Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Whatever happened to that guy that used to advertise in the price guide for Superman stuff? Claimed to be the world's greatest Superman collector... A couple guys come to mind. Gary Coddington had a massive collection of Superman stuff. He actually let me read his Action #1 as well as many other key issues. He died in his early 30's of kidney failure. The other guy that comes to mind is Danny Fuchs from New York. He also had a massive collection of every Superman item you could think of new or old. He is still around I believe but kind of slowed down (probably got everything)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Whatever happened to that guy that used to advertise in the price guide for Superman stuff? Claimed to be the world's greatest Superman collector... A couple guys come to mind. Gary Coddington had a massive collection of Superman stuff. He actually let me read his Action #1 as well as many other key issues. He died in his early 30's of kidney failure. The other guy that comes to mind is Danny Fuchs from New York. He also had a massive collection of every Superman item you could think of new or old. He is still around I believe but kind of slowed down (probably got everything)! Mark Edmonds has everything Superman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Danny Fuchs was the one I was thinking of. Didn't know Coddington died...he sold my VG Action #6 for me in 1980. It's probably been pressed and is now in a plastic holder that says 6.0 on it. I got $300 for it back then. It took him 6 months to find a buyer...wow... a little background on the Action 6 because I know you don't care: I found it in a Utah antique store in 1973 and paid $30 for it. $30 was guide back then and I was NOT happy that I had to pay guide for an Action that didn't even have Superman on the cover, just a stupid gorilla...and Jimmy Olson was only called "office boy". That sucked...End of story... Edited February 20, 2015 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcomics Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) I used to buy from Danny Fuchs in the early days of ebay. He always had some killer raw comics and other neat items. I would buy raw from him a lot of times as my source for CGC material. The Hulk mug that sits on my desk in the picture below came from Danny over 10 years ago. It's part of my 18 year junk obsession. Edited February 20, 2015 by lhcomics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 And while I am doing Superman, here is the incredibly rare 1942 Superman sheet music. I was dragged to a doll show with my wife a few years ago. A lady had a pile of sheet music and I was bored so I looked in the pile where I found this. Needless to say, I jumped all over it. I have only seen one other since I got this. I've never seen this either. Those doll shows have been lucrative for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Whatever happened to that guy that used to advertise in the price guide for Superman stuff? Claimed to be the world's greatest Superman collector... A couple guys come to mind. Gary Coddington had a massive collection of Superman stuff. He actually let me read his Action #1 as well as many other key issues. He died in his early 30's of kidney failure. The other guy that comes to mind is Danny Fuchs from New York. He also had a massive collection of every Superman item you could think of new or old. He is still around I believe but kind of slowed down (probably got everything)! Mark Edmonds has everything Superman Indeed. Mark has an amazing collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Harry Matesky also comes to mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 And while I am doing Superman, here is the incredibly rare 1942 Superman sheet music. I was dragged to a doll show with my wife a few years ago. A lady had a pile of sheet music and I was bored so I looked in the pile where I found this. Needless to say, I jumped all over it. I have only seen one other since I got this. I've never seen this either. Those doll shows have been lucrative for you! Hey as a married man it was a win win. Made the little woman happy and went home with a score for myself... There's a lot of other ways to get good stuff than just HA auctions... My wife is an antique dealer. Like most antique dealers, she considers my "collectibles" swill. But she often comes home from an estate sale with some pretty cool swill for me. A few months ago I came home to find about 30 nice Friction House comics on the dining room table that she picked up for me cheap. She's a keeper even if she doesn't appreciate the "cool stuff"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Danny Fuchs was the one I was thinking of. Didn't know Coddington died...he sold my VG Action #6 for me in 1980. It's probably been pressed and is now in a plastic holder that says 6.0 on it. I got $300 for it back then. It took him 6 months to find a buyer...wow... a little background on the Action 6 because I know you don't care: I found it in a Utah antique store in 1973 and paid $30 for it. $30 was guide back then and I was NOT happy that I had to pay guide for an Action that didn't even have Superman on the cover, just a stupid gorilla...and Jimmy Olson was only called "office boy". That sucked...End of story... Think where you would be today, if you had kept your comics instead of selling them! And think where I would be today if I had held on to my finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) That wasn't the worst one I sold...I sold an X-men 1 in about 9.2 the same year...but i really didn't like the Action 6...after all, one of the stories was just in B&W...what's up with that? But, it is a good thing I've held on to the vast majority of my books... Edited February 20, 2015 by tricolorbrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yeah, and where is that money now? Blown long ago on wine, women & song probably... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 No...I bought 2 houses in Beverly Hills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 A few months ago I came home to find about 30 nice Friction House comics on the dining room table that she picked up for me cheap. Love the typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 OK, I know you want the other stuff but because comics are my first love I gotta put up some more today. Here are 3 "Cookvilles". I like this collection. Kind of like "Pauls". Was a large collection and well marked. Not recognized by CGC. I have maybe a dozen or so only. Maybe I like the "Pauls" so much because I was there when it was found and got in to pick up a lot of good ones. I got to see most of them and got the back story first hand from the buyer. I do like "Cookviles" too. I like this one because it is one of only a few that has Leroy Mackie (the original purchaser's name) on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 This is a cool book in itself. I didn't realize until years later that it had the SN erased by a later purchaser. You can see the faint S in the R on the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 I picked this up at Terry's show a couple of years ago. Was thrilled to find an affordable copy and even more thrilled that the seller had no idea it was a Cookville! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwoogieman Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Harry Matesky also comes to mind... Yes, Harry wrote a book on Superman collectibles, I believe. His son is a partner at the law firm where I am an associate. We work on the Stan Lee litigation together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I picked this up at Terry's show a couple of years ago. Was thrilled to find an affordable copy and even more thrilled that the seller had no idea it was a Cookville! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 A few months ago I came home to find about 30 nice Friction House comics on the dining room table that she picked up for me cheap. Love the typo (Wasn't a typo...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Mark Edmonds has everything Superman Indeed. Mark has an amazing collection. He has been selling off his comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
