Robot Man Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Had a great show. This is what heaven must be like. Hanging with your buddies, swapping stories, checking out cool stuff and coming home with sore feet and pockets full of cash. I bought well too. Got some old comics, pulps, a few very pretty blbs as well as a cool early pressed steel gum machine, a couple nice Hartland plastic Baseball guys, and a few pinbacks. Heck, I don’t even remember as it’s all still packed and I’m too tired to care! Edited August 18, 2019 by Robot Man PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Robot Man said: For an 8 foot table, you sure know how to take advantage vertically for maximum impact. Great stuff all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Thanks. Yes, I have been doing shows like this for a long time. It is an art that I have defined well over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Love reading through these Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Awesome report!!! Looks like a really fun place to spend a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 great pics thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted August 22, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2019 A 20 year grail has been completed! I have wanted this pin since the first time ever saw it. One of the most colorful and graphic of all premium pins. Trouble is, it is very rare. Hake's has had only a few in all the years they have been around and it always went WAY over what I wanted to pay. A week ago, one popped up on the bay in the comic book section. I figured most of you comic book guys didn't know better or cared. So I sat there watching it sit with one bid. Last day, I punched in a HUGE number at the end and ending up getting it for a song. Gotta have patience if you collect stuff like this. So stoked! BitterOldMan, KirbyJack, PopKulture and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Robot Man said: A 20 year grail has been completed! I have wanted this pin since the first time ever saw it. One of the most colorful and graphic of all premium pins. Trouble is, it is very rare. Hake's has had only a few in all the years they have been around and it always went WAY over what I wanted to pay. A week ago, one popped up on the bay in the comic book section. I figured most of you comic book guys didn't know better or cared. So I sat there watching it sit with one bid. Last day, I punched in a HUGE number at the end and ending up getting it for a song. Gotta have patience if you collect stuff like this. So stoked! Congratulations Robot Man! I feel the same way about the Doc Savage pin that I purchased from you. Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, Robot Man said: A 20 year grail has been completed! I have wanted this pin since the first time ever saw it. One of the most colorful and graphic of all premium pins. Trouble is, it is very rare. Hake's has had only a few in all the years they have been around and it always went WAY over what I wanted to pay. A week ago, one popped up on the bay in the comic book section. I figured most of you comic book guys didn't know better or cared. So I sat there watching it sit with one bid. Last day, I punched in a HUGE number at the end and ending up getting it for a song. Gotta have patience if you collect stuff like this. So stoked! Congrats and that was a great show growing up as a kid Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 I know nothing about pins, but it’s obvious that that one is better produced than most! Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlansdown Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Great pin, Bob! This is exactly why I love early comic pinbacks - very little competition out there compared to comic books and art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 I have always had a fascination with Easter Island ever since I saw it in a book as a kid. So much so, that I convinced a couple of my buddies to go on a surfing trip there about 15 years ago. Very remote and primitive place. The people that live there were very friendly and took good care of us. Nothing like floating on a surfboard between sets and seeing these giant statues all over the shore. They are all over the island and are pretty much explained. A big one crossed off my bucket list! I decided, I'd look for comics with Easter Island covers. There aren't many... I finally picked up this Strange Adventures today, locally. Oldest one I know of. Was happy to get it. Here are the ones I have. Sorry they aren't mostly GA but hey, it's my thread... Anybody know of any other ones I can add to the list? AJD, porcupine48, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Didn't know about the Strange Adventures issue,great pick up!You'll have to tell me more about your trip.One place I've ALWAYS wanted to go.If I had anywhere in the world to choose,it'd be there. My copy of the TTA is purty,but my pic blurry Robot Man and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, porcupine48 said: Didn't know about the Strange Adventures issue,great pick up!You'll have to tell me more about your trip.One place I've ALWAYS wanted to go.If I had anywhere in the world to choose,it'd be there. My copy of the TTA is purty,but my pic blurry Very remote and weird place. There were 3 of us, 4 surfers from Austrailia and a couple of locals. Google it. I also went to Egypt to see the Sphinx and the pyrimids. Also bucket list. Was there as a 22 year old hippie kid with two friends. Just mind blowing. I guess I've got a thing for big stone dudes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Oh,I've got books and books on it;I have an original Kon Tiki expedition book picked up when I was a kid and have always been crazy about the place. I'd pick there over Egypt anyday-although when you went would be way different than these days.Easter Island is still remote,holds more mystery for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Had a good “junking” weekend. Comics came from a garage sale I just stopped by at random. I never find comics at garage sales. I bought all she had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 And these two toys came from the flea market. Got them from a lady that saves me stuff. Went from a plastic bin to my car as fast as I could whip out the cash. No one else ever saw them. They came from an old house in Riverside, CA. I know several dealers from that area and often get real cool stuff from them. Seems as though there are still a lot of old big houses still filled with stuff there. The are both large toys and from 1895-1910 era. VERY good prices and both real cool. I especially like the shooting gallery. Early Schonut toy with a black kid and Palmer Cox Brownies. Good thing I got them because the rest of the show was pretty much a waste of time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, Robot Man said: And these two toys came from the flea market. Got them from a lady that saves me stuff. Went from a plastic bin to my car as fast as I could whip out the cash. No one else ever saw them. They came from an old house in Riverside, CA. I know several dealers from that area and often get real cool stuff from them. Seems as though there are still a lot of old big houses still filled with stuff there. The are both large toys and from 1895-1910 era. VERY good prices and both real cool. I especially like the shooting gallery. Early Schonut toy with a black kid and Palmer Cox Brownies. Good thing I got them because the rest of the show was pretty much a waste of time... San Bernadino, Redlands and Riverside are full of old homes built in the late 1800's to early 1900's. The nicer ones would have been owned by the folks who made good money in the orange groves; so they could have afforded nice stuff. It is hard to imagine that there are still unpicked treasure troves out there but if a home has been in a family forever it is quite possible. I randomly stopped by an estate sale up here in Pasadena a month ago and was shocked to see it chock full of player pianos and associated music cylinders. The wildest thing was this animated full size baby doll that greeted me as I walked out of a pool house overflowing with junk. Scared the living .... out of me at first!! Great score on the garage sale Pogos Bob; that would have made my day as I am slowly building a collection. I agree that it is the rare day you find comics at garage sales anymore but every now and then you get lucky!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Robot Man said: Had a good “junking” weekend. Comics came from a garage sale I just stopped by at random. I never find comics at garage sales. I bought all she had. You never know what you can find...true collector hunter that you are...you hit the jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 7 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: San Bernadino, Redlands and Riverside are full of old homes built in the late 1800's to early 1900's. The nicer ones would have been owned by the folks who made good money in the orange groves; so they could have afforded nice stuff. It is hard to imagine that there are still unpicked treasure troves out there but if a home has been in a family forever it is quite possible. I randomly stopped by an estate sale up here in Pasadena a month ago and was shocked to see it chock full of player pianos and associated music cylinders. The wildest thing was this animated full size baby doll that greeted me as I walked out of a pool house overflowing with junk. Scared the living .... out of me at first!! Great score on the garage sale Pogos Bob; that would have made my day as I am slowly building a collection. I agree that it is the rare day you find comics at garage sales anymore but every now and then you get lucky!! They came from a house in Colton,CA. (same area). One of the other dealers I buy from that are from that area had this one time. I about wet my pants as I slowly un-rolled it. They are not baseball fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
