OtherEric Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I don't have any interesting sales to discuss right at the moment, but we've taken over two or three other threads in the past few weeks discussing various prices realized on books. I thought we could use a specific thread, similar to the "heating up on eBay" threads other subforums have, to discuss interesting realized prices. This will leave the selling thread for actual selling and trading. jimjum12 and asimovpulps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waaaghboss Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 1600 on ebay recently, listed as fine+ with tan pages. I didn't come close, about 1k short on my last bid This detective mag went for 2175, listed as VG/high grade. Caught me by surprise, but didn't realize it was the first issue when I threw a much lower bid at it. Figured it went high because of the strength of Hubbard's writing. Listed as scarce in Bookery. There is a small pile of mid grade Weird Tales ending on HA tomorrow. I have bids on a few, but pretty sure I won't get them. Be curious to see where mid grade weird tales end up, spans late 20's to early 40's with a couple Brundage covers, and the third printed Conan story. Edited August 23, 2021 by waaaghboss jimjum12, asimovpulps, Sarg and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 11:58 PM, waaaghboss said: 1600 on ebay recently, listed as fine+ with tan pages. I didn't come close, about 1k short on my last bid This detective mag went for 2175, listed as VG/high grade. Caught me by surprise, but didn't realize it was the first issue when I threw a much lower bid at it. Figured it went high because of the strength of Hubbard's writing. Listed as scarce in Bookery. There is a small pile of mid grade Weird Tales ending on HA tomorrow. I have bids on a few, but pretty sure I won't get them. Be curious to see where mid grade weird tales end up, spans late 20's to early 40's with a couple Brundage covers, and the third printed Conan story. I’ve been getting into pulps slowly over the last couple of years. Is Hubbard really heavily collected? For me that cover is the big draw; there are quite a few Popular Detectives with incredible cover art. I’m curious to see if the pulp market is as cover-driven as comic books (particularly pre-code). I know previous generations collected them for their content, but with CGC slabbing pulps I could see that shifting. jimjum12 and Joshua33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJCohen Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2021 Just grabbed my first pulp! Not the highest grade but I love the cover. They called it a VG/F condition. Pokecollectoramy, comicjack, frozentundraguy and 9 others 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) I have always “accumulated” pulps for their cover art. I have rarely searched out specific issues. My favorites are the “shudder”, “Detective” and girly covers. They mirror my taste in comics. At this point, I’ve probably seen every comic of these genres. But, pulps are full of constant surprises cover wise. For as long as I can remember, there are tons of collectors that actually buy them to read the stories as well and have their favorite writers. Pulp collectors have always been pretty secretative about them much the same way as 78 RPM record collectors. They want no publicity so they can still buy them cheap. I imagine most are none to happy about the prospect of grading and slabbing. And yes, L Ron Hubbard pulps are very collectible. Collectors often pay rather lofty prices for them even with very bland covers. Edited August 23, 2021 by Robot Man jimjum12 and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 8:10 AM, AJCohen said: Just grabbed my first pulp! Not the highest grade but I love the cover. They called it a VG/F condition. Congrats! Welcome to the deep well of pulp collecting. A nice one to start with. asimovpulps, jimjum12, IngelsFan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 8:10 AM, Robot Man said: And yes, L Ron Hubbard pulps are very collectible. Collectors often pay rather lofty prices for them even with very bland covers. Hubbard has commanded a premium as long as I've been collecting pulps, there are a lot of people who want all of his stuff. As near as I can tell, that group wants the stories and doesn't care about the covers as such. BlowUpTheMoon, IngelsFan and aardvark88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimovpulps Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 8:10 AM, AJCohen said: Just grabbed my first pulp! Not the highest grade but I love the cover. They called it a VG/F condition. One of my favorite covers as well, welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detective35 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 12:58 AM, waaaghboss said: 1600 on ebay recently, listed as fine+ with tan pages. I didn't come close, about 1k short on my last bid This detective mag went for 2175, listed as VG/high grade. Caught me by surprise, but didn't realize it was the first issue when I threw a much lower bid at it. Figured it went high because of the strength of Hubbard's writing. Listed as scarce in Bookery. There is a small pile of mid grade Weird Tales ending on HA tomorrow. I have bids on a few, but pretty sure I won't get them. Be curious to see where mid grade weird tales end up, spans late 20's to early 40's with a couple Brundage covers, and the third printed Conan story. Although skeleton covers are popular, the result of the Popular Detective was simply because it is a harder to get issue with L. Ron Hubbard. Any pulp that’s a little bit harder to get with Hubbard story will sell for a crazy amount because of the Hubbard Collector’s out there! waaaghboss and Sarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 10:10 AM, AJCohen said: Just grabbed my first pulp! Not the highest grade but