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    Great Comics #1 Recil Macon Pedigree

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    On 1/26/2023 at 7:08 PM, PeterPark said:

    So I read the website, and see that you are here. Can you help with what happened to start selling the collection? There was talk of some books being stolen and of a son selling some. I don't know your sibling situation but it would be a real treat to hear more. Assuming you are the particular son that is mentioned, that is...

    I'm happy you were able to get this book and wish you good luck finding more. While not a pedigree, I have my dad's childhood comics and they, too, are a priceless treasure.

    I saw some in Abilene before he sold the collection so I think that's why he personalized them the way that he did. He'd mentioned a few times that he'd loaned 'em out and never got them back.

    I didn't sell them. He did.  It was right before he retired so I can only speculate that he wanted that sale kept under wraps so it

    didn't affect his social security.

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    Great Comics #1 Recil Macon Pedigree

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    You get giddy mixed with nostalgia and even some tears are shed when you realize the latest find is that much sweeter and more personal to you.

    The "ink mark" on the cover that would turn most off turned out to be a homemade stamp or possibly personalized art work that my dad, Recil Macon, placed on this book.

    Once I realized that he added this ink along with that wonderful signature to the cover of this book it became priceless to me.  81 years ago and time stands still. 

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    Marvel comics #1

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    On 2/25/2022 at 4:11 PM, lou_fine said:

    Well, from this cover image here, I guess old sly Recil was more of a "leg man" than anything else.  :blush:

    To each their own, but I imagine this means that when Recil saunters up to the counter at the local KFC or Church's, he's much more into ordering a dark juicy thigh, as opposed to a dry white breast.  lol

    On a more serious note though, from my own personal point of view, PL 16 is the all-time classic lingerie cover of the GA and should be on every GGA collector's list of books to acquire for their personal collection. :luhv:   :takeit:

    I still remember Mark Wilson having a pristine copy of this book back in the day and he was asking something like $500 or $600 for it which was still over top of guide for the book at the time.  Even though Mark swore to me up and down that he had not done anything at all to the book, I was still skeptical because of how nice the book was combined with Mark's well known reputation for "wet cleaning" all of his books no matter how nice they were to start off with.  Ended up taking a hard pass on the book, but by the time I had changed my mind a couple of weeks later, he had already sold it to another collector by then.  doh!  :(

    Love it!!!!!!

    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    2 hours ago, pemart1966 said:

    "The gentleman that bought the collection looked him up in the phone book because he wrote the address on all of the order forms in the books.I always applaud him for being the first to "let his fingers do the walking" and stumble upon this collection my dad had! "

    Does this mean that some of the books that your dad had either got sold or traded before the bulk got sold?

    Were there ever any huge keys (other than those mentioned by scrooge in a post above) such as Marvel Comics #1 (apparently he had 2-30); Action Comics #1; Batman #1; Superman #1 etc?

    Was there ever a master list of all of the books in his collection?

    Did your dad ever talk about his collection - where he bought them; why he bought certain titles; which were his favourites?

     

    I showed him a price guide and what an action #1 was worth.  At the time it was good condition $175k.  I’m pretty sure he looked because he said he really thought he had one.

    i don’t think everything he loaned or possibly traded came back to him.  I saw his name on one in an Abilene comic store.

    I assume the only inventory was documented by the gentleman that bought the collection from my dad.

    Sadly no.  There are things you wish you asked or knew.  That’s one of them.  Being a boy growing up after he Great Depression, having tangible property was a very sacred thing.  He had toys and things other than the comics that he held onto for his entire life.  I found some things saved in that same shed.  They are like fine rubies to me. 🙂

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    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    1 hour ago, KCOComics said:

    I love stories like this. 

    I'm sure when your father was reading comic books and writing his name on them,  he never dreamed that 80+ years later collectors would be salivating over them. 

    Thank you for coming on and humoring us! 

    Just make sure when you run across postings of his story you politely ask them to take me out of it.  To me it’s all about him and his collection of something that will live in history.  I like the light shining on the collector.  He deserves that honor.

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    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    3 hours ago, lou_fine said:

    Great to have you here as it's almost like getting valuable information as close as possible to the horse's mouth after all this time.  :applause:

    There seems to be a lot of question here about the actual size of your Dad's collection.  Some here seem to think it numbered under 1,000 books while others thought it numbered in the thousands and was just wondering if you could give us a better idea as to which side is correct based upon your memory of the collection?  hm  (thumbsu

    I think under 1000 in the cabinet on Anson street but I can tell you an interesting tidbit.  I was at a comic book shop in Abilene Texas that I think was on South 1st street.  The gentleman there said "let me show you an old one I recently picked up"

    He laid it on the counter and I saw my dad's name.  17 year old me said "what in the h*** are you doing with my dad's comic and he quickly put it back under glass!"

    It was the weirdest thing ever to see his name on something that another held quite valuable.  I've always theorized that the name writing on the books was to deter theft

    but can't tell you that is why he did it.  My dad loved to doodle and write little saying on almost anything he had. I have old road maps with some of his art work "doodles" on the front and they are very dear to me!

    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    4 hours ago, telerites said:

    I think last time you visited, you were trying to buy a few of your dad's book to bring back home so to speak.  Were you able to pick up any? 

     

    The one Planet comic what was talked about in another thread here from 2017.  I see it daily and it always makes me smile!

    I check auctions and ebay for them every so often.  They are normally out of my price range but it's still good to see them!

    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    1 minute ago, waaaghboss said:

    When you were growing up, did he ever let you read some of his comics, or try to get you interested in comics in general?

    my older siblings were allowed to read a few

    being very young ( I think I was 4 or 5) the one that remember got tore up and he put a stop to that

    I only ever got to see the collection one other time and it was look don't touch !!!

    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    4 hours ago, pemart1966 said:

    Agreed lou - btw those look like automative magazines/Mechanix Illustrated - too thick to be comics.  But then again maybe this photo was used for illustrative purposes.

    Popular Mechanics

    Popular Science 

    Hot Rod Magazine

    some of these dated back to the 30's

    The cabinet was completely full before the comic collection was sold.  It kept things nice and pressed except for a few that were reportedly creased or folded of course.

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    Recil Macon Pedigree

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    I probably shouldn't have posted this but I was checking out some of the auctions and past purchases of my Dad's books and get angry at how the story changes and gets twisted.

    I didn't sell his books. He did.

    He died Nov 28 2009 in Anson Texas.

    His collection wasn't stolen and sold.

    The gentleman that bought the collection looked him up in the phone book because he wrote the address on all of the order forms in the books.I always applaud him for being the first to "let his fingers do the walking" and stumble upon this collection my dad had!  Smart guy!