Dale Roberts Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Cool! My first one!! Thanks for the input...I didn't want to presume that a book from this era is definitely a Cookeville just because it has "SN" written on it...but I suppose that's more or less the presumption, right? I guess no one else that we know of was writing SN on books.... Not the I know of. There is really no incentive to do so. You don't really get a premium for Cookeville books. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I heard a slight variation of the original story from Harry. Harry said that he and Rick originally went to look at the books. When they got to the guys house, the books were all out in stacks on the kitchen cabinets and dining table by title. Harry and Rick didn't have the money to purchase the books, so they got in touch with Bob Overstreet. Somehow during this Jon Warren became involved and almost screwed the whole deal. At that point, Harry and Rick call Geppi in to purchase the deal. I believe Geppi purchased the whole deal for 100K and Rick got the early Caps (1 - 15 I believe) and Harry got the Whiz Comics (which at the time were smoking hot). Overstreet ended up spending almost 90K with Geppi on some of the books. Harry was particularly fired up about this, thinking that the financing from the whole deal was right there. If you knew Harry, he had some colorful words to describe the whole deal. Not sure how accurate this is, but this was how the deal was told to me. It's always good to hear the background behind the discovery of some of these GA collections. Based upon some of the people involved here, it would not surprise me at all if the basic gist of your story is actually true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) Perhaps another Cookeville in the house...with a smeared SN.. Edited February 11, 2017 by edowens71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 7 minutes ago, edowens71 said: Perhaps another Cookeville in the house...with a smeared SN.. Yep. Sure looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I was wondering whether the Superman 6 was a Cookeville book... Mutie Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walclark Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 hours ago, BB-Gun said: I was wondering whether the Superman 6 was a Cookeville book... Doesn't look like any of the SN or NN initials I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Here's another candidate...only thing is that the "N" looks a bit strange...has an extra squiggle...makes it look more like "SW". But, it could be an "N", and it's located in a very similar spot as the "SN" on that All-American #64 I posted a few posts back. What do we think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 44 minutes ago, edowens71 said: Here's another candidate...only thing is that the "N" looks a bit strange...has an extra squiggle...makes it look more like "SW". But, it could be an "N", and it's located in a very similar spot as the "SN" on that All-American #64 I posted a few posts back. What do we think? Tough one, but I would lean against. Hard to see why there would be an upstroke if the second letter was meant to be an N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walclark Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 I agree. Looks more like an SW than an SN. Here's a recent pick-up for me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 On 4/4/2013 at 7:47 PM, zzutak said: A fascinating story. Many thanks! (thumbs u agree thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: but I would lean against Edited March 26, 2017 by edowens71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 46 minutes ago, edowens71 said: 2 hours ago, Sqeggs said: but I would lean against Edited 45 minutes ago by edowens71 Overpaid for the ped, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Sqeggs said: Overpaid for the ped, eh? Nah...seller didn't claim it to be a Cookeville...they were probably right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Just now, edowens71 said: Nah...seller didn't claim it to be a Cookeville...they were probably right And thinking over my initial comment, there is an upstroke on an N, provided it's a capital, as at least some of these appear to have been. So, maybe I should switch my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Possibly Cookeville? walclark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: Possibly Cookeville? Looks like it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Always fun to find an undisclosed marked pedigree. I often find Cookvilles, Cosmic Aeroplanes and others. I have found several San Francisco/Riley books with the stamp up in the Bay Area but it's been quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-ColorBrian Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I've shown this book in another cookeville discussion, and I think the answer i got was negative...but could this NN be a cookeville? Has anyone else ever seen these initials before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, tricolorbrian said: I've shown this book in another cookeville discussion, and I think the answer i got was negative...but could this NN be a cookeville? Has anyone else ever seen these initials before? No No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-ColorBrian Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 OK OK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
