A Centaur a day...Funny Picture Stories 2/5 upgrade 4 4

[Johnny545]

Didn't Berk have a complete Centaur collection, has some already sold or is there more to come?  The are some missing in the current auction.  (Maybe he kept a few?)

[G.A.tor]

1 hour ago, Johnny545 said:

Didn't Berk have a complete Centaur collection, has some already sold or is there more to come?  The are some missing in the current auction.  (Maybe he kept a few?)

He kept some of them

[G.A.tor]

Keen Detective Funnies 10

tough little book...would like to have an upgrade but lost out on the 8.5 in last auction. Stopped bidding "hoping" Berk would have a comparable copy ...hindsight is 20/20

Edited May 13, 2017 by G.A.tor

[G.A.tor]

Keen Detective Funnies 11

this is another super tough issue to find

Edited May 14, 2017 by G.A.tor

[G.A.tor]

Spoiler

 

Keen Detective Funnies 2/1

another deceivingly tough issue

Larson copy

Edited May 15, 2017 by G.A.tor

[fett]

With all your resources and connections I've seen you and others say you can and have completed runs of GA series within a fairly short time frame (less than 5 years), and obviously 1930s books are hard to find in any condition sometimes, and then you have these Centaurs which had distribution problems to make them even tougher.  Something I've wondered though, have you ever come across one of these super tough books in the wild, which you were able to scoop up ridiculously cheap? Or are you always surrounded by other collectors/dealers that price books like these to  you  accordingly? 

Edited May 15, 2017 by fett

[G.A.tor]

2 minutes ago, fett said:

With all your resources and connections I've seen you and others say you can and have completed runs of GA series within a fairly short time frame (less than 5 years), and obviously 1930s books are hard to find in any condition sometimes, and then you have these Centaurs which had distribution problems to make them even tougher.  Something I've wondered though, have you ever come across one of these super tough books in the wild, which you were able to scoop up ridiculously cheap? Or are you always surrounded by other collectors/dealers that price books like these to  you  accordingly? 

I think the majority of folks that sell centaurs know their value/rarity... I have gotten issues for way less than I was willing to pay, but nothing I would say is "ridiculously" cheap, outside of the fact that some of the issues have little demand and are "cheap" (relative...like a few hundred)...

[G.A.tor]

Keen Detective Funnies 2/2

 

 

Edited May 16, 2017 by G.A.tor

[G.A.tor]

Keen Detective Funnies 2/3

[Silver Surfer]

Nothing like paddling in a canoe with a suit and tie on!

[Sqeggs]

4 hours ago, Silver Surfer said:

Nothing like paddling in a canoe with a suit and tie on!

His tux may have been at the cleaners. 

[Silver Surfer]

2 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

His tux may have been at the cleaners. 

I think  that's why he got shot.

[G.A.tor]

Keen Detective Funnies 2/4

Former Ruben Blades copy

Edited May 18, 2017 by G.A.tor

[lpsunburst]

As an interesting side note, I happened to be in the CC offices when Ruben was there dropping off books for consignment, I know he had some Centaurs but I dont remember if this was one of them. He is quite the collector.

[G.A.tor]

29 minutes ago, lpsunburst said:

As an interesting side note, I happened to be in the CC offices when Ruben was there dropping off books for consignment, I know he had some Centaurs but I dont remember if this was one of them. He is quite the collector.

cool timing...it was one (says so right on the label  )

Ruben and I talked for about an hour at NYCC this past year...cool collector for sure

[circumstances]

I met him for the first time at NYCC as well. November, 1999.

[G.A.tor]

1 hour ago, circumstances said:

I met him for the first time at NYCC as well. November, 1999.

Fun to talk to for sure

[Sqeggs]

9 hours ago, G.A.tor said:

cool timing...it was one (says so right on the label  )

Ruben and I talked for about an hour at NYCC this past year...cool collector for sure

Does he still collect?

[G.A.tor]

5 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Does he still collect?

Yes. We've exchanged a few emails about cool acquisitions 

[Sqeggs]

Just now, G.A.tor said:

Yes. We've exchanged a few emails about cool acquisitions 

Interesting.  So if he gets books newly graded, do they still get the "From the Collection of Ruben Blades" label notation from CGC?