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I can sort of see it. I mean, it's one of those things if you look hard enough...

I love me some Reddy. That wood-jointed Mr. Peanut is a treasure as well. Staring at that GE figure, it takes all my imagination to see the Parrish influence, but after a while... yeah, maybe. Nothing obvious a la Knave of Hearts or Edison Mazda-esque, but maybe a little sumptin-sumptin.

I was pleasantly surprised to find these mixed in with some 1950's Popular Science: June 1944 March 1943 November 1943

And just to prove I'm a sucker for good graphics no matter WHERE I find them: [

RM, those psychedelic rock posters made me think of these greeting cards from the 60's: (when and where is the question!) (I like you the best!)

Amazing stuff, everyone. There are some discerning collectors out there. No wonder we all gravitate to golden age comics as well... The above are Muchas, yes? I have never seen these particular images. One of my occasional diversions is to sit down with an old Postermania catalog and pick out my favorite poster from each page.

I'm sure you bought some of these back in the day -ergo, you've done very well. Some truly classic posters and all the right acts one would want if you were going to start your own museum. Real treasures, RM.

I've heard of one or two of those people... I like that Geisel signs as "Ted" on the Seuss letterhead. Do you specialize in entertainment mostly? Or do you branch out into historical, sports, etc.?

Cool! Do you work in the field? What got you started? I fixed a pinball once for a guy who had a nice collection of that same model as you (Western Electric?). He told me what colors were the toughest, but I forgot. We had a yellow one, my friend had an avocado one.

Wow, RM, talk about the gamut of character matchbooks! I have long craved the Mighty and the Shadow, but I had never seen the Terry. The Archie is a winner as well. The Tom Mix arcade game double has got to be uber scarce. Great coin-op crossover item.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I have a few pre-flipper pins that I can't let go of because they're so durn pretty, but they are boring to play. The small flipper ones I can deal with. It's been a loooonnnggg time since I've seen a bingo on location. I have a couple like Coney Island and Big Show but they are horrible to work on. They have these stacks of wiper discs and scanning units to mechanically analyze all those number combinations and the cloth-insulated wires are always faded so it's often useless even if you have a schematic. They look really, really cool though!

Those are quite striking, with the middle example being my favorite. I have a lot of popular American editions with plates by Wyeth, Rhead, Schoonover, etc. Most of them are aimed at younger readers.

Yikers. It's not something I keep up with over on the 'Bay. I will tell my wife not to throw them out when I'm put out to pasture. I like getting a run of covers from a certain geographic area that reflects a family vacation or relative collecting locally. Night clubs are especially cool - Stork Club, Pago Pago, Café Society...

J-E-A-L-O-U-S!! But as I wrote above, I'm sort of a cheap-@ss, so I'll probably never own an example if I stubbornly insist in finding it in a box...

And kudos to the sellers who score like that as well as the buyers who are happy to find an elusive item, but I recall you writing once about you swimming in the middle of the pool (I think you're being modest!): well, I swim in the shallow end. I can't imagine shelling out that sort of dough for something like that. I can buy several shoe boxes of covers in the wild for that and have plenty more fun going thru them. Different strokes, I guess.

Killer cover, but yes, that IS a little surprising! Big-time crossover interest in breweriana, though. One cover I have never found (unfortunately) is the Blue Coal featuring a certain pulp hero...

Very cool. Entrenched pols from both sides of the aisle would do well to heed the motto on the Lincoln reverse... that whole BY the people, FOR the people nuisance n all.

I couldn't find it. Any keywords that you recall to narrow the search? By the way, I like how the 'Bay corrects you when you write "Segar" and it searches for "sugar." Defiant little cyber-demons!

Bummer... but it seems you're on the lookout, so good luck! Were those sketches listed recently? On the 'Bay? If so, I'd like to find them.

These totally ooze history. Wonderful artifacts. The Lincoln visage is really compelling, and what looms larger than Lexington in the early annuls? Great share!

Boy, you sure don't mess around. A Seuss, Addams, and Schulz to lead off with. Who's on your wish list next? I can't hang in those circles, but man o' man would I love a piece from each of the heavy hitters - an Outcault, McCay, Opper, Foster, Raymond, Hogarth, Caniff... Lucky are those among us who get to be custodians of stuff like that.

How far back do you like to venture as far as brochures go? I am by no means a completist, and I've collected (mostly traded for) examples from every decade: