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[theagenes]

Very cool Amsterdamaged!!

I mentioned I finally got the WS Solomon Kane a few weeks ago and I think it's now my favorite REH item. The reason is that I actually got it from Gary Gianni who I think is just an incredible artist and who drew this awesome sketch for me on the first page.







For you comic collectors, I sold my Hulk 181 to pay for this one. A great trade as far as I'm concerned. Wolver-who?

Edited by theagenes, 26 July 2009 - 02:20 AM.

[theagenes]

Very nice, theagenes! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Pilgrim! And I've been very much enjoying your insightful posts in the various movie threads over the last few months.

[PainBrush]

Good to see this topic come back to life , sincere thanks to all of you for taking the time to take pictures of your books & for posting them up here for everyone , especially the old pulps . They rarely had 'great' artwork by todays standards , but they're classics & it's sure cool to get a look at the old rare ones . I could kick myself for selling off my old Weird Tales collection , don't remember how many I had exactly - but it was a decent sized box-full , at least 80 or so of them , and at least a dozen to 15(?) of them were issues with Howard stories . When I see what those oldies get nowadays on ebay & stuff , compared to what I got for them about 10 or 12 years ago - man , double-kick myself in the ass !!

An extremely rare paperback...


...another rare paperback...

Are those p-b.'s really that rare ? I've got both ( they're in the pictures of my Howard stack of reading copies back in the first half-dozen or so posts of this topic ). , & have 2 copies of 'She-devil' . There's 'another' different 'Sonya' in "murderers Grog" , I think that's 3 different Sonyas by Howard isn't it ? I love that Maroto cover on "Pigeons" too , one of his rare full-colored works .

I was wondering , do any of you know - is there some kind of paperback book price-guide or something for collectors ? I've never seen anything like that , I wonder if there's any serious collectors of paperback books ( besides us fan-geeks I mean ) I have no idea of how you could find out how rare any p.-b's might be , other than what price they're getting on ebay or amazon I suppose ?

Edited by PainBrush, 26 July 2009 - 04:25 AM.

[amster]

Are those p-b.'s really that rare ? I've got both ( they're in the pictures of my Howard stack of reading copies back in the first half-dozen or so posts of this topic ). , & have 2 copies of 'She-devil' . There's 'another' different 'Sonya' in "murderers Grog" , I think that's 3 different Sonyas by Howard isn't it ? I love that Maroto cover on "Pigeons" too , one of his rare full-colored works.

According to Howard works, The She Devil is the second most expensive REH paperback to obtain. As for Pigeons From Hell, I got it at a used bookstore a few years back. Personally, I've never seen another copy, so I assumed its rare.

I was wondering , do any of you know - is there some kind of paperback book price-guide or something for collectors ? I've never seen anything like that , I wonder if there's any serious collectors of paperback books ( besides us fan-geeks I mean ) I have no idea of how you could find out how rare any p.-b's might be , other than what price they're getting on ebay or amazon I suppose ?

Have you tried Alibris?

Edited by amsterdamaged, 26 July 2009 - 06:36 AM.

[amster]

Wow! I thought your Skull Face was bad-a$$, but that's quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen! I hope you know that I'm insanely jealous of you.

[theagenes]

Wow! I thought your Skull Face was bad-a$$, but that's quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen! I hope you know that I'm insanely jealous of you.

Thanks, but honestly I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I'm indebted to Jim Keegan for this. I had bought several of the other WS editions from him and asked about the SToSK. He mentioned that Gary had one he was planning on selling and would probably be willing to do a sketch. I jumped at the chance and he put me in touch with Gary. Both Jim and Gary are really nice guys and have made me one very happy REH fan. So Jim if you read this, thanks again!

Edit: BTW, there are two Skull-Face's on ebay right now.

Edited by theagenes, 26 July 2009 - 12:13 PM.

[Cap'n Kidd]

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Here are links to collection

[theagenes]

http://i775.photobuc.../Picture426.jpg
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Here are links to collection

Man, you have a great Donald Grant collection!

[Cap'n Kidd]

Thanks, I've been collecting them for a long time. I actually used to have more but sold some. I am going to buy them back on ebay when the price is right.

