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[OtherEric]

On 4/12/2024 at 11:30 PM, Darwination said:

I can't sell you on that one??? How about SINGLE HIGHEST GRADED

 

See, that one seems semi-sane.  Not something I'm going to drop my money on, admittedly, and I bet there are a lot of nicer raw copies out there to be found.  But overall that's not the joke the other one was.

Then again, I'm happy with the raw I paid $10 for several years back, even with the slight corner creases:

[Darwination]

So that's the final magazine sized issue?  Pretty sweet. Ten bucks?  

300 bucks means somebody's been exposed to a little too much of that spice, but I can see it as being in the realm of possibility for somebody that really wants a nice copy without having to look for it.  

Seems like Analog is the sort of thing you buy a long run of for dirt cheap in a big box, but I'm sure I'm out of touch per usual

 

 

 

 

[OtherEric]

On 4/13/2024 at 12:09 AM, Darwination said:

So that's the final magazine sized issue?  Pretty sweet. Ten bucks?  

300 bucks means somebody's been exposed to a little too much of that spice, but I can see it as being in the realm of possibility for somebody that really wants a nice copy without having to look for it.  

Seems like Analog is the sort of thing you buy a long run of for dirt cheap in a big box, but I'm sure I'm out of touch per usual

 

 

 

 

That issue has been pulling a legitmate premium as a classic cover and story for quite a while now, $10 was a good deal when I grabbed it several years ago.

95% of Astounding/ Analog from about 1945 up is very much of the "grab long runs cheap" category, as you suggest.  But some issues can be a pain, because they've inevitably been cherry picked by the first person to see the lot.

[Darwination]

New one from the land down under via Wisconsin,  a funky monkey for sure, first one of the title I've ever seen.  I don't even remember what random eBay search this popped up under,  Crime Story Magazine #4, an Australian digest.  Phil Stephensen-Payne sez:

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Little is known about this magazine. A series of at least 12 issues labelled "Volume 6" was published by Blue Diamond with dates from Jun-1952 to Apr-1954 at least. Other issues have been seen with no dates and just issue numbers, published by Blue Diamond or Page Publications, which appear to duplicate the contents of the other series and are assumed to be later reprints.

In addition, while it is likely that most of the stories are reprints, only a small number have been traced and it is possible the titles have been changed for many of the others.

A little skinnier and a little shorter than a Manhunt.  Printed in Sydney, it's 68 pages, two columns with tiny print, saddle-stitched.  It's a beater copy but, oh, well, ten dolla and suitable enough for my nefarious pursuits

 

 

Cheesecake ifc, have to love it.  Harry Whittington, Phil Ketchum, Milton Ozaki

Crazy little spot illos in the corners here and there, only one full page splash like you'd traditionally see in a U.S. digest.

How's this for a back cover?

 

Edited April 19 by Darwination

[Darwination]

Not quite sure where to post this, but I'll go ahead and post here amongst the peeps.  Came across this stunner in a Humorama digest I was putting on the bay and gave it a little attention.

 

[johnenock]

A couple real sweet digests from Mr. Alien:

 

[lbcolefan]

[Darwination]

I wanted to work with this image since Eric showed his copy a little while back, thought I was getting slightly higher grade, but she'll do, captivating:

 

[OtherEric]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:49 PM, Darwination said:

I wanted to work with this image since Eric showed his copy a little while back, thought I was getting slightly higher grade, but she'll do, captivating:

 

I look forward to seeing your cleaned up version, because as I've said before I absolutely love this cover.

It's for an incredible story, too.

[Dr. Love]