stagedoorjohnny

28 & 29 definitely go together. Awesome.

Just a great book.

And a player to be named later...

Thank you Rick and Schommie. (thumbs u

Thanks Richard. You are the man! I agree, a scan will never do this book justice. It needs to be seen up close, personal, and always kept raw for people to enjoy. It's one of those. I'm fortunate enough to be the present caretaker of a lot of nice books, and this one is right up there. Needless to say... I'm PSYCHED!

First off, I would like to give a big shout out of kudos to Steve Carey for working with me on this book. First class all the way. This book is going from one very good home to another, but you already knew that. Thanks again. (thumbs u A few of my fellow forumites have recently had the opportunity to see this book live and in person. Those of you that have... you know why I am "giddy like a school girl" right now. This book is sizzlin', an absolute smoker. Chicago copy, properly coded on the inside margin of the 16th page and all:

I live where the hottest team in baseball is located. Hey hey, holy mackerel... no doubt about it...

It takes one to know one.

Since we're on Joker covers, here's my favorite:

Yep. I had a chance to look over that book in Chicago a couple years back with our very own Pedigreeman. It's a CGC 9.2 and we were both in agreement that the book actually looked a bit UNDERGRADED through its plastic tomb. Putting price aside, it is a beautiful book.

YIKES! That is, as we say in the hobby, a killer book! Thank you for sharing, BZ.

Mister Bedrock, you never cease to amaze me. Great books!!! Keep the scans comin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Book, Durden! That book is pretty much at the top of my want list.

Congrats on the new addition, very very nice. I've always had good experiences working with Bill as well.

I've never seen so many Reilly Timelys in my life! How many you got, man? Also, those MM & Cap #2's are phenomenal. I noticed the "P" on the MM #2, could it be a Pennsylvania? Not sure if there was one. If you gots a Cap #27, I'd love to see it. I got a feeling I'll fall out of my chair if posted. Please keep the thread hijack ROLLIN'! Great great stuff and thanks for sharing.

Great books, Bedrock. You're my hero and you can hijack this thread at any time as far as I'm concerned.

Beautiful book, I've always liked that cover. Central Valley's are .

That's one pesky squirrel.

Huh? I hope those are the Jack and Cokes talking.

I'm not sure I agree with this statement. Any collection that has been off the market for 30+ years will have a "freshness" buzz. And if I was interested in something like All American #6 (just an example, I'm not really after it) seeing this scan would whet my appetite and only make me want it more. In fact would it might kill is my desire to purchase one from another dealer or bid on one with Heritage knowing that this beautiful copy will be available one day. Nothing against SACentaur, but the copy of AA #16 Bang posted blows his away and can do nothing but build excitement for the whatever day he should decide it's time to sell. Same for the Adventure #40. If two years from now, Bang says "I have an unrestored Adventure #40 I am thinking about selling", people will be excited about a fresh one to market and if he hadn't posted a scan we wouldn't know how excited we should be and what amazing condition it is in. But now since he's posted the scans There will be the Holy Crud anticipation and excitement since everyone knows. Agree as well. You can post them all you want, Bangzoom, these books and this collection are special no matter what and nothing is going to change that fact. I am not in the camp that there are all these "undiscovered" Golden Age original owner collections floating around out there that we are not aware of yet. And high grade to boot. What we are witnessing here we may not see for the next 10, 20, 30 years? Who knows, maybe never again? With all these key books??? Bangzoom, fire away with the scans. It makes absolutely zero difference. And thank you for sharing these wonderful books with everyone. This is what makes these boards so great.

Sweet Jesus!!! I think I just saw a ghost!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the compliment, but trust me, I ain't even in the top 20 as far as these boards go.