1939 NEWSSTAND PIC TIME MACHINE JOURNEY INTO THE PAST

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Looks like she's dead, stufffed, and pegged on a pole.. but heh, that's

just me.

comics running along the top of the photo, based on the lead story on the newspaper ("Dionnes fight to bar autopsy of Emilie") this is from late '54

Here are several vintage non-newsstand photos, but still showing some neat old books

featuring Crimes Must Lose (Atlas) #4, 1950 , can't make out the second book

featuring Flash Comics #102, 1948

featuring what I think is a copy of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #83, 1947

And finally, I think a version of this was posted previous in a different thread, but this is certainly a neat photo, and I also have posted the reverse of the photo with the wire service notes. Not a newsstand photo, but it does show a lot of great GA books. This is of the Bill Placzek collection, circa 1965...

GREAT picture

Do you have a website with more pictures?

And finally, I think a version of this was posted previous in a different thread, but this is certainly a neat photo, and I also have posted the reverse of the photo with the wire service notes. Not a newsstand photo, but it does show a lot of great GA books. This is of the Bill Placzek collection, circa 1965...

 

I have more photos somewhere on a storage drive, I'll see what I can dig up...

thats Archie #70 Sept-Oct 1954, so probably July 1954.

(in the photo posted by Kaylab above, post #3761941)

 

comics running along the top of the photo, based on the lead story on the newspaper ("Dionnes fight to bar autopsy of Emilie") this is from late '54

Foxhole 1 at far left

Gangbusters #41 second from left

The Superboy (fourth from the left) is #35

Emile Dionne died August 6, 1954, and the autopsy was performed August 7, so this must be the afternoon paper from August 6.

I have more photos somewhere on a storage drive, I'll see what I can dig up...

And finally, I think a version of this was posted previous in a different thread, but this is certainly a neat photo, and I also have posted the reverse of the photo with the wire service notes. Not a newsstand photo, but it does show a lot of great GA books. This is of the Bill Placzek collection, circa 1965...

 

No mylars or shiny CGC cases?! With all those books lying around someone might actually *ack* read them.

I'll take some of those 10c batmans for $6 woo hoo

I'll take some of those 10c batmans for $6 woo hoo

Bah, his Batman # 1 is coverless ... but he does have 3 copies of Superman # 1 ... A G.A.tor for another age I guess

(Article from June 8, 1965)

I wonder if Gary knows / knew Bill? Gary?

I'll take some of those 10c batmans for $6 woo hoo

 

Bah, his Batman # 1 is coverless ... but he does have 3 copies of Superman # 1 ... A G.A.tor for another age I guess

 

(Article from June 8, 1965)

 

I wonder if Gary knows / knew Bill? Gary?

 

Anyone know what happened to Bill and his collection?

He's still around

Quick google search shows him as a retired high school teacher (Lincoln Park HS) living in the Chicago area. I have to believe that Gary or somebody knows him.

very cool

oh where oh where are my plans to that time machine I was going to build

did a quick google search & came up with this article from (GAtor territory?) the Daytona Beach Morning Journal from 10/29/66 titled:

There's gold in those comic books. anyone heard of this guy?

j

Look how hes holding that Superman # 1 !!!!!!!

Are you crazy Freddie!

well, many of keyes books have a severe spine roll and the superman 1 probably wasn't worth

that much back then...

was a $1000 for the first 16 superman books back then a fair price?

j

The general thought was that condition didn't matter all that much back then and there was certainly less of a price difference between a Good and a NM (with NM really being a VF at best)

It wasn't until the Mile high collection surfaced that folks saw the difference between high grade collecting and simply collecting.