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[Mr.Fantastic]

Recent pickup. x-posted in the Fiction House thread.

 

 

[Tri-Color Brian]

Been looking for a decent copy of this at a reasonable price for a long time.  Finally found one at the Scottsdale show today. 

 

[fifties]

On 4/21/2024 at 7:06 PM, Tri-Color Brian said:

Been looking for a decent copy of this at a reasonable price for a long time.  Finally found one at the Scottsdale show today. 

 

Nice pick up!  One of the few Mystery In Space issues I'd like to get.

[Robot Man]

Picked this up at the flea market yesterday. It is a free monthly magazine with the goings on in the local antique world. Also auction results nationally on a variety of antiques. The cover just screamed out at me. I just had to know. Interesting article but what was of biggest interest to me was the full page article on PCH books. I have never heard of this collector or this auction house. Apparently, this auction happened beginning of Jan.

Frankly, I never like seeing articles like this in the hands of “civilians”. Gives everyone the wrong idea. Sure makes it tougher on us flea market scroungers…

Anybody here ever visit this library? Looks like the Sistine Chapel of comics.

[RareHighGrade]

On 4/22/2024 at 7:24 AM, Robot Man said:

Picked this up at the flea market yesterday. It is a free monthly magazine with the goings on in the local antique world. Also auction results nationally on a variety of antiques. The cover just screamed out at me. I just had to know. Interesting article but what was of biggest interest to me was the full page article on PCH books. I have never heard of this collector or this auction house. Apparently, this auction happened beginning of Jan.

Frankly, I never like seeing articles like this in the hands of “civilians”. Gives everyone the wrong idea. Sure makes it tougher on us flea market scroungers…

Anybody here ever visit this library? Looks like the Sistine Chapel of comics.

I've never heard of that auction house (Potter & Potter) either.  Those were some very desirable books, I wonder if the low-profile venue was able to obtain the prices they would have gotten on HA Clink or CC?

[Mr.Fantastic]

Here's a link to that auction with final prices.  Lots of White Mountain pedigrees mixed in, and some pretty high-end books sold.

Potter & Potter Auction

[adamstrange]

On 4/22/2024 at 7:48 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

Here's a link to that auction with final prices.  Lots of White Mountain pedigrees mixed in, and some pretty high-end books sold.

Potter & Potter Auction

The WMs were first offered via Sothebys.  The grades of many, while nice, is not quite as high as it looked like they might turn out to be.

[RareHighGrade]

On 4/22/2024 at 6:06 PM, adamstrange said:

The WMs were first offered via Sothebys.  The grades of many, while nice, is not quite as high as it looked like they might turn out to be.

it's surprising to see so many WMs that are consistently graded in the 5.0 - 8.0 range, rather than higher.  Do you think that the condition of the books deteriorated since the time they were purchased via Sothebys?

[adamstrange]

On 4/22/2024 at 11:51 PM, RareHighGrade said:

it's surprising to see so many WMs that are consistently graded in the 5.0 - 8.0 range, rather than higher.  Do you think that the condition of the books deteriorated since the time they were purchased via Sothebys?

It took me a few minutes to answer because:

• The sale was back in 1991
• The auction catalog lots were ordered according to some secret sequence only understood by Jerry Wiest
• The tears I had to keep wiping away as I saw the amazing books and art that went for a pittance of what they would go for today

I would think that the Frankenstein was pictured because it was graded nm and indicative of the high quality of that particular lot.  It only graded a 7.0 and the WTOF 8, part of this same lot, only graded 8.5.

The horror books were grouped into lots so it's certainly possible that some of these were lower graded items within the lot.  It's also possible that some damage occurred over the years as 50s books are definitely more susceptible to damage than their "big" GA brothers from the early 40s.

[october]

On 4/22/2024 at 11:59 AM, RareHighGrade said:

 I wonder if the low-profile venue was able to obtain the prices they would have gotten on HA Clink or CC?

I'd say no on quite a few of the results. 

[batman_fan]

Just snagged this little beauty.

My son and wife picked her up at the airport today

 

[plady69]

On 4/23/2024 at 9:35 PM, batman_fan said:

Just snagged this little beauty.

My son and wife picked her up at the airport today

 

Best find of the week!

[sartrexpress]

On 4/23/2024 at 1:39 PM, october said:

I'd say no on quite a few of the results. 

The WTOF 8  that sold for 16 k and change is a 25-30k book

[zzutak]

I recently had my raw copy of Scream Comics #3 certified.  The inside covers and interior pages are snow white, and other features like era (1945), genre (humor), and cover markings (none) raise the possibility that it's a "lost" issue from the Vancouver Pedigree.  I know there was at least one other issue from this title in the collection (Scream Comics #7 in CGC 7.5 white).  Does anyone know who the original buyer was and/or whether he/she documented the collection with a list of the issues found?

 

 

[AndyFish]

Nice big logo Detective-- love this "Kane" Robinson cover-- similar to the cover later done on BATMAN #43.

[Mr.Fantastic]

New GGA in today! X-posted in the Fiction House thread.

[adamstrange]

On 4/24/2024 at 9:53 AM, zzutak said:

I recently had my raw copy of Scream Comics #3 certified.  The inside covers and interior pages are snow white, and other features like era (1945), genre (humor), and cover markings (none) raise the possibility that it's a "lost" issue from the Vancouver Pedigree.  I know there was at least one other issue from this title in the collection (Scream Comics #7 in CGC 7.5 white).  Does anyone know who the original buyer was and/or whether he/she documented the collection with a list of the issues found?

 

 

Nice book!

My understanding was the Vancouver books were submitted as a whole and then sold as a whole to Geppi.  It's always possible that something inexpensive and not quite as high grade was left off, but I have not heard anything like that.

[adamstrange]

On 4/24/2024 at 6:55 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

New GGA in today! X-posted in the Fiction House thread.

These are outstanding covers!

[zzutak]

On 4/24/2024 at 3:58 PM, adamstrange said:

My understanding was the Vancouver books were submitted as a whole

I think this is essentially correct.  Most of the Vancouvers shown here and/or on Heritage have a CGC certification/serial number that begins with either 00785 (which dates to 2003), 07799 (which dates to 2007), or 09198 (which dates to 2014).  The only CGC-certified copy of Scream Comics from the Vancouver Collection (Scream #7, shown below) has S/N 0779974016.  It's interesting that the immediately preceding book from that invoice (S/N 0779974015) is now MIA -- which may indicate that it either could not be slabbed or was removed from its holder (with the label returned to CGC for deletion from the census).

And then there's this description that Heritage included in their Nov 20, 2014 auction listing for Ellery Queen #1 ("From the newly discovered batch ..."):

All very curious.    Unfortunately, my detective skills are probably not strong enough to uncover the full backstory. 

Edited April 25 by zzutak

[Ameri]

Here's a recent pick-up. Not comics, but original typewritten 7-10 page scripts submitted to Avon and Fox between 1948-1951 by writer Ken Fitch for Gangster and Gunmolls, Western Thrillers and Prison Break. Scans of the published pages are next to the scripts.