adamstrange Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Is that yours? I told you I had one a while back. I just didn't see much need to post it after "someone" (cough*tth2*cough) started the thread with a 9.6 FC178 and 9.4 FC 386. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Is that yours? I told you I had one a while back. I just didn't see much need to post it after "someone" (cough*tth2*cough) started the thread with a 9.6 FC178 and 9.4 FC 386. Looks like a 9.4-9.6 to me! What would you grade it as? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Is that yours? I told you I had one a while back. I just didn't see much need to post it after "someone" (cough*tth2*cough) started the thread with a 9.6 FC178 and 9.4 FC 386. Looks like a 9.4-9.6 to me! What would you grade it as? Scan's a little nicer than the book. Should be a NM. (I just checked the census and I trust yours is the only 9.4? I can hear the sighs of relief!) I would expect there to be other 9.4s and probably a 9.6 or two out there. I had a chance to buy a what I recall was a NM copy many moons ago and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was a perfect book for slabbing because it was not a file copy and had beautiful pages and front cover colors. The difficulty was the QP of the interior pages. The image was EXTREMELY off-centered to the point of being within 1/8" of the edge. I could not get over that. Would CGC note that type of defect on the label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Scan's a little nicer than the book. Should be a NM. (I just checked the census and I trust yours is the only 9.4? I can hear the sighs of relief!) I would expect there to be other 9.4s and probably a 9.6 or two out there. I had a chance to buy a what I recall was a NM copy many moons ago and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was a perfect book for slabbing because it was not a file copy and had beautiful pages and front cover colors. The difficulty was the QP of the interior pages. The image was EXTREMELY off-centered to the point of being within 1/8" of the edge. I could not get over that. Would CGC note that type of defect on the label? Yes, my copy is the one in the census. I have no illusions that there are not more 9.4 and even better copies out there, it was a very popular book and has been a must have for every serious Scrooge collector for a long time. Yours is really sharp, though, looks better than my copy. Doubtful that CGC would note a manufacturing defect like off-centered pages. Too bad you didn't buy it, you could have slabbed it, the defect would be invisible to the rest of the world, and you could've taken the undoubtedly generous proceeds to add to your already-impressive collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Heck, I could have just kept my FF6 that I sold as a 9.2 for $600 and was eventually graded a 9.2. As you well know, the Marvel boys spend the big bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Wow! That FC 386 looks right up there with tth2's. Always wondered why it is so impossible to find the early US in NM(?). Maybe the guide had just been way too low for many years. A few more scans that belong in this thread. A few years back, I was offered a VF unrestored WDC&S 1. By the time I had raised the cash the next day, the seller had second thoughts and ended up keeping the book . The copy below got a 6.5 - best I've seen for sale in the last 5 years (excluding the CGC VF+ which I thought was over-priced and -graded). MM Mag V5#12, which I consider to be more important historically, is courtesy of rarehighgrade who sold this baby to me last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Heck, I could have just kept my FF6 that I sold as a 9.2 for $600 and was eventually graded a 9.2. As you well know, the Marvel boys spend the big bucks! Tell me about it, I sold my CGC 9.6 FF 6 for a mere $6000 or so several years ago, and I heard it sold for much much much more later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Heck, I could have just kept my FF6 that I sold as a 9.2 for $600 and was eventually graded a 9.2. As you well know, the Marvel boys spend the big bucks! Tell me about it, I sold my CGC 9.6 FF 6 for a mere $6000 or so several years ago, and I heard it sold for much much much more later on. Let's stop talking Marvels in the Duck thread. I think the guy that started this whole thing might get upset. Bummer about the FF6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Those are two great Donald Duck books, hkp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 16, 2005 Author Share Posted April 16, 2005 Let's stop talking Marvels in the Duck thread. I think the guy that started this whole thing might get upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 For what it's worth, here are some Duck books from Argentina. I think the covers for this title were usually original to Argentina. Brazil had the same series but often with entirely different cover art, usually featuring Jose Carioca. These are all about 1948. Unfortunately the covers are newsprint instead of gloss so they didn't survive in incredible condition. First, Donald in pants! Christmas Christmas #2 The cover joke: The sign says "the best spot remover" and Donald's jacket has a hole burned into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 Very cool, thanks for the contributions! Always nice to see examples of comics from other countries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 (edited) Edited April 30, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 "bichito bucky" pretty funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 Any new ducks from anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Any new ducks from anyone? Here is a sweet HG beauty from the Tichler's Finer Foods pedigree. Not golden age, but beggars can't be choosers! Incidentally, this is the first comic I ever owned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 That reminds me, I'll bring in my copy of FC #147 (the original Volcano Alley) to scan and post here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 9, 2005 Author Share Posted May 9, 2005 That reminds me, I'll bring in my copy of FC #147 (the original Volcano Alley) to scan and post here. And without further ado, here it is (the faint white line running down the right side is a scratch on the plastic, not the book!): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Very nice (like all your Duck books)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 That reminds me, I'll bring in my copy of FC #147 (the original Volcano Alley) to scan and post here. As always, . Another amazing book! Here's one of my lame-o modern books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
