Some golden age nostalgia and divorce...

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Earlier this summer after 19 years of marriage, my wife and I separated. The divorce hasn't been finalized yet but through all the turmoil, I rediscovered some memories from the early to mid 1980s. Back to a time of youth and college and mail order comic auctions and sales

 

As I was cleaning out the attic, getting the house ready for sale, I happened on several boxes that I really thought I had thrown out - they were full of Buyer's Guides, Wooley's and Gerber catalogs and other esoteric paraphernalia.

 

Finally had a chance to look through one box and thought I would share some pics

 

 

Gerber's auction of Mile Highs plus sales catalog of GA and SA

 

 

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A mess of Wooley's and Mike Redfern's auctions

 

 

Sorry for the sideways pics - I rotated them in PB but they still seem to come across wrong

 

 

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Wooley's - loved these auctions and loved his wife's sweet voice when I called in bids.

 

 

Some more...

 

 

 

[comicnoir]

Very nice artifact.

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Restoration and preservation ad from Gerber and other pics

 

 

 

 

 

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And who remembers Rex Miller's Supermantiques

 

 

 

[BB-Gun]

And who remembers Rex Miller's Supermantiques

 

 

 

I like that radio guide. I enjoy listening to those old radio shows when I can. For a while I lived and worked in NY and my wife lived in Philly.

During my commutes back and forth, I listened to the old radio broadcast of shows made in the forties and fifties.

They were great fun.

 

By the way, I still have a basement filled with Alan LIght's old ad zines, toys, comics and Gerber ads and a few Auction flyers.

My wife always hated them.

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[AnkurJ]

Way before my time but wicked cool!

[nearmint]

I'll take the mint Action #43 for $200.

What the heck, I'll take the NM/M #42 for another $200.

[DR.X]

I'll take the mint Action #43 for $200.

What the heck, I'll take the NM/M #42 for another $200.

 

I think if given the opportunity, we'd both bite the bullet and buy everything on the page.

[Dr Carl]

Really wonderful to see.

 

Reminds me of how I'd buy back issues as a kid...

 

... Order a mail catalogue and drool over all the books I wanted that I could never afford...

 

then send my money for the books I could pay for in by mail, and wait for weeks for the books to come back..

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Wooley's - loved these auctions and loved his wife's sweet voice when I called in bids.

 

I remember it well

[thunsicker]

And who remembers Rex Miller's Supermantiques

 

 

 

I like that radio guide. I enjoy listening to those old radio shows when I can. For a while I lived and worked in NY and my wife lived in Philly.

During my commutes back and forth, I listened to the old radio broadcast of shows made in the forties and fifties.

They were great fun.

 

By the way, I still have a basement filled with Alan LIght's old ad zines, toys, comics and Gerber ads and a few Auction flyers.

My wife always hated them.

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Hey I have that Green Hornet. Not that it's anything special. But my collection is small enough that I don't often see something like that.

[jimjum12]

Really wonderful to see.

 

Reminds me of how I'd buy back issues as a kid...

 

... Order a mail catalogue and drool over all the books I wanted that I could never afford...

 

then send my money for the books I could pay for in by mail, and wait for weeks for the books to come back..

 

.....yeah, the ads used to say to allow SIX weeks for delivery....and it often took that long. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

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I took a few pics from some of the CBGs if anyone is interested. Kind of fun looking through these things. I had a run going back to the late 70s but I remember junking most of them Just happy I save these few boxes.

 

No special order to the pics.

 

 

 

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Comic Racks for sale

 

 

And just for ciorac -

 

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