Badger Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Wow! Great Haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 These showed up at a Minot, North Dakota flea market, that's a long ways from Belgium? but at $1 each they are a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 There mostly Dell reprints in installments with Carl Barks, Al Taliafferro, Jack Bradbury, Floyd Gottfrdson, Carl Buettner, and the others present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 A couple Christmas covers which is great since that's one area I collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Montezuma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 All the ones I have are full color pages alternating with orange and black ink pages, there are large sections of the Second Richest Duck, and Madame Triple X in this batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 These are really cool but I really have to wonder why Goofy is being strangled on the January 23rd copy. Great pickup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Since last week, the total number of 9.4-9.8 copies from 1900-1938 in the CGC census went from 46 to 59. The number of 9.6-9.8 books jumped from 10 to 18. My best guess is that these numbers will increase a bit further in the near future. Hope to post some fun pictures soon... Back in May, I posted the surprising statistics below related to the census population of 1930s books in unrestored CGC 9.4 up. This elusive club finally reached 100 members last month. I found the rate of change interesting: New additions: 2011: 13 2010: 11 2009: 2 2008: 4 2007: 2 2006: 1 2005: 9 If you ignore Mickey Mouse Magazine Series 1-3, the list looks like this: 2011: 6 2010: 0 2009: 1 2008: 4 2007: 1 2006: 1 2005: 9 * 2011 has seen the highest number of new additions, both with and without Mickey Mouse Magazines, since 2005. * There are now 17 Series 3 Mickey Mouse Magazines (this number is likely to grow before the end of the year). * The most remarkable observation to me is how big a difference the submission of even a small group of raw Church books can make. Most (if not all?) of the 6 2011 additions are King Comics. Several of these are even from 1937 where the census has very few books in 9.4 up: the majority of the 100 books are from 1938 and 1939. There is one more note I wanted to make about the quality of the Mickey Mouse Magazine file copies from the Disney archives. Whether you care about Disney comics or not, I don't think collectors realize just what a treasure the top 2-3 runs of file copies are in terms of pure high grade survival rates. I've suspected this since buying an incredible run of these in 2003, but it is only now that the exceptional quality is starting to become apparent thanks to the CGC census. For comparison, here are the numbers for the total population of CGC graded comics in 9.4 or above from the 1930s as of April 2011 (courtesy of valiantman's site): CGC 9.8s: 4 CGC 9.6s: 28 CGC 9.4s: 62 Of these, here is the current population of Mickey Mouse Magazines (3rd series up to December 1939): CGC 9.8s: 0 CGC 9.6s: 2 CGC 9.4s: 12 In other words, although it only has been possible to certify MMMs since around 2008, they already represent 15% of the entire population of CGC graded comics in 9.4+ from the 1930s. And this percentage is very likely to climb over the next 12 months. It is not because MMMs are common: the print run for every issue prior to 1940 must have been substantially lower than that of Action Comics 1 (based on available data). The census anomaly is entirely due to a select few runs of file copies that stand out among the considerable number of file copies that exist. Edited January 25, 2012 by tb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) A couple Christmas covers which is great since that's one area I collect. Now there's a Christmas cover with a real European "flavour". Now, AJD had some spare WDC&S books and offered said issues to me. As is my habit, I ignored his P.M.'s and associated imprecations until the offer was just too good to pass up. Here's the Ducks from the recent shipment, 20 issues from 156 to 237: (Took this lot out of the bags for the photo, so there's not quite so much glare). Solid books all, great PQ and eminently collectible. Anyway, lots of kudos to Andrew Edited January 25, 2012 by Duffman_Comics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 A couple Christmas covers which is great since that's one area I collect. Now there's a Christmas cover with a real European "flavour". Now, AJD had some spare WDC&S books and offered said issues to me. As is my habit, I ignored his P.M.'s and associated imprecations until the offer was just too good to pass up. Here's the Ducks from the recent shipment, 20 issues from 156 to 237: (Took this lot out of the bags for the photo, so there's not quite so much glare). Solid books all, great PQ and eminently collectible. Anyway, lots of kudos to Andrew And what is great about a batch of books like that is all the great Barks reading! It really goes to show what a gem of a book WDCS was in those days. All those back up tales are great fun too. And to think you could have also picked up a monthly Lulu book at the same time with great Stanley artwork and a quarterly Scrooge comic. What an era!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Given the date, Dec. 5th 1957, that it's not Santa Claus on that cover, but St Nicholas, celebrated on Dec. 6th. The hat gives it away. Saint Nicholas on Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 "Of Mice Ducks & Men"............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Anyway, lots of kudos to Andrew Glad they found an appreciative home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I appreciate all the encouragement and nice feedback you have given my Mickey Mouse Magazines over the years. Last year, I finally reached the difficult decision to have all the books certified. It's been a long process and there is still some way to go, but the best parts of my collection are now starting to come back. The books below were in a box I received today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 It's clear that you have carefully selected only the very best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Wow. Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooroldman Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Incredible collection. Any 9.4 or 9.6 for MMM is amazing, but so many, especially in the early issues, is nothing short of miraculous. Great job in assembling this collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 It's hard to see in the pic but there are TWO v.2 # 12 in 9.6 in that stack? And some other dupes, no? :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
