• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Okajima pedigree
25 25

Started by miraclemet,

1,544 posts in this topic

MrBedrock

MrBedrock

Posted
Posted
On 6/7/2022 at 11:01 PM, skypinkblu said:

 Women read comics...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait just a dog-gone minute.

Are you really saying "Women read comics?"

Well, huh. Whodathunkit?

Learn sumthin new every day.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
skypinkblu

skypinkblu

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
On 6/9/2022 at 6:59 PM, MrBedrock said:

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait just a dog-gone minute.

Are you really saying "Women read comics?"

Well, huh. Whodathunkit?

Learn sumthin new every day.

Hang on a second, I need to find my step ladder;)

:makepoint:

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
miraclemet

miraclemet

Posted
  • Author
Posted
On 6/10/2022 at 11:02 AM, Robot Man said:

The Prize is my copy. What does the “2” stand for? 

Based on where it falls in the chronology of the collection it looks like an incomplete okajima code. 

It falls within the "2" code series. After the 2R codes (bought on 3-18, including copies of Zip Comics #46, Marvel Mystery Comics #55, and Police Comics #30), and before the 2T codes (bought on 3-29, Super Magician V3n1, and Captain Aero Comics #15) 

I dont have records of any books with the 2S code, so maybe this was supposed to be a 2S and she didnt finish the code? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sqeggs

Sqeggs

Posted
Posted

I think @skypinkblu raised the point about how CGC identifies the later unmarked Okajimas as being part of the pedigree. I know I've seen a number of them with COAs. Did they all have those (although, of course, they sometimes get mislaid) or were they added by only one of the buyers of the collection?

On a related note, I've had '50s books sold to me that the dealers have sworn are Church copies and in several cases I wasn't able to convince the CGC graders even though there seemed to be a clear chain of ownership. It's a shame when ped books get slabbed without the ped designation--leaving aside the financial angle! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tri-Color Brian

Tri-Color Brian

Posted
Posted
On 6/10/2022 at 6:08 PM, Sqeggs said:

I think @skypinkblu raised the point about how CGC identifies the later unmarked Okajimas as being part of the pedigree. I know I've seen a number of them with COAs. Did they all have those (although, of course, they sometimes get mislaid) or were they added by only one of the buyers of the collection?

On a related note, I've had '50s books sold to me that the dealers have sworn are Church copies and in several cases I wasn't able to convince the CGC graders even though there seemed to be a clear chain of ownership. It's a shame when ped books get slabbed without the ped designation--leaving aside the financial angle! 

I like to scrub the identifying marks off of pedigree books.  It confuses the hell out of people...:insane:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
miraclemet

miraclemet

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)
On 6/10/2022 at 9:08 PM, Sqeggs said:

I think @skypinkblu raised the point about how CGC identifies the later unmarked Okajimas as being part of the pedigree. I know I've seen a number of them with COAs. Did they all have those (although, of course, they sometimes get mislaid) or were they added by only one of the buyers of the collection? 

the COAs were made by Alan Barr when he acquired about a third of the pedigree in the 90s (I think mostly from one of the original 3 buyers along with some other ones he was able to acquire around the area shows as they started to be sold by the 3 original buyers at shows up and down the west coast). Alan documented his portion of the pedigree (book, grade, markings, dates, codes), which was the jumping off point for my Okajima reference list. His documentation is included in the *cough* as yet unpublished pedigree book. 

Edited by miraclemet
Link to comment
Share on other sites
skypinkblu

skypinkblu

Posted
Posted
On 6/11/2022 at 3:45 PM, miraclemet said:

the COAs were made by Alan Barr when he acquired about a third of the pedigree in the 90s (I think mostly from one of the original 3 buyers along with some other ones he was able to acquire around the area shows as they started to be sold by the 3 original buyers at shows up and down the west coast). Alan documented his portion of the pedigree (book, grade, markings, dates, codes), which was the jumping off point for my Okajima reference list. His documentation is included in the *cough*  any day now to be published pedigree book. 

FTFY;)

That's where I first read about the pedigree, too. It was so long ago, I can't remember when that was.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
25 25
Go to topic listing