A new pedigree?

[seank]

There's an article in today's (4/25) Sacramento Bee about an grocery store in Billings, Montana that was boarded up in 1952 and just reopened after 41 years. The entire stock of the store, plus overstock in a few outbuildings is still there: beer, wine, Kool Aid in the original packets, an unused and unopened Coca-Cola display case, a model train still in the box, and more, including .... MAGAZINES!!!

 

The article doesn't say anything about comics, but if they had a newstand, they probably had comic books. Which means there could be stacks of 1952 comics still sitting there. I imagine multiples of DCs, pre-code horror, ECs, Barks Ducks, and more sitting on those shelves for 40 years. If they're there, I bet the pages aren't white anymore, but the books are damn nice.

 

Everything in the store is going to be auctioned at some point soon. I'd post a link to the article but the Sacbee website is being pokey.

[drbanner]

Any word on the condition of the butter?!?!?

[TomG]

Sounds like a great story! You never know what will turn up when people search old buildings. Can you post a link to the article?

[valiantman]

Sounds fantastic...

but how would "boarding it up" keep out the bugs?

Wouldn't anything "edible" be gone?

 

Still...it could be a grandpa's attic find!

[PedigreeMan]

Story here .

 

Pictures (!!!) here .

 

From the newspaper article: thousands of old magazines ...!!! I didn't notice any in the pictures, but it's anyone's guess what might be in there!

 

Al

[PedigreeMan]

Damn ... also from the article:

 

hundreds of packages of food, spices and condiments that look as though they were just put on the shelf.

 

Makes you wonder what the other paper products look like, huh?!?

[PedigreeMan]

(I just can't be stopped!!!)

 

Mags!!! Multiple copies!!! No comics seen yet, though ...

 

Al

[Bugaboo-migration]

but how would "boarding it up" keep out the bugs?

[hammer-migration]

Wow, What an amazing bunch of pure crapola, all right in the same place!! Beee-U-tifulll!!!

[PovertyRow]

This kind of things give one hope! There are still finds to be made! his one is just fantastic. It is almost as if all those ads inside of the comics came to life!

[Bugaboo-migration]

Man.......if there are any high-grade comics in there, they won't be high-grade for long.......look at how they're treating the magazines by just throwing them loosely into old orange and apple boxes.

[Bugaboo-migration]

It's cool in that it's like opening up a gigantic time capsule and stepping back into the past. Not just a small piece, but a big chunk is represented. What they ate.....what they read.......how they advertised.......all together from one very specific point in time. Pretty "Neat-O" if you ask me.

[PedigreeMan]

Wow, What an amazing bunch of pure crapola, all right in the same place!! Beee-U-tifulll!!

 

Hey! That's not shiznit, that's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PovertyRow]

Pretty "Neat-O" if you ask me.

 

You're durn tootin'!

[garthgantu]

Hammer: there are plenty of people who would say the same thing about your comic collection...

[TomG]

I really wish I could make this auction. You are very correct about the time capsule comment. This as close as you can ever get to living during that period of time.

 

Tom

[Bugaboo-migration]

After I read the article, I really wished this auction was close to me.......I'd attend it as well, just out of curiosity.

[14 of spades]

very cool thread.

 

but 1952... unless there's some CGC 9.8 equivalent stuff, i think the biggest collectible might possibly be baseball cards - isn't that Mickey Mantle's rookie card year?

[Bugaboo-migration]

but 1952... unless there's some CGC 9.8 equivalent stuff, i think the biggest collectible might possibly be baseball cards

Why..........are 1952 comics common in 9.6 and below?

[14 of spades]

i'm not trying to diss 1952 comics, but my understanding of baseball cards is that MM's rookie (next to the Honus Wagner T-210 card) is essentially the Action 1 of baseball cards.

 

i think the card in mint "guides" easily at 5-digits. i'm not sure you can say that about most comics printed in 1952, even if graded 9.6.

 

again, i'm not assuming back-issue stock (like them having a detective 27 lying around), i'm talking about *1952*. i know MM's rookie is around there.