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That's a gorgeous Church copy of Keen Detective Funnies, Ryan. Feel free to post any of your other GA books.

Yes.

Well, my boy Flessel got shut out of the top 10 in each of the polls. But that won't stop me from keeping his tribute alive. Here's Detective #16:

Hkp, the fact that you are trying to upgrade books in that condition speaks volumes about the unbelievable quality of your collection. What is the lowest graded book that you are trying to upgrade?

Those are awesome Adam. Thanks for posting them.

Adam, I would love to see a group shot of your Golden Age books, . . . but then you would probably have to take it in a giant warehouse.

Not a bad copy of a scarce Barks book.

To my knowledge, the Church copy is the best copy.

That is a beautiful book, but how Metro could call it a vf/nm is a mystery to me. The stress around the staples alone easily drops it to an 8.0 or less. This really brings into question Metro's credibility on grading.

If you are interested in higher grade duck books, I have consigned some to the Heritage Amazing Comics one-week auction that started tonight. The average grade is CGC 9.0 and most of the books are either the highest or second highest graded CGC copies. Examples include the highest CGC graded copies of WDC&S #156, #157 and #162 (all 9.0), Donald Duck #40 (9.0), Dell Giant Comics Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #6 (9.2). There is also a very nice copy of Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #1 (CGC 9.0, 2d highest). All of these books have either white or off-white pages and are being listed with no reserve. I am mentioning this here because many of us duck fans do not keep tabs on the weekly Heritage Amazing Comics auctions. In the meantime, to keep this post from being nothing but a plug, here is another one of the March of Comics duck books: RHG

Ft88: In case you are not already aware of it, there are 3 nice file copy Bugs Bunnys (#34, #45, #49) currently being offered in the Heritage Amazing Comics Auction that is set to end tomorrow. The current bids are quite low. You should check it out.

As with all your other books hkp, simply outstanding!

I am listing them all at no reserve, so there should be some good deals to be had.

Here is another one of the elusive Barks March of Comics books. This is No. 4, which has the classic Barks story, "The Maharajah Donald": By the way, I wanted to let the Board's duck fans know that I have consigned several dozen early 1950's duck books to the next few Heritage Amazing Comics Auctions, which will be running from October 30 through December 4. Most of the books are graded between 7.5 and 9.2 (the grades were very conservative), and are either the highest or second highest graded CGC copies. Also, almost all of them have white pages. If you are interested in duck books from this era, you should check them out. I am letting them go to offset some of my recent purchases. RHG

Hkp, that has got to be one of the most impressive collections I have seen. The fact that you have multiple copies of most of the books is even more amazing. Congratulations.

Awesome books Mark. I especially like the More Fun #42, Is that the earliest Church book with a double cover?

Since this thread was bumped, I'll post another of my Flessel covers. Here is Detective #4 from the Lost Valley collection:

That's a beauty Mark. When did you get it? And when are you going to update your website with all of your recent More Fun acquisitions?

No, that makes the cover appearance even more unusual.

Here is one of the rarest Superman covers of all: His only appearance in DC's first title, More Fun Comics.

Ian, what I don't understand is why anyone would have an incentive to insist that you keep information that is of great interest to the collecting community "confidential". Your anonymous source can keep his identity secret, but why won't he let you disclose what he told you about the history and authenticity of Double Action #1? The very fact that he is keeping everything secret raises questions about the legitimacy of the book. Ian, you still have not responded to my question (quoted above).

Ian, what I don't understand is why anyone would have an incentive to insist that you keep information that is of great interest to the collecting community "confidential". Your anonymous source can keep his identity secret, but why won't he let you disclose what he told you about the history and authenticity of Double Action #1? The very fact that he is keeping everything secret raises questions about the legitimacy of the book.

Can anyone provide a scan of an interior page of one of these ACG 3D books, so that we can see an example of what Adam is talking about?

I saw it yesterday Ian, and it looks great. Whoever did the restoration did a nice job.

Anybody know what happened to CentaurMan? He's been absent for ages.