This column frequently touts the work of postcard cartoonists Walter Wellman and Ray Walters, with occasional salutes to other people whose work is now easiest to find on fossilized tweets from the past. But the collections coming in to inventory over the past month or so have included the work of several artists weContinue reading “Three of the Culprits”
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Limited!
A. Edward Newton, one of the great American book collectors suggested, when people asked him how to buy books as an investment, that they buy the best of whatever they happened to like. That way, he said, if the market didn’t behave as expected and that collection did not appreciate, they’d at least haveContinue reading “Limited!”
Three More Old Comics
Now, I have mentioned this is not a food blog, and have repeated that. Something I have not mentioned is that this is not, technically, a blog dedicated to reviewing vintage smut. But I have acquired three more comic books of the type I discussed in the space a while back, and I thoughtContinue reading “Three More Old Comics”
Classic Strippers
When I was a lad, the world went through another wave of Nostalgia. We as a society run from periods of “The past was evil; forget it!” to “The past was kind of funny” to “Some of the past was really cool” to “The past is kind of funny” to start again with “TheContinue reading “Classic Strippers”
Four Cheap Old Comic Books
The time to get into collecting anything is before anybody else thinks of it. If you wait until the market is established, rarities agreed upon, and prices set, you will look in vain for legendary items and have to settle for lesser choices. Do keep in mind, as you look over that lastContinue reading “Four Cheap Old Comic Books”
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