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Shorter listings - still cool items! TERMS: First "take" wins. I am open to offers on all items, so feel free to PM me. But first "take" wins. So if you want to make an offer, make it quick and don't be surprised if I wait a bit to see if I get a "take" first. If you really really want an item, just say "take." Buyer pays actual shipping cost including insurance for full purchase price. If you have your own collectibles insurance and want me to ship under your shipping label, that's fine. For this auction, I anticipate that all shipping will be by USPS flat rate medium box. You can propose an alternative shipping means, but I get a right of reasonable refusal if I'm uncomfortable with the means. I prefer payment by check, m.o., wire, Zell or equivalent; however, I am open to other options. I will generally take a return if notified within 3 days of delivery. FIRST ITEM: A 1944 Dick Tracy cover (6" x 9") by Chester Gould showing a bare-bottomed Hitler and Tojo getting bombed until they sing? Does that exist? Price: $40. Could be made more pretty as cover shows some texture. Interior is the music for the songs on the cover. PQ is in IMHO off-white to light cream at worst. Staples show oxidation with minor transfer to center sheet music. None of that matters to me, as the image is cool, and the inexpensive price reflects the condition issues. Items like this have no comparables because most comic fans are still learning that this kind of stuff exists. In a CGC world, more and more will figure it out.

I don't like to ship to Canada, but I did it for Roy once. So I think we can make it work. As terms state, you pay the shipping cost so PM me your payment and shipping preferences and we'll go from there. For now let's mark this as PROBABLY SOLD! This thread is tentatively over. Look for a new thread of WWII stuff later.

Not rare bronze. Back to some GA artists WWII. I will give you a heads up.

PM me your address and payment preference.and we will work out details.

Sold.

Here we go, these comics present beautifully to my eyes (which admittedly are focused almost exclusively on GA comics) and I'd say they present as at Fine or higher. A gentle press might well be warranted. 7. 8. 9. 10. But here's the thing, the cover stock on these comics is really thin. I have seen multiple copies of 10 with total spine splits (did not stop me from buying one for $10). That may be why they are particularly rare. The 10 offered here appears to have staple pull on the top staple. See here: PQ is ow-w IMHO. But these are rare enough that, once again, condition nuances should not matter. What matters is that they present beautifully and you'll like not see such a nice set again. PRICE: $200 OR BEST OFFER. That price reflects what I see as the weaknesses in the comics. I'm am being, I feel, very conservative on both these items.

I SHOULD ALSO AD, THE PACKAGING ON THE ONE I'M SELLING DIFFERS FROM THE PACKAGING FOR THE COMIC IN THE ABOVE THREAD THAT I LINKED ON RARE BRONZE AGE COMICS. THAT PACKAGING IS SMALLER AND HAS THE GOGGLES PHYSICALLY ON TOP OF AND TOUCHING THE COMIC. THE PACKAGING ON THIS COMIC IS SUPERIOR FOR DISPLAY AND COMIC PRESERVATION I THINK.

My other offering will be a set of the hard to find Dennis the Menace and the Bible Kids issues 7, 8, 9, and 10. Issues 7, 8, and 9 are very very scarce. 10 is flat out rare. Actually rare despite Overstreet saying only "low print run." There is only one 10 on the Census and three 9s. I'll post pics after I eat.

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Aquateers Meet the Super Friends (1979) mini-comic (5" x 6") in original packaging with googles! Once thought to be a myth, Ian Levine, who compiled a complete set of DCs, called this thing extremely rare and it was one of the last comics he picked up. Very rarely seen - let alone in the original packaging. Anyone know the census count? I can't find it. But its a real comic that is reprinted in the Super Friends Saturday Morning Comics v. 1. Condition? You can see everything I can. There are no rips or tears on the comic, there is a rip in the packaging in the punch hole. The packaging has some discoloration likely from dust, etc, and is tanned on the back. The plastic is dented part of the packaging has some dents and appears discolored in spots. I cannot tell if the comic has any discoloration. It does not appear faded based on the pic of the comic on the GCD and the packaging has what appear to be vibrant original colors. From I can see the comic is not nm-m, at least without a CCS treatment (if you buy it that's a choice you get to make). I really can't guess on the grade other than to say I'd be surprised if it was less than VG and not surprised it was higher. But with an item this rare are condition nuances even an issue? A cool item. I've searched for a long time for one. It was fun search but in the end its just luck to find something this rare. I got lucky, but I think it needs to go to someone who needs it for their collection! PRICE DISCOUNTED: $390 or best offer Here's the back of the packaging to the extent that matters: You can read one Boardies views on this book here:

