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Just pretend we're a bit slow here in Australia (it's a stretch, I know) - which PLOD one? There's a couple of nice PLOD books in the Heritage Nov auction - the FC 29 is especially nice... but not color touched.

Gotta ask - do you have a licence to print money? The rate you buy seriously nice comics is astounding. Those are some great books!

I think this is a good innovation - for all of the reasons others have outlined. The one query I have is regarding reserves - I assume that the opening bid (in this case 20c) is the 'reserve' and highest bidder thereafter wins? I wouldn't want to see hidden reserve prices on these.

Given the recent posts in this thread, I feel almost embarrassed to post this. But not quite - this was an ebay pickup and I was delighted with the cost/quality deal I got. The book looks nicer in hand and has wonderful gloss. Dell giants.

Something everyone needs - nice pickup.

I'm sure others more knowledgeable will chime in, but there are other examples of Dells where some copies have an ad and others comics on the back cover. Barrier's book on Carl Barks notes some. At a quick look I found: FC 1055 and 1150 Daisy Duck's Diary FC 1047 1095 and 1184 Gyro Gearloose

Wow - your books are so consistently cool! Thanks for the kind words, and you know where to PM a for sale list....

As you know, I've been helped along by some great sellers.

Here's my modest (but growing) collection of WDC&S under 100. I've held out for fine or better on everything except #58 (and that one presents well for its grade). My hand trembles over the bid button when I see lower grade early ones on ebay, but I'm managing to hold out... so far. Anyone got a lead on a nice #46 - my current mini-grail?

Scrooge, I'm curious about this one - that (great) movie had some fairly adult themes and not a whole lot of action. How well does it translate into a Four Color?

A big trans-Pacific thanks to Bonds25 for adding a great 1942 WDC&S to my slowly-expanding collection. Great stuff Matt - cheers.

Impressive chair!! Are the buttons for decorative purposes only or do they control some special features? And do you have one that moves to get around in? One beep for 'yes' two for 'no'.

This is a not especially interesting 1973 Australian reprint of a Dell FC issue that I just got from eBay. What makes this comic special (for me - it's merely inflicted on you) is that it is one of my childhood collection - the stamp on the front is one my dad let me use and I marked most of my comics that way. It was the usual story, collection given away when I went off to university etc etc. It was kind of cool to be reunited 30 years later! There was even a puzzle inside the back page I filled out. I got it right.

Nice lot of ducks you have there 30sFG. Some of my favourite covers too. You just reminded me to get looking for a nice #142 - a low low grade copy was the first Dell comic I ever owned and it remains one of my favourite Barks covers.

That was going to be the first in my collection!! Dang - it's always more fun when you don't know who you've outbid.

Andrew, I thought about PMing you to make sure we weren't bidding against each other, but to be quite honest I figured it wouldn't matter b/c I didn't expect to win! My top bid was around $200 and I figured it would be clobbered several times over...I was really surprised that the book finished well under that. Anyway, it's a good sign...I'm sure there's a #20 out there with your name on it. (thumbs u Jon, I thought about bidding and was going to PM you for the same reason. But I got my nice #22 a couple of weeks ago and decided to let this one go. There's no doubt that there are some good duck books to be bought at remarkably agreeable prices right now. There's one in this week's Heritage that I want too... And at a great price!

Andrew, I thought about PMing you to make sure we weren't bidding against each other, but to be quite honest I figured it wouldn't matter b/c I didn't expect to win! My top bid was around $200 and I figured it would be clobbered several times over...I was really surprised that the book finished well under that. Anyway, it's a good sign...I'm sure there's a #20 out there with your name on it. (thumbs u Jon, I thought about bidding and was going to PM you for the same reason. But I got my nice #22 a couple of weeks ago and decided to let this one go. There's no doubt that there are some good duck books to be bought at remarkably agreeable prices right now. There's one in this week's Heritage that I want too...

Beautiful Jon - I was tracking that one and am really pleased to see that you got it. Now I'm after one...

Just in from Heritage. Love those WWII funny animal books.

(thumbs u Thanks for posting! This thread and its inhabitants do NOT discriminate on the basis of grade. Only on the basis of being non-Duck-related, and even then we've allowed some posts of that Mouse fellow. Yes, welcome aboard. And if you go back to the very start of this thread, you'll see that it's been downhill since day one in any case...

It's the analyst in me speaking, but what would be interesting is the per capita number of probationers. I suspect the overall number of board members has grown at a similar rate and there is about the same proportion of problem children.

Truly they are things of beauty Jon.

Welcome aboard! Duff Man has answered your question, but if you stick around here you will learn a lot from some great people.

Awesome books. How many more do you need?

I was watching that one. Very glad you snagged it, Andrew! What a beauty! Thanks Jon - I'm very pleased. It's my earliest WDC&S (by 36 issues) and a pre-Barks one to boot with a patriotic cover. Very cool.