Found an old comic shop today, the books were all double cover price though, so I just got some Richie Rich 1 1

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I was just about to post that! 

[Robot Man]

3 hours ago, 10cents said:

Part of the Comics and Ties club in UCLA.

 

Malcolm Willits at Collector’s book store also early ‘60’s. Hollywood CA. He recently passed away. Collector’s was the “expensive” store. Us kids preferred Cherokee or even better Bond Street Books around the corner. A lot more friendly and cheaper. Was a magical time and place for comic book collectors! 

[Robot Man]

3 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

So many keys on that table!

I wish I could tell what that art is laying there.

Look how much shelf space was given to BLBs.

Pretty sure it was set up. Burt did have multiple copies of the keys though. He showed me and a friend a vgish copy of Action #1 once. $300. Might as well have been a million dollars to us.

BLBs were VERY popular then. He had 100’s of them but we wern’t interested. 

[kav]

Based on this Action 321 it had to be after 1965.  

[Unca Ben]

19 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Malcolm Willits at Collector’s book store also early ‘60’s. Hollywood CA. He recently passed away. Collector’s was the “expensive” store. Us kids preferred Cherokee or even better Bond Street Books around the corner. A lot more friendly and cheaper. Was a magical time and place for comic book collectors! 

I am so jealous.  

There are those of us who lived in areas who never even dreamed of a store like that near us, much less multiple stores.
I had to ride my bike a mile or so just for the nearest spinner rack.

[Robot Man]

An old newspaper article about one of the first super collectors Rick Durell. The cat was walking over his "under copies"...

[01TheDude]

6 minutes ago, kav said:

Based on this Action 321 it had to be after 1965.  

Detective Kav is on the case!

[rjpb]

To put this in some context, it would be like walking into a shop today filled with comics from the 1990s. 

[Robot Man]

A photo of Leonard Brown (partner of Malcom's at Collector's Book Store) with a new "buy". Can you even imagine what was in those wrapped up packages? Probably just another day in the comic shop business... They even had a lot of great pulps that walked in to the store. Leonard was Yellow Kid's (board member)  best friend. Actually the two of them started this store. Leonard was the comic guy and Malcom was more the movie poster guy. It was Hollywood after all.

[01TheDude]

14 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

An old newspaper article about one of the first super collectors Rick Durell. The cat was walking over his "under copies"...

 

what year is that newspaper article from-- has to be at least post late 1969 or later based on that DD 53 and the Captain America 119

Also - thank you for sharing the images.

Edited August 29, 2019 by 01TheDude

[Unca Ben]

3 minutes ago, rjpb said:

To put this in some context, it would be like walking into a shop today filled with comics from the 1990s. 

  True.

Difference is, the books in the first case are desirable.

[01TheDude]

4 minutes ago, Unca Ben said:

  True.

Difference is, the books in the first case are desirable.

that and the fact that people didn't actively burn up and recycle 1990s books (much)

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, sfcityduck said:

Dream in color:

This was the "inner sanctum" where you went to pay and the good stuff was. Those EC's were $3-$5. each. A princely sum to my 12 year old pocket. But for those of us who slummed it, the hallway just outside was lined with book cases full of boxes with comics from 50 cents to a buck each. I had to be content to buy Weird Mysteries, Mister Mystery, Dark Mysteries and others for that price most of the time...

I got a Reform School Girl and Showcase #4 in those boxes as well.

At the time, my big passion was MAD. I will never forget seeing this very book in a cleaners bag thumb tacked to the wall on the staircase going upstairs. It was 3 bucks! I had never seen an EC MAD. I remember my dad yelling at me for paying that much for a "funny book" when I got home.

[Robot Man]

13 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

what year is that newspaper article from-- has to be at least post late 1969 or later based on that DD 53 and the Captain America 119

Also - thank you for sharing the images.

Not sure, I no longer have it. Glad I took the photos though.

[Unca Ben]

9 minutes ago, Unca Ben said:

  True.

Difference is, the books in the first case are desirable.

 

4 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

that and the fact that people didn't actively burn up and recycle 1990s books (much)

What a backwards world we live in.   Heh.

[01TheDude]

1 minute ago, Unca Ben said:

 

What a backwards world we live in.   Heh.

give it time-- these things run in cycles. I'm sure the next Seduction of the Innocent is right around the corner.

[Robot Man]

In those days, the first Flash Gordon, Tarzan and Price Valliant issues were worth as much as Action #1...

[thunsicker]

9 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

give it time-- these things run in cycles. I'm sure the next Seduction of the Innocent is right around the corner.

The 'Seduction' talk is mostly around video games now-a-days.

[01TheDude]

6 minutes ago, thunsicker said:

The 'Seduction' talk is mostly around video games now-a-days.

some of it has been about Epstein, though that is a whole different can of worms. Sorry-- didn't mean to hang this thread out to dry.

[Domo Arigato]

4 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

The books in that picture were being sold by the store. RD was a frequent buyer.  That is just the kind of store it was.  Folks say that RD had MULTIPLE Action 1.  What happened to his collection is a depressing scandal, at least in the versions I've heard told.  The story has been told on these boards several times.

Since, as I've mentioned once or twice before, the search function in here sucks.  Would you be able to give us an abridged version of what happened to his collection?