TERMS: First "take" wins. I am open to offers on all items, so feel free to PM me. But first "take" wins. So if you want to make an offer, make it quick and don't be surprised if I wait a bit to see if I get a "take" first. If you really really want an item, just say "take." Buyer pays actual shipping cost including insurance for full purchase price. If you have your own collectibles insurance and want me to ship under your shipping label, that's fine. For this auction, I anticipate that all shipping will be by USPS flat rate medium box. You can propose an alternative shipping means, but I get a right of reasonable refusal if I'm uncomfortable with the means. I prefer payment by check, m.o., wire, Zell or equivalent; however, I am open to other options. I will generally take a return if notified within 3 days of delivery. Notably unique or exceedingly rare items are hard to value. A lot of buyers want the comfort of comparable sales. You will not get it on this thread. Buyers of notably unique or exceedingly rare items from me on this site include SOTIcollector. I can provide other references, including of five figure items, if desired. I have no doubt that none regret their purchases.

BUT my 1, 2, and 3 vote choices are 1, 2, and 3 in the poll right now!

I'm coming late to the voting. I would have been picking School Day Romances 4 very high if listed.

Gordon Christman Tracey Heft - Eclipse Paper I used Alexandra VonHawk to restore several pieces Alexandra VonHawk P.O. Box 546 Paisley FL. 32767 Lab phone is 352-669-7776 https://www.vonhawklabs.com She did exactly what she committed to do and I'm very pleased. I've also had one recommendation for each of these: Paper, Paintings and more Alexandra vonHawk, Fine Arts Conservator www.vonhawklabs.com alexandra@vonhawklabs.com +1.352.669.7776 She has an amazing on-line resume. Paper: Jonathan Derow - vetted for works on paper - http://www.jdconservation.com/ James Pascoe - https://www.jamespascoe.net/ Mark F McDermott - https://www.EarthshineStudios.com Andrea Pitsch - apnyc@rcn.com Amanda H. Malkin - https://www.paperlovesconservation.com Paintings: Jill Pratzon - amazing for works on board and canvas. HIGHLY recommended. - http://www.jillpratzon.com/ I would add that most major museums know of paper conservators. You might want to contact someone at a local museum and see if there is a conservator close to you. I use paper conservators for both US and Japanese works on paper that are (in the case of the US watercolors on paper) recommended to me by a major museum or (in the case of the watercolors on Japanese paper) are the top choice of many institutions and at least one Asian government. Conservators tend to specialize and I am most comfortable with someone with extensive experience working with the paper (presumably Bristol board) and pigments of my piece.

Burma's necklace pendant is also original art customized for the airport. I have seen a 1942 and 1944 Burma hand-colored prints with the original simple necklace pendant.

After a close examination, that appears to be the case. Burma appears to be printed with pressed on blacks, except for one spot where it appears Caniff wiped ink off of his brush into a black spot on her dress (or wanted to change or add texture who knows). There is no white out on Burma. In contrast, the background and balloons are a different color black, have texture consistent with brushing, have whiteout, and are carefully drawn so as to avoid touching the Burma figure. There obviously used to be a paste-up on the pilot of the near plane and there is a paste up copyright under Burma. But here, he apparently chose to put the background on the page with the printed Burma instead of pasting in a printed figure like he did with Lace. This is consistent with the fact that there are other Burma "hand-colored prints" with a figure of the exact same design ... except the necklace and which predate and postdate my piece. See here: Looking closely at the necklace pendant on my Burma, that also appears to be original art. My Burma piece is super cool. It may well be Caniff's earliest piece of this type. I have it listed for well below the Ms. Lace piece on the OA sales page. Feel free to check out the listing and I will entertain an offer.

That's being generous.

If you have some spare time, I'm sure we'd all love another ashcan thread!

eBay's fundamental business principle is to avoid ever touching any inventory. eBay's business is to (1) host classifieds - taking a percentage and (2) facilitate payments - taking a percentage, while all the while avoiding the many legal perils it could face if it ever touched the inventory. So what happened here is consistent with that principle. eBay bought Goldin, but sold the Vault operation to PSA. So eBay can now offer both its traditional classified ad service (where it does not touch the inventory at all) and a hybrid online-live auction model such as is presently offered by places like live Liveauctioneers (home to Hakes, PBA, etc.). PSA now does grading and vaulting, which presumably will include vaulting the items to be sold through Golden (mainly sports stuff which generally requires authentication). Both companies have agreed to stay in their lanes and to work with one another - probably a win-win. eBay gets auction referrals from PSA. PSA gets grading referrals from eBay. https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-collectors-enter-into-commercial-agreement-sign-deals-for-acquisition-of-goldin-by-ebay-and-acquisition-of-the-ebay-vault-by-psa/ I don't see Heritage as a player in the thinking on this eBay-PSA deal. It seems more motivated by focusing on their strengths. My guess is that Heritage is very happy staying a high end player that doesn't attempt to compete with eBay and its millions of small transactions. Heritage is going after a high end auction house model, and it is has climbed to the top of the second tier of auction houses. If Heritage wants an exits strategy, the most likely one is sell out to Christies or Sotheby. More likely, they will keep chasing those houses in the hope they can get closer to their size. They have a ways to go.

