Popular Post kaculler Posted June 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2023 On 6/1/2023 at 11:39 PM, ArchieComicsMan said: I’m sure this one has been posted at some point, but I was very excited to get this one back recently in this grade. Four Color 9 - Donald Duck finds Pirate Gold Very nice. Congrats! The copy I have was graded at 5.5 by CGC, though the person that I bought it from had taken out of the container while retaining the label. Four Color #162 arrived today bringing my series II want list down to 34 issues. PopKulture, AJD, damonwad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dick Pontoon Posted June 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2023 I think of Turok as more as Silver age, but if we're posting FC covers, I just picked up #596. And since I'm at it, here's my #656, too: Scrooge, AJD, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Four Color #80 arrived today. AJD, PopKulture and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kaculler Posted June 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2023 Four Color #11 arrived today. adamstrange, damonwad, AJD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ArchieComicsMan Posted June 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2023 Four Color 62 - Donald Duck in Frozen Gold OtherEric, Transplant, PopKulture and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/20/2023 at 12:27 PM, ArchieComicsMan said: Four Color 62 - Donald Duck in Frozen Gold One of my all-time favorite comic covers!! How this doesn't carry a "classic cover" designation while many random PCH books now do is laughable. ArchieComicsMan, damonwad and Robot Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Anyone following the prices on the Dell Four Colors in the current Heritage Auction. Some surprisingly eye popping prices on some early books; others not so much yet. It's hard to figure out the Four Color market in the auctions these days; some go for nose bleed prices on characters well out of the public's knowledge. Doesn't seem to necessarily correlate with condition either. jmg3637 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I have been watching and participaating in the Heritage auctions for Four Colors actively for a while. Seems like 4GEMs books are posting less frequently, but has been replaced with listings from DOugs Dell collection. It appears that some of Dougs were actually won on Heritage from Glen a year or two earlier. I received my heritage wins since the beginning of the year. 5 graded books as well as two small lots. Hope to really look through those by the 4th Here is one of the upgrades I got from ebay seller Generations. upon looking at this one compared to my existing 2.5 copy from Terry I am not sure it is really that much better given the significant tape pull on the front cover. Is this really a 5.0? OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 9:00 AM, jmg3637 said: I have been watching and participaating in the Heritage auctions for Four Colors actively for a while. Seems like 4GEMs books are posting less frequently, but has been replaced with listings from DOugs Dell collection. It appears that some of Dougs were actually won on Heritage from Glen a year or two earlier. I received my heritage wins since the beginning of the year. 5 graded books as well as two small lots. Hope to really look through those by the 4th Here is one of the upgrades I got from ebay seller Generations. upon looking at this one compared to my existing 2.5 copy from Terry I am not sure it is really that much better given the significant tape pull on the front cover. Is this really a 5.0? 5.0 seems very generous, to say the least, with the paper loss on the cover. But it looks so sharp other than that, and given that the paper loss doesn't affect the main image, I can just about see the grade. But if it wasn't slabbed I would probably call it a lower technical grade that presents much higher overall. So I would ask or pay a 5.0 price if buying or selling it for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 While the last one was sold by generations, it does not have the COA like this one does. Also a pic of my upgraded copy I am sure I have already upgraded well over 100 I got the 144 at a really good price ( probably less than the cost of slabbing) OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 there are so many parts to adding books to my collection. I recently received 11 upgrades from generations For upgrades: I need to Find the replacement candidate in my various boxes Compare the two books Up bag the keeper into a mylite bag with Acid free backer insert a comic extender or two if warranted. Scan back raw Scan front in new bag Down bag the replaced book Rename the front and back cover scans Enter the books in my Thank You list Update total thank yous for that list Enter old book into my for sale list with cosy and grade Enter the keeper issue in my master spreadsheet along with grade and cost the spreadsheet automaitcally calculates average grade , and average investment for each one hundred as well as for the entire series preform a 3 step sort and replacement to produce my consolidated want/upgrade list. Actually physically file the books into my two tier filing system ( the two short boxes that are culled for upgrades, the three (soon to be 4 magazine boxes of slabbed books or the main filing of 6 short boxes and three long boxes Oh that reminds me, for any CGC books I need to check them in with the registry Thought of another step in the car . ENter them onto the MyComicShop list of books to trade to them. It is probably a good time to send that box off as they have a few nice books that I added to my order just after buying out all of the low grade hole fillers I wanted to attach scans but for some reason I have been unable to upload any images for most of the day. Any ideas why? Turnando and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Here are some of the LOW grade Four Colors that I recently picked up from MCS . Almost all of these are going straight into the replaceable boxes without even getting rebagged OtherEric and Turnando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Some more Australian cousins G30 (1955) reprints FC 304 G14 (1953) reprints FC 256 G12 (1953) reprints FC 238 G62 (1956) reprints FC 702 50YrsCollctngCmcs, PopKulture, jmg3637 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Nice to see our cousins from downunder I recently etered nearly 20 upgrades that came from either Gneerations or eritage group auctions. I was only able to increase my average grade from 4.816 to 4.858 Even though few if any of these books were over my goal of $50 I was able to increase my cost basis from 48.09 to 48.32 as many of these books replaced low grade copies that I only had invested $5 or less many years earlier. Here are a few of the upgrades PopKulture, AJD and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Today's addition to the collection: AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuscemasAvengers Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 Beautiful copies of Four Color 679, 797 & 844 (otherwise known as Gunsmoke 1, 4 & 5 before regular numbering kicks in a @ 6) jmg3637, PopKulture, damonwad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 50YrsCollctngCmcs, AJD, Get Marwood & I and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) Organizing the Missing Four Colors a bit better, prior to attempting to incorporate them into the main spreadsheet. Here is my current list. I have the bold ones, but do not have the orange highlighted ones. Have about 30 missing about 15. Most of what I have has come from MCS who has the best inventory system around Edited July 16, 2023 by jmg3637 fixed spelling AJD, Get Marwood & I and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 AJD, OtherEric, Marty Mann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 OtherEric, Get Marwood & I, AJD and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...