My visit to Geppi's Museum of Entertainment

[kc120us]

Hi guys,

Let me just say that my fiancee is the greatest. This past thursday was my birthday and Emily tells me that she has a surprise weekend getaway planned. We have spent nearly every weekend this year planning our pending wedding and have not had the chance to really get away and relax. So she tells me that she has this little secret trip planned. I didn't know what to expect but never imagined this. I was very surprised to find ourselves arriving in Baltimore. And even more surprised when, after checking in at the Inn at Henderson's Wharf in Fells Point, she brought me here. Geppi's Entertainment museum.... I'm a very lucky guy.

 

 

 

Emily is not into collecting,knows only a little about comics, and had only heard of when i mentioned it once when it opened.

 

Here are a few pics of my time there.....

 

 

The most amazing room i've ever seen....

 

 

 

 

Some amazing books.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

me and the big guy...

 

The museum was breathtaking. I coul'dve spent all day in the "Four Colors" room but we had tickets to a game at Camden Yards. Anyone who has not gone to this museum must go. I absolutely loved it

[MutantKeys]

Lucky man

 

Great pics. I need to check it out one day

[OrangeNemesis]

nice pics! that x men #1 looks amazing.

[deathlok]

I hope it doesn't cost to enter.

[BangZoom]

 

Thanks for posting the photos.

 

You had shots of exhibits I'd never seen before.

[lighthouse]

That was awesome... I love the fact that the Glow-In-The-Dark Ghost Rider 15 gets such a place of honor...

[VintageComics]

 

 

 

 

What significance do the stamps on these books have?

 

R.

[ArAich]

 

 

 

What significance do the stamps on these books have?

 

R.

 

Methinks they are copyright stamps...

[Monstro]

think they we're used as exhibits in that frederic werthem trial?

[lotemo]

 

 

 

What significance do the stamps on these books have?

 

R.

 

Methinks they are copyright stamps...

 

They look like copies used in the lawsuit against Fawcett. That might explain the reference to exhibit number if they were presented as evidence.

[VintageComics]

They are filed in the year 1939.

 

a) that is really cool

 

b) too early for SOTI

 

anyone have any dates regarding copyright files or lawsuits against Fawcett?

 

Whatever they are, those have got to be the coolest Action #1 and #2 just for that very reason. Important file copies of some sort.

 

[Flee-Marquette]

Probably too early for the Fawcett lawsuit. I'm thinking they were exhibits in the lawsuit against Fox Publications for their Wonder Man character in Wonder Comics #1 in 1939.

[Darthdiesel]

I'm a very lucky guy.

 

Wow! What a story and great pics! Methinks it's your turn to reciprocate with your own secret trip for you two...destination: somewhere in the Caribbean

[kc120us]

I'm a very lucky guy.

 

Wow! What a story and great pics! Methinks it's your turn to reciprocate with your own secret trip for you two...destination: somewhere in the Caribbean

 

Thanks, she is the best. Well, it's not a secret but I'm taking us to Italy and Switzerland for two weeks for our honeymoon.

[ciorac]

Probably too early for the Fawcett lawsuit. I'm thinking they were exhibits in the lawsuit against Fox Publications for their Wonder Man character in Wonder Comics #1 in 1939.

 

You are correct sir! I owned three of the issues from the evidence set as well. The first 12 issues were submitted at the trial.

[Inhuman Fiend]

That place looks very cool. All those incredibly valuable comics on display like that makes me wonder...I know it is not like they are sitting in the sun or anything, but still... the exhibit lights can't be helping their state of preservation...won't they fade?

[esquirecomics]

Probably too early for the Fawcett lawsuit. I'm thinking they were exhibits in the lawsuit against Fox Publications for their Wonder Man character in Wonder Comics #1 in 1939.

 

Correct, that is what they were used for.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

All of the exhibits were for obvious reasons designed with museum-level concerns taken into account, including the kind and intensity of light used to illuminate objects as well as all materials used in their display, with the aim of preserving them for the long term and preventing anything but the most miniscule damage. We had museum professionals involved in every aspect of the design, so nothing was left to chance in caring for the items on display.

[Hawkman]

i work for the getty museum, and we have all our paintings out in the open, but sunlight is kept off the works (at least directly). actual artwork (pencil,etc) is under even lower light than the paintings. as i stated, anything we have under glass is protected by uv blockers.

 

for now, i'll assume it's the same for geppi, but i'll let someone who works there say for sure.

[ShoNuff-migration]

...i'll assume it's the same for geppi, but i'll let someone who works there say for sure.

Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg, the curator of Geppi's Entertainment Museum, posted right before you.