Readcomix Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I see it is a different book than the HA listing. I traded with a reputable source. We will see. 9 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: I see it is a different book than the HA listing. I traded with a reputable source. We will see. I read on a blog once (while researching my Vic Torry, sold to me as a Church by a Midwest dealer who has been around a long time) that Edgar had some doubles in his collection, though not many. I would not rule it out just because it's not 9.4-ish without coding nomenclature in the upper left, especially a post-1950 book. But there's others here who can offer way more insight; I'm just peeking into the rabbit hole like you, Rick, just maybe a month or so earlier, so I did some poking. I guess that Sunny is late 40's, but I think it's still something to be open to. Edited July 31, 2017 by Readcomix Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 28 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Ah, ok, a John McLaughlin book. I know he scooped up some romance/teen humor books (among others) prior to Chuck doing the catalog. Might be worth bringing the HA listing to the attention of the CGC graders if you ever send it in. Yeah, he was one of the original "big dollar" buyers. Instead of buying the keys though, he bought as much of the cheap stuff as Chuck would sell him. I think Chuck had a cap of 10K a year in sales for tax reasons. He would call people on a list and John was one of them. John also advertised locally that he would pay double guide for Church books. A lot of them came his way that way. I remember going over to his place with a guy that was a good friend of his. There were 5 or 6 four foot piles of un-bagged Church books on his living room floor. Some had the sad fate of having one of his many cats whizzing on them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 21 minutes ago, Readcomix said: I read on a blog once (while researching my Vic Torry, sold to me as a Church by a Midwest dealer who has been around a long time) that Edgar had some doubles in his collection, though not many. I would not rule it out just because it's not 9.4-ish without coding nomenclature in the upper left, especially a post-1950 book. But there's others here who can offer way more insight; I'm just peeking into the rabbit hole like you, Rick, just maybe a month or so earlier, so I did some poking. I guess that Sunny is late 40's, but I think it's still something to be open to. I have a later Jumbo #155 I think that I bought directly from Check that was used in a censhorship book. Parade of Pleasure I think. It is ungraded and I noticed that there is another copy in the cencus. So Edgar for sure had more than one copy of some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Somebody needs to send me a stack of raw Church books with "the smell" so I can compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Somebody needs to send me a stack of raw Church books with "the smell" so I can compare. Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Somebody needs to send me a stack of raw Church books with "the smell" so I can compare. Some people say pine, some people say cedar or even moth balls. I've had mine so long that I think most of the smell is gone. Although Adam Strange was over about a year ago and he said he could smell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Just now, Robot Man said: Some people say pine, some people say cedar or even moth balls. I've had mine so long that I think most of the smell is gone. Although Adam Strange was over about a year ago and he said he could smell them. That cedar or pine smell is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 3 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Church copy of Sunny 13- My first raw Mile High and it is a Feldstein classic!! It is not one of those 9.4 Church copies but I will take it. Pretty freaking excited! I don't get that butterflies feeling too often anymore but this one did it. (No, it will not be in a sales thread ) Part of a trade with a fellow boardie. Holy Rick that is outstanding. Paper is pristine. Put that one with the other Sunny's and now we're talking! Great comments above make for a fun read. If you ever need to raise cash for your Grail please put me on the short list. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Not a Church book, sadly. Mr. Lady Luck and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 35 minutes ago, Robot Man said: I have a later Jumbo #155 I think that I bought directly from Check that was used in a censhorship book. Parade of Pleasure I think. It is ungraded and I noticed that there is another copy in the cencus. So Edgar for sure had more than one copy of some of them. Unfortunately, there also some misattributions -- books slabbed as Church books that actually aren't. Iirc correctly, there are two copies of Terrific 44 slabbed as Church copies, but the attribution is incorrect for one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks for the props gang I have so few Fawcetts ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On 7/30/2017 at 8:21 AM, Straw-Man said: not what i collect, but it walked into the local coin shop i used to do my commemorative collecting thru, and he gave me a call. i couldn't say no. Did Louis cut ya a good price Billy Boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Well, I have received word from another decidedly expert source that this is not a Church copy. I am sure the person who traded me this did not know but was given misinformation from the person they got it from. Still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 4 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Well, I have received word from another decidedly expert source that this is not a Church copy. I am sure the person who traded me this did not know but was given misinformation from the person they got it from. Still... Bummer. Still a nice copy of a tough book, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Just now, Sqeggs said: Bummer. Still a nice copy of a tough book, though. Yeah, for sure. Should still end up the highest graded copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 5 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Well, I have received word from another decidedly expert source that this is not a Church copy. I am sure the person who traded me this did not know but was given misinformation from the person they got it from. Still... Church Smurch. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Yeah, for sure. Should still end up the highest graded copy. I think my Corliss Archer #1 is a Church. I bought it from Chuckie in the late 1970's. No markings or "smell" I can detect. So long ago I can't prove it. But if it were graded it would probably be the highest too. Love these Feldstein Foxes! Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Well I'm keeping the book anyway. It's really quite nice even though it is not a Milehigh copy. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, ThothAmon said: Church Smurch. Don't besmirch Church! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Just now, Sqeggs said: Don't besmirch Church! Shhhh. Please don't tell Rick, but I'm just trying to make him feel better. Church is a patron saint of comic book collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...