All Sold, thank you! World's Finest #71 (Batman and Superman team up begins and the story of the "Evelyn" Collection is posted 2 2

[skypinkblu]

Welcome to my small sale of beautiful old books.

The Pep is from the Evelyn Collection.

I take Checks, Zelle Pay, Money Orders and Paypal.  Payment is due within 3 days unless we have made other arrangements prior to you posting  a "Take it".

Shipping is Priority mail (probably cubic) and U.S. shipping is included in the price. Out of the U.S. shipping is whatever it costs me to send it to you priority (I will only ship priority out of the U.S. for these books)

First  whether it's in this thread or a PM wins, I determine the winner, posting on this thread would break any tie, or question.

I take returns for any reason, but you must notify me within 3 days of receipt and return the book within the following 3 days. Shipping would be at your cost, and the books must be shipped the way I sent them to you. 

Edited November 28, 2023 by skypinkblu

[skypinkblu]

First book is Batman 5.  A very cool Batman that is getting harder to find and becoming even more of a treasure, which means prices are 

Grade was 4.0 (R)

This book was slabbed, marked restored. I bought it from a boardie who opened it and did not keep the label. He's a very trustworthy boardie who stated that the book was not marked trimmed. 

I can see wheat paste, a tiny bit of color touch (a line on the circle), the cover was reinforced, so was the centerfold and there are spine split sealed. I'm guessing it's supposed to be professional resto, but the wheat paste was not painted on by an artist. The cover was cleaned. I do not see any pieces added, although there is a very tiny piece fill on the front cover, about 1/8th of an inch or less. I think the front cover was cleaned, but I'm no expert.

Pages are very nice.

Bin is $1200   SOLD!

 

The 2nd picture was taken with only daylight, but there is a shadow from my window (it was too cold to stand outside and shoot pictures... The 2nd picture shows the true colors better.

Edited November 27, 2023 by skypinkblu

[skypinkblu]

Marvel Mystery 30, CGC 2.5 SB, 1942, Timely,  1942

"Remember Pearl Harbor" issue., Mickey Spillane text story. 

Art Comments    Bill Everett & Carl Burgos story & art, Bob Oksner, Syd Shores, Gus Schrotter &, Al Fagaly art, Al Gabriele cover               

Just a note, I had this book graded, I didn't see any problem with the pages, it was very readable. So I'm guessing if there is a problem, it's small.

Bin is $2500.00  Sold to WASM 

I am posting several different pictures. I took some that looked ok, but  when I looked the next day, they looked faded, so there is a picture with natural light, but again it has a shadow from my window.  I found a daylight picture of the back cover, it's the 2nd one, shows true colors

Daylight picture with shadow from window, these are the true colors.

 

 Tru

True colors but there is a shadow from the window
lors but with shadow from window.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by skypinkblu

[skypinkblu]

Pep Comics #7, from the Evelyn Collection! CGC 3.0 SB, MLJ 1940

There are only 24 of this issue on the Census. Again, I had it slabbed, I didn't see any problem with the pages, or I would not have sent it in, so if there is a problem, it should be very minor.

Bin is $1500   SOLD !

 

 

First picture was taken in the daylight, it shows a shadow, but the colors are true.

 

Edited November 27, 2023 by skypinkblu

[skypinkblu]

World's Finest #71 , CGC 3.5 OW pages. 1954 Superman and Batman begin as a team.

Bin is $595

 

Edited November 27, 2023 by skypinkblu

[Dr. Balls]

Wow, talk about bringin the heat. Nice books tonight!

[SOLAR BOY]

Great Books Sharon......Good Luck with the Sale!!!!

[skypinkblu]

Thank you both! 

[Patriot6]

That PEP is super cool 

[skypinkblu]

On 11/27/2023 at 5:22 AM, Patriot6 said:

That PEP is super cool 

Thanks, that was one of the last MLJs that I kept because it's super cool...I had a bunch more years ago...all from the same collection, I had never even seen one before that.

[skypinkblu]

The Batman and the Pep are sold by PM.

If anyone has a reasonable offer on the Marvel Mystery or the World's Finest, just PM me. The thread will stay open a few more days. 

Thank you! Happy Cyber Monday.

[Patriot6]

On 11/27/2023 at 9:59 AM, skypinkblu said:

all from the same collection

Is there somewhere where this story was told that I can read? I've seen it mentioned before.

