Popular Post Badger Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 3:36 AM, waaaghboss said: Wait, you'd put the promise above Church? I guess I haven't been following this promise collection that closely, but it seems like a decent story (brothers to korea, the surviving brother holds the younger's collection) but the whole thing still seems a little marred by a lack of details, over grading, chain of custody, etc. The church collection just rings to me as such an amazing story. Man collects piles of comics for decades. Kids put him in the hospital/home and want his junk gone. Young collector by luck gets into the house before the books hit the dumpster and jumpstarts the high end golden age collecting hobby. On the strength of the Pedigree, its Mile High all the way. On the strength of the story, yeah, Promise to me has a better back story than Mile High. I told each back story to my slightly interested sister-in-law and she teared up at the Promise story; she got pissed off at the Edgar Church story. It is not an uplifting story. Sad artist with disinterested kids who throw out a good selection of his collection before selling it for bottom dollar. Happy retirement home. Yeah, blech. Larryw7, BlowUpTheMoon, szucchini and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 9:56 PM, Badger said: slightly interested sister-in-law You must be a better storyteller than me. All I get are hostile responses Point Five, tth2 and BlowUpTheMoon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicnoir Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 11:25 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: You must be a better storyteller than me. All I get are hostile responses My friend's response when I mention the Promise Pep 20, 9.2. "Who cares? You'll all be trading them for cans of tuna in years to come." And he's a friend. tth2, GreatCaesarsGhost, Point Five and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat-Man_America Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 12:39 AM, comicnoir said: My friend's response when I mention the Promise Pep 20, 9.2. "Who cares? You'll all be trading them for cans of tuna in years to come." And he's a friend. Your friend's response sounds a little fishy. szucchini, Larryw7, comicnoir and 3 others 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 4:25 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: You must be a better storyteller than me. All I get are hostile responses At least you get responses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 6:39 AM, comicnoir said: My friend's response when I mention the Promise Pep 20, 9.2. "Who cares? You'll all be trading them for cans of tuna in years to come." And he's a friend. I've already decided to cut out the middleman and just buy the tuna. Point Five, comicnoir, GreatCaesarsGhost and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 6:21 AM, Mutie Fan said: I think it's the Denver pedigree that is all #1s. Actually, the other GA pedigrees that contained all #1 issues as far as I know were the Carson City or Comstock pedigree along with the Kansas City pedigree. I believe there might also be one other, but can't think of it right now. GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 7:32 AM, lou_fine said: Actually, the other GA pedigrees that contained all #1 issues as far as I know were the Carson City or Comstock pedigree along with the Kansas City pedigree. I believe there might also be one other, but can't think of it right now. I was intrigued, so I looked it up: WINDY CITY Of the four pedigrees containing all #1 issues, this collection is by far the largest, numbering over 2,000 comics. It also covers one of the largest spans of time, running from the '30s through the '60s. Many of the most valuable key issues were present, including Marvel Comics #1, Captain America #1, Batman #1, Flash #1, Captain Marvel #1, All-Winners #1, Daring Mystery #1 and Whiz #1. The original owner Andy Wallace, an introverted postal worker who lived with his sister, wrote his name on nearly ¼ of the comics. Gary Colabuono purchased the collection piecemeal over eight years, but initially sold them without a pedigree status, although he did make a detailed original list. Larryw7, tth2, Badger and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) On 9/14/2021 at 2:32 AM, lou_fine said: Actually, the other GA pedigrees that contained all #1 issues as far as I know were the Carson City or Comstock pedigree along with the Kansas City pedigree. I believe there might also be one other, but can't think of it right now. And the Denver ped. “The Denver collection was assembled by a woman who ran a newsstand and carefully stored away 153 issues between 1938 and 1944. Even though it is one of the smallest pedigreed collections, every copy was a #1 issue, and included valuable keys like Batman #1, Captain America #1, Flash Comics #1, Green Lantern #1, Marvel Comics #1 and Sensation #1." Edited September 14, 2021 by Pantodude comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 1:39 AM, comicnoir said: My friend's response when I mention the Promise Pep 20, 9.2. "Who cares? You'll all be trading them for cans of tuna in years to come." And he's a friend. No need to wait. I'd be willing to trade tuna cans now for Church or Promise comics. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 7:28 AM, adamstrange said: No need to wait. I'd be willing to trade tuna cans now for Church or Promise comics. Starkist or Bumble Bee? If it is Bumble Bee, hard pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 I managed to snag a Promise book for my collection last night! Compared to the crazy multiples I've seen them going for, I did pretty well price-wise. Not a "deal" by any means, but not crazy multiples either. Happy to have one! Larryw7, podboy66, Point Five and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 1:39 PM, comicnoir said: My friend's response when I mention the Promise Pep 20, 9.2. "Who cares? You'll all be trading them for cans of tuna in years to come." And he's a friend. What you didn't realize is that he was talking about cans of this tuna. Point Five, Larryw7 and Flex Mentallo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 11:09 AM, tth2 said: What you didn't realize is that he was talking about cans of this tuna. Years from now, the Heritage tuna scandals are gonna be epic! tth2, batman_fan, jimjum12 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 2:28 PM, adamstrange said: No need to wait. I'd be willing to trade tuna cans now for Church or Promise comics. How many comics per can? Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 12:38 PM, Mmehdy said: When the SF collection hit, I was at the berkley con, when nick brought in the first batch of books. I can back up there was 3 large sales from family, it actually did not take place in SF, but just got the nickname, I have seen both, I would rank SF a tad higher than MH, just FYI my opinion in the crispness of the books, they were both felt like brand new books, amazing I think Redbeard coined the name. He called them “Friscos”. I remember him buying a lot and I went over to see them. Yeah, they were amazing. The plus I give to the Church books are their amazing cover gloss. The SF books aren’t quite as glossy. I saw them in raw state. Hard to really appreciate the gloss or white pages in a slab... Badger, jimjum12 and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 4:09 PM, tth2 said: What you didn't realize is that he was talking about cans of this tuna. Pshaw! Doesn't even come in a can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 6:21 AM, Mutie Fan said: I think it's the Denver pedigree that is all #1s. I think the Carson City Collection is all #1’s as well as the Windy City? jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 10:52 AM, Flex Mentallo said: Pshaw! Doesn't even come in a can! The can costs extra! THAT'S where they get ya!!!! Flex Mentallo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 My first two shots on goal only missed by $300 each.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
