Posted: 24 August 2010 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | 9
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I don't know what its like to have a slabbed book either. Ive been collecting for 44 years and owned complete sets of ALL the major Marvel titles. None of them picked up at the newstand first hand, until probally mid-1968.
All of it spent back-tracking, first with neighborhood buddies, swapping, trading, and eventually..... buying out collections from guys who "outgrew" the hobby. As the years when on.... (early '70s) I discovered fandom, both through the mail, and local comic book conventions. By the mid '70s...... I was graduating high school, and "completing" my collections of my beloved Marvel titles.
I didn't spend much time pouring over each page, as I aqquired the "final few", as I was able to read either friends copies of said books, or reprints.
That said, once the final "grail" (or "grails") came into my possession, the thrill was overwhelming. Not that I was finally able to READ the story (I had already read it) or SMELL the pages (I had already enjoyed that pleasure with my other books. But that I owned it. That it was mine. That I now had a COMPLETE SET.
Long before the "trading card" mentality became popular. It was about OWNING the book. Especially if it was a highly treasured collectible, such as AF #15.
No one would build complete sets, and piece together collections, unless they grew up LOVING Marvel comics. LOVING Spider-Man. LOVING Ditko and Romita and all that followed.
I think Fred is to be congratulated, not only for his aquisition, but for his patience in this thread. While the majority of the posters see "the sparkle in his eye" for finally obtaining (yes, OBTAINING) a treasured collectable, and have congratulated him for it; he has also had to "enjoy" being told, that he should Crack That Ol' Case Open, so that he can REALLY enjoy it. Hmmm.
Seems to me, this is no different, than a Commission thread. Where it is more appropriate, to merely compliment and congratulate the commissioner, than it is to ridicule or insult them, because one can.
I know if I just spent over $8000 on a book, and wanted to come here to share my joy, I doubt I would appriciate folks telling me the proper way to enjoy it.
Congrats again, Fred :) DAMN nice copy, brother!
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