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I know that this is double posting, but it fits better in the "pulp" section! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/detective35/1941BlueCoalcardboardsignfrontviewB11x17-2.jpg [/img]

This is another copy. There will be alot of interest in this book as it is rare! Dwight

In chatting with John, today, the top bid he had on the WT was 160K, unless the same guy who is a friend of mine upped his offer to 175K. I know he offered John @ Frank close to 700K for the entire collection and they turned him down. 900K would get the entire collection. Frank has no original art to speak of. There are some serious pulp buyers out there but the reserves are fairly high. I think that many of the sets will be split up. Dwight Dwight

[font:Arial Black]What would you like to know. I have been at Franks' place quite a few times and have gone through his pulps fairily thoroughly. Dwight[/font]

Robert Lesser is the current owner of the painting. Shocker! Here it is: Dwight

Gary, I emailed David Saunders (son of Norman Saunders) and the author of the outstanding book on HJ Ward, and he had this information for me. Dwight, "Please do not bet your house on it being created by H J Ward. Unlike most other illustrators, in the case of H. J. Ward, he happened to keep a completely accurate business log of ALL professional work. This incredible historic document is still in the possession of his family estate. I carefully scanned every page of it and I have assembled a complete inventory checklist of all publications by H. J. Ward. During that process I was reminded time-and-time-again that H. J. Ward's business log was NEVER wrong! It was totally accurate and faithful. The existence of this incredibly-aacurate document means that we can safely say, "If something is not in his business log book then he did not create it." In the case of this Archie Andrews painting we can safely say there is no such entry in H J Ward's business log book, therefore this was not painted by H. J. Ward. Such a conclusive statement can only be made because of the infallible nature of H. J. Ward's business log book." David

I will do some digging Gary! Dwight

[font:Arial][font:Arial Black]I might be completely off the mark, but that Archie paiting sure looks like it was done in the same style that HJ Ward did the Superman painting for DC comics which now hangs on the wall in a library of a small University in NY. Dwight[/font][/font]

It will be in there in ultra high grade condition. Dwight

I just picked up these two autographed pictures. They came from the estate of an elderly genleman. 1) Superman - Kirk Alyn Signed Photograph holding early Superman Comic. Original signed 8X10 B&W photograph in clean undamaged condition. Original, not Pre-Printed signature. 2) Batman - Adam West and Burt Ward Signed Photo 1966 TV show. Original signed 8X10 B&W photograph in clean undamaged condition. Original, not Pre-Printed signatures. I am not sure of a value of these, but they sure are neat. Dwight dwightfu@yahoo.com

A while back I picked up 2 Rare Shadow B & W Promotional giveaways from 1933 for my collection. They are made from a newsprint type of paper stock. Also just picked up a nice and very tough to find copy of Phantom Detective #1 circ. 1933. Dwight

Hello, Just picked these cover proofs from an estate in which the owner once worked for or had direct affiliation with Street & Smith. The estate has sold a 1945 Shadow pulp Interior original art piece by Edd Cartier, and has other interior pulp art for sale. This is a scrap book that was put together by the owner of the estate back in the 1940's. The Scrap book contains original Shadow pulp cover proofs. They are not the tear sheets from a pulp, but rather actual cover proofs with a blank back on each. There are 48 cover proofs starting from 1941-1944. They were lightly glued in but now are loose from the paper, and have no damage at all. Dwight

The factory printing process on pulps is was very inconsistent. Basically they took a cover and glued it to an interior. Sometimes the overhangs are equal on all sides. Sometimes they are flush length-wise on the front cover and thus have a much larger overhang (lengthwise) on the back cover, and vice versa. The same could take pace with the overhangs on the top and bottom of the pulp. If the pulps are in the era where there definately are overhangs and they are flush on the front and back cover (along the length), or flush on both the top and the bottom, then you probably have trimming (and it was done alot especially along the front length and even along the bottom of the FC as they would display them standing up). Remember, the size of the overhang various from publisher to publisher and the era that they were printed in. It definately affects the value, and I personally hate any type of trimming. Dwight

I have just acquired a showcase to display my 1930's Shadow Blue Coal Cape. This goes well with my 1940 Street & Smith (pulp magazine) Hat & Cape with the Original Box. Below is the write-up from "Lelands" for my Blue Coal Shadow Salesman Cape. "The Holy Grail of radio premiums. Real cloth cape is just like the one that would have been worn by Lamont Cranston and his alter ego The Shadow. This brilliant character created by Walter B. Gibson under the penname Maxwell Grant. The Shadow was one of the most popular and without a doubt one of the coolest from radio’s golden days of the 1930s. Popularized in the pulp magazines and then onto the radio waves and voiced at one time by boy wonder Orson Welles. Sponsored by Blue Coal, the verso of the cape sports a beautifully screened image of the “The Shadow” in swirling mysterious smoke logo with “Blue Coal” inside the fair if the final “W.” The cape also sports a blue collar to match the name of the sponsor. A full sized cape that is unused and NRMT." The Shadow Cape was given to Blue Coal's top salesmen to keep for themselves or to give away to their best clients. Dwight

I never knew about the gum. It just popped up on ebay and I bought it outright! Dwight

Just picked this up. It is the only known example to exist!! "A stick of gum from the 1940's, which was an advertising piece. On one side, it reads "Let The Shadow and "blue coal" protect your home. On the air every Sunday." The reverse side reads "Consult Classified Phone Directory For your Nearest 'Blue Coal' Dealer." "The Shadow Blue Coal Gum was in an elderly lady's scrapbook, accompanied by a letter from Conklin & Strong to the Chemistry Class of Warwick High School regarding their November 15, 1940 field trip to the coal mines near Wilkes Barre, Pa, and a pamphlet entitled "The story of 'blue coal" booklet that they received on the field trip. All in all, she received the Shadow gum, the generic Blue Coal pamphlet as souvenirs, and had hung onto the letter, which she sent to me as well." I just put the Shadow Hat, Cape, and Box in a showcase. The "Hat and Cape" are is one of two known to exist, along with the only known original "Box".

Not sure, but the Shadow is shining his flashlight on the "introduction of the comic strip for the newspaper", so maybe it is intended as a spotlight. Thank you for the compliments on the Shadow items (to everyone). Dwight

Just picked these Rare Shadow Items from the 1930's and 1940's. I finally acquired a number of these after waiting for years for them to come out of private collections. 1) NM- Shadow Board game (nicest one known to exist) - (circa. 1940) 2) NM "Shadow Hat and Cape" (circa. 1940) w. only known example of original box in existence! **One other known example of the cape exists, only known example of the original box). 3) Large 1932 Shadow Trolley Sign - 17" x 34" (Blue Coal sponsor) (1 other example known to exist) 4) Only known example of the "Shadow Stationery" in Original Cellophane, along with Shadow back cover image from a rare 1936 issue of the "American News Trade Journal" magazine (killer back cover Shadow image). 5) Shadow - Blue Coal - 11 x 18 - Cardboard Sign - (circa. 1941). Only known example! 6) Just picked up this cool large original Shadow Newspaper Ad with a great Shadow image. It was from the "Philadelphia Record newspaper" - Monday June 17, 1940. It reads: "Announcing the start of a new comic strip, featuring the Shadow". The Ad measures: 8 1/2" x 15" (much larger than the usual 1" x 2" newspaper ads). ***What is neat is that is has the SAME IMAGE that is on the following items that I have in my personal collection: 1) The Box of the "Shadow Official Hat & Cape that I just posted above, 2) A 1938 Shadow pulp cover (The Voice), 3) A 1938-39 - 11" x 14" Cardbaord sign (sponsored by Goodrich Silvertown Tires...only known example to exist). I have attached: a) an image of the original newspaper ad on a black background for contrast. c) A collage of Rare items in my collection with the same image. Dwight

OK, I am going to go way over the TOP 10 Limit, but here goes: 1. Frank Frazetta (I would put him in more with painting like the PULP artists). 2. Alex Schomburg (awesome Timely covers) 3. Alex Raymond (brush strokes re-defined) 4. Lou Fine (anatomy and detailed precision) 5. Jack Kirby (everything from Golden age to Marvel (FF to AF 15, etc.) 6. Matt Baker (knew how to draw the women) 7. a) Al Williamson (detailed brush strokes) b) Hal Foster (detailed brush strokes as well) c) Wally Wood (great detail in covers & interiors) 8. Mac Raboy (Master/ Captain Marvel Jr.) 9 a) Shelly Moldoff (Hawkman covers in GA Flash run, All American 16-23 & ghost artist on the Detective #27, 29, 31, 33, 35-37..although after those, I was not such a fan). b) Bernard Baily - Great More Fun Spectre covers (54, 65, etc.). 10. MODERN: Neal Adams (absolutely everything..could rank him at the top) Alex Ross (top modern day painter..could rank him higher) Jim Lee (Batman/Superman), Bernie Wrightson (Horror, Swamp Thing, late 60's - early 70's) and.. Jim Steranko (design and detail) Including Pulps: 1. Frank Frazetta 2. a) HJ Ward (Spicy Mystery, Spicy Adventure/Spicy Detective etc). b) George Rozen (Shadow pulp covers) 3. John Newton Howitt (The Spider, Horror Stories, Terror Tales, Dime Mystery, etc.) 4. J. Allen St. John (Tarzan etc...the Master!!..other people might rank him 1-2) 5) a) Walter Baumhofer (Doc Savage pulps) b) Norman Saunders (misc. pulp covers, men’s adventures, etc.) 6. Alex Schomburg (Timely covers, sci-fi pulp paintings..could rank him higher..AWESOME!) 7. a) Tom Lovell (Outstanding pulp covers, interior Shadow pulp illustrations). b) Jerome Rozen (Wu fang, Yen Sin, and misc. pulp covers) 8. a) Alex Raymond (the master at detail with brush strokes) b) Edd Cartier (detailed Shadow pulp interiors) c) Lou Fine (detail and anatomy defined) 9. a) Rafael DeSoto (many pulp covers) b) R. G. Harris (Detailed pulp covers, Doc Savage 1937) c) Graves Gladney (later Shadow pulp covers (1939-41), & misc. pulp covers (Dime Mystery etc.). 10. a) Margaret Brundage (Weird Tales Covers, many people really like her, not my favorite, except for Batwoman cover... Classic!!) b) Frank R. Paul (Amazing Stories bedsheets and many sci-fi front & back covers). c) Mac Raboy (Great WW11 covers for Capt. Marvel Jr. and Master) Honourable Mention: Neal Adams & Alex Ross (modern day artists...as good as any!!) Really, I could flip a coin on the above artists/painters, and add a dozen more pulp painters, and comic artists! Dwight NOTE: For a list and images of Pulp artists paintings: www.pulpartists.com

Some of the Pulps I acquired from Pulpfest! Terror Tales 1938 Horror Stories 1938 Dime D etective 1937 Private Detective 1938

Awesome again BZ!! Dwight

This picture came from a copy of the June 1936 isssue of "The American News Trade Journal", It is simply a spectacular image showing many great pulp magazines and magazines in general (Spicy Mystery #1, other Spicy's, Spider, Operator Five, etc.). Dwight

Speaking of Pulpfest, I did pick up some neat items. One of the magazines that I knew a person had in his collection was the June 1936 isssue of "The American News Trade Journal", and it surprised me that he let me have it. I bought it strictly for the Back Cover (awesome Shadow image), but when I looked there were a number of great articles and pics inside. This image of a Pulp magazine rack is unbelievable, showing numerous pulp titles (Spicy Mystery #1 etc.) This back cover Shadow image is one that I have never seen before, and is OUTSTANDING!! Dwight

Awesome paintings and great job on the framing. Who does your framing and matting for you? Dwight

Killer collection West! Did you pick anything up from Metropolis? Dwight