PedigreeMan

Having attended this dinner the one and only time I ventured to San Diego for Comic Con, I have to give a huge thumbs up endorsement for it. Super well-run, great and personable attendees, and just super fun. Definitely recommend hitting it if you can!

I want 'em back.

I'm in, and I'm RSVPing for TheEnabler, too ... Thanks, as always, for running this, Angelo!

My buddy, Minh (TheEnabler here) is in, also.

Whole bunch of old-timers crawling out of the woodwork here ... (OG member of the comicinvestor.com boards, too ... That was a magical week. )

(Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a War Book ... shoot me.) Why so many Salidas buried in a Silver Age forum thread? I get the impression you guys are hiding from me! Nobody luvs me! On a serious note ... how much of the original Salida list do you think we could reconstruct just with the books that have been posted in various threads here on the boards? Not to mention the "hidden" books that everyone is too chicken to show!

(Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a War Book ... shoot me.) Why so many Salidas buried in a Silver Age forum thread? I get the impression you guys are hiding from me!

There is a Church copy of #13, which is around vf condition. Odd ... the original Church catalog has NA #13 listed as a "VG." Then again, the #14 is graded as a "Fine," which would make the copy you posted one of the nicest "fine"s on the face of the planet!

You sure know how to make them "disappear". Fer cryin' out loud, I've been harrassing Aman enough via PM lately ... do I have to resume sending him Salida questions now? Why'd you stop? He's like you ... won't sell 'em to me!

I've heard conflicting reports on how much Bruce kept of the Salida find. The prevailing thought is that it wasn't much .... That being said, however, about five years ago a lot of 42 Salida war books popped up on eBay via an Arizona comic book store. The provenance statement I got with the ten I cherry picked from it when the auction failed to meet reserve implied that the books came from Bruce himself. It could have just been a poorly written statement, though. Someone else here may have additional insight. As for Bruce himself ... when I talked with Stephen Ritter at the Motor City Con, he said he believed that Ellsworth was currently out of the country and probably wasn't doing much dealing nowadays. Too much information, so little time to collect it .... Alan

You sure know how to make them "disappear". Fer cryin' out loud, I've been harrassing Aman enough via PM lately ... do I have to resume sending him Salida questions now? Or should I just start PMing you, "Adam?"

Still no Salidas yet, Shep? Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find one eventually .... And then you'll sell it to me after I make you an offer you won't be able to refuse! Alan

3.5) Sell any Salidas in the collection to me.

Methinks Tim needs to stop speed posting and actually read what he writes from now on. Lowenville? That's worse than nearmint and his "O'Reilly" designation. Also, the above post implies that the Loweville collection was used as insulation. It was not; the books simply slipped behind a custom magazine rack into a wall cavity. Alan, the Pedigree Proofreader

i don't exactly follow. i gather the following timeline: Advertisement 1970s --> Jack Mallette ownership --> Gary Colabuono ownership 1992 --> 2002 Mastronet Auction was Gary the person who had seller's remorse? did u own the book at some point? Moondog == Gary Colabuono

Hokey smokes, Redhook! What a tremendously cool find! Have you asked the eBay seller where they got it from? Stuart D. (nochips) told me about some collection of books out of Nevada (?) that was original owner but had Mile High-like markings on them. The belief was these books were part of the same distribution network that fed Denver while old Edgar was buying his hoard. (Or something like that ... somebody get Stuart over here to clarify!) What an odd, odd hobby comic collecting is ....

Gorgeous book, Andy! That canary yellow really shows through on the scan. That has to be gorgeous in person. eBay purchase or do I need to quit my job so I can follow you around to comic book stores in the area all day?

Let's see 'em, Joe!

But aren't the date stamps just as unique as any store stamp? Sure, they're not as obvious at first glance, but once you see enough of them you start to get a feel for what's what. I'm sure Brad can pick out a GR by the date stamp alone, Tom clearly knows what he's looking for with Bethlehems, and I can pick a Salida out by smell (the date stamps on them just make it easier ). CGC has certainly seen a lot more of these books (Salidas excluded) than the aforementioned gents, so why should we give them a pass in identifying pedigrees? Especially when they have a guy on staff whose business card reads "Pedigree Expert." Unidentified pedigrees with no markings whatsoever, of course, are a whole other case, but even those can be identified (or ruled out) with a bit of investigation. After all, someone from CGC called Jeff (nearmint) up thinking a book with no distinguished markings he had submitted was an Edgar Church copy .... Ultimately, I don't see what's so hard about these pedigree checks given CGC's resources. Just my two cents.... Alan

CGC blows another one! Good pick-up on your part, Tom! And good eyes, also!

Interesting. I'd never seen a date stamp like that on any Bethlehems before, so I checked Heritage's archive. The only CGCed Bethlehems there with a "D-prefixed" stamp are some "Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds" and a "Forbidden Worlds." The cream to off-white pages are a good indicator .... I'm curious if there are any dust shadows on the back ... if so, I'd agree with you 100%, Tom. If not ... like I said, it's interesting. Alan

If you are going to be the burninator, the correct term is "mans," not "members." Come on, fhqwhgads. I see you jockin' me.

Thanks, Tim. First laugh I've had from these boards in I don't know how long. I'll give ya Bethlehem (even with their "unexceptional structural quality") and maybe Curator because the story around it is so unique ... and if hard-pressed for another might even be persuaded to throw in Green River, again, for the story and because I like Brad more than you (). But WM, PC, and WP? Alan the Purist

Way to represent, Tim! I knew my pimpin' of the pedigree would pay off! ... Uh oh, I gotta go answer some nasty PMs from Greggy now .... Mack Daddy Alan

Finally some GA love in this thread!