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Senormac

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Now THIS is VERY INTERESTING. Does anyone out there know anything about this.....OR HAVE ONE ?!! I'd love to get a listen to it or own one. They gotta be out there somewhere hm

 

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This guy had 1,000 golden age books and was ready to trade.... :o

 

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Someone else with more knowledge can chime in, but I'm pretty sure Bill Thailing was one of the early dealers and big collectors. I've heard that name before.

Bill Thailing was a Cleveland collector/dealer from the early days of comic fandom.

He is profiled in the book Founders of Comic Fandom: Profiles of 90 Publishers, Dealers, Collectors, Writers, Artists and other Luminaries of the 1950s and 1960s (2010).

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For many years Raymond Miller knew of no one else who collected comic books, nor of any source for back issues. This changed in 1959 when he managed to link up with Dean Newman of Bard, California. In September of 1960, Newman told Miller about a dealer in old comics named Bill Thailing who lived in Cleveland, Ohio. By the time Raymond caught up to the Ohioan, the dealer's selling prices generally ran from 25 cents to $1.50 for a Golden Age comic. The prime comics before 1943 commanded a stiffer price, $1.75, $2 or higher. He was selling Batman #1 for $3. Raymond bought as many of these rarities as he could afford, though he was never flush for funds.

 

Miller and Thailing constantly traded data about Golden Age comics. Raymond began compiling his own data with information he obtained not only from Thailing, but from an emerging roster of correspondents who became known to him through Alter-Ego, The Comicollector and The Rocket's Blast beginning in 1961 when the fanzines came along. These included veteran collectors MC Goodwin, Jerry Bails, Howard Keltner, D Hoffman, Kenny Heineman, Rick Durell, Hames Ware, Richard O'Brien, Don Rosa and Don Foote, among many others.

 

Batman #1 for $3? :takeit:

 

 

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This guy had 1,000 golden age books and was ready to trade.... :o

 

TBG1031975catholicwanted_zps3018b6d2.jpg

Someone else with more knowledge can chime in, but I'm pretty sure Bill Thailing was one of the early dealers and big collectors. I've heard that name before.

Bill Thailing was a Cleveland collector/dealer from the early days of comic fandom.

He is profiled in the book Founders of Comic Fandom: Profiles of 90 Publishers, Dealers, Collectors, Writers, Artists and other Luminaries of the 1950s and 1960s (2010).

24655284-68c.jpg

 

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For many years Raymond Miller knew of no one else who collected comic books, nor of any source for back issues. This changed in 1959 when he managed to link up with Dean Newman of Bard, California. In September of 1960, Newman told Miller about a dealer in old comics named Bill Thailing who lived in Cleveland, Ohio. By the time Raymond caught up to the Ohioan, the dealer's selling prices generally ran from 25 cents to $1.50 for a Golden Age comic. The prime comics before 1943 commanded a stiffer price, $1.75, $2 or higher. He was selling Batman #1 for $3. Raymond bought as many of these rarities as he could afford, though he was never flush for funds.

 

Miller and Thailing constantly traded data about Golden Age comics. Raymond began compiling his own data with information he obtained not only from Thailing, but from an emerging roster of correspondents who became known to him through Alter-Ego, The Comicollector and The Rocket's Blast beginning in 1961 when the fanzines came along. These included veteran collectors MC Goodwin, Jerry Bails, Howard Keltner, D Hoffman, Kenny Heineman, Rick Durell, Hames Ware, Richard O'Brien, Don Rosa and Don Foote, among many others.

 

Batman #1 for $3? :takeit:

 

 

:applause::applause::applause:

 

Excellent !!

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