bottom of the covers.  The collection is slightly south of 200 issues, 90% of which exhibit the original owner's signature punches.  This is possibly the largest hole-punched golden age collection yet unearthed, and the condition of the books makes them likely candidates to grade as the highest examples of each issue in it's respective category in punched condition.  

While negotiations with CGC regarding the pedigree are ongoing, pending eventual pedigree acknowledgement, I think this collection shows that indeed there are still original owner distinguishable pedigrees out there just waiting to be unearthed. 

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by waaaghboss

[sagii]

Pressing bumped these up to sweet grades, but cgc was probably generous because of the ped status..

These will be fun to watch on HA. 

[1950's war comics]

best i have seen a triple hole punch book get was a CGC  1.0 (but my memory might be off a grade or two)

[Dark Knight]

This must be the biggest book from the collection 

[Robot Man]

When I was a kid, I went to the Quartzide, AZ swap meet with my dad. It is primary a rock and gem show. It goes for miles. Lots of other mostly desert and western junk as well. I walked by a guy that had a box of old comics. Late ‘40’s/early 50’s stuff. Jaw dropping condition probably because they were all 3 hole punched. I remember a few Timelys, DCs and ECs. My dad was tired of me whining or felt sorry for me so he bought the whole box. Pretty sure I still have maybe a half a dozen. Such pretty books but punched...

[waaaghboss]

51 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

When I was a kid, I went to the Quartzide, AZ swap meet with my dad. It is primary a rock and gem show. It goes for miles. Lots of other mostly desert and western junk as well. I walked by a guy that had a box of old comics. Late ‘40’s/early 50’s stuff. Jaw dropping condition probably because they were all 3 hole punched. I remember a few Timelys, DCs and ECs. My dad was tired of me whining or felt sorry for me so he bought the whole box. Pretty sure I still have maybe a half a dozen. Such pretty books but punched...

Gotta think like a modern collector.  These arent just punched books, these are aerodynamic newstand variants!  

 

Actually finding some decent duck books in the pile.  Can never have too many lol.

 

[Spyder!]

6 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

best i have seen a triple hole punch book get was a CGC  1.0 (but my memory might be off a grade or two)

This used to be mine (2 holes)

[batman_fan]

10 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

This must be the biggest book from the collection 

I looked at a large group of golden age comics that had the same two hole punched in the spine.  Negotiated a price for the early Detectives but another dealer came in and the rest was history.  Without the holes, the books were vfn/nm

[Albert Thurgood]

I have some SA books from the "Adhesive Tape On All 4 Sides" pedigree. Dealing with them is a sticky problem.

[Transplant]

11 hours ago, waaaghboss said:

Gotta think like a modern collector.  These arent just punched books, these are aerodynamic newstand variants!  

 

Actually finding some decent duck books in the pile.  Can never have too many lol.

 

even before the punch, that #6 condition shows how tough that book is in grade.  Just compare to the others.

[Robot Man]

Found a few pictures of the books from the Quartzside collection. I probably have a few more buried in the boxes but sadly, sold off most of them years ago.

[Robot Man]

Then, there is this 2 hole punch group. I bought two home made bound volumes off ebay years ago. These were put together by the Terrytoons animation studios as reference copies. Probably rarely used. 

Heckle & Jeckle #1-12

 

[Robot Man]

A run of Terry Toons #45-60

[woowoo]

On 5/2/2021 at 8:45 AM, Dark Knight said:

This must be the biggest book from the collection 

Now that is a Pro Hole punch 

[woowoo]

Got this from my Facebook friend @Love Anna. Now for your  CGC pedigree acknowledgement look below.

Edited May 3, 2021 by woowoo

[sfcityduck]

You're just not being assertive enough in your negotiations.  CGC agreed with me that this book was "manufactured with hole punch."  You just need to convince cgc these books come from a special batch manufactured for war vets who had lost their hands and been outfitted with the experimental "three prong" prosthetic (sadly, the experiment failed).  Be creative!