batman_fan Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 San Frans are scary nice books...often comparable to the Edger Church books. yay!!!!!!!!!!! another ped on my want-list! And you thought my spelling was bad Hello, he was using the Canadian spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Does anyone know the whereabouts of the SF Mystic #6? I held that book in hand some 15 years ago or more...it was astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Does anyone know the whereabouts of the SF Mystic #6? I held that book in hand some 15 years ago or more...it was astonishing. my money is on "yes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 San Frans are scary nice books...often comparable to the Edger Church books. They are often better than Church books too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 I had a lengthy discussion with John Verzyl about the San Francisco collection last week. He talked to a few of the old-timers who were around when the collection was discovered and were apart of it. One guy said he thought the collection was about 800 books, another one thought it might be as high as 1200 books. John feels that there are probably no more than 400 or so that can be truly identified as a San Francisco Copy. These numbers seem to be about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detective35 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Hi West, There might be a few more than 400. Years back when Collectors were focussing on Church/MH copies I was researching and chatting with the original dealers that discovered or had 1/3 of the first part of the SF collection that were brought into the comic convention back in the 1970's. That part of the collection was then divided into three parts with 1/3 of them going up the the Minneapolis area. I have pages upon pages of research on this and I will have to dig them out. Dwight Edited December 17, 2012 by detective35DF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hi West, There might be a few homer than 400. Years back when People were going after church copies I was researching and chatting to the original dealers that discovered or had 1/3 of the collection come into a comic convention. That part of the collection was then divided into three parts with 1/3 of them going up the the Minneapolis area. I have pages upon pages of research on this and I will have to dig them out. Dwight I'd love to see what you have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Here's an example of SF quality. A CGC 9.8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Here's an example of SF quality. A CGC 9.8! Beautiful, got any more SF Copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Here's an example of SF quality. A CGC 9.8! Beautiful, got any more SF Copies? A few. Here's another one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Here's an example of SF quality. A CGC 9.8! Beautiful, got any more SF Copies? A few. Here's another one: Keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Here's an example of SF quality. A CGC 9.8! Beautiful, got any more SF Copies? A few. Here's another one: Beautiful! Apparently Sandy's super-power was the ability to keep his hand from being blown off by backblast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Wow, that is purty! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 New acquisition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice one, West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLBcomics-migration Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice book, evidently I am on this thread as I just got a notification of this posting. Calling these books from the Tom Reilly collection "San Francisco" copies on the CGC slab label is plain ignorant, more like stupid, and demonstrates such stupidity on the part of this CGC firm. Also, most, and mean MOST, of this collection of approx 4000 comic books in toto did not have either any Gilbot front cover markings and/or the anchor stamp on the back. But what do I know, I only was the main buyer and the main seller of some 7/9s of this collection back in the day when it was discovered literally 40 years ago in 1973 next month in April, though techincally Easter Week End. Also, if the Tom Reilly copy of Military Comics #15 ever surfaces, it was stolen from Bud Plant, so he told me a year or so back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice book, evidently I am on this thread as I just got a notification of this posting. Calling these books from the Tom Reilly collection "San Francisco" copies on the CGC slab label is plain ignorant, more like stupid, and demonstrates such stupidity on the part of this CGC firm. Also, most, and mean MOST, of this collection of approx 4000 comic books in toto did not have either any Gilbot front cover markings and/or the anchor stamp on the back. But what do I know, I only was the main buyer and the main seller of some 7/9s of this collection back in the day when it was discovered literally 40 years ago in 1973 next month in April, though techincally Easter Week End. Also, if the Tom Reilly copy of Military Comics #15 ever surfaces, it was stolen from Bud Plant, so he told me a year or so back. Would you be able to elaborate or direct me to where you have elaborated on this point in the past? As I understand it, there is some doubt about who Tom Reilly was or even whether he existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice book, evidently I am on this thread as I just got a notification of this posting. Calling these books from the Tom Reilly collection "San Francisco" copies on the CGC slab label is plain ignorant, more like stupid, and demonstrates such stupidity on the part of this CGC firm. Also, most, and mean MOST, of this collection of approx 4000 comic books in toto did not have either any Gilbot front cover markings and/or the anchor stamp on the back. But what do I know, I only was the main buyer and the main seller of some 7/9s of this collection back in the day when it was discovered literally 40 years ago in 1973 next month in April, though techincally Easter Week End. Also, if the Tom Reilly copy of Military Comics #15 ever surfaces, it was stolen from Bud Plant, so he told me a year or so back. Would you be able to elaborate or direct me to where you have elaborated on this point in the past? As I understand it, there is some doubt about who Tom Reilly was or even whether he existed. The historical record pretty clearly shows that the Tom that died at sea in WWII is not the Tom from SF. The Tom from SF was not the Tom whose signature shows up on the pedigree books. I think both nearmint and I have done a lot of research on this. I'm of the opinion that the seller did not present a 100% factual account of the books or that something was misunderstood in the translation. But they are still wonderful books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice book, evidently I am on this thread as I just got a notification of this posting. Calling these books from the Tom Reilly collection "San Francisco" copies on the CGC slab label is plain ignorant, more like stupid, and demonstrates such stupidity on the part of this CGC firm. Also, most, and mean MOST, of this collection of approx 4000 comic books in toto did not have either any Gilbot front cover markings and/or the anchor stamp on the back. But what do I know, I only was the main buyer and the main seller of some 7/9s of this collection back in the day when it was discovered literally 40 years ago in 1973 next month in April, though techincally Easter Week End. Also, if the Tom Reilly copy of Military Comics #15 ever surfaces, it was stolen from Bud Plant, so he told me a year or so back. Would you be able to elaborate or direct me to where you have elaborated on this point in the past? As I understand it, there is some doubt about who Tom Reilly was or even whether he existed. The historical record pretty clearly shows that the Tom that died at sea in WWII is not the Tom from SF. The Tom from SF was not the Tom whose signature shows up on the pedigree books. I think both nearmint and I have done a lot of research on this. I'm of the opinion that the seller did not present a 100% factual account of the books or that something was misunderstood in the translation. But they are still wonderful books. I thought I remembered reading something along those lines. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
