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Sad News - R.I.P. Richard Olson - Yellow Kid
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Tri-Color Brian

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On 5/9/2023 at 7:12 PM, sfcityduck said:

 You know, I believe that it is not derailing a thread about a person’s passing to discuss the passions and information he wanted to pass along.  It instead is evidence of a legacy.  
 

When I die nothing would make me happier than if some folks remembered some of my threads and thoughts and gave them some discussion.  I like to think I had something helpful, interesting or valuable to say. People die but it’s like a rock thrown ito a pond and the ripples that result. The hope is the ripples are noticed.

Your ripples will definitely be noticed...:preach:  I've been fascinated and educated by your investigations and knowledge.

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So sad to hear this news!
 

Richard was a great guy, super intelligent and knowledgeable.  Last connected in late 2007-early 2008, and I can’t believe it’s been so long. Short version of that interaction:  he was doing selfless work.  It was soon after Leonard had passed and apparently kept for himself several jewels, both comic books and some art.  Richard was helping Leonard’s widow divest.  As always, all our calls at that time were 95% non-hobby related.  
 

Richard won’t just be missed.  Like Leonard, he leaves a hole that can’t be filled.  Vaya con Dios ...
 

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50YrsCollctngCmcs

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Regrettably I only got the chance to meet Rich in person one time; but it was quite memorable. Rich had made arrangements to be in California to appraise some Outcault artwork from one of his descendants. He was accompanied by his wife Gayle and the board’s own TB. Knowing Rich was a big fan of the Disney parks and having just finished working on the development of the Carthay Circle restaurant in Disney’s California Adventure I made arrangements for a lunch meeting in the restaurant. Rich would also get to visit Disneyland on this trip which he was looking forward to with great anticipation.

Our lunch was quite memorable. Having befriended the restaurant general manager during construction I was able to have us sit in one of the two private rooms for lunch. The Carthay Circle restaurant is also a wonderful homage to Disney being modeled off the theater where Snow White had premiered and contained at that time quite a few artifacts related to that movie.

Rich was also quite pleased on perusing the menu to find that the restaurant featured wines from the Fess Parker vineyard; having been a big fan of Davy Crocket. He ordered a nice bottle for us all to share to commemorate the occasion.

Lunch was a grand affair and Rich regaled us with tales of his Outcault appraisal. I was very happy to have finally had the chance to meet Rich, his wife Gayle and TB and to be able to share this wonderful time in a place of such happy memories for Rich. I’ve scoured my computer for a picture of that meeting but cannot find it which is a shame. Regardless, it is a memory that will always stay with me.

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On 5/14/2023 at 3:07 AM, Flex Mentallo said:

I came across this listed on an online bookstore quite by chance this morning...

Advertisement?  Original book?  Reprint?  :popcorn:

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On 5/14/2023 at 12:35 PM, Flex Mentallo said:

 

Lithograph print on Paper

The original page that I posted earlier in the thread is from that series and documents his visit to Paris.

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I never got to meet the man; only corresponded through PM. Seemed like a really nice person, and after reading all of the fond memories in this thread, one I wished I could have shook hands with. I now understand why he was so interested in my Uncle Scrooge #6 (bought as a 7.0 raw/graded out as a 6.5).

 

R.I.P. Rich.

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On 3/12/2024 at 8:00 AM, Badger said:

I never got to meet the man; only corresponded through PM. Seemed like a really nice person, and after reading all of the fond memories in this thread, one I wished I could have shook hands with. I now understand why he was so interested in my Uncle Scrooge #6 (bought as a 7.0 raw/graded out as a 6.5).

 

R.I.P. Rich.

This would be a good place to post it.

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On 3/13/2024 at 2:00 AM, Badger said:

I never got to meet the man; only corresponded through PM. Seemed like a really nice person, and after reading all of the fond memories in this thread, one I wished I could have shook hands with. I now understand why he was so interested in my Uncle Scrooge #6 (bought as a 7.0 raw/graded out as a 6.5).

 

R.I.P. Rich.

Rich and I were both looking for nice copies of Scrooge #6 at one stage and talked a bit about it. I ended up with a 6.5 as well, and there aren't too many higher copies on the census, last time I looked.

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So was Richard Olson one of those few collectors who started buying comics circa 1950, kept them all and then when older began to hunt down issues he'd missed as a kid?

???

 

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