MrBedrock's eclectic thread of truly weird shiznit...

[MrBedrock]

First up...circa early '50s... A Terry-Toons Dinky Duck Halloween costume from Halco, complete in the box. The box has tape on the edge of one flap but is otherwise in great shape. The costume is complete but needs a good pressing. The mask is rubber and is one of the scariest things I've ever seen in my life. For a cute funny animal character this get-up was probably a fairly true representation back then. But any kid wearing it now will look like a nightmare come to life.

 

At any rate, this piece is pretty rare...$75.00 SOLD!

 

This would have sold for a lot more had you modeled it yourself

 

He might have got half his leg in there.

Up to the thigh.

[MrBedrock]

Some genuinely cool stuff in this thread...would've definitely picked up a couple of items. Ah well....

There will be more (thumbs u

[MrBedrock]

Can I thread now

What are you waiting for? An Invite?

4) Thread crapping is encouraged.

[MrBedrock]

First up...circa early '50s... A Terry-Toons Dinky Duck Halloween costume from Halco, complete in the box. The box has tape on the edge of one flap but is otherwise in great shape. The costume is complete but needs a good pressing. The mask is rubber and is one of the scariest things I've ever seen in my life. For a cute funny animal character this get-up was probably a fairly true representation back then. But any kid wearing it now will look like a nightmare come to life.

 

At any rate, this piece is pretty rare...$75.00

 

That thing is scary!

 

That thing was in the same city as me? If I'd have known that, I never would have gone outside alone at night.

It's off to Canada now

[batman_fan]

First up...circa early '50s... A Terry-Toons Dinky Duck Halloween costume from Halco, complete in the box. The box has tape on the edge of one flap but is otherwise in great shape. The costume is complete but needs a good pressing. The mask is rubber and is one of the scariest things I've ever seen in my life. For a cute funny animal character this get-up was probably a fairly true representation back then. But any kid wearing it now will look like a nightmare come to life.

 

At any rate, this piece is pretty rare...$75.00 SOLD!

 

This would have sold for a lot more had you modeled it yourself

 

He might have got half his leg in there.

Up to the thigh.

 

Hearing that, getting that mental image, and assuming I could get an autographed picture, I would have gone $100 on it.

[MrBedrock]

First up...circa early '50s... A Terry-Toons Dinky Duck Halloween costume from Halco, complete in the box. The box has tape on the edge of one flap but is otherwise in great shape. The costume is complete but needs a good pressing. The mask is rubber and is one of the scariest things I've ever seen in my life. For a cute funny animal character this get-up was probably a fairly true representation back then. But any kid wearing it now will look like a nightmare come to life.

 

At any rate, this piece is pretty rare...$75.00 SOLD!

 

This would have sold for a lot more had you modeled it yourself

 

He might have got half his leg in there.

Up to the thigh.

 

Hearing that, getting that mental image, and assuming I could get an autographed picture, I would have gone $100 on it.

The autographed pics are going for more than $100. But that's on another forum.

[roulette44]

I freakin' L.O.V.E. this thread (thumbs u

[MrBedrock]

A funny story, that starts off not so funny...

G.B. Love, the founder of the Rocket's Blast, spent his final years in Houston. He was a regular at all of the Houston comic collectors con, meetings, and events. He collected all kinds of stuff - comics, WWII memorabilia, Christmas stuff, Halloween decorations, diecast vehicles. He had a ton of STUFF. In 2000 he was involved in a car wreck. He was in the hospital for a couple of months, never recovered, and passed away in early 2001. All of his worldly belongings were passed on to his church which coordinated an auction. The auction took place at his home.

 

G.B.'s house was located on the end of the block in an older neighborhood in the south part of town. He had a huge back yard that took up two lots and was bordered on two sides by streets. There were chain link fences on both of those sides so the passing traffic could see all that was going on back there. The folks hired to do the auction set up everything in the back yard. Near the back door there was a podium. The crowd of about 100 gathered in the yard. And items were brought out of the house, one-by-one and displayed near the podium for the gathered bidders. Bidders would bid on items by raising their hands. This went on for a few hours. The folks driving by were always curious.

 

Now understand, this was a pretty racially mixed neighborhood, but the antique dealers in attendance were 100% white.

 

So the auction is going on for a while. They start getting into the WWII memorabilia. And the next item is a full size German SS Flag, full swastika, bright red, and in pristine condition. Auctioneer starts the spiel. Bidders start raising their hands. Folks driving by are getting wide-eyed.

 

Then it hit everybody what it must look like.

[MrBedrock]

Which brings me to this item...

Vintage bubble lights, in box. This was the one item I purchased at G.B.'s auction. The box is complete and in pretty nice shape, though there is a tear separation on one of the display flaps. The lights are completely working, and very cool. I can't find a copyright date but I believe these are from the forties.