O'Mealia is my favorite DC artists of that time period. But a lot of ways to get that cover: Adventure 41, Flash Ashcan, Double Action 1 ashcan, anywhere else?

Milt Caniff's Male Call, which started in January 1943, was unplanned. The plan formed in 1942 was that Caniff would do a special version of Terry & The Pirates just for GIs on a weekly, not daily, schedule. And that version would star Burma as the GIs Pin-Up girl. What a lot of collectors don't seem to know, is that the plan was actually implemented and in October 1942 an entirely different version of Terry & The Pirates appearing only in military newspapers commenced with Burma as the star! An example of Burma posing and entertaining some soldiers with topless serving girls: However, a Florida civilian newspaper publisher got pissed when he realized that Army base newspapers in his area were publishing a "Terry & the Pirates" strip to the GIs that he didn't get. The syndicate caved to pressure, and Caniff had to create a new GI oriented strip that did not use the Terry name or its characters. That strip was Male Call and it started up in January 1943, ending Burma's run after just four months. Why does this matter? Because Burma was a hit with the GIs! And the GIs, including their bases, would write Caniff to send them a pin-up. What I'm offering here is a LOT more special than an ordinary "hand-colored print" by Caniff. This is a very very rare example of a hand-colored pin-up with an original hand drawn background and very suggestive dialogue custom made for the "The 43-14 Class at San Angelo School" of "Bombadier-Navigators" trainees. This piece was likely requested in late 1942 and issued by Caniff in January 1943 before or around when Ms. Lace and Male Call debuted. I've seen Ms. Lace and even the Dragon Lady in these type of GI oriented pin-ups later in time. But never Burma! Very rare, super cool, and likely very early for a customized GI pin-up. Caniff's stat figure of Burma is printed and the original-art background, comprising ink, blue wash, and one spot where a paste-up likely was placed is drawn and inked onto the Bristol board. The copyright line is an in-place paste-up. Dimensions, approximately 11" x 14". Might well have been used by the Camp Newspaper or printing office to provide a pin-up for each of the graduating class. Never seen such a printed copy. PICS: Close ups appear darker than the appearance in person. San Angelo Air Field was in San Angelo, Texas. Its mission was to train bombardiers for B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder medium, B-17 Flying Fortress, and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, and later B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers for combat missions during World War II. The art shows some toning (predominantly on reverse), some spot-staining, a bit of white-out, creasing, some wrinkles, possibly one very minor tear at the top, and a spot of adhesive residue (maybe where shading or a paste-up was peeled). Overall in very good condition. Again, the figure of Burma is not original art despite that there is some black ink in a shaded area of her dress. The background is original art. When will you see another? Like some of my past offerings on this site - maybe never. Take special note of the innuendo in Burma's dialogue! COMPARABLE: A very similar piece, albeit post-war for a 1946 soldier reunion and featuring a stat of Miss Lace, sold at Heritage less than a year ago for $2,400. See here: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/illustrations/milton-caniff-male-call-miss-lace-specialty-illustration-original-art-c-1946-/a/322326-49068.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 PRICE: Heritage's appears to be in worse shape. Still, in recognition of Heritage's fees, I'm willing to let this one for $1,600 or best offer. TERMS: First "take" wins. I am open to offers on all items, so feel free to PM me. But first "take" wins. So if you want to make an offer, make it quick and don't be surprised if I wait a bit to see if I get a "take" first. If you really really want an item, just say "take." Buyer pays actual shipping cost including insurance for full purchase price. If you have your own collectibles insurance and want me to ship under your shipping label, that's fine. For this auction, I anticipate that all shipping will be by USPS flat rate medium box. You can propose an alternative shipping means, but I get a right of reasonable refusal if I'm uncomfortable with the means. I prefer payment by check, m.o., wire, Zell or equivalent; however, I am open to other options. You can contact me by PM if you have concerns with terms. I am sure we can work out any concerns or questions.

If I was going to go the conservation route, I'd be looking for a paper conservator with experience with comic art. My experience is that the best conservators tend to specialize or subspecialize. I use a conservator for Japanese woodblock prints and watercolors, but I would not use him for US original art because his expertise is Japanese paper. I don't think I'd be interested in "restoration" - just a dry clean and press if safe and useful.

Psst - Gwen not MJ but I think you knew that. A possible third reason, the Mexican market in the 70s must have loved GGA:

Thanks!

Would you try to get it conserved first or not? The Miss Lace piece they sold looks grimy.