adamstrange Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Jayman said: Don’t know. I purchased it slabbed. Any opinions here? Maybe @adamstrange would know? CGC is more likely to catch the pedigree designation when you include it on the submission form. It looks like RC to me and I think I have or have seen the distributor mark in that format but I would have to hunt for it. You can do a search on Heritage website for River City and see if there's a match on a different book. Larryw7 and Jayman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Jayman said: Don’t know. I purchased it slabbed. Any opinions here? Maybe @adamstrange would know? I've never seen a river city that used a slash in the date. Only a dash. And the handwriting is a little different. My semi-educated guess would be a no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 6 hours ago, vaultkeeper said: Great Cover! Is this a River City book? @zzutak, Jay what say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, vaultkeeper said: Many River City books were sent in to CGC before the pedigree was recognized. I'll make a deal with you. Send the book in for a reholder and call it a River City book. If CGC disagrees and just reholders it, I'll pay for the reholder and shipping charges. If they say it's a River City copy, the expenses are on you, and you have a slabbed River City copy. Many thanks for pointing this Ped out to me! I think I will resubmit and would never expect any payment no matter what result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaultkeeper Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 FoggyNelson, Sqeggs and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 23 hours ago, Jayman said: The handwriting, form, and placement of the arrival date are consistent with some River City copies from this period. Here are a couple of examples: I've seen several "unacknowledged" River City specimens in CGC holders. As adamstrange has noted, if the book is not identified as a pedigree on the CGC submission form, it may not be certified as such. Sqeggs, Jayman and FoggyNelson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, zzutak said: The handwriting, form, and placement of the arrival date are consistent with some River City copies from this period. Here are a couple of examples: I've seen several "unacknowledged" River City specimens in CGC holders. As adamstrange has noted, if the book is not identified as a pedigree on the CGC submission form, it may not be certified as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, zzutak said: The handwriting, form, and placement of the arrival date are consistent with some River City copies from this period. Here are a couple of examples: I've seen several "unacknowledged" River City specimens in CGC holders. As adamstrange has noted, if the book is not identified as a pedigree on the CGC submission form, it may not be certified as such. Thank you for the examples! My copy definitely seems to fall in line with the ones you’ve posted. The RC ped markings are hard to recognize (for me), as this is a cracked out River City (says on the CGC Label) but looks just like a squiggly line to me. And then I think I’ve seen slabbed copies with no marks at all! FoggyNelson and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 That "squiggly line" is actually an S: Sqeggs and Jayman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Apparently, not all River City books from the '50's have markings. Just bought this one from Jay and A-! about a month ago. Saunders KKK cover and unusual origin of the Invisible Boy. Actually a much better book than most people think. Badger and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 8 hours ago, Jayman said: 13 hours ago, vaultkeeper said: Great Cover! Is this a River City book? Don’t know. I purchased it slabbed. Any opinions here? Maybe @adamstrange would know? No expert, but the arrival date (or whatever the pencil mark is) doesn't seem to be in the style found on most RC books. FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 5 hours ago, zzutak said: On 5/11/2020 at 3:41 PM, Jayman said: The handwriting, form, and placement of the arrival date are consistent with some River City copies from this period. Here are a couple of examples: I've seen several "unacknowledged" River City specimens in CGC holders. As adamstrange has noted, if the book is not identified as a pedigree on the CGC submission form, it may not be certified as such. Oops! Didn't realize there was another page of comments. This wise man would know a lot more than me! FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Robot Man said: Not all River City books from the '50's have markings. This is true. 1 hour ago, Sqeggs said: The arrival date (or whatever the pencil mark is) doesn't seem to be in the style found on most RC books. This is also true (and it's great to see you back on the Boards ). There are a few different characteristic styles, but the most common is S-xx-xx (or L-xx-xx) on a single line: Edited May 13, 2020 by zzutak Jayman and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/12/2020 at 9:43 PM, zzutak said: This is true. This is also true (and it's great to see you back on the Boards ). There are a few different characteristic styles, but the most common is S-xx-xx (or L-xx-xx) on a single line: What a run! Do we know the reasons for the different markings? Purchased from different stores or maybe different people in the same store logging the books in somewhat differently? I realize that we rarely know this kind of detail on any ped, but I've always found if fun to think about the details of what went on when a ped collection was being out together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted May 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 You mean THIS Norman Saunders ? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) buttock, sagii, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 4 hours ago, jimjum12 said: You mean THIS Norman Saunders ? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) That's the one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 From one extreme to the other. Badger and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 11 hours ago, Sqeggs said: From one extreme to the other. NRA should adopt this as their poster image Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Mr. Saunders was a BEAST! Sqeggs, gino2paulus2 and Jayman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 2:28 PM, sagii said: Mr. Saunders was a BEAST! Wow! Just love this one. I was looking through the Bookery pulp guide and I hadn't realized just how active Saunders had been drawing pulp covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
