Some GA and early SA books from my Wonder Woman collection. All are CGC'd Starting with #8

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skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

This sale will consist of books from my Wonder Woman collection

I found out about GA comics about 24 years ago on eBay. At the time, I knew there were SA books, but had never seen any from the 40's and early 50's. I was really fascinated at the art, paper, themes...you name it, I was hooked.

So I decided maybe I'd collect Batman...only I was getting outbid on everything...

A wise eBay friend told me that Batman with the exception of a few books was overpriced, but Wonder Woman was scarcer and "undervalued"

My answer..."are you trying to get me to collect a GIRL's comic? and my friend said no, just look at the numbers. He was right ...actually they are still "undervalued" next to Batman and Supes, but they are also much harder to find.

So I got hooked. At first I was collecting just Wonder Woman...then Sensations, too. I just wanted to find A copy of each book...with pages, my only criteria...I wanted all the pages;)

Well, it was not as easy as I thought it would be, took me over 10 years to get all of them...some were hanging by a thread;) but they had pages.

Then I decided to upgrade. I wanted to have a complete set on the Census...maybe even the best set (little did I know how the Census worked, lol;) but I set out to find each one in at least 4.0...Maybe be one of the few women with a top set of something. I never realized someone else could have just a few books at very high grades and be higher (my friends were mostly low grade collectors and that was who I learned from).

I found some in 4.0, quite a few higher, but some I really couldn't find at 4.0 without getting a mortgage;) I was a little more successful with the Sensations.

I finally had them all slabbed and put the set on GPA...I also put the Sensations on GPA. I have all the Sensations except for the Mystery books (because I didn't consider them Wonder Womans) but never slabbed the SA or Bronze age WW books...so it was not a complete set listed on the census. There are something like 338 books in the series...so...it would have just been way too expensive for me.

Once I got the set listed, I realized I could never have the highest set, because I'd have to compete with some really high grade stuff...but it didn't really matter, it was fun seeing them all listed:)

After a bunch of years with the complete set, I finally decided I was going to keep one of the sets (the Sensations) and break up the Wonder Womans.

I sold the raw SA books to a nice collector who actually wanted the run...and I did speak to an auction house about selling most of the Wonder Womans on their site, but they really wanted me to list all of them and I didn't want to do that because I wanted to keep some that were sentimental to me. A few were gifts, one is the 1st Mile High I ever saw etc ..and I was /am in no rush.

So I decided not to auction them and just break them up slowly and I will keep a few... and that I'd rather list them here first.

This sale is going to contain almost everything except a few early books, that are 4.5 or lower.

They are also probably the scarcest of the series...that is why I was unable to upgrade them. It also means that pricing is difficult. Some have only one sale in a few years. Most of the books have under 30 copies on the census, quite a few have less than 20.

So pricing...who knows, sometimes I'm using what I paid at auction as a basis, sometimes I'm not able to find any raw books sold on eBay or Heritage to add to the GPA figures...so some of the prices are guesses.

Sorry for the long story...but I was in story mode after posting in @Hudson's wonderful story thread.

The rules

First wins, whether here or in a PM, I'm the sold arbitrator of who wins., but tie is going to go to the person who posts in this thread.

I accept Zelle Pay, Checks, Money Orders and Paypal.

Payment is due within 3 days unless we have made other arrangements before you post a take it.. If you don't think you can pay in 3 days, just let me know before, because wait times at the PO are not fun later in Dec;)

I only ship slabs some kind of priority mail, there are some new kinds now. Anything over $500 must have signature required...because otherwise I'm going to worry that something will get lost or worse;)

I want to be able to ship anywhere, so shipping will be extra, but I charge exact shipping, no fees added.

I usually do take returns on slabs but not this time because of the time of year because of the issues with shipping..

There will be about 22 slabs in this sale...maybe a few more later in the week or next week, depending on whether I have time...I'm starting with the lowest grades (mostly scarcest issues) first.

Edited December 10, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #29, CGC 4.5 OW, 1948 Notes on cover state tape on interior cover, I had this slabbed, as far as I can recall and per my notes, tape was minimal and seemed to be a magic tape type near the staples. The book was not pressed or cleaned.

Ist appearance of Minister Blizzard

Bin is ~~$450~~ Now $400

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Edited December 7, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #45 CGC 2.0 OW, notes include (very minor amount of color touch on label) 1951 Sold to a private buyer

Not cleaned nor pressed

Origin of Wonder Woman Retold

Bin ~~$285.00 now~~ ~~$265~~

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Edited December 6, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #50 CGC 4.0 OW 1951, The Origin of the Magic Lasso .

Bin is ~~$485~~ Now $465

Edited December 7, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #54, CGC 4.5 OW/W 1952 Sold to Crassus!

24 blue labels on the census

One of my favorite covers.

Bin is ~~$425~~ now $400

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That's glare on the lower right of the back cover. I will add a detail picture.

Edited December 5, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #61, CGC 2.5 OW/W 1953. There are 17 blue copies (total copies) on the census.sold to rdp collectibles.

There are some newton rings and it was never cleaned nor pressed

~~Bin is $165 Now $145~~

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skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #65, CGC 4.5 C/OW, 1954, Duke of Deception appearance

23 on the census, only 22 blue labels.

Bin is ~~$325.00~~ Now $285

*That's glare on the front of the book, weather was not great for pictures this week;) I will try and add a better one tomorrow, there is no line in Diana

Edited December 4, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #68, CGC 2.0 LT/OW, 1954 Bondage Cover. Sold to WASM

39 on the Census.

~~Bin is $125.00~~

Glare on the bottom back cover scan

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Edited December 4, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #71, CGC 3.5, LT/OW, 1955

There are 17 on the Census. There have been very few recorded sales for this book.

Bin is $~~175~~ $160

That's glare upper right, but my detail picture is not helping, so I'll add a new one tomorrow (hopefully)

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Edited December 4, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #72 CGC 3.5 C/OW 1955sold to rdp collectibles.

There are 27 on the Census.

~~Bin is $160 Now $150~~

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Edited December 11, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #73, CGC 3.0 OW 1955 sold to RDP Collectibles

There are 18 on the Census

Bin is ~~$150~~ $125

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Edited December 5, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #74, CGC 4.5 OW 1955 Sold to a private buyer

There are 20 on the census.

~~Bin is $350.00~~ ~~Now $325~~

There is some glare in this picture on the bull, so I posted a detail below it

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Edited December 11, 2023 by skypinkblu

skypinkblu · December 4, 2023

Wonder Woman #75, CGC 3.0 OW 1955 sold to rdp collectibles.

I always thought this was bowling cover, but maybe those are bottles...it's been slabbed for quite a while and I don't remember. Not pressed nor cleaned.

27 Copies on the Census

This was always one of the tougher covers to find. If you are looking at the one that sold for $96 this year, the notes say it has moisture damage through the whole book and rusty staples. No moisture or rust on this copy.

Bin ~~is $175~~ ~~Now $165~~

The logo on this issue can throw you off a bit, that's not faded purple, that's LAVENDER...and there is pink on the bowling pins.