Fantastic Four Collecting Thread! 33 33

[trmoore54]

Annuals just rule.

Beautiful examples as always, Straw!

 

FF Annual-Mania!!

[vaillant]

I just love Billy's RAW Annuals…

[mar-vell]

minty color and gloos on this one

 

[Harry Lime]

Lovely copy again, mar-vell.

 

One day I'll own a #48 but so far I've not seen a copy that would entice me to spill the big bucks.

[mar-vell]

Lovely copy again, mar-vell.

 

One day I'll own a #48 but so far I've not seen a copy that would entice me to spill the big bucks.

 

Good luck! As for myself I have owned several over the years. The first was the highlight. Bought it back in about 1983 at comic convention in Kenilworth, NJ. Dealer was frustrated, had a bad con cause his silver age wasn't moving (only new x-men were selling like hotcakes at that point in time). He started yelling out FF48 IN NM for $30. I grabbed it. Easy 9.4 truly believe it would be a CGC 9.6 today! Sadly I sold it about 2 years later.

[Straw-Man]

I just love Billy's RAW Annuals…

 

and i've tried about 3 times to sell the rocky mountain slab here on the boards and replace it with a nice raw one, but none of these cheapskates will buy it!!!!

[mar-vell]

here's copy jimjum will like....

[Harry Lime]

Oh, I love that #13. For a mid-grade it's kept it's colours really well.

 

I think that and #4 are my favourite early FF stories.

[entalmighty1]

here's copy jimjum will like....

 

That's one of the few mid-grade copies I've seen where the blues aren't completely gone. Fantastic example.

[jimjum12]

here's copy jimjum will like....

 

That's one of the few mid-grade copies I've seen where the blues aren't completely gone. Fantastic example.

 

 

 

 

....GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(A friend of jesus)

[Vorpal]

here's copy jimjum will like....

Very pretty 5.0! Also, further evidence that hands are very difficult to draw correctly, even if you're Jack Kirby

[Drummy]

Another nice example too of how color/gloss can reflect page quality and vice versa. Great copy there -- hard to find a #13 with white pages.

 

Dan

[Straw-Man]

such pretty blues on that one; mid-grade, schmid-grade, i say.

[mar-vell]

thanks for the praise on my books. Years ago i decided i was going for a completist run instead of high grade. In hindsight I would have went uber highgrade only if I had realized the return would be this high in just about a decade but being as i figured such appreciation would probably take 20-30 years the collector side of me won out.

 

This led me to spend countless hours study scans to find the most appealing books i could afford. It was a borderline effort looking back on it. I am glad you guys find the books appealing itmake me feel a little less

[vaillant]

@Marv-vell, I think it’s a lot better this way: with super-high grade copies you can be seriously tempted to sell at any given moment, while with great presenting lower grade ones, not so much…

 

@Harry: I have a lowgrade #48, PM me if you can be interested.

[Ghost Town]

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I wish all 5.0s looked this amazing.

[mar-vell]

^thats high praise coming from the man! thank you!

[Straw-Man]

new upgrade.

 

[DR.X]

great color on that book.

[Bomber-Bob]

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I wish all 5.0s looked this amazing.

 

+1 Great eye appeal. Too bad it has those White Pages, foolish move per some people ! ()