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Post by rickolney on Jul 22, 2008 19:12:17 GMT -5
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 22, 2008 19:43:29 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I collected the Classic Comics. Not all of the classic stories interested me, but I loved the artwork and in fact it was always better done than most comics. Years ago I knew a guy who had a collection of thousands (literally) of comics he'd been collecting since he was a kid. He was a tree man (felled trees and trimmed mine) and not particularly well off due to his addictions. But he kept his collection in a tiny rented house (an old camp, really) up on the mountain near here in boxes that he sometimes had to use for furniture. He said his collection was worth about $100,000. He based that estimate on some really valuable books and the fact that (he said) most collections were valued at an average amount of $10 per comic, if overall they could show some really nice stuff within.
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Post by wilum47 on Jul 22, 2008 20:10:01 GMT -5
Wow! I've just seen my youth flash before me!
Rick/Dave, I loved comic books. A lady that worked with my mom used to give me a subscription to Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Ole' Scrooge McDuck was my favorite in that series.
BUT my favorites comic series were definitely Superman and Batman along with the combo series (Adventure, Action, and Detective Comics). And boy was I a big fan of Archie and the gang! Richie Rich, Lulu, Wendy the Witch were in there too.
Allot I bought from Jimmy's Market on South and Conkling for 5 cents apiece. They were the re-sellers with th top of the Covers cut off. Didn't bother me, more I could afford.
As time went on I graduated to the "What Me Worry" Institute of Madd Magazine. Favs there were Spy vs. Spy and Fester Bestertester.
The sad thing was up to the 80's my brother and I had boxes of comics and Madd Magazines at camp and my wife decided to clean one day.....the closest we came to divorce!
Oh yeah! One more thing! Thank God for the Classic Illustraded Comics to help pull through certain high school reading assignments! IE: Ivanhoe and Tale of Two Cities!
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 22, 2008 21:54:15 GMT -5
This is great comic art. I’ve stolen some of the art and used Paint to play with a number of future avatars, if the subjects want them. Here’s one for Country Gal  Here’s Larry Tanoury entering the committee room.  Here’s Larry again, leaving EDGE headquarters. (Not picking on you , Larry.)  Here’s Bobbiez when she comes back.  Do we have a photographer in the house who needs an avatar?  This must be me, because the complexion matches, but doing what I’m not sure.  And last, but not least, here’s Ralph, the Last of The Mohicans. |
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Post by wilum47 on Jul 23, 2008 12:28:24 GMT -5
PHEW! Good! Didn't make the cut!
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Post by Clipper on Jul 23, 2008 13:17:31 GMT -5
Haha! Don't get too excited Wilum, the day is young! LOL
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 23, 2008 15:40:04 GMT -5
You asked for it! Here's Wilum ... (You'll have to provide the caption.)  |
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Post by rickolney on Jul 23, 2008 17:05:04 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I collected the Classic Comics. Not all of the classic stories interested me, but I loved the artwork and in fact it was always better done than most comics. Years ago I knew a guy who had a collection of thousands (literally) of comics he'd been collecting since he was a kid. He was a tree man (felled trees and trimmed mine) and not particularly well off due to his addictions. But he kept his collection in a tiny rented house (an old camp, really) up on the mountain near here in boxes that he sometimes had to use for furniture. He said his collection was worth about $100,000. He based that estimate on some really valuable books and the fact that (he said) most collections were valued at an average amount of $10 per comic, if overall they could show some really nice stuff within. Dave, Hearing those sorts of stories amazes me. Back about 15 years ago, there was a fire down in the Catskills region. The place was out in the sticks and was inhabited by a old guy that didn't own a car. He was known locally and thought to be a down on his luck bum. Well, that house on fire was his. It had began at night while he slept, and yes, it killed him. When the firemen had finished putting out the fire the investigators went to work trying to determine exactly how the fire began. During their search through the rubble, they found several fire proof 5 drawer file cabinets. They couldn't open them. They were locked. The property was confiscated by the local police and several relatives of this old man were found. The cabinets were opened and there in nearly pristine condition were over a million dollars (resale value) worth of old comics covering the first appearances of many well known imaginary characters today. And the old man lived the life of a hermit. The family legally claimed the property and sold it off to national dealers. Several dozen of the higher grade ( considered 'rare' for their condition ) books were pedigree marked and exist as identified to the Catskill pedigree, I believe. Anyway, those kinds of stories mystify me. |
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Post by rickolney on Jul 23, 2008 17:11:54 GMT -5
Wow! I've just seen my youth flash before me! Rick/Dave, I loved comic books. A lady that worked with my mom used to give me a subscription to Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Ole' Scrooge McDuck was my favorite in that series. I read my first Donald Duck four color Dell comic book in Genesee Street office of Dr. Cross. He delivered me into this world, in fact. I don't recall Jimmy's , but I remember buying comics with the covers 1/2 torn off at Howards on James Street. Man, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that story! Parents and wives are NOTORIUS for making that mistake. I was lucky as a kid, my parents recognized early on that reading a comic book opened up reading other books. My wife (of 33 years) has not once complained about my hobby. Although, I keep my books where they should be... my now 32 year old son, as a toddler, once set his bottle down on a copy of Fantastic Four #7 and it still bears the 'milk-ring' as proof. ;D Yes indeed! |
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Post by wilum47 on Jul 23, 2008 20:04:58 GMT -5
You asked for it! Here's Wilum ... (You'll have to provide the caption.) [/color][/i][/b] |
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Post by wilum47 on Jul 23, 2008 20:07:58 GMT -5
And last, but not least, here’s Ralph, the Last of The Mohicans. Ya know? It's the eyes! Definitely, Ralph, it's the eyes! |
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 23, 2008 22:00:34 GMT -5
And last, but not least, here’s Ralph, the Last of The Mohicans. Ya know? It's the eyes! Definitely, Ralph, it's the eyes! |
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 23, 2008 22:04:00 GMT -5
Rick, the guy in the Catskills... I live in the Catskills and that story sounds familiar. I vaguely remember reading about the fire and the finding of his stash of comic books. The fellow I was talking about was not an old feller and when he left for Chicago, he took his comics with him, but he lived up the road from me as you go up the clove into the mountains.
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Post by rickolney on Jul 24, 2008 15:52:47 GMT -5
Rick, the guy in the Catskills... I live in the Catskills and that story sounds familiar. I vaguely remember reading about the fire and the finding of his stash of comic books. The fellow I was talking about was not an old feller and when he left for Chicago, he took his comics with him, but he lived up the road from me as you go up the clove into the mountains. Well that story really happened. I know of a high rolling dealer that bought a few of those comics once belonging to the hermit. There is also a Mohawk Valley pedigree...but that collection is still maintained by its owner and will no doubt be burned with him once he expires. ;D I'll see if I can muster up some more images of my books. The mistake most often made these days is everything thinking that EVERT old comic is worth a gazillion bucks. It isn't. |
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 24, 2008 16:39:37 GMT -5
Yes, I do remember reading about the fire and the hermit and the comics in the newspaper.
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