Moondog

Torres was one of the Fleagles so it's certainly possible others lent a hand. But it's equally possible he imitated or swiped from Fritz or Al. I knew you were going to say that AS! I was going to couch my theory with the same comment!

The lot that I lost out on were not marked, but they were definitely file copies since the seller worked at Western. All the copies he had were from the first color issue on.

Thanks, tb. What proof does CGC need to designate a book a File Copy?

I use the Steve Carey method...I mylar them with full backer board, then house inside a magazine mylar...works great and looks great! (thumbs u

This page sure as heck ain't only Torres. Williamson/and/or Krenkel bottom panel and Frazetta in panel 3...

TB, what is the origin of the books labeled as FILE COPIES? I believe I recounted the story of the file copies I lost out on - they were purchased by Bob Cook (who bought them for Steve Geppi). I believe Jim Payette may have ended up with some (all?) of them after buying them from Steve. Same find or different?

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Beautiful book, adam. The colorist (Marie Severin?) deserves a large share of the credit for making that cover so memorable. You are absolutely correct. Owning the original was difficult for me. It was my favorite Krigstein cover and one of my all-time favorite covers, but other than the doomed figure in the long boat, the original was an expanse of white with a huge circle (with a dot in the middle where a compass was used to draw it) and some wavy lines for water. Without the color it didn't evoke the feeling that the printed cover did. When I was made a VERY generous offer I decided to take it. I still wish I owned it today, but when I start to think about it again, the feeling begins to wane.

is right. I still rue the day I sold the cover to Piracy 6. An amazing image...

The panels were from 87th Precinct (FC #1309). Krigstein illustrated the entire comic. Here is a sample of his work from the book. One of my all-time favorite comics. I've only owned 2 copies in 35 years. There was a great critique of this issue in Squa Tront (I think...).

Sweet books, Mark.

One of my all-time faves! (thumbs u

Masterpiece! A Foster wannabe, but still an amazing layout.

I'd keep the LV...

Happy, healthy New Year, BZ, to you and your family!

The other day I read an interesting 2007 interview with James Halperin (Heritage Auctions co-founder) where he discusses his purchase of Harry Warner's historic collection of science fiction fanzines and says he is also "trying to put together a really complete selection of comic fanzines from 1969 and back." Link He also mentioned that he and Jerry Weist had been talking about writing a book on fanzines. Does anyone k now if they ever started that project? I sold Jim a nice collection of SF fanzines 4 years ago and mentioned to him that he should write a book. He said he didn't have the time...

Russ was asking around after the Sothbey's auction if anyone was interested in a complete Gaines HOF set. It was very reasonable as someone needed to raise cash quickly. I believe it went for double guide...

I don't quite remember it this way, Dukedog. My recollection is that the numbering was based on condition. No. 1 was the nicest copy. No. 2 the second nicest, etc. There were no grades on these books - just the ranking. The best copy was retained by Gaines and the others put into sets. I was collecting Piracy at the time and bought the top set available - No. 2 - through Russ' auction. A few years later the No. 1 became available (as Gaines or his estate decided to sell the best ones), and I subsequently bought that one too through Russ' auction. As Matt has said in a previous thread, the books were perfect for pressing. So the copy of ISF 30, which was the worst copy of the bunch, turned out to be a 9.8 after being pressed. This makes perfect sense to me since most of the flaws were packaging defects. I wish I had kept those sets! Anyone else buy any of these when they were first offered to confirm my recollection? When Russ Cochran first began promoting the collection, he sent out a brochure featuring an introductory article written by him, and another one written by Bob Overstreet. (I'll post links to these pages, as I made the scans very large for the sake of clarity.) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Thanks for clarifying everything for me Dukedog. My facts were a bit jumbled but the ranking by Overstreet was confirmed. Also, I remember now that I wasn't interested in a "mid-grade" set of Piracy so I waited until the best sets were auctioned off (getting the second-best set and subsequently the best set). What a great time that was for collectors! Hoo-Hah!!!!!!!

i've accomplished nothing! nothing! thanks to my former friend, moondog. How does the saying go - don't shoot the messenger? A true collector like Billy Parker would have it no other way. If there's one person who can handle the truth - it's Straw-Man! I can't wait to see a true WC in his unbelievable collection! ok, ok, you're back in my good graces. now find me a windy city!!!!!!!! Let me poke around down in the old Moondog vault...

I don't quite remember it this way, Dukedog. My recollection is that the numbering was based on condition. No. 1 was the nicest copy. No. 2 the second nicest, etc. There were no grades on these books - just the ranking. The best copy was retained by Gaines and the others put into sets. I was collecting Piracy at the time and bought the top set available - No. 2 - through Russ' auction. A few years later the No. 1 became available (as Gaines or his estate decided to sell the best ones), and I subsequently bought that one too through Russ' auction. As Matt has said in a previous thread, the books were perfect for pressing. So the copy of ISF 30, which was the worst copy of the bunch, turned out to be a 9.8 after being pressed. This makes perfect sense to me since most of the flaws were packaging defects. I wish I had kept those sets! Anyone else buy any of these when they were first offered to confirm my recollection?

i've accomplished nothing! nothing! thanks to my former friend, moondog. How does the saying go - don't shoot the messenger? A true collector like Billy Parker would have it no other way. If there's one person who can handle the truth - it's Straw-Man! I can't wait to see a true WC in his unbelievable collection!

Billy, I think you may need to look for another Windy City for your pedigree run. I didn't remember this title being in the collection so I double-checked my records to see what the original grade was for the book and confirmed that there was no listing in the original inventory. I then checked all the photos I have of all the books and it does not show up in any of them either. It's a shame that dealers in the late 80s were representing any nice GA number one with C/0W pages and/or a dusty cover as a Windy City. Clearly those characteristics aren't definitive enough to prove the claim. This photo has most of the big books of the 1930s and early 1940s.

Billy, do you have a Windy City in that collection of yours?

I have about 15 unread sets of these and cheerios books w/ the original mailers, all addressed to the same kid. As far as I know, they came in just the paper mailing envelopes. The idea of wrapping a comic in plastic probably would have won someone a trip to the looney bin back in the 1950's. Right. They weren't available in the boxes. You had to mail in for them. It appears you have nice copies that someone decided to protect back in the day.