MrBedrock

Not sure but I have a "P" copy of 30 too. The story with mine is that it's the Pennsylvania copy.

The Astros are sure in orbit this year! 
Oh, heard that one before? 

I bought this copy from Stephen Fishler at San Diego Con in 1988 or so...
 
... for $300.00.

Bored and trying to pad the post count Richard? Don't worry, baseball starts tomorrow!

Why does the Berk info matter? I've known Jon a long time and admire and respect him greatly. I am super happy that he acquired the books that he did. But at the point that he decided to sell them they are no longer from the "Berk Collection". It's nice if you want to track them back, but if that is the case then all of the Fox Church books are from "The Rowe Collection", or "The Patterson Collection", or as they were split up after that "The Evans Collection" or "The Nicholson Collection", or part of "The Sparkle City Inventory", or "The Metropolis Inventory" or...you get the point. Berk was a great custodian for a time. But now all of us who have purchased them have books that Berk formerly owned that are now part of our collections. And if Ritter cracks a few and sells them raw, no big deal. None of the books that Berk sold before this auction have any notation that he used to own them. They are still books that Berk used to own. They aren't worth more, or less.
 

Only during the sticky hot summer months...

Why does the Berk info matter? I've known Jon a long time and admire and respect him greatly. I am super happy that he acquired the books that he did. But at the point that he decided to sell them they are no longer from the "Berk Collection". It's nice if you want to track them back, but if that is the case then all of the Fox Church books are from "The Rowe Collection", or "The Patterson Collection", or as they were split up after that "The Evans Collection" or "The Nicholson Collection", or part of "The Sparkle City Inventory", or "The Metropolis Inventory" or...you get the point. Berk was a great custodian for a time. But now all of us who have purchased them have books that Berk formerly owned that are now part of our collections. And if Ritter cracks a few and sells them raw, no big deal. None of the books that Berk sold before this auction have any notation that he used to own them. They are still books that Berk used to own. They aren't worth more, or less.
 

Rich-  can't disagree.  Think about the Church Nationals I past off to you that I used to pay in part for the Planet 1 cover  That is why I held on to some items that "use to be mine" and "still are mine'.  Some types and titles are associated with me.  'I think I am associated with 'Larson titles'. but the particular book is not a 'Berk book' but the Larson copy!
 
Another thing I did is I kept bound volumes.  Say you loved some covers......Well I kept some and it is neat when it is the six volumes of PLANET COMICS up to 60 as a "run". Great little desirable book.  (Did I mention it is from the "Berk Collection"
or Black Terror for the Schomberg art for 1-25. or for the Centaur groupies having the Joe Hardee bound volume of Star Comics and Star Ranger Funnies, some before the first Centaur.
 
Others I kept on a smaller scale is Whirlwind 2. (Larson copy);  Action 20 Larson;  Wow What a Magazine 1 and 2 with the great Eisner art and first cover.......or yeah Wonderworld 10 Larson. (for us old collectors as has been referenced on the Boards) ; Silver Streak 14;  
 
Wrong forum but did I mention I still have my Amazing Fantasy 15; Spider-man 1-11, Spider man Annual one, Strange Tales Annual 1 and 2. (oh and have original Kirby Spiderman with Human Torch from this early time period.  (See my CAF gallery) 
 
Indeed I have less than I use to have.  But I am content and SO pleased that everyone has spelt my name correctly............jb

Bedrock: I will say for me, having Jon's copy of a Centaur or Larson copy ( and to some extent an Ace Periodicals  book because he was into the publisher long before a lot of us even 'discovered' them) carried a lot of weight with me when I was deciding what to 'chase' in that auction. 
Hes the man credited with tracking down Mr. Larson , so to me the pedigree will always be synonymous with Jon. 
Also his Centaur collection was one of his Collecting 'achievements' I gathered from the Metro video. So again, something (though to a lesser extent) that will always be associated with Jon as fandom rolls on, and there may just be a few folks 25 years from now gathering all this data and setting out to reassemble Jons copies of Larson, Centaur, Ace or Fox books, just because. 
Oh the premiums I'm gonna charge for my copies then........ 

After a long multi year journey and the help of a Berk auction I have finally completed my Weird Comics run 1-20. I just took a quick picture of them because I had to see them all laid out at once now that its done. This was a much more challenging run to put together than I anticipated when I began, there are a couple of issues in the teens that just never come up for sale and I really got quite lucky on some of them.