Sqeggs Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 5 hours ago, 4GEMWORKS said: FC 1305 Mister Magoo. Another issue with poor paper and just impossible to find. I'd hoped this might come back at least 6.0 but it was not too be. Best copy I have found in over 15 years of looking. Four Cool Four Colors! Luckily for me, you must have missed this one that I picked up on Heritage recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said: 9d Is the 9d printed on the cover or is it stamped? I assume it is stamped, but it actually looks printed. Get Marwood & I and Gnasher 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Is the 9d printed on the cover or is it stamped? I assume it is stamped, but it actually looks printed. It's a printed price Sqeggs I've found 197 Dell pence variants so far, of which 62 are Four Colors. More here if you or anyone else are interested: AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 8:00 PM, Sqeggs said: Four Cool Four Colors! Luckily for me, you must have missed this one that I picked up on Heritage recently. Dang, I must have missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 3:38 AM, Get Marwood & I said: It's a printed price Sqeggs I've found 197 Dell pence variants so far, of which 62 are Four Colors. More here if you or anyone else are interested: Interesting placement. Easy to overlook, but then I'm sure kids already knew what the price was. Did the pence price change during the period when Dell experimented with a 15-cent cover price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 9 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Interesting placement. Easy to overlook, but then I'm sure kids already knew what the price was. Did the pence price change during the period when Dell experimented with a 15-cent cover price? It didn't, no Sqeggs. The 15 cent variants existed between 1957 / 1958. The pence period is April 1960 to July 1961. To my knowledge, there's no such thing as a price variant of a pence price variant for any of the seven publishers which solicited pence variants (Archie, Charlton, DC, Dell, Gold Key, King and Marvel). It would be cool if there was though! Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 A little surprised that with only five on the census, this one went for as little as it did last night. Only the fourth issue from the first series that I've picked up. PopKulture and sfcityduck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 7/23/2018 at 11:47 PM, 4GEMWORKS said: Another super tough book I believe there are 2 higher graded copies though none has ever sold. I was the under-bidder on the above copy. Broke my heart, but I thought I could find a better copy. Turns out I did: 2nd Highest (1/1), the only better copy is an 8.5. First Uncle Scrooge cover by Barks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I have one bein graded bright now. I am hopeful form 7.,0 or better. Very bough book sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 21 hours ago, sfcityduck said: I was the under-bidder on the above copy. Broke my heart, but I thought I could find a better copy. Turns out I did: 2nd Highest (1/1), the only better copy is an 8.5. First Uncle Scrooge cover by Barks! I've never been convinced this cover actually is Barks. Maybe somebody fiddled with it after he roughed it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I've never been convinced this cover actually is Barks. Maybe somebody fiddled with it after he roughed it out? To me, it has the "brightness" I associate with Barks' portrayals of Scrooge in that time period. Does not look like the other Duck artists to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, sfcityduck said: 16 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I've never been convinced this cover actually is Barks. Maybe somebody fiddled with it after he roughed it out? To me, it has the "brightness" I associate with Barks' portrayals of Scrooge in that time period. Does not look like the other Duck artists to me. I was just looking around: Overstreet says Barks but GCD gives it the old "Barks ?" I think Barks ordinarily inked his own stuff (or his wife inked it), so most of the time his work has a pretty consistent look. I guess Buettner would be the other candidate. The pupils have the distinctive Barks look, which may be the tie-breaker, if one is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sqeggs said: I've never been convinced this cover actually is Barks. Maybe somebody fiddled with it after he roughed it out? I think the cover, FC 353, looks like work by Barks. Perhaps he made the photos and someone assembled them. I think I have most of the Duck Albums and later DD issues with stories or covers by Barks. DD 54 Is still my favorite. Edited December 18, 2018 by BB-Gun sfcityduck and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Reslabbed from CB*CS, who graded it 9.2. Scrooge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 CBCS books are re-graded lower when they go through CGC all the time. I won't buy CBCS books based on grade anymore. I assume a 1-2 notch down grade. I had a captain Marvel 17 ( I believe) go from 9.4 to 8.5....unbelievable. We could have a whole other thread on that, and probably do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Larryw7 and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 This was a reholder. Started as an 8.5 OW, so definitely a win. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 This one was started as a PGX (!) 8.5 OW-W. Now, somewhat surprisingly, the highest-graded copy on the CGC census. AJD and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 This one began life as a CB*CS 7.5 OW-W. Scrooge, sagii, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Sqeggs said: This one began life as a CB*CS 7.5 OW-W. Nice going on the bump up. Looks straight up 8.0 to me on the scan. Wonder why they graded it a point down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
