adamstrange Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 At first I thought I was seeing the front and back cover. Then I realized it was two copies! What a wonderful cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I came across these two beauties soaking up the sun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 You know. If you found them outside, you should return them to their rightful owner. Really gorgeous books that look much higher than 5.5, especially the file copy. TB, I love your collection of Duck books and MMM. OT: I think it's funny that GPA lists a 1st series 6.5 sold in '06 for $200. Obviously a typo but considering the highest graded is a 6.0 and it last sold in '03 for $8k, imagine what a 6.5 would go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I posted my copy of Four Color #4 elsewhere on this forum last summer, but it more likely should have been posted on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Miniature sized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It never fails to amaze me how black covered books like this can possibly have survived all these years in such condition. There must be a story behind every such book. Why they were bought and never read. Why they were stored so carefully. We just assume all are file copies but maybe a book like this, almost certainly bought for a young child and never given, has a different history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Beautiful copy, Steelcity! Even a file copy has to make it from the presses to the warehouse to the dealers/collectors. Any slip along the way by the person transporting the book and it's no longer a 9.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Miniature sized! Is this a children's book? When is it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It is from the Story Hour series, as it says on the front cover. 36 page books sized 4.5" x 6.25" with a fairly heavy card cover. This was published in 1948. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Your copy looks like the prettiest I've ever seen, bangzoom. Really appreciate you posting it. I remember how FC 4 used to be ranked lower than FC 9 in Overstreet. Recently, FC 4 has been the clear winner of this battle, probably in large part due to the CGC census. It has to be the most sought after Disney comic today. I posted my copy of Four Color #4 elsewhere on this forum last summer, but it more likely should have been posted on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Thanks, tb I was surprised to see that there were only four copies listed in the census. Did this issue have limited distribution or is there another explanation for the scarcity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It does seem like an anomaly that perhaps the most valuable of all Disney books has such low census numbers. I have not been able to find reliable circulation figures but FC 4 is clearly a lot scarcer in any grade than books like FC 16 and WDCS 1. I do know that a significant number of high grade file copies have skewed the census for some books, including FC 9. In contrast, the FC 4 file copy shown in my photo is the only I have ever seen. It seems plausible that there could be a large cache of file copies out there somewhere and that would obviously have an impact on demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 The 60's were all about the space race (and other stuff). I like to think of this as the book closest to having psychedelic coloring for Uncle Scrooge (it's a stretch, but hey! One of my favorite of Bark's "modern" Duck stories. Mine too. Mine was the 25 cent later reprint but what the hell. Still can remember reading that book as a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratrooper Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 think these are my only duck books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 think these are my only duck books. If it doesn't smell like cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratrooper Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 think these are my only duck books. If it doesn't smell like cheese. ok, $1,000,000 and it's yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Does anyone recall the issue where Donald and the boys explore caves and find an underground civilization, monsters, etc - ala Journey to the Center of the Earth? thanks, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Miniature sized! this was also given out as a premium for subscribing to WDC&S if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I posted my copy of Four Color #4 elsewhere on this forum last summer, but it more likely should have been posted on this thread. just unbelievable. Such a pretty copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
