Point Five Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Don't have it in hand yet but here's my Duck win from the CLink auction: Wow, never noticed that cover. Beautiful copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING of JOKERS Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Don't have it in hand yet but here's my Duck win from the CLink auction: Transplant, That is one beautiful book - Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Transplant, That is one beautiful book - Hank Thanks. For the price, I can make myself live with the dust shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING of JOKERS Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Just arrived! Congrats on these killer looking books. I'm trying real hard just to stick to WDCS (I won the 140 from Clink, a personal grail) .... but seeing these make me want to collect the Scrooge titles also. - Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Definitely has to be one of the absolute top US slabbed sets. Just beauties. I've sent a couple of people your way lately, hopefully you found some books with them. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Definitely has to be one of the absolute top US slabbed sets. Just beauties. I've sent a couple of people your way lately, hopefully you found some books with them. (thumbs u (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I thought those looked familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 The final book to arrive today. It is a good day Wonderful books as always, WBC. I had actually never seen a CGC 9.6 Dell comic until a few weeks ago when a couple of WDCS (158 and 161) arrived. I have to say that these books are unreal in person and seeing them changed my understanding of your focus. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Don't have it in hand yet but here's my Duck win from the CLink auction: Transplant, That is one beautiful book - Hank Wow! What a copy! And the only one I need for #62-256 complete... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 The final book to arrive today. It is a good day Wonderful books as always, WBC. I had actually never seen a CGC 9.6 Dell comic until a few weeks ago when a couple of WDCS (158 and 161) arrived. I have to say that these books are unreal in person and seeing them changed my understanding of your focus. Congratulations. Thanks, tb. I know exactly what you mean. It was a copy of Avengers 100 that did it for me when I was a teenager. The book was perfect and it changed the way I looked at comic collecting. CGC can be pretty harsh on grading those Dells. I have seen some beautiful 9.4s. I have just five 9.6 Dells: Scrooge 30, Donald 63, Mickey 61 & 70 and Four Color 1151. And they do generate a little extra feeling of wonder because of their state of preservation. Your WDCS books would be nice to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Don't have it in hand yet but here's my Duck win from the CLink auction: Transplant, That is one beautiful book - Hank Wow! What a copy! And the only one I need for #62-256 complete... You have been busy Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 just the duck issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Now that I am spending far less, the Duck train is almost dry. This one did come in the other day though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This came in today. While not GA, it's likely no one else will appreciate this. There are only 2 genuinely hard to find US issues in any shape. #179 & this one. Since the #179 really doesn't do anything for me, this was always the Scrooge I had to have. I just picked one up Last week after not seeing a copy for sale in a LONG time. I think at this point the print run was about 10,000 and the fact that it has an un-reprinted Rosa story has made this issue dry up completely. I think most of them have ended up in permanent European collections because it truly is baffling how rarely this comes up for sale, even with people knowing it sells for a high premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This came in today. While not GA, it's likely no one else will appreciate this. There are only 2 genuinely hard to find US issues in any shape. #179 & this one. Since the #179 really doesn't do anything for me, this was always the Scrooge I had to have. I just picked one up Last week after not seeing a copy for sale in a LONG time. I think at this point the print run was about 10,000 and the fact that it has an un-reprinted Rosa story has made this issue dry up completely. I think most of them have ended up in permanent European collections because it truly is baffling how rarely this comes up for sale, even with people knowing it sells for a high premium. I forgot to tell people about my trip to a local show about 6 weeks ago. A guy had set up blowing out $.50 books. In the boxes were a number of the Gemstone WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge books. Among them was a copy of 310. I was thrilled to see it. It is incredibly hard to find in any condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Now that I am spending far less, the Duck train is almost dry. This one did come in the other day though... That's one I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This came in today. While not GA, it's likely no one else will appreciate this. There are only 2 genuinely hard to find US issues in any shape. #179 & this one. Since the #179 really doesn't do anything for me, this was always the Scrooge I had to have. I just picked one up Last week after not seeing a copy for sale in a LONG time. I think at this point the print run was about 10,000 and the fact that it has an un-reprinted Rosa story has made this issue dry up completely. I think most of them have ended up in permanent European collections because it truly is baffling how rarely this comes up for sale, even with people knowing it sells for a high premium. I forgot to tell people about my trip to a local show about 6 weeks ago. A guy had set up blowing out $.50 books. In the boxes were a number of the Gemstone WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge books. Among them was a copy of 310. I was thrilled to see it. It is incredibly hard to find in any condition. congrats! You got yours a LOT cheaper then I did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Now that I am spending far less, the Duck train is almost dry. This one did come in the other day though... That's one I need. thanks Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This came in today. While not GA, it's likely no one else will appreciate this. There are only 2 genuinely hard to find US issues in any shape. #179 & this one. Since the #179 really doesn't do anything for me, this was always the Scrooge I had to have. I just picked one up Last week after not seeing a copy for sale in a LONG time. I think at this point the print run was about 10,000 and the fact that it has an un-reprinted Rosa story has made this issue dry up completely. I think most of them have ended up in permanent European collections because it truly is baffling how rarely this comes up for sale, even with people knowing it sells for a high premium. Nice one. I bought one of these a while ago from Todd Klein (which is kind of nice given his association with Don Rosa's work), but they routinely go for over $100 on eBay. In time I think this will be a hard to find issue. I wrote to the Overstreet folk and pointed out the scarcity and price of this one - which is not reflected in any price guide - and mentioned that even Bruce Hamilton was buying them back for $50 in 2004. I don't suppose the new guide will be changed, but this is an issue you won't find at guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
