Popular Post SpineTic Posted June 23 Popular Post Share Posted June 23 csaag, Randall Dowling, BlackOut21 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Donation by a fellow Penn grad to our alma mater. So cool! SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Here's a story about Gary and his donation in the University's alumni magazine, the Pennsylvania Gazette: https://thepenngazette.com/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-gary-prebulas-prodigious-vault/ Randall Dowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) These are great stories, and should be shared. I have appraised collections that were donated to insitutional settings, and usually these require a proper appraisal report because the donor receiving the collection would/should issue an official donation tax receipt. The ones I've done were in Canada, and I'm not 100% sure about the state of PA, but I'd imagine the University of Pennsylvania would have no problem issuing such a tax receipt, perhaps through the Office of The Treasurer in that state. In certain instances, this is perhaps the best course of action to take when a couple at an advanced age decide it's time to uncomplicate their lives with having to transact with people over the internet or in person, and can still benefit from donating it from a personal tax and finance perspective. My interest piqued though on this "colour scheme" he retells with an X-Men 1. It sounds like a printing error to me,but I admit this is the first I'm hearing about it. Edited June 23 by comicwiz SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:41 AM, comicwiz said: I'm not 100% sure about the state of PA, but I'd imagine a University like Penn State the University of Pennsylvania would have no problem issuing such a tax receipt ThothAmon, SpineTic, comicwiz and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 My bad, Pennsylvania State University Transplant, chrisco37, SpineTic and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:34 AM, namisgr said: Here's a story about Gary and his donation in the University's alumni magazine, the Pennsylvania Gazette: https://thepenngazette.com/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-gary-prebulas-prodigious-vault/ Glad to see that Zap 1 in the photo pics, although I'm not certain these are of his actual books, maybe just placeholder images cobbled from the web. Still cool to see it had good ecclectic range matching to what he said in the Forbes interview. SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted June 23 Popular Post Share Posted June 23 (edited) On 6/23/2024 at 9:47 AM, comicwiz said: My bad, Pennsylvania State University Edited June 23 by namisgr comicwiz, JollyComics, electricprune and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:52 AM, namisgr said: This guy got it right, but might have his panties in a bunch over all of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) On 6/23/2024 at 10:05 AM, comicwiz said: This guy got it right, but might have his panties in a bunch over all of it. Just another guy spouting nonsense clickbait on social media, completely unaware that the University Libraries have already received the collection and having its value assessed independently of the donor to issue him a statement for tax purposes. He's also unaware that the value to the donor of the tax write-off is a small fraction of the value of the collection on the open market, making it plain to anyone with a brain that the donor's primary motivation could not have been financial. Edited June 23 by namisgr SpineTic, Rip, ThothAmon and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel013 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:00 AM, SpineTic said: This literally had just appeared in my YT feed and I watched it. Love that algorithm! SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comicwiz Posted June 23 Popular Post Share Posted June 23 (edited) On 6/23/2024 at 10:13 AM, namisgr said: That guy is spouting nonsense, completely unaware that the University Libraries have already received the collection and having its value assessed independently of the donor to issue him a statement for tax purposes. For posterity, in case he deletes it. Edited June 23 by comicwiz SpineTic, whomerjay, namisgr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I'm wondering what Gary's X-Men #1 cover color variant looks like that he found in Cleveland and was told by Stan was distributed to that location. Never seen one, and couldn't find a scan on a cursory search. SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:31 AM, namisgr said: I'm wondering what Gary's X-Men #1 cover color variant looks like that he found in Cleveland and was told by Stan was distributed to that location. Never seen one, and couldn't find a scan on a cursory search. I'll believe that story when I see a copy. comicjack, Randall Dowling, Rip and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) On 6/23/2024 at 9:41 AM, comicwiz said: My interest piqued though on this "colour scheme" he retells with an X-Men 1. It sounds like a printing error to me,but I admit this is the first I'm hearing about it. yeah I posted about that above as well... On 6/23/2024 at 10:31 AM, namisgr said: I'm wondering what Gary's X-Men #1 cover color variant looks like that he found in Cleveland and was told by Stan was distributed to that location. Never seen one, and couldn't find a scan on a cursory search. from the way he retells the story, Stan mentioning Cleveland was probably just because Sparta's plant operating as a hub for printing. It sounds to me like a printing (colour) error, than any print run of a variant. He mentions 20,000, I think we would have seen one by now, and as an printing error, is more likely to coincide with the under 5 he claimed in the video. Edited June 23 by comicwiz SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 On 6/23/2024 at 9:30 AM, namisgr said: Donation by a fellow Penn grad to our alma mater. So cool! From a next door neighbor at Drexel, nice to see! namisgr and SpineTic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted June 23 Popular Post Share Posted June 23 (edited) On 6/23/2024 at 12:40 PM, csaag said: From a next door neighbor at Drexel, nice to see! My wife got her graduate degree from Drexel. Once the Rare Books Library gets the collection all catalogued and archived, I can try to make an appointment to see a little of it. May have to come up with a scholarly pursuit to justify, as it's primarily there as a resource for the students. Edited June 23 by namisgr grendel013, fast eddie, csaag and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I used to buy comic books at Golden Apple comic book store near the intersection of Reseda Blvd and Nordoff St while I was a student at California State University, Northridge (we called it CSUN). I had a great time. I remembered this was a mural on the wall that faced south of the intersection: I think the owners sold the store to the new owners, I tried to find the icon of the yellow sign with black typos but this is the former comic book store with the different sign. Golden Apple Comics - 8967 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324 namisgr and SpineTic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted Monday at 06:50 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:50 PM That shop used to be my lcs. Sadly, Earth 2 closed down years ago and same with the location in Sherman Oaks this year. SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted Monday at 08:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:26 PM Golden Apple is on Melrose in LA now. I've been there a number of times but I don't know if it's the same owner or just inspired from the original one in Northridge. SpineTic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...