[ThothAmon]

On 11/27/2023 at 3:24 PM, Patriot6 said:

Is there somewhere where this story was told that I can read? I've seen it mentioned before.

Hear hear. Who was Evelyn?  Inquiring minds want to know. 

[WASM]

On 11/26/2023 at 6:58 PM, skypinkblu said:

Marvel Mystery 30, CGC 2.5 SB, 1942, Timely,  1942

"Remember Pearl Harbor" issue., Mickey Spillane text story. 

Art Comments    Bill Everett & Carl Burgos story & art, Bob Oksner, Syd Shores, Gus Schrotter &, Al Fagaly art, Al Gabriele cover               

Just a note, I had this book graded, I didn't see any problem with the pages, it was very readable. So I'm guessing if there is a problem, it's small.

Bin is $2500.00

I am posting several different pictures. I took some that looked ok, but  when I looked the next day, they looked faded, so there is a picture with natural light, but again it has a shadow from my window.  I found a daylight picture of the back cover, it's the 2nd one, shows true colors

Daylight picture with shadow from window, these are the true colors.

 

 Tru

True colors but there is a shadow from the window
lors but with shadow from window.

 

 

Take per pm.

[skypinkblu]

On 11/27/2023 at 3:24 PM, Patriot6 said:

Is there somewhere where this story was told that I can read? I've seen it mentioned before.

I'm going to leave out last names because I'm not in touch with the people and I don't like to share last names unless I have permission.

Evelyn is the widow of a comic book collector. She lives in New Jersey.  She is a great grandmother with  a big happy Italian family. Her husband was an engineer and amateur artist. He collected the books. Her husband ( I can't remember his first name) was part of a number of groups involving comic books. He was one of the people who Ernie Gerber traveled to in order to photo their comics for his books.

There was also a group of people,one is still a boarder but doesn't post often, and one who recently (the Yellow Kid) passed away, who were interested in preserving the history of some of the books, so they set up a microfiche project. They rounded up people with comics (I believe one was the owner of MyComicShop).

So they gathered comics and disassembled some of them to take pictures, some of Evelyn's husbands books were part of the project.  
@Ameri  Frank, if you are around I think you know more of this than I do...please post;) 

Evelyn's husband amassed a huge collection of very  old comics, some he may have bought new, but most he bought 2nd hand.  She told me that he would stop at used books stores on his way to work in Philly for years (and this was way before online sales)

Since he was an artist, he was obviously interested in color, so the books all have wonderful color. I have never seen a faded copy...and some he "fixed".  He used tempora, and would fill in some spots, so a number of them were marked restored when they were graded later on. There was quite a mixture, Larson's (Fantastic 22 was in that group) Marvel Mysteries, a long run of Top Notch, Blue Ribbons, Amazing Man, Wonder Worlds, Mystery Man, Superman...I was told there was an Action 1, but I never saw it...I own the Action 13...He just kept accumulating. There was a huge run of Famous Funnies, all kinds of odd books that I had never heard of let alone seen.

He didn't slab any, he collected them before CGC. Then he became ill, he had Alzheimers. Eventually he passed away. While he was suffering from the disease, Evelyn told me he started trying to destroy the comic books he had loved. She rescued most of them and put them away where he couldn't get to them. 

Once her husband had passed, Evelyn was left with all these boxes of books. She contacted some dealers who purchased some...then about 20 years ago, a very nice man named Richard who somehow knew her... would buy them and put them on eBay. Richard the eBay seller had also had his comics photographed by Ernie Gerber.

Both the eBay seller (Richard)  and Evelyn were older and not exactly computer literate, so she would send him   lists of the comics written in pencil, no pictures, no or very few details. ..he would buy them and then sell them on eBay...people would grab them like they were hotcakes.  I only saw his listings after he had sold a few hundred. I think they were mostly DCs that sold first.

I really knew very little about GA books at the time, but I LOVED the covers and the colors, I had no idea that some were rare.  So I started watching the auctions and ..when I saw the listings...YIKES...between the descriptions and the lack of information...it was scary.  Anyway, I won a few and Richard and I started talking on eBay ...you could do that in those days. Then he asked me to help him with his auctions...and I did, I edited them. I posted pictures for him  too sometimes.

