If only you had $20+ to spend with Robert Bell in 1971 1 1

[aardvark88]

What would you have bought if you could have come up with a lofty $20 for mail order with Robert Bell in 1971? No doubles on your list, as that would not be realistic for a collector. Excelsior!

My picks:

X-men 1 gd $7

ASM 14 $ 1.50

JIM 85 (Loki) $3

Avengers 4 $3.50

FF # 48, 49 2 x 50c

Silver Surfer #1, 4 2 x $2.

What are your mail order alternate choices?

Mine: Daredevil 1 $9, Iron Man #1 $1.50, some polybags as 2 sizes available: Marvel or golden age size.

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by aardvark88
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[MattTheDuck]

As the collector I was then, either ASM #1, or FF #1-6.

[pemart1966]

28 minutes ago, MattTheDuck said:

As the collector I was then, either ASM #1, or FF #1-6.

You can't afford FF 1 - it's $35 - you only have $20  

Edited May 25, 2021 by pemart1966

[MattTheDuck]

1 minute ago, pemart1966 said:

You can't afford FF 1 - it's $35 - you only have $20  

Ha!  I was looking at the Annuals!  ASM 1 it is.

[rabidwolf]

Knowing we what I know now would be very different then what I would have bought purely as a collector

purely as a collector DD 1-8 or hulk 1 and Spidey 4 

crazy that DD1 is more than xmen 1 on there 

Edited May 25, 2021 by rabidwolf

[skypinkblu]

He doesn't have any DCs on his list, so I probably would not have bought anything...

Now, probably X-men 1 and JIM #83

[shadroch]

He was charging 3X cover for recent books. If only today's stores could do that!

[electricprune]

600 poly bags and Ringo Kid 1 and 3.

[jimjum12]

1 hour ago, rabidwolf said:

Knowing we what I know now would be very different then what I would have bought purely as a collector

purely as a collector DD 1-8 or hulk 1 and Spidey 4 

crazy that DD1 is more than xmen 1 on there 

Also... no AF 15 and Sgt FURY 1 is same price as JIM 83 ... GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Math Teacher]

Here's what I would pick:

X-Men #1, #4 - $9.50
Strange Tales #110 - $1.00
Journey Into Mystery #85 - $3.00
Amazing Spider-Man #14, $15, #50 - $3.75
Fantastic Four #48, #49, #50, #52 - $2.00
Tales To Astonish #57 - $0.50 (Not because it is valuable - I just like the cover)

A total of $19.75

I would not list any alternate choices. I got burned by that more than once.

[gunsmokin]

(40) FF 48’s

[pemart1966]

50 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

Also... no AF 15 and Sgt FURY 1 is same price as JIM 83 ... GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

AF 15 is the first book listed...

[pemart1966]

1 hour ago, skypinkblu said:

He doesn't have any DCs on his list, so I probably would not have bought anything...

Now, probably X-men 1 and JIM #83

He might have had a separate list for DCs and Golden Age but that's only speculation on my part as I never sent away for his lists.  If the OP has them please post...

Edited May 25, 2021 by pemart1966

[jimjum12]

2 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

AF 15 is the first book listed...

[skypinkblu]

48 minutes ago, gunsmokin said:

(40) FF 48’s

 

3 hours ago, aardvark88 said:

No doubles on your list,

 

[pemart1966]

14 hours ago, shadroch said:

He was charging 3X cover for recent books. If only today's stores could do that!

Some of these prices are CRAZY high.  FF 1 was only 9 years old when this list came out and a lot of those books were still readily available in used books stores or via neighbourhood kids.  Also, you have to consider where we were in Fandom at the time.

Charging 10x cover price for some of those Spidey books was head shaking.

Note that he seems to have the entire Marvel run in his inventory and who knows how many copies of each...

I wonder what his term "good condition" meant?  Howard Rogofsky's "good condition" would mean anywhere from raggy to great.  Ordering comics from Howard was like ordering a box of chocolates - you never knew WHAT you were going to get  

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by pemart1966

[bpc3qh]

X-Men 1, 4, and 66; ASM 3

Alternates: X-Men 12, 14; ASM 14, 28, 50

[gunsmokin]

23 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

 

 

[innocuous]

Call him up and negotiate $20 for the AF15. If he won't budge, send him my Submariners 20-27 as part of trade + Cash.

[aardvark88]

42 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

He might have had a separate list for DCs and Golden Age.  If the OP has them please post...

Sorry, I just pulled this Robert Bell mail order list off Facebook (FB). Don't know where the silver DC list is. If I was a spec in 1970, I would have ordered a $20 dealer pack of Strange Tales #110 x 20 copies @ $1 then being Nostrodamos could retire when the first trailer for Dr. Strange movie dropped.

In 1970, I got into a fistfight with my brother so he would not lend me the $3 I needed to go 'all in' to get AF #15 for a total of $23 postage included. Thus, I got a bloody nose and NO AF 15.