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I think that's giving Overstreet too much credit. I might well put him on my Mt. Rushmore, but not for that. Comic collecting first gained major national attention back in the 40s, and was firmly entrenched and hitting the popular consciousness hard in the 60s.

And the guy who brought the Windy City pedigree to market and owns the best collection of ash cans!

Canadians have a lot less to apologize for these days than those of us in the US do.

Yep. Good points. I think that the 60s and 70s spawned a generation of fans who took their passion and made it into first an avocation and then, for some, a vocation. These include the fans who started publications and the fans who started businesses. Geppi falls into that category, Bud Plant, etc. I tend to appreciate the folks who pioneered new routes more than those who followed a beaten path, even if they proved more successful.

I think a very good case can be made for Fishler as a key market maker in the high end comic book market, pushing prices to new heights and gaining acceptance of the hobby amongst the financial elite.

To be clear, not a thread for your favorite comic artist, writer, publisher, editor, or other professional. This is asking for your nominees for the top four comic fans/collectors/dealers/advocates. I'm going to reserve my top four for later, but to make sure we're all on the same boat on this thread (as opposed to the other thread that went a bit off topic I think), these are the type of folks I'm talking about: * Lupoff - the editor and publisher of Xero, a SF fanzine which starting in Issue 1 (first distributed on September 3, 1960) commenced a seminal series of articles about comic books entitled "All in Color for a Dime" which gave a big boost to comic collecting and scholarship as a serious activity. * Bob Overstreet - the author of the Comic Book Price Guide which did more to disseminate accurate information about the universe of comic books available to collect than any other publication, as well as boosted comic collecting by creating a resource for comic values. * Chuck Rozanski - the owner of Mile HIgh comics who kicked comic collecting into a higher gear by (1) essentially inventing the concept of the pedigree comic collection in pricing the Edgar Church books for multiples of then going prices and (2) introduced untold readers of comic books to the concept of comic collecting through his full page ads in comic books selling the Mile High II collection. I can think of many more deserving names, both in the early days of comic collecting and in more recent years. In fact, the individual I believe was arguably the first great comic collecting advocate has not yet been mentioned by anyone on the other thread. I'm curious to see if anyone does here. So nominate away!

I stand corrected! Still a great Duck cover, though! I guess I haven't been giving Buettner enough credit over the years. He did do some great covers. And this one is a fantastic composition!

FC 328 is one of Barks' best covers, IMHO. My copy (out at CGC right now):

I know he was quoted identifying "Lost in the Andes," "In Old California" and "Island in the Sky" as, at various times, his "favorite" or "best" story. One additional plug for FC 263: Every story and one pager in that book is by Barks. If I could only own 5 comics, this would be one because it is so packed with Barks' genius. It is one of the best reads ever.

That is a different story with Flintheart Glomgold (sp?)

Carl Barks was asked a number of times over the years what his favorite story was. Interestingly, his answers to the "favorite story" question varied over the years. BUT, he ALWAYS said his "second favorite story" was "Land of the Totem Poles." That's my favorite. Personally, I think FC 263 is the best Barks' comic to own because it features two of his very best stories (also "Trail of the Unicorn").

Updated status on books submitted at San Francisco Con: STANDARD Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 15 b days; GCC = 15 b days (Total 30 b days or 6+ weeks or ETA of 7/27/2018) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 6/18/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec. CCS Required" = 2) "Received" - 7/9/2018 (Bus. days since "At CCS" = 14) "Verified" - 7/10/2018 (Bus. days since "Received" = 1) FAST TRACK VALUE Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 20 b days; GCC = 32 b days (Total 52 b days or 10+ weeks or ETA of 8/24/2018) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 6/18/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 2) "Received" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "At CCS" = 11) MAGAZINE MODERN Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 35 b days; GCC = 45 b days (Total 80 b days or 16+ weeks or ETA of 10/3/2018) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 13) VALUE Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 45 b days; GCC = 57 b days (Total 102 b days or 20+ weeks or ETA of 10/31/2018) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 13) TOTAL BUSINESS DAYS ELAPSED SINCE CON DROP OFF AS OF THIS POST = 20 (or 4 weeks)

If I could only keep five comics, I'd want them to have great stories I would read over and over. Since Bedrock said post pictures, mine are of the interior (and you guess what books these are): 1.

I know who the artist is. I just didn't know he did comics.

Really nice Duck Album!

Updated status on books submitted at San Francisco Con: STANDARD Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 15 business days; GCC = 15 business days (Total 30 business days or 6+ weeks) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 6/18/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec. CCS Required" = 2) FAST TRACK VALUE Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 20 business days; GCC = 32 business days (Total 52 business days or 10+ weeks) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 6/18/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 2) "Received" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "At CCS" = 11) MAGAZINE MODERN Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 35 business days; GCC = 45 business days (Total 80 business days or 16+ weeks) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 13) VALUE Stated turnaround times when submit.: CCS = 45 business days; GCC = 57 business days (Total 102 business days or 20+ weeks) Date of Con Drop Off - 6/10/2018 CGC Received Date ("Rec-CCS Required") - 6/14/2018 (Bus. days since Con submission = 4) "At CCS" - 7/3/2018 (Bus. days since "Rec-CCS Required" = 13) TOTAL BUSINESS DAYS ELAPSED SINCE CON DROP OFF AS OF THIS POST = 17 (or 3.5 weeks)

I almost forgot, one other rack I'd never seen before:

And if anyone is looking to get a vintage looking, but brand new rack, at an affordable price (shipped to your house), this Kickstarter starts shipping in August:

Discovered a new kind of Dell comic rack. Probably dates to 1940s. Would have had wood dividers on the shelves creating 3 slots for comics (you can still see grooves): Also discovered a new dell paperback rack: And here's what I think is a late Dell comic rack, probably 1960s:

I wonder which came first? There are a lot of both versions on eBay.

Are there different tax implications for paying a BP versus a SP? More specifically, does the use of a BP in addition to or in place of a SP reduce the amount of sales taxes paid on a book? E.g., if you buy a book at Heritage that hammers at $10K, you pay $10K for the item (subject to sales taxes) and $2K as a "premium" or service fee to Heritage (not subject to sales taxes)? I don't know the answer, I'm just curious how they account for that. Obviously, if the hammer price was $12K, as at other houses, the sales tax would be on the full $12K. If you live in SF, as I do, where sales taxes are around 10%, that $2K difference in "sales price" would amount to a $200 sales tax savings.

There's also a whole slew of subscription variants of WDC&S in the 40s and 50s. The earlier ones have distinct back cover art to make room for the subscribers address (printed not a label). The later ones have a distinct (and ugly) box on the front cover for the subscribers address. Sometimes the back cover art differences are interesting. I think they are worth noting because high grade subscription variants are very hard to find (and perhaps therefore desirable) due to the prevalence of subscription creasing.

cool!

Superman art or other stories?

I think someone may have just totally scored. If someone with a coverless copy won this, he can marry this cover to his complete coverless copy and maybe invest in some more restoration to create a really nice Frankenbook, And if he also sells the first wrap to the guy who has the coverless copy minus first wrap, well that's got to be worth a decent amount. And he could then piece out the remaining pages for good money as well. Hard to see how the investment would not be worth it in that situation. As for the Cap 1, that a 6.5 Cap 1 universal is being compared to a .5 restored incomplete Action 1 tells you the vast gulf between the two books.