Ameri

Great cover for sure!

Thanks for the fantastic history of the pedigree. I used to have the Aeroplane Amazing Man 11, but sold it years ago. I still have this one.  

Yes, it's issue 15 of CBM. Charlie Roberts interview

I think I posted this one somewhere else years ago. There's quite a few of these 1913 editions of Oh Skin-nay on Ebay so it must not be very rare or they printed millions of them but I was able to get this autographed copy a few years ago and I researched the signers as best I could (I added the notes). It must have been popular because it also resulted in a 1913 sheet music which I was able to find too. I also bought a second copy because that one came in the original cardboard mailer. I wonder if most of these types of books were sent to booksellers in these types of mailers and sold to the public that way. 

CBM article

Recent pickup. A train wreck for sure but with a lovely word balloon  

I agree that the Bucky panels might indeed be Shores. Shores was there from the beginning and he could mirror Kirby's style quite well. Just so odd that CGC would list art by S&K in a 1944 Timely. Bedrock theorized that perhaps Kirby lettered the ad but would CGC call lettering "art by S&K"? 

On 4/3/2024 at 11:02 PM, buttock said:

The Cap in the ad is pretty clearly Syd Shores.  

Cap definitely looks like Shores in the ad, but I was looking at this Cap 4 panel and the pose seems similar to the Bucky pose in the 1944 ad. Could the Bucky paper drive panels been prepared just before S&K left Timely? I'm not acquainted with the timeline of this ad or when it first appeared. I've seen the early Cap ads but I don't remember the paper drive panels.   

The Shield from the waist down isn't quite right

I bought a lot of books from Bob back in the 70's. Then about 15 years ago, I got this Spirit 1 from him for a decent price. He was quite a character for sure but I always had positive interactions with him. RIP Bob

cool. I only have these 2

This one is from 1926. The card is hand-colored and the water damage has run some of the colors right off the card. In the days of silent movies prior to the invention of good quality full-color printing, studios would have lobby cards printed in black and white and then would hire women to hand-color the cards one at a time. So, each card was colored slightly differently. Like many cards, this one was linen-backed to protect the card which in movie poster world is acceptable restoration. The cloth kept the card pliable.