What's the last thing you purchased?
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Sweet! How much did it set you back?
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At one point when I was collecting i had a restored Fantastic Four #1. Pride of my collection.
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I only collect really early Old Hockey Careds from 1950s or earlier @Alticus
I always try to find a deal on them if I can. try to pay $10-30
Topps, Parkhurst.
I'm interested in those 1910 or 1911 Imperial Tobacco Cards, but they're minimum $400-500 each.
My Oldest is from the early 1930s with a defunct NHL team called the New York Americans.
If you live in Ontario, must be some good ones lying around. That's where they all came from.
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Yeah I like the Old Timely/Marvel/Atlas comics too
But I'd rather keep the collection below 500 comic books.
Limted space, eh. Don't want the apartment to pile up with too much junk.
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I love eggs! lol
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These might interest you @Jack since they're from your era:
ZAP COMIX #0,1,2 & 3.
#0 is confirmed 1st printing
#1 is a 2nd printing
#2 is a confirmed 1st printing
#3 might be a 1st printing, but I have to do more tests on it.
#2 is extremely rare. Possibly 100 copies or fewer known to exist. Maybe even 50 or fewer.
Kennedy noted that the 1st printing used a heavier stock of paper for the cover and subsequent printings used a lighter stock. However, about twenty years later some underground comics experts conducted additional research and Don Donahue was able to confirm the true story of the 1st printing.
At the time Zap Comix #2 went to press, Crumb, Wilson, Griffin and Moscoso were getting ready to exhibit their original artwork for the book at Light Sound Dimension Gallery in San Francisco. They wanted about 500 copies of Zap #2 to sell during the show. Moe Moscowitz, a Berkeley bookstore owner, agreed to finance the printing of 5,000 copies with The Print Mint, with 500 of those designated for the show.
Near the deadline for the gallery show, The Print Mint farmed out the printing to a company called Cal Litho, which printed 5,000 copies of the cover and 5,000 sets of the interior pages. The covers of the book were printed on a heavier paper stock than usual, which will become an important (but not the most important) print variation.
Only 500 were confirmed printed.
ZAP COMIX #0,1,2 & 3.
#0 is confirmed 1st printing
#1 is a 2nd printing
#2 is a confirmed 1st printing
#3 might be a 1st printing, but I have to do more tests on it.
#2 is extremely rare. Possibly 100 copies or fewer known to exist. Maybe even 50 or fewer.
Kennedy noted that the 1st printing used a heavier stock of paper for the cover and subsequent printings used a lighter stock. However, about twenty years later some underground comics experts conducted additional research and Don Donahue was able to confirm the true story of the 1st printing.
At the time Zap Comix #2 went to press, Crumb, Wilson, Griffin and Moscoso were getting ready to exhibit their original artwork for the book at Light Sound Dimension Gallery in San Francisco. They wanted about 500 copies of Zap #2 to sell during the show. Moe Moscowitz, a Berkeley bookstore owner, agreed to finance the printing of 5,000 copies with The Print Mint, with 500 of those designated for the show.
Near the deadline for the gallery show, The Print Mint farmed out the printing to a company called Cal Litho, which printed 5,000 copies of the cover and 5,000 sets of the interior pages. The covers of the book were printed on a heavier paper stock than usual, which will become an important (but not the most important) print variation.
During the bindery operation, it was discovered that S. Clay Wilson's "Head First" story on page 40 was badly misaligned on the printed page and the artwork was cut off at the bottom during the trimming process. This was an unacceptable flaw, especially taking place on that story, and all the interior pages with the error were destroyed, except for the 500 sets that were needed to bind into books for the show. There was not time (and perhaps no money) to reprint the interiors before opening night. The 4,500 remaining covers were preserved for use in the second printing.
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"Head First" Pages (click for larger image) |
So there were only 500 copies of the 1st printing of Zap Comix #2, many of which have not survived, which makes it the most rare edition of any Zap Comix in history. This fact is now generally acknowledged within the underground comics fraternity and recognized by Fogel's Price Guide, though it has not spread into the casual collectors' knowledgebase.
When Cal Litho began to produce the 2nd printing (which may have been within days after the show or possibly a few weeks), they used the remaining 4,500 heavy-paper covers from the aborted 1st printing and reprinted the interiors, with the "Head First" story correctly aligned. All subsequent printings of the book were printed with a lighter-weight paper stock for the covers.
When Cal Litho began to produce the 2nd printing (which may have been within days after the show or possibly a few weeks), they used the remaining 4,500 heavy-paper covers from the aborted 1st printing and reprinted the interiors, with the "Head First" story correctly aligned. All subsequent printings of the book were printed with a lighter-weight paper stock for the covers.
Only 500 were confirmed printed.
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I used to like reading Ralph Snart.
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Mr. Thiel lets Joe have some space in the Master Closet to store his comics.
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