Popular Post Robot Man Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 So much talk about pedigrees these days. Here is a famous (or infamous) one not recognized by CGC probably for good reason. I remember when these books came to market at SDCC. There was such a shark swarm in this booth. Guy didn't care about condition. He just wanted to own one of every comic book ever published. Apparently, he made a good dent in it. Anybody have any more? vheflin, Badger, djpinkpanther67 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Awesome story, thanks for sharing these! I wonder if anyone knows what happened to the collector? I imagine he faced serious jail time... Unless of course the judge was a comic collector. gino2paulus2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post buttock Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, KCOComics said: Awesome story, thanks for sharing these! I wonder if anyone knows what happened to the collector? I imagine he faced serious jail time... Unless of course the judge was a comic collector. Served time. Got out. Hired by Chuck R at Mile High comics. Fired for stealing. True story. gino2paulus2, vheflin, jimbo_7071 and 11 others 4 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Here's another. Larryw7 and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, buttock said: Served time. Got out. Hired by Chuck R at Mile High comics. Fired for stealing. True story. Yikes! Courageous Cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 47 minutes ago, buttock said: Served time. Got out. Hired by Chuck R at Mile High comics. Fired for stealing. True story. WOW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I have a few of them. Larryw7, szucchini, KCOComics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 @rtsunlimited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECDC Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I have about 10 from that collection...but nothing super special. I remember I got Life with Archie 1 & 2 and a few ECs that we’re reasonably priced. Maybe The neatest thing is, I have kept every comic related thing I ever had, so I still have his IRS collection mail order catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 44 minutes ago, fifties said: date stamp with my father's birthday! onlyweaknesskryptonite, ThothAmon, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I just bought a bunch of comics labeled as the Nevada collection. I think these were but in the 80s or 90s from sparkle city. Nice upper grades but really white pages on late 40s early 50s books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, buttock said: Served time. Got out. Hired by Chuck R at Mile High comics. Fired for stealing. True story. Colorado: Home of some of the coolest and weirdest comic-related stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 The original owner must've been this guy KCOComics and HotKey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 3 hours ago, buttock said: Served time. Got out. Hired by Chuck R at Mile High comics. Fired for stealing. True story. is there a web link to the firing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I remember some coverage on this collection when it first was discovered and came-to-market. Consensus was, while an interesting origin story, it was so heavily weighted towards the modern books (vs. Golden / Silver Age) that it was actually underwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECDC Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, ft88 said: I just bought a bunch of comics labeled as the Nevada collection. I think these were but in the 80s or 90s from sparkle city. Nice upper grades but really white pages on late 40s early 50s books I have a bunch of those too. Picked them up in June 1993, from Sotheby’s auction. Back then, they would sell in large groups. I think the largest I ever won was about 240 books (in one lot!). I think all of the Nevada books I won were all mainstream DC titles in FN/VF to VF/NM but were noted for the very high page quality. Sotheby’s auctions...good times. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Thurgood Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Ummm... why is it the "IRS collection" when the guy worked for - and the books were sold by - the CDR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Albert Thurgood said: Ummm... why is it the "IRS collection" when the guy worked for - and the books were sold by - the CDR? Well if you read the blurb in the certificate, the IRS seized the collection and had it auctioned. They were the owner, thus their name on the collection. Courageous Cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Thurgood Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Just now, fifties said: Well if you read the blurb in the certificate, the IRS seized the collection and had it auctioned. They were the owner, thus their name on the collection. Well if you actually read the blurb, like I did before I asked the question, it says the State of Colorado seized the collection. I don't see how SoC instead gets abbreviated to IRS. Then they also say CDR made the inventory of the collection. Here it is again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, Albert Thurgood said: Well if you actually read the blurb, like I did before I asked the question, it says the State of Colorado seized the collection. I don't see how SoC instead gets abbreviated to IRS. Then they also say CDR made the inventory of the collection. Here it is again: The CDR is apparently tied into the IRS; https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/colorado IDK why they named it the IRS collection instead of the CDR collection, unless to give it more notoriety. After all, who outside of Colorado would have known what "CDR" stands for? szucchini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
