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Very sad news, I just got it today... I was exchanging a few messages with Rich earlier 2023, about some WDCS he owned, very kind person. I understood he was having some health issues... R.I.P.

Merry Christmas!

On 6/23/2023 at 1:20 AM, Bigphatpaulie said:

I'd love to own this book.  I was expecting it to sell for more:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/four-color-series-1-4-donald-duck-dell-1940-cgc-vf-80-off-white-to-white-pages/a/7340-91045.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

Is this the first appearance of Donald in an American Standard Comic Book?  I know he appeared in another comic (Donald Duck #nn) before this but I think that one was more of an oversized book.

I think the price is good for one of the Top ones. No copy have been ever certified more.

I personally love this book as the Bubble Pipe, but indeed they are both just reprints, so content-wise not that important. Beside that, these covers are great. I always wondered from which strip this one has been taken... I looked all of them from Taliaferro, but no luck.

Here my copy:

On 3/15/2023 at 4:51 PM, OtherEric said:

Some books, you just have to take the copy you can find, not the copy you want.  Great pickup!

Can't agree more, thanks!

Here an early DD... nice album with many Fantasia production pictures.

On 7/11/2022 at 5:14 AM, dikran1 said:

That seems like a big price for a raw copy… 

WOW! I feel lucky I've got my copy of "Bubble Pipe" years ago, when these crazy prices around Ducks were not there. However, 4K+ for such a copy looks not justified to me. Still, historically it's an important one (first DD and first comic with Walt Disney on cover, although it just reprints 1936-37 strips), so its value may probably go up little by little. BTW, one of my all-time favorite covers.

On 12/1/2021 at 4:56 PM, BB-Gun said:

My Minnie cover looks a little more wholesome than that MiMi cover.

 

 

Nice one, indeed! All in all, MMM covers are always great piece of art!

On 1/9/2022 at 8:56 PM, mlansdown said:

They are really fun books - I only wish that Barks did the covers...

IN most cases it's Hank Porter, isn't it? Not too bad, but Barks was from another planet...

On 1/2/2022 at 5:44 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

I don't think you have to worry too much; the trend comes and goes. When the buyer of that sweet Mickey book tries to recoup his investment and can't he'll tell his friends! There are a few duck and mice blue chips that I think will keep moving (DD 9,29, US 386, MM 16, WDCS 1,31) but beyond that I don't see this as a major trend as the fan base just isn't there.

I fully agree with you. The rise is especially for medium/high graded, while the others are still "cheap". It's not just about Barks art, but on every Disney comics right now. It will end up soon, I'm sure.

On 12/2/2021 at 5:33 PM, dikran1 said:

Always wondered why Peter Pig never made it to the big show... Assuming had to do with Porky

Interesting, I'm not sure when Porky appeared... 

On 12/2/2021 at 5:04 PM, Robot Man said:

Nice! I picked up mine at the Brimfield Antique show a number of years ago. Was just laying raw on some lady’s table. I remember someone saying it was scarce and I love old long bill Donald so I grabbed it. I really need to dig it out and check it out again. 

Have to say even mine I paid little money. The seller was not really aware about it, still happens from time to time

and here the page inside MMM #1 with the original drawing:

On 12/1/2021 at 6:00 PM, Robot Man said:

Here is a tough one...

Nice copy and a bit difficult indeed. This Withman #945 (somewhere I read a guy saying that it was the copy 945 ) is a reprint of MMM #1, but with less advs. The cover is taken from a page inside MMM #1. Published in 1936, although probably not a top-seller. Here my copy:

On 12/1/2021 at 4:43 PM, BB-Gun said:

These Story Hour books were also giveaways with a subscription to WDCS, I think. 

However I don't know if the softcover was part of the deal or the hardcovers.  Most of mine are hardcovers but the Beanstalk books are both.

Wonderful collection! I just know hard cover of "Bringing up the boys" is less common than the soft one. No indication inside the book? If there's no price than it might be is the giveaway.

and this is the thread you're looking for:

On 12/1/2021 at 1:56 PM, AJD said:

I recall tb's wonderful thread on his MMM collection. He mentioned that there was a run of issues on better paper quality - but I don't recall when that started and I can't seem to find the thread.

In fact Overstreet says it started as of #2 and I can confirm that. The paper of issue #1 is close to pulp, while already #2 is better. I wonder why afterwards they started again with pulp (but I'm not sure by which issue, I only have a few between the first ones)

On 11/29/2021 at 8:59 PM, Yellow Kid said:

paper quality was better

not sure about when exactly they started to use "pulp paper": was it linked with war or just economies to keep the price low? Or any other reason?

On 11/24/2021 at 11:09 PM, dikran1 said:

Here’s one you don’t see too often… A big thank you to @Yellow Kid for the hookup!

Well done!

Still need to get it one day!

Finally, I see some prices getting back to "normal". FC 16 (Phantom Blot) 4.5 sold for 5,760.

That's a copy I'd love to buy and I find the price reasonable.

Also others Disney's are going down a bit, and that's a good news!

On 11/8/2021 at 8:24 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Congratulations. I still need one of those but like to buy higher grade and don't really want to drop the change being asked for this book. It's by no means rare! Actually thought some of the Duck Four Colors went for reasonable money on Heritage last night. Maybe things are calming down?

Same here, waiting for a nice copy within the budget. Prices are going better, but let's see the final results from Comics & Comics Art signature: we will get a better idea.