SUPERMAN #1 7.0 Blue THIRD highest graded copy coming to auction at CC 4 4

[rob_react]

On 12/2/2021 at 6:03 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Seeing this, it just struck me, there's also BangZoom's Superman 1, which IIRC was never pictured full frontal but he said he paid $55 for, which was the most he ever paid for a comic. There was distant picture in the showcase, which looked nice, and I believe he showed a partial pic of the back cover, which was much cleaner and whiter looking than the back of this 7.0. He did post a picture of his #2, which was amazing, and if the #1 is as nice as the #2, it should probably be on your list if it isn't, even though he isn't selling.  I don't know if you're tracking BangZoom's books on your list for the lack of certainty about the grades.

Yeah, I should add some of them because any Superman #1 (etc.), that exists is on the list, but those books are all really vague. All the photos are like... through a paper towel roll at the end of a hallway. 

[Surfing Alien]

On 12/2/2021 at 8:08 PM, rob_react said:

Yeah, I should add some of them because any Superman #1 (etc.), that exists is on the list, but those books are all really vague. All the photos are like... through a paper towel roll at the end of a hallway. 

He scanned the Superman #2, the pic was still up there and it was pretty sharp

[rob_react]

On 12/2/2021 at 8:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

He scanned the Superman #2, the pic was still up there and it was pretty sharp

[szav]

On 12/2/2021 at 6:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

He scanned the Superman #2, the pic was still up there and it was pretty sharp

That hardly even looks real...stunning.  I don't recall the full story of how he got them, is there any reason to believe any of his books would have had resto? 

[lou_fine]

On 12/2/2021 at 7:51 PM, szav said:

That hardly even looks real...stunning.  I don't recall the full story of how he got them, is there any reason to believe any of his books would have had resto? 

If I remember correctly, wasn't there something about garbage cans and an alley.    

Needless to say, I've walked down enough alleys in my city and never ever once found anything of value worth taking back home with me.   

[szav]

On 12/2/2021 at 9:44 PM, lou_fine said:

If I remember correctly, wasn't there something about garbage cans and an alley.

I seem to remember that being part of the story, but I only read a bit of it here... haven't heard a first hand telling of whether that was reasonably true or not.  If it is and he's held on to the books all these years with no intent to sell ever, I don't think he'd have had any reasons to have resto work done on any of them.  Sure hope not anyway.

[lou_fine]

On 12/2/2021 at 9:27 PM, szav said:

On 12/2/2021 at 8:44 PM, lou_fine said:

If I remember correctly, wasn't there something about garbage cans and an alley.

I seem to remember that being part of the story, but I only read a bit of it here... haven't heard a first hand telling of whether that was reasonably true or not.  If it is and he's held on to the books all these years with no intent to sell ever, I don't think he'd have had any reasons to have resto work done on any of them.  Sure hope not anyway.

Well, if the part about garbage cans in an alley are indeed true, then the books probably went through a good scrubbing and cleaning job.  

Edited December 3, 2021 by lou_fine

[Surfing Alien]

On 12/2/2021 at 10:51 PM, szav said:

is there any reason to believe any of his books would have had resto? 

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/3/2021 at 5:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

I think I read on somewhere here that @BangZoomhad suffered a stroke, so I don’t think he’s on the boards anymore. It’s a shame. Hey BZ, if you’re still out there, your legend lives on!

[G.A.tor]

On 12/3/2021 at 9:15 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I think I read on somewhere here that @BangZoomhad suffered a stroke, so I don’t think he’s on the boards anymore. It’s a shame. Hey BZ, if you’re still out there, your legend lives on!

he's recovered pretty nicely  I believe  and still posts occasionally on facebook...

[Robot Man]

Yes, he is doing much better and does do some FB. And yes, he still owns this wonderful collection. 

[woowoo]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:02 AM, Robot Man said:

Yes, he is doing much better and does do some FB. And yes, he still owns this wonderful collection. 

What's his name on FB ?

[G.A.tor]

On 12/3/2021 at 11:22 AM, woowoo said:

What's his name on FB ?

I'm guessing if he wanted folks to know, he would have publicly posted that info here...I don't think it's some secret or something, but it's his place to post, not ours

Edited December 3, 2021 by G.A.tor

[Robot Man]

On 12/2/2021 at 8:44 PM, lou_fine said:

If I remember correctly, wasn't there something about garbage cans and an alley.    

Needless to say, I've walked down enough alleys in my city and never ever once found anything of value worth taking back home with me.   

He mentioned that he bought a large amount of them from a guy that found them tied in bundles next to the trash on a street curb. He also paid the guy pretty crazy money (at the time) for them.

He was very active buying from newspaper ads and putting up notices on bulletin boards.

Me and my brother did the same thing as kids but never got anything like this.

I did once find about a dozen early ‘50’s DCs on top of a trash can in an alley. 

[BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES]

On 12/2/2021 at 5:40 PM, Surfing Alien said:

He scanned the Superman #2, the pic was still up there and it was pretty sharp

Ah, the rare photobucket variant

[Mmehdy]

On 12/3/2021 at 5:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

" the stuff dreams are made of "  Sam S

[woowoo]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:55 AM, G.A.tor said:

I'm guessing if he wanted folks to know, he would have publicly posted that info here...I don't think it's some secret or something, but it's his place to post, not ours

 Is his real name Clark Kent  Not that I really care just wanted to see his face book page for cool books. No  was not hard to find but like the rest of the boards people say did you see that ebay book its going cheap, but they don't leave a Link and you spend a lot of time looking for it. 

[Terry JSA]

On 12/3/2021 at 8:14 AM, Surfing Alien said:

For anyone who was here to watch him unfold his collection, I don't think there's any reason to believe he had resto done to anything. Although anything is possible, his books simply didn't need it and he seems like a type who truly appreciated books how they arrived in their natural state. He accumulated OO accumulations in the early 1960's and stopped in the 70's. I mean a resto freak wouldn't store their books in glad bags, unboarded, in stacks in a dark room for 40 years would they? His 900 page long thread was filled with graciousness and a love of art & history unseen before or since. Hope he's doing ok. Always worth another look at some of his unveiling pics:

 This is the type of collection I would love to have one day. Just full of wonderful keys and grails. 

[MrBedrock]

On 12/3/2021 at 10:22 AM, woowoo said:

What's his name on FB ?

Harold

[woowoo]

On 12/4/2021 at 1:03 PM, MrBedrock said:

Harold

 My secret identity has been found by