Easter is over show your Bonnetts covers!

[Robot Man]

Bonnetts Book store in Dayton Ohio. We have all seen and or owned copies from this fabled "used book" store. Probably every comic, pulp or magazine was resold through this store back in the day.

Must have been awsome to go in and look at their stock. I have quite a few of their books. I think David T Alexander must have bought them out since he seems to have more than anyone else.

 

Anybody ever see a big key like Action #1, Tec #27 or Cap #1 with that stamp? What's the oldest book you've seen? How about the newest?

 

Show 'em if you've got 'em!

 

Here's one to get the ball rolling

 

[EC ed]

Cool thread idea.

 

[Scrooge]

Recently posted in the Pulp thread -

 

[StuporMan]

Yeah, very cool - I didn't even know these existed...

 

[pooroldman]

It's still there, altho I haven't been inside in years. If you're ever in Dayton, it's worth the effort to see. In addition to comics, they have an... eclectic selection of other items for sale.

[pooroldman]

[zzutak]

[Robot Man]

I know that I have seen an old vintage photo of the interior of the store here on the boards. Anybody got it?

[Scrooge]

I saved it. Here it is -

 

[comicdonna]

Wow!

[OtherEric]

Let's see if I can keep this thread on Target...

 

 

[mrmyst]

I saved it. Here it is -

 

 

Lots of people don't know that that's Gator in the shorts. True.

[Mr. Lady Luck]

 

[Robot Man]

Any body know why David T Alexander has so many Bonnetts? Seems like every 3rd or 4th one on his Ebay listings is a Bonnett copy.

[mrmyst]

Any body know why David T Alexander has so many Bonnetts? Seems like every 3rd or 4th one on his Ebay listings is a Bonnett copy.

 

Dunno - I skip right over those listings.

[sacentaur]

Any body know why David T Alexander has so many Bonnetts? Seems like every 3rd or 4th one on his Ebay listings is a Bonnett copy.

 

Dunno - I skip right over those listings.

 

Precisely - their pricing structure is just ridiculous.

[Ameri]

pretty early

 

[OtherEric]

Any body know why David T Alexander has so many Bonnetts? Seems like every 3rd or 4th one on his Ebay listings is a Bonnett copy.

 

Dunno - I skip right over those listings.

 

Precisely - their pricing structure is just ridiculous.

 

Those two Targets I showed are probably the only two books I've ever bought from them; rather special circumstances where I wanted to get all the later Targets scanned for DCM. Their listings boggle the mind, but if for some reason you want a book NOW they can be the only game in town.

[Bookery]

Any body know why David T Alexander has so many Bonnetts? Seems like every 3rd or 4th one on his Ebay listings is a Bonnett copy.

 

Alexander has been friends with the Bonnett family for a long time, and yes, he's bought out much of their remaining stock in recent years. Over a decade ago he handled an impressive group of golden-age keys Bonnett's sold off... including a CGC-graded 3.0 Action #1 (no Bonnett's stamp, if I recall), as well as Sensation #1, All-Star #3 (several copies I believe) and about 3 or 4 dozen other high-end books. Their pulp and comic stock is now pretty much gone, I'm told, slowly sold off over time.

[Robot Man]

It must have been amazing to be in that store back in the day. I imagine there are a lot of Bonnetts books still sitting around the Dayton area. I thought I had heard the story about David T selling some high end books for them.