"D" Copy Question

[MarkWoodcock]

Does anyone know how those books were stored.

 

It's EXTREMELY common for them so have LOTS of foxing and they smell. Were they stored in a well?

[spillred]

http://comicbookpedigrees.com/pedigrees.php#DAVIS_CRIPPEN_D_COPY

[MarkWoodcock]

THANKS!

[generic user]

Mr. Crippen had an amazing collection. He kept books that nobody else did, and it was certainly fun when Heritage was selling the books.

But, yeah, it's certainly a "watered down" pedigree

 

 

[conditionfreak]

That link "seems" to indicate that 2000 of the Crippen books were stolen and sold in 1991.

 

Does that mean that those two thousand issues actually belong to Crippen's heirs and could be confiscated by law authorities and returned to his heirs?

 

I'm guessing no one but the thief knows which issues were stolen anyway.

 

Would that mean that a CGC label that states "D" copy versus "Crippen" copy could be used as an indicator of possible stolen issues?

[comicnoir]

That link "seems" to indicate that 2000 of the Crippen books were stolen and sold in 1991.

 

Does that mean that those two thousand issues actually belong to Crippen's heirs and could be confiscated by law authorities and returned to his heirs?

 

I'm guessing no one but the thief knows which issues were stolen anyway.

 

Would that mean that a CGC label that states "D" copy versus "Crippen" copy could be used as an indicator of possible stolen issues?

 

Nobody but the thief and Metropolis who bought the comics from him.

 

The heirs said they weren't interested in prosecuting or going after the contractors who worked at the house and allegedly picked the books. They did so well with what they got.

 

If the thieves had stolen more books they would have survived better, since the move to the garage occurred later. I have seen D copies that appeared in the marketplace before Crippen died. Just beautiful with great PQ.

[pooroldman]

Here's a link to a 2006 Wall Street Journal article giving a detailed history of the Crippen collection including the theft:

 

http://www.mail-archive.com/mopo-l@listserv.american.edu/msg13618.html