Popular Post MrBedrock Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 4:18 PM, jimbo_7071 said: I sort of have the same goal for GA pedigrees but with a few caveats. The Allentown, Denver, River City, and Rockford collections all have page quality that doesn't thrill me... Why would off-white to white pages bother you? Cat-Man_America, davidtere, szav and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBedrock Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 And even though I mostly agree that Rockfords can be dicey on the PQ front, there are definitely exceptions... 1950's war comics, jimbo_7071, Flex Mentallo and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 5:31 PM, MrBedrock said: Why would off-white to white pages bother you? On 1/3/2022 at 5:28 PM, MrBedrock said: Why would off-white to white pages bother you? They wouldn't! Those are nice examples. It seems like most of the ones I've seen have pages that were in the Off-White to Cream-to-Off-White range. So maybe I'm remembering wrong, or maybe those are above-average examples for those particular pedigrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) On 1/3/2022 at 5:02 PM, jimbo_7071 said: They wouldn't! Those are nice examples. It seems like most of the ones I've seen have pages that were in the Off-White to Cream-to-Off-White range. So maybe I'm remembering wrong, or maybe those are above-average examples for those particular pedigrees. I think you are remembering wrong, and passing that on to a new collector. In particular with Allentowns. Most have excellent page quality. There are very few Allentowns and most are pricey titles, so that could be a hindrance to acquiring one. But page quality is really not an issue. Same with Denvers; few examples, only first issues, pricey, and therefore tougher to acquire. They are of slightly lesser page quality than Allentowns. River City books are mostly of very nice page quality for the era - 1950's when nice paper is harder to come by - and so most collectors are more than willing to be even a little more forgiving of cream to off-white. Edited January 3, 2022 by MrBedrock tth2, Cat-Man_America, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post buttock Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 3:28 PM, MrBedrock said: Why would off-white to white pages bother you? Garbage. Dark Knight, goldust40, Badger and 5 others 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 going after a ped type-set but finding the allentowns to be not worthy of inclusion is either misguided or a word that the filter won't let me type [and, anyway, mom said if i didn't have anything nice to say...]. path4play, jimjum12, Flex Mentallo and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 now i feel icky owning this one; hmmmm, auction or board sale? Randall Dowling, Mmehdy, sagii and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 5:57 PM, Straw-Man said: now i feel icky owning this one; hmmmm, auction or board sale? Flex Mentallo and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 this one i'm moving into a little stack of treasure chests i have, so as to not waste any box-space on it. Miamiknight3434, MrBedrock and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sagii Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 5:28 PM, MrBedrock said: Why would off-white to white pages bother you? @MrBedrock is back PQ aside, as I'm perfectly ok with c/ow for most gold (to each his own) acquiring an Allentown is a jewel in the crown simply because there are so few books in the collection when compared to other pedigrees (132?) WAY more serious GA collectors than that! Imagine one collector holding say 20, even more of a small pool to go around. Church maybe King, and Promise maybe the hot thing of the times but there will always be some thing very special about that small stash out of PA MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 3:28 PM, MrBedrock said: Why would off-white to white pages bother you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 6:18 AM, jimbo_7071 said: The Allentown, Denver, River City, and Rockford collections all have page quality that doesn't thrill me, so I'm not sure whether I would want to include those. It's a good thing I sold this already, otherwise I'd now feel compelled to burn it. Badger, Mmehdy, adamstrange and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 8:00 PM, tth2 said: It's a good thing I sold this already, otherwise I'd now feel compelled to burn it. I think I used that to light my Arturo Fuente Opus X Ltd. tth2 and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 4:13 PM, MrBedrock said: Fight 35. Best cover in the run! MrBedrock, jimjum12 and Badger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post podboy66 Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2022 Got these ones in before Xmas. Super fresh! Beige, szav, comicjack and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 1:18 PM, Robot Man said: Fight 35. Best cover in the run! Dirty old robot! Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 2:28 PM, MrBedrock said: Hey Richard; Now that the truth is finally out about these nasty dirty off-color Allentown books, I guess you must be looking for the fastest possible way to cast them out from your personal collection. Being the nice guy that you are, I will willing to take the hit and will grudgingly trade my copies of Wonderworld 8 and 10 for your Allentown copies before they denigrate your collection any further. No doubt you'll win out on this trade here since my copies comes with that classic greased pencilled black "S" mark on the front cover which gives the books some real true character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDGray Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Some absolute stunners in this thread!! Post up more!!! PDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 12:02 AM, Straw-Man said: this one i'm moving into a little stack of treasure chests i have, so as to not waste any box-space on it. Love it! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
