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Suscha-palooza Part 2:

I have a feeling that a lot of folks will be able to share some Suscha News Picture Frames. Read all about it! To be continued...

More Golden State Picture Frames:

The Golden State Collection was never recognized by CGC as a pedigree because Dan Greenhalgh from Showcase New England didn't keep a master list or issue certificates with the books. But it was a pretty amazing collection that Dan brought to market in late 1997. I somehow convinced my then girlfriend to borrow her mother's car and drive me from NYC to Wallingford Connecticut to get a shot at the books. By the time I got there, John Sargent and Tom Brulato had already raided the boxes but there were still plenty of sweet books left. I bought 129 books that day and wish I had bought double that. The girlfriend is long gone, but I still have the Picture Frames below. To be continued...

I don't think CGC detracts for centering, at least in any significant way,

I've never seen a complete accounting of the Western Penn pedigree story. I know it was a very impressive collection that included both Marvels and DCs. Here's an old post from the boards with some good information shared by linmoth (Tom Hanlin? sp?) I have just a handful of Western Penn PFs and they're pretty sweet - sharp corners and nice pages.

Really sharp books, Bob. And that’s pretty great about Gary’s family being at the auction, even if the circumstances leading to it were absolutely horrible.

Here's what I have from the Twin Cities pedigree: The Twin Cities Pedigree

Here's what I have from the Don Rosa Pedigree with the description cribbed from comicbookpedigrees.com: Accumulated by world-renowned and Eisner award winning comic book artist, writer, and historian, Keno Don Rosa, this collection contained every comic book and magazine issued from every publisher from 1966 to the late 1980's. Rosa began collecting in earnest in 1962, as he purchased each comic from the newsstands, read them only once, and carefully tucked them away in optimum storage conditions, using archival boxes and a climate controlled "vault." Because they were stored in such an environment with no use of polybags, each book exhibits a brilliant sheen, deep ink reflectivity, sharp corners and a fresh newsstand appearance. And I've been told by Greggy that this book is a Don Rosa copy as well:

I'm pretty light on Rocky Mountain Picture Frames. [

That’s a sweet looking book, Badger.

I got on eBay from Peter Przysiezny (comic4less) in 2012.

That book is kind of sort of somewhat slightly more than respectable, Joe.

This is the only Mass Picture Frame book that I own. I think it was the one that got away from your run of MOTOPs. I suspect we'll have to move on to Suscha News and Twin Cities PFs pretty soon.

Ditto! Thanks, guys! I had no idea. The only reason I found out is that I get an email when anything is posted in this thread. So Sean broke the news for me. I haven't done the interview. I'll have to think of something interesting to say.

Picked this up today at the Torpedo Con here in LA. It was my first show in more than four years. And it's my first Fantuccio book. I'd go back for more on both counts.

Just spent the day at the show. Really enjoyed it. I didn't check out the original art room. But the comic dealer room was pretty sweet. Just a room full of solid dealers with a lot of great books. Good clean venue, easy access. It had an old school vibe, but in the best possible way. I hope it becomes a regular thing and grows a bit. (But not too much.)

Thanks, Greg. I had a feeling you'd have the scoop on this.

I don't think I've ever seen a copy of this book in the wild.

Lots of beauties there, Bob. It's amazing that the Oakland MTU #1, 2, and 3 are all 9.8s. I can't think of many other collections that are such a great source of Picture Frames, especially with the romance, humor, and reprint titles. Maybe the Suscha News collection comes close. But I've never seen any Suscha romance or humor books. The Savannah collection seemingly had everything but also had page quality problems. The Don Rosa collection had Westerns and reprints but I don't think Don bought the romance or kids books. (Though I hope I'm wrong about this.)

I picked up some more Oakland books without subjecting myself to 3 plus hours on the subway. I picked up the Amazing Adventures #9 and #10 at the Chicago Con about a week or so later. I traded my the Golden State MTU #1 for the Oakland MTU #1. The MTAs and the Marvel Tales were already slabbed when I bought them years later.

Because stories are better with pictures:

Bear with me here, there’s a Picture Frame point to the story. A long time ago, a pre-Metropolis Vincent Zurzolo told me about a high grade late Silver and Bronze Age collection that he and Mike Carbonaro had bought from a meticulous collector in Oakland. Vincent offered me an early shot at the books but said I’d have to come out to his parents’ place in Far Rockaway where he, Mike, and Bob Storms had just about finished grading and pricing the collection. I had never been to Far Rockaway before but Vincent told me I could take the subway and he’d pick me up at the train station. Being the comic junkie that I was (and still am), I played hooky from work on and hopped on the A train at 14th Street and 8th Avenue in the West Village. This was exactly 20 years ago – July 12th, 1998. I had absolutely no idea that I would be on the train for about an hour and forty-five minutes. I didn’t even think it was possible to spend that much time on a subway without falling asleep and taking an oblivious round trip through the bowels of NYC. Eventually, I made it to Far Rockaway and Vincent picked me up, brought me to his parents’ house, and led me down to the basement. It was box after box of high grade heaven – uninterrupted runs of almost every title Marvel Zombie like me would want. I think there were DCs too. But I was busy devouring Spideys, Avengers, and X-Men. At the time, I was still trying to complete or upgrade my mainline hero runs like ASM, DD, Avengers, and X-Men. I bought a number of Picture Frame books that day - not because they were Picture Frames, but because they were sweet books. At the time, I had never heard the term “Picture Frames”. It wasn’t until these boards were in full swing years later that I learned they were a thing and I caught the bug. I bought 33 books total that day. The PFs were the Spidey #103, Avengers #93, 99, Cap #150, 151, Daredevil Annual #3, FF #125, Marvel Spotlight #2, 5, and Thor #201. While I was pulling all those hero books, it never occurred to me to look at titles like My Love, Our Love Story, or Millie the Model. I was a foolish boy and little did I realize that I was overlooking some hidden gems. About 5 years ago I was able to partially rectify my malfeasance and snag the My Love #15, 16, 17, 18, and Our Love Story #16 on eBay. And as I mentioned in my last post, Shel just helped me reunite the My Love #14 with some its sister books. It only took 20 years. Only.

Cosmically immeasurable thanks to Cosmic_Shel for my favorite acquisition in many years: