Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 My pulp grail has been secured!! Compliments of Steve Wyatt at the Chicago Con. Thanks Steve! and you didn't bring it to dinner! Yeah, we had to get along with only seeing Bill's 'Tec 27 and Bats 1 Show your purchases, punk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I just got home I'll scan them tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I just got home I'll scan them tomorrow Awwright. I'll show mine then until you can show yours; that way you can't upstage me before I start Guys, be prepared to see all the books I bought since after scanning them all, I'm very happy with all the purchases so you won't be spared even the Romance books Chronologically at the show, my first purchases were on Saturday from Dale Roberts and they start a theme to my con buys actually. Always $$$-conscious, I was happy to find these books with defects but still with enough eye-appeal to satisfy me. The blue on the # 29 is as deep as the scan makes it look - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 It took me a while to find a book for my March 1952 set at the con but I was lucky and happy to run into this one at a booth with mostly trade paperbacks and hardcovers for guide or so. These go for much more on eBay generally. Gotta love that Matt Baker guy and those writers: "I was a Soldier's Pickup" ( The stain on top right is accentuated by the scan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 After buying the Fights 23 and 25, I added # 24 which I had arranged 143ksk to bring for me to the show, so that made for a nice little 3 book run - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 After much searching high and low, I was finally able to find another book for the Month quest, a nice painted cover from Avon's romance line, Realistic Romances # 4. Thankfully the dealer had both # 4 and 5 which allowed me to discover I really needed # 4 and not # 5 which I had been looking for erroneously since 2001!! At that booth, I also traded some late night eBay impulse buys for a copy of a book I've wanted for a little while - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Next, I headed to Mr. Bedrock's booth. I had finally met the Mr. Evans the night before at the Forum dinner. I had decided I would not leave the show without buying at least one book from him. Fortunately he had a nice copy of Fight # 49 priced and graded more than fairly (Buy from this guy first!!) (thumbs u - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatcher Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Holy cr*p, dude! Those military covers are awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Next, on it went, I met up with PedigreeMan seeking his wise advice on a couple of books I had pulled back at Ted Superworld's table. In his wisdom, Alan declared that if I didn't buy the books, he would on the spot, thereby happily forcing my hand and I have no regrets. Thanks Alan! Ted had this mid-grade copy sitting right there in his Misc. GA box for a reasonable premium to guide which Richard actually quickly discounted for me. I also bought the second book at the same time. In addition to another nice Heath cover, it's the interior work that stands out for the # 16. I'm attaching the splash page by Heath about The Kaiser and that by Paul Reinman about the dawn of Israel and its armed forces. Good stuff if you ask me - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 From there, I went back to the booth with the bald white-headed dealer as I described him to 143ksk. It's not Nelson Dodd, it's a bigger guy but I don't know his name. Anyone know who I might be talking about? Anyway, I picked these two books from him. One appears to be a book that every board member has to own as it was recently posted twice, well, make it three! - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Before leaving, I picked up a purchase I had paid for earlier in the day but didn't want to carry around all day. This was not planned but I am synched about having been able to pick up the 5 volumes of the NBM HCs reprinting in color Hal Foster's run on Tarzan in one fell swoop (sp?). I'll blame this on Theagenes for including a picture of Tarzan in each and every one of his posts! On my way out of the show, I broke down and overpaid for the only copy of Superboy # 18 at the show. I wanted to walk away with more than 2 books for my Month set so I bit the bullet on this copy. Not great but good enough. With that, I had just enough $$$ to pay the dog's kennel bill and a burger. Broke but happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) You did very well for yourself. Scrooge! "Month" books and GA! When you look inside those Atlas books there's lots of good interior art and story and it's not all about WWII either. Edited August 13, 2007 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Nice haul Scrooge! I especially love all the Fight Comics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 After much searching high and low, I was finally able to find another book for the Month quest, a nice painted cover from Avon's romance line, Realistic Romances # 4. Thankfully the dealer had both # 4 and 5 which allowed me to discover I really needed # 4 and not # 5 which I had been looking for erroneously since 2001!! At that booth, I also traded some late night eBay impulse buys for a copy of a book I've wanted for a little while - The blonde is "inspired by" Jayne Mansfield, right? The sneaking-a-peek-down-the-cleavage ploy is hilarious. More great pick-ups, Scrooge. Jack and very Realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Next, I headed to Mr. Bedrock's booth. I had finally met the Mr. Evans the night before at the Forum dinner. I had decided I would not leave the show without buying at least one book from him. Fortunately he had a nice copy of Fight # 49 priced and graded more than fairly (Buy from this guy first!!) (thumbs u - Is that greggy in the background yelling "Leave my snake alone!"? Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 With that, I had just enough $$$ to pay the dog's kennel bill and a burger. Broke but happy! Nice books...and who was the burger for???... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 With that, I had just enough $$$ to pay the dog's kennel bill and a burger. Broke but happy! Nice books...and who was the burger for???... AWP! I figured that he meant to type "Gerber". Jack and I'm not thinking of baby food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 My pulp grail has been secured!! Compliments of Steve Wyatt at the Chicago Con. Thanks Steve! and you didn't bring it to dinner! I love me some pulps and this is one of the big ones. Congrats. Actually it was there. I had it in my bag, but didn't think anyone wanted to see it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 My pulp grail has been secured!! Compliments of Steve Wyatt at the Chicago Con. Thanks Steve! and you didn't bring it to dinner! I love me some pulps and this is one of the big ones. Congrats. Actually it was there. I had it in my bag, but didn't think anyone wanted to see it..... The highest concentration of golden-age geeks on the continent and you thought no one was interested in a classic superhero-like pulp cover? A likely story! Jack green-eyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 With that, I had just enough $$$ to pay the dog's kennel bill and a burger. Broke but happy! Nice books...and who was the burger for???... For me! It's tough on my body pounding the convention floor all day then driving home. I needed fuel bad by then. The dog got its own food. Cute as the dog is, no way she touches my burger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
