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Pickie

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  1. Pickie
    Thanks! I just looked that copy up on HA.com, great! It was the Crippen copy of "My Confession" #7 that made me think of this topic this morning, btw.
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    But it's 2018 now ...
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    Such a historic collection! Young Davis started at the age of 9 and collected each and every issue ... Must have been a great source to obtain some rare* books - not necessarily keys - from, I take it. * "rare" in the sense of virtually unseen
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    Yeah, sort of ... (No private interests in the WWW and no need to back then.)
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    In 2006, I hadn't been online yet, let alone lurking on these boards. What a hoard. Care to share some memories of the find hitting the collector's world and of your purchases?
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    Beautiful book at all times.
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    Yeah, that's a good point. Buy what other collectors and museums buy, but you've got to love it, so that it's not for the reason of competition or of investment. Easy enough.
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    Hard to believe that you got such a work as part of a comic book for just 10 cents. What do you get for the converted amount these days ... OP wants a number: 370k Lucas museum would be a nice place, wanna go and visit some day.
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    Just noticed that you'd been looking for back issues. In Berlin the place to go would have been the "Romanboutique" (no "comic" keyword in the name), run by Peter Skodzik, author of the German Comic Book Bibliography (1946-1970) and of the Comic Book Price Guide, since 1970. Here's a link with the address: http://www.romanboutique.de/Comics/ComicsHethke/Wir_/body_wir_.html Maybe on your next visit? ☺ Greetings from Hannover/Germany /P.
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    Much better than having Edgar Church online. ? BZ = only uber-collector of his time who has the objects and shares some stories and backgrounds. And who knows when to take photos (only yesterday I came across the 2-pages-thread with the advertising flyer showing two Centaur books, from the former Geppi museum). Last not least all in all so inspiring for other - younger - collectors.
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    Greetings from Lake Garda, Italy! ?
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    A big "thank you" from a lurker. It's a great pleasure to see all those covers for the first time and in such pristine conditons to boot. Beautiful things ...
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    Very true, I think. How many millions more and how much more publicity do you need to pull an AC1 from a long-time collection? None. It's not a matter of growing value any more, I think. One has surpassed that point already. The books in question won't come along until the owners decide to give them up for another reason and many will leave that to their heirs, I think.
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    The "Vacation Time" splash panel was used for the front cover of "Mickey Mouse Special Issue" #16 in German language countries in Juli of 1954. Complete story = 1 comic book. Only book where they forgot the prices for Switzerland, "Saargebiet" (Saar Protectorat), Austria and Italy on the cover (see beneath the bridge), was stamped on after printing. ("Duck Family on Vacation Tour") You can't have enough of them!
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    I just have to say that if there hadn't been Carl Barks I'd be a very different man. These days I enjoy going with the CB edition by Fantagraphics. First time read for me in the original language = double fun.
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    You need to go to the completed or to the sold items on ebay and to filter appropiately. There you have the item with pics (FC & BC) and full item description ($9,100). Beautiful cover illustration! ? Well, since I'm at it: (Photo by Sparkle City Comics) "Action Comics #2 2nd Superman Ever 1.0 Fair COMPLETE Golden Age Comic Book Key Sparkle City Comics is proud to offer this AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL Action Comics #2. This is not a reprint or anything other than the genuine article. This Action #2 presents very beautifully! This book is in approximate 1.0 FAIR condition and has cream to off-white pages. This book does have some slight professional restoration, including tear seals, color touch, pieces added and tape. All the pages have pieces added to them but it does NOT affect the story and the book doesn't have staples."
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    Raw or slabbed? ? Now, that would be ALL about eye appeal ....Anything between 150k and 300k? Like a near-complete spine split, some amateur painted panels, two different owner stamps inside, back cover with loooong tear? Dream book!
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    Oh well. If I had 150k (which I don't) - and only that amount - to spend in a hobby grail once in a lifetime I'd definitively hesitate to go for an AC1 like this. Props to all those bidders. I suspect there was quite a bit of calculation and "due diligince" involved in order to step that far forward. How is the next 0.5 or 1.0 AC1 on the market going to look like? ?
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    Agreed on restoration works for books that otherwise are really a pain in the eye (done that, too).
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    Could be that as soon as the universals go out of reach it would be more like a "forced" attitude/decision to the benefit of the purple and grey labels and of the incomplete copies ... Either way -- at what point in time is it going to be cheap again? no clue ...
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    More NEW bidders in the field (one of which current high bidder at 131,100). You guys in the GA ... https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/382488937438?item=382488937438&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
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    I'm interested in where exactly would you take this from. With high end books, isn't it all about availability and price? And with more common books, isn't it the same? Would you take a restored/conserved book over a raw book in the same price range? I'd rather not. Love the authenticity ... (Fine art/original art should be a different matter altogether because of uniqueness?)
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    The seller's great idea to offer it raw is paying off, he'll get a good price and one buyer's gonna be happy.
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    Most likely from Austria. Switzerland or Germany are also possible, even the "Saarland" ("Saar Protectorate": from 1947 to 1956, the "Saarland" was a French-occupied territory) is possible (history on those advertising posters hasn't been explored yet). Danish publisher "Egmont" got the copyrights for those countries and started distribution in 1951.
  25. Pickie
    Hi Robot Man, I'd like to share something with you and the boardies as a dedication to this thread. After years of hunting and having asked everywhere and everyone I eventually lucked out and got a reply to a permanent qualified ad of mine and were able to purchase this advertising poster -- one of my duck "grail" covers. It later became prominent as a litho called "Sailing the Spanish Main". It's also supposed to be the first theme Barks had performed for a fan, Glenn Bray, if I'm not mistaken, in oil (in some variations to follow up for other fans). It's folded twice but nevertheless beautiful and it's a "Gerber 10". Enjoy /P. Carl Barks, Sailing the Spanish Main, 1949 (Newsstand poster, 1953) As to the dimensions: