Im stumped! All the comic experts come here please!

[kiltman]

If it's from 1973 it doesn't sound very old or very rare.

 

Yes, and I think that is one of the Chinese equivalents of the Little Golden Books we have. And seriously, no "friend" is going to leave a "rare and valuable book" behind just for the heck of it.

 

P.S. Kilt, you seem to have a serious case of Gold Fever and you might want to re-examine your newfound hobby.

 

Well the thing is. He has left me behind a whole bunch of rare stuff. A Damien Hurst plate that sold for 90(all pounds sterling), a signed pele football sold for 110, a rare saturn game sold for 120, a rare snes game sold for 80 and soem other stuff. So going by my previous luck..... ^-^

[Hobgoblin]

If it's from 1973 it doesn't sound very old or very rare.

 

Yes, and I think that is one of the Chinese equivalents of the Little Golden Books we have. And seriously, no "friend" is going to leave a "rare and valuable book" behind just for the heck of it.

 

P.S. Kilt, you seem to have a serious case of Gold Fever and you might want to re-examine your newfound hobby.

 

Well the thing is. He has left me behind a whole bunch of rare stuff. A Damien Hurst plate that sold for 90(all pounds sterling), a signed pele football sold for 110, a rare saturn game sold for 120, a rare snes game sold for 80 and soem other stuff. So going by my previous luck..... ^-^

 

Does your friend know that you've been selling off these rare items he gave you?

[kiltman]

no "friend" is going to leave a "rare and valuable book" behind just for the heck of it.

 

Maybe kiltman's friend doesn't have any interest in anything comic-like, but knew that kilt would love it and decided he should have it. Sounds like something a good friend would do if you ask me.

 

He did collect comics but couldnt take them with him as it was a case of he was going with what he could carry on the plane. He gave me a bunch of Dark Minds comics and im picking up a couple more long boxes that he left with someone else soon. I think the best thing he gave me though was all the Battle Royale Manga books! ^-^ A keepsake there

 

Cheers for your support though hobby

[Tango 'n Cash]

Well the thing is.

 

Now I understand, but when I hear "rare and valuable" in relation to collectibles I am thinking at least 4 figures.

[kiltman]

If it's from 1973 it doesn't sound very old or very rare.

 

Yes, and I think that is one of the Chinese equivalents of the Little Golden Books we have. And seriously, no "friend" is going to leave a "rare and valuable book" behind just for the heck of it.

 

P.S. Kilt, you seem to have a serious case of Gold Fever and you might want to re-examine your newfound hobby.

 

Well the thing is. He has left me behind a whole bunch of rare stuff. A Damien Hurst plate that sold for 90(all pounds sterling), a signed pele football sold for 110, a rare saturn game sold for 120, a rare snes game sold for 80 and soem other stuff. So going by my previous luck..... ^-^

 

Does your friend know that you've been selling off these rare items he gave you?

 

He told me to do what i wished with them. So i did ^-^ I have no use for any of that stuff. better it goes into my comic collection rather than collecting dust!

[Tango 'n Cash]

Does your friend know that you've been selling off these rare items he gave you?

 

Highly doubtful.

[kiltman]

Well the thing is.

 

Now I understand, but when I hear "rare and valuable" in relation to collectibles I am thinking at least 4 figures.

 

Depends how much money your used to dealing with i suppose For me valuable would be in the hundreds of pounds. For soem people it would be thousands. And for the really rich the millions ^-^

[rob_react]

I think the best thing he gave me though was all the Battle Royale Manga books! ^-^ A keepsake there

 

 

[Tango 'n Cash]

Well the thing is.

 

Now I understand, but when I hear "rare and valuable" in relation to collectibles I am thinking at least 4 figures.

 

Depends how much money your used to dealing with i suppose For me valuable would be in the hundreds of pounds. For soem people it would be thousands. And for the really rich the millions ^-^

 

I am not bragging, just presenting my point of view and why I was a little confused. If a friend or contact came up and wanted to show me a "rare and valuable" collectible he just bought, I would not be thinking $100 total value.

 

I am done here and I do hope you find out the issue and its origin.

[DiceX]

Can't Greggy read it?

He's Chinese, eh?

[FlyingDonut]

I'll have a translation for you in the afternoon. The 1973 date tends to make it much much less valuable. Many of the things produced in the late 50s during the Hundred Flowers, etc. were destroyed in later campaigns (and in some cases burnt for fuel!), so that time period plus the early 60s is far more rare than the post-1968, since the 1968-69 period of the cultural revolution nailed this stuff.

[Hobgoblin]

Well the thing is.

 

Now I understand, but when I hear "rare and valuable" in relation to collectibles I am thinking at least 4 figures.

 

I guess I should expect this though. To me, a collectible item can be worth $30 and I'd be happy.

[Hobgoblin]

Well the thing is.

 

Now I understand, but when I hear "rare and valuable" in relation to collectibles I am thinking at least 4 figures.

 

I guess I should expect this though. To me, a collectible item can be worth $30 and I'd be happy.

 

"rare and valuable" though, I guess I have no opinion on how many figures it should be, because I don't really have anything that's rare

[kiltman]

I'll have a translation for you in the afternoon. The 1973 date tends to make it much much less valuable. Many of the things produced in the late 50s during the Hundred Flowers, etc. were destroyed in later campaigns (and in some cases burnt for fuel!), so that time period plus the early 60s is far more rare than the post-1968, since the 1968-69 period of the cultural revolution nailed this stuff.

 

Burning comics for fuel! Sacrilage(unless early 90's DC i suppose)! I would muchly appreciate that FD, this comic is certainly intreaging.

[kiltman]

I think the best thing he gave me though was all the Battle Royale Manga books! ^-^ A keepsake there

 

 

 

Great reads

[Jeffreykli]

It might also be a Chinese translation of a Japanese comic. I'm not sure about this practice in 1973, but when I was visiting Taiwan in 1991, I picked up a couple of Chinese translations of Japanese comics.

[skybolt]

Maybe it's 1973 in Chinese years (since the Ming Dynasty or something).

[Fan4Fan]

Maybe it's 1973 in Chinese years (since the Ming Dynasty or something).

 

That's what I was thinking... but they would likely not have been using western number characters...

[rob_react]

Maybe it's 1973 in Chinese years (since the Ming Dynasty or something).

 

That's what I was thinking... but they would likely not have been using western number characters...

 

Beyond that, if that book were from 1973 in the Chinese Calendar it'd be nearly 3000 years old.

[kiltman]

Maybe it's 1973 in Chinese years (since the Ming Dynasty or something).

 

That's what I was thinking... but they would likely not have been using western number characters...

 

Beyond that, if that book were from 1973 in the Chinese Calendar it'd be nearly 3000 years old.

 

.........bidding starts at $5,000,000,000