Popular Post Lurker89 Posted June 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2021 Hello my distinguished friends. Been a member here for a while lurked here many years longer. I mostly collect bronze age but I have always wanted to jump into the Golden Age with you fine gentlemen. Recently I traded a chunk of books to one of my local shops for this nice piece of entry gold: I have plenty of golden age targets but actually collecting Golden Age is new to me and proper value is hard to determine for a newbie to these golden halls. So I have come you to guys to see how I did. The price tag was $250 My trade value was a good chunk over $300 but I had to make it worth the shops time. The book presents really well but has ample issues. The main one being a spine split affecting the cover only that goes up the bottom third of the book and looks like it it would gladly run another third if handled improperly. There is also a slight moisture stain on the top left and other general wear. Hopefully some of you guys have some ideas on where a grade would land. I'd be happy with a 2.0 but am a man in a strange new land when it comes to Golden Age beauties like this. djzombi, Raze, kav and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Welcome to the wild, wacky world of GA. Very nice book to break your cherry on. Once you taste GA, you just can't go back. djzombi, X_Phile, oakman29 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker89 Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Robot Man said: Welcome to the wild, wacky world of GA. Very nice book to break your cherry on. Once you taste GA, you just can't go back. Thanks , I think I did well price wise and love the cover. Just reposted this in the Golden Age Thread didn't realize I was in Comics General and know someone may call me out on it. Though I could argue it's a general comics discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 That's a really sweet cover that I have never seen before. I know someone that is about to put it on his hit list and going to send that to him now. ADAMANTIUM and Lurker89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I love that cover, mate. I've also never seen that book before. Lurker89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker89 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Sounds like I found a nice rare-ish gem. The the delicate spine gives me the willies. I wonder how those of you who have collected gold for some time view this. Should I just get it encapsulated as is, hoping for a 2.0 (anybody know if I'm in the ballpark with that idea of a grade). Should I aim for the new fangled conserved label and see if I can find a historian/archivist/Indiana Jones to "conserve" the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Msgarmar Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2.5 Universal sold at Heritage for $780 in March. Nice book and great buy! https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/horror/witchcraft-2-avon-1952-cgc-gd-25-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/122109-11626.s?type=GoCollect122109 Post pics in the Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Grade Forum and you’ll get a grade range. djzombi and Lurker89 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Excellent first choice, a tough to find classic. There are some other exceptional issues from that run as well. I owned the Bethlehem copy years ago and foolishly sold it. piper, Larryw7 and Lurker89 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 6:03 PM, Lurker89 said: Hello my distinguished friends. Been a member here for a while lurked here many years longer. I mostly collect bronze age but I have always wanted to jump into the Golden Age with you fine gentlemen. Recently I traded a chunk of books to one of my local shops for this nice piece of entry gold: I have plenty of golden age targets but actually collecting Golden Age is new to me and proper value is hard to determine for a newbie to these golden halls. So I have come you to guys to see how I did. The price tag was $250 My trade value was a good chunk over $300 but I had to make it worth the shops time. The book presents really well but has ample issues. The main one being a spine split affecting the cover only that goes up the bottom third of the book and looks like it it would gladly run another third if handled improperly. There is also a slight moisture stain on the top left and other general wear. Hopefully some of you guys have some ideas on where a grade would land. I'd be happy with a 2.0 but am a man in a strange new land when it comes to Golden Age beauties like this. Great underrated book. I have a CGC 2.5 and love it. piper and Lurker89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an99 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Great cover 👌 Lurker89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 That's a good one. Lurker89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 8:14 PM, october said: I owned the Bethlehem copy years ago and foolishly sold it. If I had a nickel for every time you've said that I could probably afford one of the books you've sold. Lurker89 and Readcomix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Fantastic book. And unless there's something substantially wrong with it that we can't see, you did good on the price too. That's probably my favorite cover from Avon's Witchcraft, although #5 and #3 are also both good and I'm not at all bitter about having let a nice copy of #3 go for far too cheap many years ago. Lurker89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I'm not big into PCH but that's a great cover. Lurker89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
