Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar... 30 30

[Straw-Man]

Very nice. I wonder if I'll ever buy a Timely

 

the only books i like better than the fox books, and you know how i feel about the latter.

[G.A.tor]

and i also had my usa 5 slabbed, g.a.tor---whatcha think?

 

So white and so pretty. I remember that book as well

[Electron]

and i also had my usa 5 slabbed, g.a.tor---whatcha think?

 

 

[Straw-Man]

don't cry; didn't you parlay that 'm' into getting 4X guide out of me as it being the nova scotia copy???

[G.A.tor]

don't cry; didn't you parlay that 'm' into getting 4X guide out of me as it being the nova scotia copy???

[jimjum12]

21 years ago, i grabbed my first g.a. book, but it wasn't a very enthusiastic grab. i was a marvel silver collector, and was finishing up my runs. i was becoming fast friends with bedrock, who had put me into plenty want list silver, when i got a call from a dealer in rochester. he had come across a small original owner cap collection, and couldn't muster the dough he needed to get them all [about a dozen books, iirc]. so he called some customers/friends to form a little consortium to get the books. my $500 committment nabbed me the #9.

 

i didn't really want it, but bedrock had a nice little tos 39 i needed, for a bit more than 5 benjamins, and knowing him to be a timely collector/devotee', i thought he might trade them head-up. he indicated he might be willing to do that, depending on the cap 6 grade---but he also made a prediction: once i held that big fat thing in my hot little hands, and thumbed it up really good, i would not WANT to make such a trade.

 

so, a week later i held it and thumbed it up. i then went to the guide to see how many caps were in the run. the call i then made to ricky was "how many do you have for sale?"

 

anyhoo--my next call went to rochester, and i bought the 3, 6 and 10 out of the group. this was essentially the start of my cap run. i've had them raw for all these years [except the 3; slabbed it a couple years ago when it went crazy], but recently put 'em in plastic, just for giggles. they just got back from sarasota; here they be:

 

 

 

...cool story, BP .....GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Edited April 10, 2015 by jimjum12

[Cat-Man_America]

and i also had my usa 5 slabbed, g.a.tor---whatcha think?

 

So white and so pretty. I remember that book as well

 

 

Tough book & a Gator endorsement to boot! That is what I call a Victory, Boys. (thumbs u

[Timely]

and i also had my usa 5 slabbed, g.a.tor---whatcha think?

 

 

I'm sure g.a.tor loves it... & so do I!

[Straw-Man]

so now 1-10 is all slabbed up, 'cept the 4. here they are, in order.

 

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[Cat-Man_America]

[Badger]

An amazing accomplishment to be sure!