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I can easily imagine life in 2117.  After years of rule by the priests of the Temple of Syrinx, the Solar Federation has returned and assumed control.  People have brought out their old guitars and started to play music that was suppressed by the priests as "a waste of time".  That leads to the re-emergence of other things that had been considered a waste of time by the priests, including playing games on the computers that filled the halls of the temple, and children's pamphlets featuring brightly costumed people performing superhuman feats.  Soon, a bustling trade develops in said children's pamphlets, particularly those that looked as good in 2017 as as they did in 2077.

Never ever consult with the wife before making a buying decision. 
Much easier to just do what you want to do and ask for forgiveness later.

Never ever consult with the wife before making a buying decision. 
Much easier to just do what you want to do and ask for forgiveness later.

Having worked for several HK billionaires in my time, I can tell you that the thing they really like to collect, more than anything else, is more money.  You have the odd one here and there like Joseph Lau who acquired some major art pieces, but many can be summed up in a conversation that I had with one 10 odd years ago: "Art?  I know nothing about art.  What I know is property and making money.  I'm good at property and I'm good at making money. I like to own property and I like to make money."  
 Ironically, one of the guys I worked for is nicknamed "Superman" in the local media.  But I can just imagine his reaction if I'd said "Here's an American comic book from 1938 in a plastic case that's worth millions of dollars, this is where you should put your money.  Look, it's got Superman on the cover, it's his first appearance!"  The only question would be how far his Gurkha bodyguards would throw me down the street. 

Sorry to hear that Richard.  Best of luck with this auction.

Yeah, that little company named Ali Baba puts buyers and sellers together through faxes and phone calls.

In my list of things that I'm concerned about, "comic dealer's feelings being hurt" ranks somewhere around #4,637,243. 

You need to be selling this in a year when I haven't already blown all my money! 

Man I love this hobby! 

Man I love this hobby! 

And would have brought you heap loads of scorn for spending so much money on comics.  Just ask the Dentist.

An older acquisition.
 

My newest acquisition from Edgar's stash.

ftfy

A few more
 

An older acquisition.
 

My newest acquisition from Edgar's stash.

An older acquisition.
 

An older acquisition.
 

My newest acquisition from Edgar's stash.

An older acquisition.
 

My newest acquisition from Edgar's stash.

My newest acquisition from Edgar's stash.

An older acquisition.