Remember the days when people paid huge money for old comic books? 2 2

[Robot Man]

[Robot Man]

[Robot Man]

[Robot Man]

This young lady probably overpaid for these too.

[plady69]

Cool thread Robot Man!  Let’s keeping going!

[aardvark88]

On 9/3/2023 at 5:17 PM, plady69 said:

  Let’s keeping going!

Forumite Mitch Mehdy:

[MusterMark]

On 9/3/2023 at 5:56 PM, aardvark88 said:

Forumite Mitch Mehdy:

I’ll take it for $10,000, Mitch! 

[Professor K]

Love this stuff. I saw a picture once of Billy (Bill) Mumy, the actor, with some pretty good stuff. Found it. Well no Action or Sup 1's but maybe he had them as well. Probably got these cheap back in his Lost in Space days. Pic is from 1979 I believe.

[WolverineX]

It'll be interesting to know what the value was adjusted for inflation.

[AJD]

On 9/4/2023 at 1:39 PM, WolverineX said:

It'll be interesting to know what the value was adjusted for inflation.

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

So that $40k Superman #1 in 1985 equates to $114k today

Mitch's 1973 $1800 Action 1 equates to $12.4k today. I think we'd all buy it at that price...

[Telegan]

On 9/3/2023 at 9:07 PM, Professor K said:

Love this stuff. I saw a picture once of Billy (Bill) Mumy, the actor, with some pretty good stuff. Found it. Well no Action or Sup 1's but maybe he had them as well. Probably got these cheap back in his Lost in Space days. Pic is from 1979 I believe.

 

I didn't know he was such a huge fan of comics.  I know Mark Hamill used to be a big fan (not sure about nowadays).  Check out this IG pic he posted of Mumy, himself, and some random dudes :

 

 

 

 

On 9/3/2023 at 10:39 PM, WolverineX said:

It'll be interesting to know what the value was adjusted for inflation.

  If you mean what that $2000 would be worth in today's dollars, it would be worth about $12,300+ today.  But I'm sure the comic book would be worth a little more.

I remember wanting a Superman #1 or Action Comics #1 back in the late 70's or early 80's when I was a kid.  I remember it cost something like $15,000.  I remember my family buying a new Toyota Camry in the late 1980s for that much.  My parents at the time thought I had lost my mind - a car or a comic book?  My parents are both in their 80's now - my dad is about to turn 89.  On every visit I remind them of what those comic books are selling for nowadays.  Yes, I'm evil (but I still love them).

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Telegan

[fifties]

Monster Times, May, 1972 article about EC comic prices.

[jpepx78]

New York Times 12/6/64

10 cent comic price ranges from $2-25, many WW2 era books average $7.50

 

[jpepx78]

Comic ads from Billboard magazine from 3/14/42 & 3/21/42 respectively.

It might be worth taking a chance to pay $1.95 for a hundred comics (complete with covers!). Spending $19 for a thousand comics would be risky. Where would you store all that junk? Batman, Superman, Green Hornet are fine but who wants Mickey Finn?

[Mr. Lady Luck]

On 9/3/2023 at 7:00 PM, Robot Man said:

"I had a copy not in that good a condition..."

 

[Duffman_Comics]

September 1972 article in an Australian newspaper. John Ryan was well known in collecting circles, wrote a book "Panel by Panel" about Australian funnybooks and died way too young.

 

 

[ThothAmon]

On 9/3/2023 at 8:09 PM, Robot Man said:

This young lady probably overpaid for these too.

Cool thread. It was stories like this that fed my desire to collect. Think this fleshes out her story (at least I’m assu ming it’s her). 

https://m.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/origin-story-how-burlingtons-earth-prime-comics-helped-unite-vermonts-comics-lovers/Content?oid=35006000

 

[Bird]

On 9/4/2023 at 12:54 AM, Telegan said:

I would suggest that may be Mumy's home, the WW looks like the same issue from the previous picture

[Dr. Balls]

On 9/3/2023 at 8:07 PM, Professor K said:

Love this stuff. I saw a picture once of Billy (Bill) Mumy, the actor, with some pretty good stuff. Found it. Well no Action or Sup 1's but maybe he had them as well. Probably got these cheap back in his Lost in Space days. Pic is from 1979 I believe.

I follow his Facebook ‘Bill’s Book of the Day’ posts - his collection is unreal.

[Robot Man]

On 9/3/2023 at 10:02 PM, fifties said:

Monster Times, May, 1972 article about EC comic prices.

I remember those outrageous prices. About that time, one could get down on their hands and knees and pick through just about any other PCH book raw in boxes under the tables for a buck or two each. I remember stacking up small piles in decent shape at those prices.