As a way of thanking me, he'd call me when he was putting up the books so I could be there to hit bins...after a while, he just contacted Evelyn, bought books and sold them directly to me. I had a limited budget so when he bought books and I had reached my...(am I going to get divorced if I spend more limit;)  sometimes I'd sell them for him on these boards. I made a few big mistakes, (someone got a very nice copy of Amazing Man 22 very cheap)  lol...but it was ok. Richard was retired and his son no longer collected comics so he wanted a comic book friend. Really sweet man. I have to see if I have any of those penciled lists, but I doubt it. 

Then Richard moved to be with one of his sons and I didn't hear anything else about the collection or him...until I got a phone call a few years ago from Richard (the ebay seller) telling me that Evelyn needed some help. She was trying to sell the leftover books (the ones left after the dealers had cherry picked) and he thought she was getting cheated, so would I sell them for her, since he was not longer doing that?

It was not on the top of my list, She had been told they were all junk and the "dealers" she was talking to wanted to buy them at junk prices.

When  I spoke to her  she was so nice, I said OK, I'd try selling them for her...IF she would trust me and mail me the books...and she did, a box at a time. It turned out she had some very interesting things left, so I sold them here on the boards for her. Nice lady, very interesting to talk to...

She was shocked at how much money she got ...all through boards sales. The books I have mostly came from Richard's (the eBay seller)  sales. 

When I listed the books and mentioned her name was Evelyn, Richard Olsen (The Yellow Kid) contacted me, told me he knew her husband and her...he was involved in the comic book group and he wanted to speak with her.

She was delighted to find out that Richard Olsen (the Yellow Kid) not the Richard from Ebay...was around and they spoke with each other.  They remembered each other and were friendly after all those years and even though they were 1,000 miles away.  Richard Olsen told me quite a bit about the history. I was very sad at his passing and realized I should have asked MORE before he passed...which is the reason I'm sitting here and typing for you guys;) 

I hope this helps 

Edited November 28, 2023 by skypinkblu
added some info

[skypinkblu]

On 11/27/2023 at 6:21 PM, WASM said:

Take per pm.

Thanks, Tom! Marvel Mystery #30 is sold!

[Casablanca]

On 11/26/2023 at 8:11 PM, skypinkblu said:

World's Finest #71 , CGC 3.5 OW pages. 1954 Superman and Batman begin as a team.

Bin is $595

 

..thanks Sha..muah

[skypinkblu]

On 11/27/2023 at 10:04 PM, Casablanca said:

..thanks Sha..muah

 Thanks so much, Robert!  WF #71, sold to Casablanca!

[skypinkblu]

Thanks everyone...all sold and the thread is closed. I will be having another sale either later this week or this weekend. It will be GA Wonder Woman books. I'll post in the announcement thread once I figure out how long it will take me to take pictures .

Hope to see you there and enjoy the week!

[Ameri]

On 11/27/2023 at 6:50 PM, skypinkblu said:

I'm going to leave out last names because I'm not in touch with the people and I don't like to share last names unless I have permission.

Evelyn is the widow of a comic book collector. She lives in New Jersey.  She is a great grandmother with  a big happy Italian family. Her husband was an engineer and amateur artist. He collected the books. Her husband ( I can't remember his first name) was part of a number of groups involving comic books. He was one of the people who Ernie Gerber traveled to in order to photo their comics for his books.

There was also a group of people,one is still a boarder but doesn't post often, and one who recently (the Yellow Kid) passed away, who were interested in preserving the history of some of the books, so they set up a microfiche project. They rounded up people with comics (I believe one was the owner of MyComicShop).

So they gathered comics and disassembled some of them to take pictures, some of Evelyn's husbands books were part of the project.  
@Ameri  Frank, if you are around I think you know more of this than I do...please post;) 

Evelyn's husband amassed a huge collection of very  old comics, some he may have bought new, but most he bought 2nd hand.  She told me that he would stop at used books stores on his way to work in Philly for years (and this was way before online sales)

Since he was an artist, he was obviously interested in color, so the books all have wonderful color. I have never seen a faded copy...and some he "fixed".  He used tempora, and would fill in some spots, so a number of them were marked restored when they were graded later on. There was quite a mixture, Larson's (Fantastic 22 was in that group) Marvel Mysteries, a long run of Top Notch, Blue Ribbons, Amazing Man, Wonder Worlds, Mystery Man, Superman...I was told there was an Action 1, but I never saw it...I own the Action 13...He just kept accumulating. There was a huge run of Famous Funnies, all kinds of odd books that I had never heard of let alone seen.

