Marty Mann Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Cool thread, I did not know this book was a Ped It's not an officially recognized pedigree. If I'm not mistaken, the grades weren't high enough. ...it's not recognized by CGC.......but many collectors accept it's prestige, however. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Cool thread, I did not know this book was a Ped It's not an officially recognized pedigree. If I'm not mistaken, the grades weren't high enough. ...it's not recognized by CGC.......but many collectors accept it's prestige, however. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) CBCS is recognizing it. New Hampshires also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Joe Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I feel the same way about the Twin Cities collection, always nice to have some from the home town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Cool thread, I did not know this book was a Ped It's not an officially recognized pedigree. If I'm not mistaken, the grades weren't high enough. ...it's not recognized by CGC.......but many collectors accept it's prestige, however. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) CBCS is recognizing it. New Hampshires also. Hopefully they also recognize Cape Cods..... man those are some nice books.... and many have the distinguishing mark.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Finally, here's the story about the markings on the cover. Cookevilles can be marked with the famous "SN" or the less recognized "NN" initials. Again, from Rick: "The story behind the SN (and yes, there were a few NNs) is simple. The little store these comics were bought from by Leroy (and sometimes his brother) had 2 sisters that worked there. We got to meet SN...these initials was their way of marking the books as they came in from their distributor...it is the initials of the 2 girls (they were in their 70's when we met SN and they were assured their names would never be mentioned...and honestly I have forgotten their names)...BUT the SN, etc. are the girls' initials...we always thought that was so cool: we could track where the books were shipped to, who sold them , and then who bought them." Fascinating story. I wonder why the girls working in the store would have put their initials on the books, rather than the more conventional arrival date? Could be they were setting the books aside and to remove any confusion they initialed the books to let others know to leave them alone. Great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Finally, here's the story about the markings on the cover. Cookevilles can be marked with the famous "SN" or the less recognized "NN" initials. Again, from Rick: "The story behind the SN (and yes, there were a few NNs) is simple. The little store these comics were bought from by Leroy (and sometimes his brother) had 2 sisters that worked there. We got to meet SN...these initials was their way of marking the books as they came in from their distributor...it is the initials of the 2 girls (they were in their 70's when we met SN and they were assured their names would never be mentioned...and honestly I have forgotten their names)...BUT the SN, etc. are the girls' initials...we always thought that was so cool: we could track where the books were shipped to, who sold them , and then who bought them." Fascinating story. I wonder why the girls working in the store would have put their initials on the books, rather than the more conventional arrival date? Could be they were setting the books aside and to remove any confusion they initialed the books to let others know to leave them alone. Great story. That's probably it. They were marking books that were being set aside for the OO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Whether the Cookeville books deserve a pedigree designation is an interesting question. I can see both sides of the argument. They're certainly an unusually large and extensive collection of GA books. Otoh, the bulk of them (particularly the early books) seem to be mid-grade or below. So giving them the pedigree designation requires waiving the usual requirement that pedigree books be high grade. Maybe the tie breaker in favor of not giving the Cookevilles a pedigree designation is that the collection lacked most of the mega GA keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Cool thread, I did not know this book was a Ped It's not an officially recognized pedigree. If I'm not mistaken, the grades weren't high enough. ...it's not recognized by CGC.......but many collectors accept it's prestige, however. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) CBCS is recognizing it. New Hampshires also. Hopefully they also recognize Cape Cods..... man those are some nice books.... and many have the distinguishing mark.... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) they do, jimbo; eldons and hap langlies, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I've owned several Cookeville's. I never knew what the letters stood for until now. Very cool thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Here's a recent pickup...what say you fellas...she be a Cookeville, or just someone's random "SN" scribble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Cookeville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 that's a cookeville, ed, and a darned nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dale Roberts Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Whether the Cookeville books deserve a pedigree designation is an interesting question. I can see both sides of the argument. They're certainly an unusually large and extensive collection of GA books. Otoh, the bulk of them (particularly the early books) seem to be mid-grade or below. So giving them the pedigree designation requires waiving the usual requirement that pedigree books be high grade. Maybe the tie breaker in favor of not giving the Cookevilles a pedigree designation is that the collection lacked most of the mega GA keys. Cap #1 was there, as were all of the Whizs. Basically the guy tried the books and if he didn't like them, he didn't buy them very long. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Here's a recent pickup...what say you fellas...she be a Cookeville, or just someone's random "SN" scribble? SCORE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Roberts Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I heard a slight variation of the original story from Harry. Harry said that he and Rick originally went to look at the books. When they got to the guys house, the books were all out in stacks on the kitchen cabinets and dining table by title. Harry and Rick didn't have the money to purchase the books, so they got in touch with Bob Overstreet. Somehow during this Jon Warren became involved and almost screwed the whole deal. At that point, Harry and Rick call Geppi in to purchase the deal. I believe Geppi purchased the whole deal for 100K and Rick got the early Caps (1 - 15 I believe) and Harry got the Whiz Comics (which at the time were smoking hot). Overstreet ended up spending almost 90K with Geppi on some of the books. Harry was particularly fired up about this, thinking that the financing from the whole deal was right there. If you knew Harry, he had some colorful words to describe the whole deal. Not sure how accurate this is, but this was how the deal was told to me. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Cool! My first one!! Thanks for the input...I didn't want to presume that a book from this era is definitely a Cookeville just because it has "SN" written on it...but I suppose that's more or less the presumption, right? I guess no one else that we know of was writing SN on books.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Here's a recent pickup...what say you fellas...she be a Cookeville, or just someone's random "SN" scribble? Sure looks like one to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Cool! My first one!! Thanks for the input...I didn't want to presume that a book from this era is definitely a Cookeville just because it has "SN" written on it...but I suppose that's more or less the presumption, right? I guess no one else that we know of was writing SN on books.... Not the I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
