Bandelier

I am happy for the seller. It always makes me nervous to see listings like this - just wide open and spread out for photos. Makes me wonder how much additional damage is caused, albeit unintentionally, during the photo stage of the listing.

Anybody else get a nice Fox book with a missing CF? Ugh, c'est la vie.

Trickle down effect from everybody wanting to be a YouTube star and going, in detail, about how they source books. It does make me happy for some of the mom and pop auction houses and consigners though 

Not Pulps or Paperbacks, per say - but does anyone have any familiarity with this? It is a c. 1945 treasury sized WWII internal publication from AFPAC (US Army Forces Pacific): MAPTALK Supplement - Japanese Information Training Subject Number Three". Approx. 20 pages with illustrations - none of the artwork is signed. Really neat and hoping someone might have some knowledge on these or may have seen these before. Thanks.

On 1/19/2022 at 7:28 PM, sfcityduck said:

Looks like Rick Fletcher (born 1916) who worked out of Chicago on strips.  All that OA looks to be strips to me.  Here's a profile from the "Stripper's Guide" blog called, interestingly, an "Ink-Slinger Profile" (you might want to reach out to Allan Holtz who runs the blog):  https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/search?q=fletcher

For your convenience, here's the substance from the link:

 

 

This is all just so fantastic! Thank you so very much. I will reach out to Allan. Really appreciate the help!

On 1/18/2022 at 10:19 PM, Readcomix said:

Could be Fletcher Hanks in the posted pic. Looks like some sci-fi type stuff on his boards. (Just viewing on the iPad now; doesn’t blow up as well as on the computer screen.)

I'd thought that as a potential too but looks like Fletcher Hanks would have been in his 50's in the early 1940s,I think the guy in the photo is younger unfortunately. Thanks for the help!

On 1/18/2022 at 6:29 PM, Bird said:

very cool

I bet you get some great leads here, good luck

Thanks! I am hoping so

These are part of a small collection of photos I recently obtained. Thought I would share them and solicit help for a possible ID. These would have belonged to a man by the name of Joe Mihal. There was a great pamphlet in the lot. Dated March 1941 - lists him as the President of "The Society of Inkslingers". Anybody know anything about this society? Note the Bill Boynansky (of Captain Flight) reference on page seven in the last photo.I think it is just a great find... No last names on any of the photos unfortunately.

The rest of the photos are here:

https://imgur.com/a/uGBzX5Z

On 1/6/2022 at 6:27 PM, tabcom said:

2021 was the year I sold off my 70+ raw flash comics collection (avg. VG) on eBay, over a four week period in October/November.

My pre-sale collection estimate was about half of what the collection sold for. Anticipating eBay policy of ‘the buyer is always right’, I got pinched only one time. Having navigated eBay waters for eons, I chalked it up to ‘cost of doing business’.

I feel fortunate that my WWII, Korean War, PCH, Romance bingo card had been fulfilled years ago.

Thanks for the #29!

Collectable offers fractional ownership with the Sports Immortals collection. There are many companies that have capitalized on this in the sports collectibles world. Dibbs offers a pretty streamlined platform for graded cards.

Thanks for that - I should have clarified. The bottom images are two known Kane works for comparative purposes only. I pulled them from the web - the only art on this program is the front cover. Sorry for not noting that!

This is a 1933 Class Program from DeWitt Clinton High School (Kane c/o '33). It is an 8 page leaflet that outlines events for the night's activities. I had hoped that the artist would be credited in the program, but unfortunately they are not.

Are there any early Kane art experts here? I do see vague similarities to some of his early characters like Hiram Hick. Shading technique and lettering similarities as well, although I'm certainly not jumping to any conclusions.

Thanks

Kyle

A coverless Batman #2 that was also missing the first wrap. It was in a stack of time period ephemera at a non-comic sale for $1. Page #3 of the book (my front cover) doesn't look like a Batman book at all, it was the only comic in the stack. Heart skipped a beat when I opened it up.

That MS5 has to be an anomaly. Remember it only takes two people to drive a bidding war.

1 hour ago, gadzukes said:

Some other comics of note that I have found in the pile:

Star Spangled Comics 1

Wonderworld 6 & 9

Human Torch 6

Captain America 17 

Blue Beetle 10

Amazing Man 18

Flash 54

Weird Comics 10

Leading Comics 4

Samson 6

Mystery Men 29

Star Spangled 34

Daredevil 24

Feature 42

National Comics 32

Military 17

Blue Bolt 109

 

 

I am jealous of the fun it must be for you to be making these discoveries. I love coverless lots.

Was the interior of the Flash #17 in this lot? The seller had the covers only in a separate lot I was bidding on. I was curious if the rest of the book was in here.

16 minutes ago, C. Spaulding said:

I had been watching those books as well and at least the Punch book can be tracked directly to a very established registry set/owner. Sometimes the registry entries get outdated but another piece of information to consider before bidding.

I did not realize that - Thanks for sharing. I think I will reach out to HiBid to share the information, just so many red flags. The auctioneer doesn't even accept payment through HiBid and note that they don't accept Amex.

Here's a paragraph pulled from a David Bowie blog where someone spent £3000 on a forgery.

"Parr prefers bank transfer only in his transactions but by  a stroke of luck the successful businessman had been allowed on this occasion to purchase the. painting by American Express and was able to claim a refund back from the credit card company. Needless to say, Parr made the whole return transaction as difficult as possible and under his guise of Samantha Brown sent several emails in his familiar illiterate, aggressive style."

https://davidbowieautograph.com/blog/f/kristen-leigh-auctions-simon-parr

34 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Congrats on that classic WWII Supe! Here is mine. No high grade but it has an interesting pedigree. Came from the estate of Grim Natwick (Betty Boop creator). 

I was lucky enough to get in the first group of this sale. Was hoping to get some original Betty Boop original animation art. I quickly realized that wasn’t going to happen as it was scooped up quick. Walking into a back bedroom, I spotted a pile of early GA comics. This was in the pile. I just grabbed the whole box full. 

Thank you! Great book and awesome story.... I love the hunt - have been in a few situations where an opportunity like that presents itself and it's best just to grab the whole thing and look at it later!