He didn't slab any, he collected them before CGC. Then he became ill, he had Alzheimers. Eventually he passed away.

Once her husband had passed, Evelyn was left with all these boxes of books. She contacted some dealers who purchased some...then about 20 years ago, a very nice man named Richard who somehow knew her... would buy them and put them on eBay. Richard the eBay seller had also had his comics photographed by Ernie Gerber.

Both the eBay seller (Richard)  and Evelyn were older and not exactly computer literate, so she would send him   lists of the comics written in pencil, no pictures, no or very few details. ..he would buy them and then sell them on eBay...people would grab them like they were hotcakes.  I only saw his listings after he had sold a few hundred. I think they were mostly DCs that sold first.

I really knew very little about GA books at the time, but I LOVED the covers and the colors, I had no idea that some were rare.  So I started watching the auctions and ..when I saw the listings...YIKES...between the descriptions and the lack of information...it was scary.  Anyway, I won a few and Richard and I started talking on eBay ...you could do that in those days. Then he asked me to help him with his auctions...and I did, I edited them. I posted pictures for him  too sometimes.

As a way of thanking me, he'd call me when he was putting up the books so I could be there to hit bins...after a while, he just contacted Evelyn, bought books and sold them directly to me. I had a limited budget so when he bought books and I had reached my...(am I going to get divorced if I spend more limit;)  sometimes I'd sell them for him on these boards. I made a few big mistakes, (someone got a very nice copy of Amazing Man 22 very cheap)  lol...but it was ok. Richard was retired and his son no longer collected comics so he wanted a comic book friend. Really sweet man. I have to see if I have any of those penciled lists, but I doubt it. 

Then Richard moved to be with one of his sons and I didn't hear anything else about the collection or him...until I got a phone call a few years ago from Richard (the ebay seller) telling me that Evelyn needed some help. She was trying to sell the leftover books (the ones left after the dealers had cherry picked) and he thought she was getting cheated, so would I sell them for her, since he was not longer doing that?

It was not on the top of my list, She had been told they were all junk and the "dealers" she was talking to wanted to buy them at junk prices.

When  I spoke to her  she was so nice, I said OK, I'd try selling them for her...IF she would trust me and mail me the books...and she did, a box at a time. It turned out she had some very interesting things left, so I sold them here on the boards for her. Nice lady, very interesting to talk to...

She was shocked at how much money she got ...all through boards sales. The books I have mostly came from Richard's (the eBay seller)  sales. 

When I listed the books and mentioned her name was Evelyn, Richard Olsen (The Yellow Kid) contacted me, told me he knew her husband and her...he was involved in the comic book group and he wanted to speak with her.

She was delighted to find out that Richard Olsen (the Yellow Kid) not the Richard from Ebay...was around and they spoke with each other.  They remembered each other and were friendly after all those years and even though they were 1,000 miles away.  Richard Olsen told me quite a bit about the history. I was very sad at his passing and realized I should have asked MORE before he passed...which is the reason I'm sitting here and typing for you guys;) 

I hope this helps 

Hi Sharon, long time no hear. Miss you!  I was always on the phone with Evelyn's husband who was Pat. He told me a different story about the microfiche project. Pat told me he was in the army corp of engineers during WW2 with a bunch of other guys in the microfiche and photographic departments. They were responsible for producing and supplying blueprints and maps to the army brass. His buddies were also avid comic book readers and they got together after the war to photograph every page of all their comic books from cover to cover. It was a massive undertaking. Most of the digital comics on CDs out there today are Pat's comic books that he personally microfiched in the 1950's and 1960's. In 1990, he was contacted by Microfiche International in New Jersey to supply that company with full series of DC, Timely and Fawcett comics. Those microfiche from the 90's have become collectors items. They were eventually phased out because DC and Marvel no longer wanted to license reprints on microfiche. Instead, DC and Marvel figured they could reprint the stories themselves in hardcover which is exactly what happened and that's when the Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives started. I bought many microfiche from Pat's own collection. These have made their way to Digital Comic Museum and other public domain platforms. When Pat took ill, Evelyn was trying to sell off his comics and she contacted our mutual friend Richard (the Ebay seller) to facilitate sales. Pat had everything. Full runs of Action, Detective, Marvel Mystery. You name it, he had it. He was missing some early New Funs and More Funs and to this day the digital CD companies still don't have those missing issues like 3,6,7,8,18,20,26. For those unacquainted with microfiche, here's an example and the reader needed to view them.