 

$75.00

 

[G.A.tor]

A funny story, that starts off not so funny...

G.B. Love, the founder of the Rocket's Blast, spent his final years in Houston. He was a regular at all of the Houston comic collectors con, meetings, and events. He collected all kinds of stuff - comics, WWII memorabilia, Christmas stuff, Halloween decorations, diecast vehicles. He had a ton of STUFF. In 2000 he was involved in a car wreck. He was in the hospital for a couple of months, never recovered, and passed away in early 2001. All of his worldly belongings were passed on to his church which coordinated an auction. The auction took place at his home.

 

G.B.'s house was located on the end of the block in an older neighborhood in the south part of town. He had a huge back yard that took up two lots and was bordered on two sides by streets. There were chain link fences on both of those sides so the passing traffic could see all that was going on back there. The folks hired to do the auction set up everything in the back yard. Near the back door there was a podium. The crowd of about 100 gathered in the yard. And items were brought out of the house, one-by-one and displayed near the podium for the gathered bidders. Bidders would bid on items by raising their hands. This went on for a few hours. The folks driving by were always curious.

 

Now understand, this was a pretty racially mixed neighborhood, but the antique dealers in attendance were 100% white.

 

So the auction is going on for a while. They start getting into the WWII memorabilia. And the next item is a full size German SS Flag, full swastika, bright red, and in pristine condition. Auctioneer starts the spiel. Bidders start raising their hands. Folks driving by are getting wide-eyed.

 

Then it hit everybody what it must look like.

that's as good of a threadkrap as it gets (thumbs u

[Transplant]

I've krapped better.

[DrWatson]

I've krapped better stupider.

(thumbs u

[MrBedrock]

Ten issues of Sex to Sexty!

Sex to Sexty was a gag magazine in the late '60s and early '70s. The jokes were the usual bawdy bathroom humor type. And it was heavily illustrated. Fairly tame. Lots of boobs. Lots of butts. But nothing too over the top. They are standard magazine size. Heavy card stock covers and about 100 pgs per issue. This lot has ten issues...

5 vgf

7 vg

8 vg

10 fn

11 vgf

12 vgf

13 fn

18 vgf

21 vg

23 vg

Let the hilarity ensue!

All ten for $75 SOLD!

[godquest]

Lots of great Bill Ward artwork in these. Cool stuff

[MrBedrock]

ERB Synthetic Men of Mars promotional dust jacket...

Unique in that the interior is printed with promotional material to entice retailers to order Synthetic Men of Mars. There is a water stain tide line on the back (promotional) side of the jacket which remarkable does not bleed through onto the art side. It is visible on the front flap edge. The jacket side looks amazing. If you have a copy of Synthetic Men of Mars and need a dust jacket, well here you go. If you have a copy of Synthetic Men of Mars with a beat up dust jacket, well here you go. If you have a copy of Synthetic Men of Mars that has a mint dust jacket, well I bet it doesn't have the promo stuff on the back, so here you go.

 

$60.00

[MrBedrock]

Lots of great Bill Ward artwork in these. Cool stuff

Absolutely. Thanks for mentioning that (thumbs u

[MrBedrock]

Nine different issues of Old Sleuth's Own

A typical back cover and spine

Issue numbers 88, 94, 96, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 114

These are copyright 1897 - 1899.

They are digest size little novellas. All complete and all in about good condition. They have some damage due to the exposure to moisture. But in the immortal words of every eBay seller, "They look great for their age". Actually these don't look that great. That's why I never read them. But maybe I missed a hidden masterpiece. Don't be me. Buy these and read them...

 

$40.00

[MrBedrock]

I've krapped better.

Prove it.

[MrBedrock]

A big stack of old paper...

This lot includes the following...

Business Letter Writer - a small digest book of business form letters from 1916 - good

Half Holiday #23 - July 1898 - "A Juvenile Publication Fit for the Home" - illustrated. good

Gem Library - February 1929 - British - vg

Pluck and Luck #1601 - February 1929 - complete but brittle

Liberty Boys of 76 #1184 - September 1923 - complete but brittle

Wide Awake Library - three issues - #1281, 1285, 1289 - Aug - Oct 1896 - all complete but about good

Gem Library - Vol. III #13 - U.S. June 1896 - good

Old Cap Collier - #579 and #699 - January 1895, May 1897 - both poor

The Saturday Library #1 - January 1891 - good - tape

Twelve different issues of Waverly Library - 1880 - Vol II #29-31,33-41 - all have tape on the spine but the paper is very nice.

 

Yep, a bunch of old paper - $50.00

[vaillant]

De Vinne all over the place…

You have inspired me.

Now you should bring out some turn of the century type specimen of American foundries like American Type Founders or Central Type Foundry!