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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 2, 2015 13:53:05 GMT -5
I'd think it'd be more a factor of people finding them in a box after many years and realizing they're valuable. Since there were SO many of them, I'd think that there's enough of those around to make them not TOO hard to find.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 14:51:10 GMT -5
I'd think it'd be more a factor of people finding them in a box after many years and realizing they're valuable. Since there were SO many of them, I'd think that there's enough of those around to make them not TOO hard to find. Except for all the paper drives during WWII where many if not most households took all paper products, especially periodicals, in to be given to the war effort. There were a lot produced/printed to be sure, but there were a lot destroyed for the cause as well, which is where the rarity issues for GS books come in that does not affect later books. -M |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 2, 2015 14:54:50 GMT -5
True, but I'm sure there were plenty of people who had boxes in their attic/basement that didn't realize they were there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 15:03:47 GMT -5
True, but I'm sure there were plenty of people who had boxes in their attic/basement that didn't realize they were there. My dad used to tell me stories of growing up in the war (he was born in '35), and kids would go door to door collecting paper and other things for recycling. They were often invited to go in and look in people's attics/basements and would scrounge everything they could find to be recycled. It was fairly common and a way kids could feel a part of the war effort. But he did tell me if they came across comics, they would take turns reading it before dropping it off for recycling. It was a different time and a different attitude than today, and a recycling was a way to stave off rationing, so most folks did what they could to recycle what they could. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 15:07:49 GMT -5
Heck there have been at least 2 stories of Action #1 being found in the walls of houses from that era that were being demolished or remodeled the past couple of years and the comics had been used for insulation, so paper goods were rarely left lying around unused or unrecycled. Coming out of the Depression era, nothing was left to lie around and go to waste. If it could be used, it was.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jun 2, 2015 16:40:56 GMT -5
I read somewhere years ago (possibly an old Overstreet article) that Fawcett somehow had access to a stash of high-grade paper at a time when other publishers were forced to use pulp-grade due to rationing, but I cannot corroborate. Does this ring a bell to anyone?
Anecdotally, the handful of Fawcetts that I own do seem to be of superior paper quality, for whatever that's worth (zero).  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 18:52:36 GMT -5
True, but I'm sure there were plenty of people who had boxes in their attic/basement that didn't realize they were there. My oldest Superman comic (#19) from 1942 was found sandwiched between college term papers in a wooden chest that was left alone for decades in someone's attic.  For the fun of it, I've left a couple of my Midtown exclusives sealed in their Midtown mail-order packaging and will leave those books as a time-capsule for whoever finds it. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jun 2, 2015 20:24:00 GMT -5
For the fun of it, I've left a couple of my Midtown exclusives sealed in their Midtown mail-order packaging and will leave those books as a time-capsule for whoever finds it. Great idea! I left a Punisher War Zone #1 in a box containing Parker Brothers' SORRY! at my grandmother's back in '92. She passed the following year. Have no idea where the game ended up, but hopefully someone got a pleasant surprise. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 22:02:38 GMT -5
Another sample from 1948...colours are still vibrant after 67 years.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 10:40:57 GMT -5
Another sample from 1948...colours are still vibrant after 67 years. Incredible Photograph here and thanks for showing it to us. It's pristine! |
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