[Cap'n Kidd]

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Just realized I forgot one shelf

[Carcosa]

Are those p-b.'s really that rare ? I've got both ( they're in the pictures of my Howard stack of reading copies back in the first half-dozen or so posts of this topic ). , & have 2 copies of 'She-devil' . There's 'another' different 'Sonya' in "murderers Grog" , I think that's 3 different Sonyas by Howard isn't it ? I love that Maroto cover on "Pigeons" too , one of his rare full-colored works .

I was wondering , do any of you know - is there some kind of paperback book price-guide or something for collectors ? I've never seen anything like that , I wonder if there's any serious collectors of paperback books ( besides us fan-geeks I mean ) I have no idea of how you could find out how rare any p.-b's might be , other than what price they're getting on ebay or amazon I suppose ?

Published price guides are kind of a thing of the past since the advent of the the internet.

Best thing to do is to check ABE Books and see what the gamut of prices run, and then check eBay open and closed auctions. You will get a pretty accurate idea of the spread. eBay will sometimes surprise you with items selling for more than the market price...but generally its on the lower end. I just bought a fine copy of BLACK GONDOLIER by Fritz Leiber for $106. ABE has a single copy at $240. Go figure.

Condition is everything. Unless the book is an absolute rarity, or an associational copy or signed, etc....if its a reading copy you can't expect too much.

[Carcosa]

Very cool Amsterdamaged!!

I mentioned I finally got the WS Solomon Kane a few weeks ago and I think it's now my favorite REH item. The reason is that I actually got it from Gary Gianni who I think is just an incredible artist and who drew this awesome sketch for me on the first page.







For you comic collectors, I sold my Hulk 181 to pay for this one. A great trade as far as I'm concerned. Wolver-who?

That is VERY cool!!

[Axerules]

Wow! I thought your Skull Face was bad-a$$, but that's quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen! I hope you know that I'm insanely jealous of you.

Me too!

[godzilladude]

One of my rarer ones:

http://s908.photobuc...X...pg&newest=1

This is #17 of the series, and is dated November 17, 1952. From the very first Conan comic book series. If I could figure out how to upload a picture, I would, but I'm just not savvy enough, apparently.

[theagenes]

One of my rarer ones:

http://s908.photobuc...X...pg&newest=1

This is #17 of the series, and is dated November 17, 1952. From the very first Conan comic book series. If I could figure out how to upload a picture, I would, but I'm just not savvy enough, apparently.

Here you go:



That is very cool! I had no idea this series even existed. Can you give us more info? Obviously it was published in a Spanish-speaking country.

[Carcosa]

Here's a little something....

[theagenes]

Here's a little something....

Very cool Carcosa! I haven't seen that one before.

On a side note - I just made a deal on my ultimate Conan grail - coming soon!

[godzilladude]

One of my rarer ones:

http://s908.photobuc...X...pg&newest=1

This is #17 of the series, and is dated November 17, 1952. From the very first Conan comic book series. If I could figure out how to upload a picture, I would, but I'm just not savvy enough, apparently.

Here you go:



That is very cool! I had no idea this series even existed. Can you give us more info? Obviously it was published in a Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico, published by Corporacion Editorial Mexicana, SA. The total series was 18 issues. I know the person who purchased the other 17 issues in this run from the same person I managed to get this one issue from. Wish I'd have been quicker.

There was a later run also titled "La Reina de la Costra Negra", starting in 1958 that went supposedly 45 issues, and also quite rare. I've never seen any of those.

[deuce]

Here's a little something....

Seems like that issue sold pretty well (how the hell did THAT happen without LS de Camp at the helm? ) since Carcosa AND Strom both have copies. The intro by Gnaedinger is a nice little piece of work, pretty accurate and non-sensationalistic.

[amster]

There was a later run also titled "La Reina de la Costra Negra", starting in 1958 that went supposedly 45 issues, and also quite rare. I've never seen any of those.

I've seen pictures of those before. They ran a couple of articles about them in Savage Sword of Conan. How closely does it follow the mythology of Queen of the Black Coast, and of the Conan stories in general? Besides the obvious blond hair, Conan is dressed pretty closely to the way REH described him in that story.

Interested parties might want to check this out:

http://cromsblood.bl...osta-negra.html



The first issue? Wild how the artist came up with the fur loincloth on his own, long before Frazetta.



This scene seems to be taken directly from QotBC. I'm curious if the first and last issues, like the Roy Thomas run, are adaptations of the REH story.