I love the cover. They called it a VG/F condition. That's a hell of a good start! One of the best sci-fi covers, in my opinion. asimovpulps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCohen Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 12:53 PM, asimovpulps said: One of my favorite covers as well, welcome to the club! Thanks! Excited to expand into pulps. Such a beautiful different area that I never explored before and the artwork just blows me away. asimovpulps and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCohen Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 3:22 PM, Sarg said: That's a hell of a good start! One of the best sci-fi covers, in my opinion. Thanks so much Sarge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surfing Alien Posted August 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 Got in my couple of buys from the recent ComicConnect auction so figured i'd post them here. Pricing: I got these for reasonable prices but it wasn't easy juggling a bunch of auctions at the same time and bailing when prices got past my (admittedly cheap) comfort zone. I'd only call the Howard cover any kind of key, but I was very happy to get it as Bran Mak Morn is a favorite and I've been looking for a nice mid-grade. Condition: these were all called VG, which I'd say was pretty close to what I've seen in the market. You couldn't see the spines or back covers but there were no bad surprises, the spines were bright. The 1928 issues are my oldest Weird Tales now, I was trying to get some of the older issues. These don't have "Big 3" stories (although they have verse) but they were nice for the money from what I've seen. Nice bondage cover on this one. I'd call any Howard cover a key and this Bran Mak Morn cycle story is a favorite Scrooge, comicjack, jimjum12 and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I've been running a sales thread over in Mixed of my friends collection but came across these and was wondering if anyone on here could tell me what kind of prices I should ask for these. Don't have any experience with pulps. Would I be better off taking to a Con and selling them there? Thanks for any advice OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 11:37 AM, Azkaban said: I've been running a sales thread over in Mixed of my friends collection but came across these and was wondering if anyone on here could tell me what kind of prices I should ask for these. Don't have any experience with pulps. Would I be better off taking to a Con and selling them there? Thanks for any advice The Bookery Guide to pulps would be a help. Check it out. asimovpulps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htp Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) On 8/23/2021 at 8:10 AM, Robot Man said: For as long as I can remember, there are tons of collectors that actually buy them to read the stories as well and have their favorite writers. Pulp collectors have always been pretty secretative about them much the same way as 78 RPM record collectors. They want no publicity so they can still buy them cheap. I imagine most are none to happy about the prospect of grading and slabbing. Agree with all of this, except the part about keeping it secret. We've been having conventions for decades and raving about pulps to anyone that'll listen on here too. I'd guess pulps are just a bit more niche: they're not books and they're not comics so they don't fit into a major sale category. I've heard the term "discovered" used a lot by pulps collectors when referring to how they got into their hobby, and I think it's quite apt and definitely describes me. If you're a Hubbard/Howard/Heinelin/etc collector, to you seek out their books, but I think most people discover pulps more by accident. Edited August 29, 2021 by htp jimjum12, Sarg, asimovpulps and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Pulps are more accessible now because of the Internet. I don't think I've ever seen a pulp in a used bookstore. They're considered magazines, and for the most part, bookstores don't want to sell magazines. They're not comic books, so comic book stores usually don't carry them. In the old days you had to really make an effort to try to find someone who sold pulps. waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted August 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 8/29/2021 at 9:38 AM, Sarg said: Pulps are more accessible now because of the Internet. I don't think I've ever seen a pulp in a used bookstore. They're considered magazines, and for the most part, bookstores don't want to sell magazines. They're not comic books, so comic book stores usually don't carry them. In the old days you had to really make an effort to try to find someone who sold pulps. Rare book stores around here carried them, but you had to know to ask. I still remember when I casually mentioned to the rare bookstore owner that I liked old comics and he pulled out two short boxes from under the counter. There were three Gerber "no spaces" in those boxes. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Forbush-Man, waaaghboss, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If I'm reading these correctly, it looks like a few pieces of OA from Finley and Brundage are coming up for auction on HA soon. Way out of my price range, but fun to watch. This piece (not in current auction) sold in 2014 for 42k, then resold for significantly less in 2020 for 27k. Both descriptions describe some wear, so I'm not certain if damage happened after the original purchase which may have caused the drop in value. If not, that's somewhat surprising. Looking at other Brundage pieces, it seems they were averaging around 40k in 2014. Surfing Alien, comicjack and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Brundage sure didn't cash in during her life but someone will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...