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    Okajima pedigree

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    The ship has long ago sailed on “cheap” Okajimas… Way back when they first hit the open market, I bought a handful from Ron Murrary. They wern’t “cheap” even back then but special and I knew if I passed I would have been sorry so I tightened up my belt and bought them. Worked out very well for me…

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    Bob Beerbohm, June 17, 1952 - Mar. 27, 2024

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 3/29/2024 at 5:23 AM, CGC Mike said:

    I met Bob at a dinner that I hosted for the CBCA during NYCC around 2008.  Him and I both stepped outside for a smoke.  I really enjoyed listening to him about how it was with comics long ago.  I also had to remind him that he had not yet paid for the dinner, as everyone else did weeks ago.  He hated to give it up but, I was able to yank it out of his hand.  LOL  RIP Bob

    :roflmao:

    Bob Beerbohm, June 17, 1952 - Mar. 27, 2024

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 3/29/2024 at 5:33 AM, ThothAmon said:

    I know I have received packages over the millennia from Bob. I’m sure his personality was honed over decades of seeing all the shenanigans a comic book dealer has to put up with. Hopefully heaven has the musty smell of comics. 

    True. Dealing comics is a tough business. And guys like Bob and a few others still in the business have become a bit hardened to it. At the end of the day, many still do it not for the untold riches they reap but for the love of the medium that got them there in the first place. That and the fact that most would find it hard to work for someone else…

    There are still a handful of real old school dealers which I won’t mention by name. They all have their quirks and weird personalities but have lifetimes of knowledge in the hobby. Love them or hate them, they all have experience in the trenches and wonderful stories. Much more important than just getting a deal on a book.

    We have lost an another fountain of knowledge and experience in this hobby we all love so much. 

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    Bob Beerbohm, June 17, 1952 - Mar. 27, 2024

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    I remember going up to his store just after he purchased the San Francisco collection. Redbeard, McLaughlin and the boys at The American Comic Book Company had all made purchases and I'd seen the books. I was up in the Bay Area visiting my cousins and stopped by the store. I asked Bob about them and he trotted out several small boxes of them. Wow, they were beautiful. They were of course priced at "Bob's prices". None the less, he had me. After some long mental mental anguish, I pulled out 5 or 6 books I just had to have. He looked me right in the eye and said "pick three". I was a little shocked and I'm sure whined a little. He was animate, no more than 3 per purchase. So I narrowed it down to three paid and left. I ended up with what I wanted though because the next day I went back and got the other 3. He remembered me and was trying to get out of selling them to me until I reminded him of what he said the previous day. I think he was glad to just get rid of me...

    I bumped into him at SDCC a few years later and reminded him of the story. His explanation was that he wanted them spread out so many folks could get some. I really think he didn't want to get cleaned out by one dealer asking for a discount. :roflmao:

    We didn't see eye to eye much but we both loved the medium and at the end off the day, that's probably true with most of us. 

     

    Recent CGC PULP purchases.

    in Pulp Magazines

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    On 3/26/2024 at 6:30 AM, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ said:

    Just wanted to comment on the actual slab.

    This just arrived, it's robust and substantial and heavy. It's an inch thick and so quite easy to see why CGC waited until they had the logistics sorted out for slabbing pulps.

    All I can say is that anyone planning on an abundant collection of encapsulated pulps is going to need a lot of room at their disposal.

    It's a monster!

     

    I plan to get a handful graded but storage has gotton to be an issue for me. Unslabbed pulps take up a lot more room than comics already…

    Will CGC Note Pedigrees on Pulp Labels?

    in Pulp Magazines

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    On 3/26/2024 at 8:55 PM, detective35 said:

    Good point about the photocopy of the cert.

    You could ask Matt and maybe he had allow you to send a photocopy of the certificate when you send it in and keep the original or if you have to send the original certification in, just take a picture of it.

    If that's the case and they lose the  certification, Dave will probably have a master list.

    As far as file copies go, that's tricky, because if it's a "Popular" file copy and there's no stamp on the outside of the inside. you'll probably have to get as much lineage as possible so it can be traced back to the source of the main people that bought the file copies, or at least back to the people that bought them directly off the original people that got them directly from the Popular warehouse!

     

     

    Hopefully a copy of the eBay listing from David T Alexander will work for the writer’s file copy I want to submit. 

    Will CGC Note Pedigrees on Pulp Labels?

    in Pulp Magazines

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    On 3/26/2024 at 9:56 PM, Dr. Love said:

    Yes to the photocopy. That's what I do now with Crippens. Probably no to file copies, too murky.

    Thanks Andy. I’d much rather lose a photocopy than an original COA. I never got back an original signed Gaines COA years ago.:sorry:

     

    Will CGC Note Pedigrees on Pulp Labels?

    in Pulp Magazines

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    Will CGC give ped status to a Yakima with a photo copy of the cert? I would hate to send the original and lose it like what happened to a Gaines file I sent in early.

    I also have a couple file copies I bought from David T Alexander that came from a writer’s files. No certificate but have the eBay listing. Would that count for a notation on the label? 

    Son of My 50 Year Junk Obsession

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 3/25/2024 at 12:58 PM, jimjum12 said:

    Barely an hour out of the gate, and they're already VG :cloud9: ....GOD BLESS ...

    -jimbo(a friend of jesus)(thumbsu

    Is that all that surprising? They were cheap items for kids. We used to roll them up or stuff them in our backpacks after hitting the drug store on our way home from school on our Sting Ray bikes. No one was concerned about condition or future value then.

    Son of My 50 Year Junk Obsession

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 3/25/2024 at 9:53 AM, ThothAmon said:

    Any idea what this ring was a premium for?  Seemed to go for a pretty penny on eBay. 
     

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    1938 Quaker Oats Monogram Ring. Attributed to Mr. Tracy. I am quite surprised at the closing number. A tough piece but not all that exciting. A couple of Tracy completeists must have wanted it bad. Heck, I’d sell mine for a WHOLE lot less…:roflmao:

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