worldsbestcomics Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Thanks Silvers for getting my picture to show up. Let's see if I can get another one posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 One more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 And one last one. Thanks again, Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvers24 Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 nice books dude! Really nice. And you're welcome for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 This thread is a real gem for me. I am mainly a bronze collector - mostly Spider-Man and X-Men - so I have never ventured into the gold forum before. But I love Ducks, especially Uncle Scrooge, so when I stumbled across this thread the other day, I got to catch up on over a year's worth of amazing posts all in one sitting. And I felt like I had to contribute. My collection is modest but it has a few goodies courtesy of tth. Our paths crossed right when I first decided to put together a Scrooge run and Tim has been a great help in getting me started. I really owe him a debt of thanks and I am fortunate that I hooked up with him before he sold all his Duck books! Glad you found the thread and posted the books! Where/when did you learn about Unca Scrooge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I read Uncle Scrooge when I was a kid in the 1960s. I collected coins with my Dad so I chuckled when I read the post that coin collectors have a special fondness for Scrooge. I think that there is some truth to that! When I started collecting comics, I focused on books that I remembered but I mainly bought bronze superheroes. The Ducks are still the only silver age books that I have. I took my nephew into the local comic store about a year ago and we bought some books to read together. I saw some Gemstone Scrooges and I bought those and when I read them, it brought back all those pleasant memories. I thought that I would put together a complete reader-grade run and re-read all of them. Coincidentally, tth was selling some high-grade Scrooges on eBay at that time and that sparked the collector in me so I got them. I also crossed paths with a real cool guy in Arizona who sold me his Gemstone/Gladstone/Disney run. I'm still working on my Dell/Gold Key/Whitman reader run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 (edited) I read Uncle Scrooge when I was a kid in the 1960s. I collected coins with my Dad so I chuckled when I read the post that coin collectors have a special fondness for Scrooge. I think that there is some truth to that! When I started collecting comics, I focused on books that I remembered but I mainly bought bronze superheroes. The Ducks are still the only silver age books that I have. I took my nephew into the local comic store about a year ago and we bought some books to read together. I saw some Gemstone Scrooges and I bought those and when I read them, it brought back all those pleasant memories. I thought that I would put together a complete reader-grade run and re-read all of them. Coincidentally, tth was selling some high-grade Scrooges on eBay at that time and that sparked the collector in me so I got them. I also crossed paths with a real cool guy in Arizona who sold me his Gemstone/Gladstone/Disney run. I'm still working on my Dell/Gold Key/Whitman reader run. Always nice to hear how people got started -- and that you're passing it on to the nephew. Although you don't specifically mention that you let him read the Scrooges. Just kidding Good Luck completing the run! Edited October 14, 2006 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 The nephew is fun. He picked out a bunch of different superhero books to read: Spidey, Super-Man, Fantastic Four. But his mom loves Disney so he read the Scrooges. Now, I am totally anal about keeping my comics nice and so you should have seen his mom's face when the first book he picked up to read fell out of the mylar bag (with backing board) and right out onto the dusty gravel road next to the car. But, I didn't care about keeping books in mint shape when I was his age. I just wanted to read them. So, the only books I share right now are ones that I'm not worried about keeping in mint shape...and then I try not to flinch when he reads them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 ...and then I try not to flinch when he reads them. I know the feeling! Except it was with my Dad when I let him read my collection copies of Spiderman 31-33 because I knew he would get such a kick out of those stories. Nothing bad happened luckily, but I didn't repeat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Welcome to this thread, Steve! And thank YOU for buying the books from me. Always glad to help a new Duck collector (especially one as obsessed with grade as I am )! -Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 I took my nephew into the local comic store about a year ago and we bought some books to read together. I saw some Gemstone Scrooges and I bought those and when I read them, it brought back all those pleasant memories. I thought that I would put together a complete reader-grade run and re-read all of them. And soon you'll have someone in your own family to read the books with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldsbestcomics Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Thank you, Tim. You were a total pro about the sale and you have been so generous with your advice about Duck books. It is guys like you, Bronze Bruce and Mr. High Grade to name a few that have supported/reignited my love of comic collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Success though not as many as I hoped. There were a few other low value books as well. These are the 3 best. March of Comics is issue 41 "Race to South Seas" by Barks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Nice pick ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) Congratulations! The "Race to the South Seas" looks like a real pearl! --- Now that I'm at it, I got some image stitching software so I can post a better scan of this. Still a few pieces missing that I'll have to add some day... Edited October 15, 2006 by tb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Great Pick ups! That MOC has ben on fire lately! LOve the firesstone too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 That trick or treat art kills me, its so clean. So much creepier too, I wish they would have used that! I know you've mentione dit before, but how many Barks Originals are known in the marketplace? JUst comic work, not recreations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 That trick or treat art kills me, its so clean. I was thinking the same thing. What a loss that basically none of his art was saved. Can you imagine how good his four color covers would have looked? Or how good the cover to US1 would look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 (edited) > how many Barks Originals are known in the marketplace? JUst comic work, not recreations. Matti Eronen's book lists 10 1/2 pages + 1 cover from the '40s and around 30 story pages + 3 covers from the '50s. Aside from 2 covers from 1951 (including that for FC 367), the censored Trick or Treat splash is the earliest known art from the '50s. ------- > any links to the covers? I believe I've seen the FC 367 cover in some ancient catalog but I can't remember where. Geppi had it colored by Barks in '95. The other cover is WDC&S 133 which was depicted in Christie's '93 catalog (which I unfortunately don't have at hand). According to Eronen (anyone interested in this stuff should get his book), the following pre-1960 covers still exist: WDCS 96, 1948 (my avatar) WDCS 133, 1951 FC 367 WDCS 214 Eronen's list may not be complete, but very few exclusions have surfaced since it was published in '94. Edited October 16, 2006 by tb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 any links to the covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
