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[Ghost Town]

Here's what I have from the Twin Cities pedigree:

The Twin Cities Pedigree

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Incredible! 

[namisgr]

The Twin Cities pedigree comics are really sharp overall, and the bronze look that way, too.  The pedigree holds a bit of extra meaning for me, as I attended the Heritage auction that brought Gary Dahlberg's collection to market.  His mother, if I remember correctly, and siblings were in attendance, and I think they were shocked when Gary's quirky habit since the early 1960s of buying and meticulously caring for so many comic books reached a million dollar valuation and beyond.  It was quite a windfall for them, and a surprising one.

Here are the Twin Cities pedigree comics in my Marvel picture frame collection.  Snow white paper and rich cover inks are the norm for the bronze part of the collection from what I've seen:

         

Edited July 31, 2018 by namisgr

[Ghost Town]

Really sharp books, Bob. And that’s pretty great about Gary’s family being at the auction, even if the circumstances leading to it were absolutely horrible.

[Black_Adam]

20 hours ago, Ghost Town said:

Here's what I have from the Twin Cities pedigree:

The Twin Cities Pedigree

 

Perfect pedigrees, Barton! And this Howler is perfect in every way, looks like a ten to me! 

[namisgr]

24 minutes ago, Ghost Town said:

Really sharp books, Bob. And that’s pretty great about Gary’s family being at the auction, even if the circumstances leading to it were absolutely horrible.

Yeah, it was back in 2012 and I've forgotten some of the details, so I just looked back a bit through the Heritage archives.  The biggest ticket books at the time were the ASM #4 in 9.6 which sold for $77K, followed by the ASM #2 in 9.6 selling for $66K.  All told, 15 comics sold for at least $20K.  I remember the family being stunned, and thinking how cool it was that this guys lifetime fascination with comic books could leave such a valuable inheritance for his survivors.

 

Edited July 31, 2018 by namisgr

[Ghost Town]

I've never seen a complete accounting of the Western Penn pedigree story. I know it was a very impressive collection that included both Marvels and DCs. 

Here's an old post from the boards with some good information shared by linmoth (Tom Hanlin? sp?)

I have just a handful of Western Penn PFs and they're pretty sweet - sharp corners and nice pages.

[namisgr]

Those Western Pennsylvania comics are all gorgeous.  I've had an especially hard time finding a well centered high grade Thor #206, and definitely envy that beautiful one.

For those of us who don't have scans of all our slabs on hand already, it's hard to keep up with the pace here.  

This is my one and only Western Pennsylvania picture frame Marvel.  It's a sweet unicorn (1 of 1):

 

Edited August 1, 2018 by namisgr

[ThothAmon]

Thor 206 -- Comparing it to the Western Penn I see what you mean about centering. Does CGC detract for that?  Otherwise my copy is square.

 

 

Edited August 1, 2018 by ThothAmon

[Silver Surfer]

So many stunming books posted. 

[Ghost Town]

9 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

 

Thor 206 -- Comparing it to the Western Penn I see what you mean about centering. Does CGC detract for that?  Otherwise my copy is square.

I don't think CGC detracts for centering, at least in any significant way,

[ThothAmon]

Here’s another Thor 206. Better centering but printers thumb doesn’t help 

[Ghost Town]

The Golden State Collection was never recognized by CGC as a pedigree because Dan Greenhalgh from Showcase New England didn't keep a master list or issue certificates with the books. But it was a pretty amazing collection that Dan brought to market in late 1997. I somehow convinced my then girlfriend to borrow her mother's car and drive me from NYC to Wallingford Connecticut to get a shot at the books. By the time I got there, John Sargent and Tom Brulato had already raided the boxes but there were still plenty of sweet books left. I bought 129 books that day and wish I had bought double that. The girlfriend is long gone, but I still have the Picture Frames below.

To be continued...

 

[Ghost Town]

More Golden State Picture Frames:

 

[namisgr]

8 hours ago, Ghost Town said:

The Golden State Collection was never recognized by CGC as a pedigree because Dan Greenhalgh from Showcase New England didn't keep a master list or issue certificates with the books. I somehow convinced my then girlfriend to borrow her mother's car and drive me from NYC to Wallingford Connecticut to get a shot at the books.  I bought 129 books that day

 

That was a pretty good day, Barton!  

I especially love your awesome Golden State copy of this comic, the first Hulk I bought off the rack, read, and saved as a senior in high school back in the Spring of '72.

 

Edited August 2, 2018 by namisgr

[greggy]

I don't own any of these anymore but here's a bunch of books that showed up locally in 2010.

 

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Here's more

 

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Even more

 

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