TeddieMercede Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, tth2 said: It's remarkable how fast a SA thread dies if it's not about flipping Marvels. Sorry, had to fix it. jimjum12, DanCooper and tth2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCooper Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Would love to hear more about the Friedlander brothers involvement/part of the Western Penn collection. Use to hear rumors back in the day (pre-internet) of the collection, multiple high grade Showcase 4s, multiple Plymouth Super Bird cars, etc....... Again, rumors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Great guy, prolly the most intelligent business person I have met. I remember how welcoming his Mom was, great lady. He sent me pictures of the cars and we talked about the SC 4’s. I did buy a SC 7 from the collection. I’m not comfortable saying much more about his personal life. I would imagine he has seen this thread. If he wants to come on and elaborate the ball is in his court! Best, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosconi Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) I love reading about these pedigree stories! It's fascinating to learn how these collections came about and how they survived in such amazing condition over the years. I'm especially intrigued with the Green River pedigree, where two very young brothers began acquiring and hoarding comics in the early 60's from their father's drugstore! I mean how many "young teenagers" at that time were meticulously collecting and storing high grade books (and even picking up multiple copies of certain issues!) with thoughts of their future re-sale value?! They were well ahead of their time!! And the story of how the books came to market is just as interesting: Edited May 12, 2021 by mosconi Spaceguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCooper Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 6 hours ago, linmoth said: Great guy, prolly the most intelligent business person I have met. I remember how welcoming his Mom was, great lady. He sent me pictures of the cars and we talked about the SC 4’s. I did buy a SC 7 from the collection. I’m not comfortable saying much more about his personal life. I would imagine he has seen this thread. If he wants to come on and elaborate the ball is in his court! Best, Tom Great to hear that the Showcase 4s and the Plymouth SuperBirds were not Urban Legend! Oh man, having Mike Friedlander participating in this thread would be pure gold...no wait, this is the SILVER forum...no, I was right the first time, it would be PURE GOLD!! Thanks Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Town Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Great thread, Tom. In the early 2000s, I bought a bunch of (supposed) Western Penn books on eBay from Chris Cole. Where does he or she fit into the Western Penn story? (I still don't know if Chris was a man or woman.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Chris was the wife of the finder. I would say if you bought them from her they are WPA books. On another note if you bought them from Stewart not so sure! tth2 and Ghost Town 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Ghost Town said: Great thread, Tom. In the early 2000s, I bought a bunch of (supposed) Western Penn books on eBay from Chris Cole. Where does he or she fit into the Western Penn story? (I still don't know if Chris was a man or woman.) Welcome back to the Boards, haven't seen you here in ages! Chris is Christi. If they were listed as Western Penns by her, then they were indeed Western Penns. Ghost Town and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 10:57 PM, tth2 said: B&B 34 is not a particularly hard book to find in NM, but the WP B&B 34 is simply the nicest copy I've ever seen because of the color saturation of that wonderful electric blue cover and, most importantly, it is by far the best centered copy of this notoriously miswrapped book. The 35 and 36 ain't too bad either! For anyone interested in picking up a Western Penn SA DC beauty, I just noticed the WP B&B 35 in the previews for the upcoming Heritage Signature Auction. Still in the same slab, meaning it hasn't been touched since being submitted by Tom. There's a bunch of high grade SA DCs in the same auction--I noticed a few other books that I had sold in the past, so whoever accumulated a bunch of nice DCs almost 15 years ago has decided to put them back into the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) Tim, I noticed that someone is dumping a bunch of nice DC’s also. I thought the B&B 34,35 & 36 were all 9.4’s. Didn’t think u would buy a 9.2 but there it is in the auction. Will you check on that? Maybe it’s an early resub that someone got burnt on! My eyes are going it is a 9.4! At least my memory is still good😎 Edited May 13, 2021 by linmoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 I’m thinking most of the books Chris sold on eBay are listed in the catalog they sent to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 This next HA auction is going to break me. Or, at least break my rules for spending. tth2 and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern cross Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) I'm a subby fan so have a couple of west Penn books. I've owned these books for over 15 years I think. So I suspect none have been pressed either. Edited May 13, 2021 by southern cross Suspect books never pressed added HighVoltage, Microchip and DanCooper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) Nice books! Cant beat the colors on those WPA books. I forgot to add that the OO kept the books in laundry bags stored in a dry basement. Best Edited May 13, 2021 by linmoth southern cross, tth2 and jimjum12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghost Town Posted May 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2021 8 hours ago, tth2 said: 20 hours ago, Ghost Town said: Great thread, Tom. In the early 2000s, I bought a bunch of (supposed) Western Penn books on eBay from Chris Cole. Where does he or she fit into the Western Penn story? (I still don't know if Chris was a man or woman.) Welcome back to the Boards, haven't seen you here in ages! Chris is Christi. If they were listed as Western Penns by her, then they were indeed Western Penns. Thanks, Tim! Though I never went anywhere. I spend most of my time here in the Bronze forum. Here are a couple some of the books I picked up from Christi. The Western Penn notation escaped the Avengers #83, unfortunately. Jasonmorris1000000, DanCooper, southern cross and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 22 hours ago, linmoth said: Tim, I noticed that someone is dumping a bunch of nice DC’s also. I thought the B&B 34,35 & 36 were all 9.4’s. Didn’t think u would buy a 9.2 but there it is in the auction. Will you check on that? Maybe it’s an early resub that someone got burnt on! My eyes are going it is a 9.4! At least my memory is still good😎 It's still in its original 9.4 slab, but the listing mistakenly describes it as a 9.2. When I saw the listing, I also did a double take because I knew the book was a 9.4. I was going to ask you if there were doubles of the book, but then I opened the listing and saw that it was just a mistake in their description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 21 hours ago, linmoth said: Nice books! Cant beat the colors on those WPA books. I forgot to add that the OO kept the books in laundry bags stored in a dry basement. Best That really explains a lot. For those who've never seen a WP book in person, particularly a raw copy, you just can't believe how fresh the books are. The inks look wet. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Some pictures coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tth2 Posted May 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2021 This is the Western Penn Sgt Fury 4, which I submitted raw. My scan doesn't do the book justice. Unfortunately CGC didn't note it as a WP, although I understand it now sits in a properly labeled slab. southern cross, electricprune, namisgr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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