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 Posted - 04/29/2003 : 10:49:11 AM
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I have a copy of "the adventures of mr obadiah oldbuck" , does anyone know what the value of it is ...roughly? It has all its pages , but a few are foxed and have tears on the margins.
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Earl
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Posted - 04/29/2003 : 4:41:16 PM
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Depends on which edition you have. The first edition was published in Switzerland and was in the French language. It was translated and printed again in England and there was a later US edition, which was a reprint of the British, translated version.
I would certainly have been very pleased to find a copy.
Regards Earl.
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cking
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Posted - 04/29/2003 : 6:55:42 PM
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Does this need to be in Forum Rules?
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slym2none
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Posted - 04/29/2003 : 8:48:07 PM
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Originally posted by cking251
Does this need to be in Forum Rules?
Newbies.....
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Wolfen
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Posted - 06/06/2003 : 12:11:32 AM
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to quote Al Bundy "Tee-Hee"...:p
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Earl
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Posted - 07/27/2003 : 08:36:37 AM
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Here is the Oldbuck comic:
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Earl
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Posted - 10/04/2003 : 1:29:54 PM
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Just bumping. Does anyone here collect Victorian period comics?
Regards Earl.
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 5:29:42 PM
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I, too, have a copy of "The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck" (Wilson and Company, September 14, 1842). Above the title: "Brother Jonathan" followed by "Extra, No. IX." I inherited it from my mother, who said it might be rare and very valuable.
I'm not a collector or expert; but, using Overstreet's Grading Standards, I truly believe it is in Good (GD) Condition.
Does anyone have an idea of its approximate worth and where I might get the best price? I would like to sell it.
EDITED JUNE 2005: I no longer have Obadiah. by Carole 777 |
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Pegasus
A True Collector
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 9:35:41 PM
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What are the odds that TWO people will post that they have the same 1842 comic book on the same day?
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JokersBallz
A True Collector
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 9:51:02 PM
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Originally posted by Pegasus
What are the odds that TWO people will post that they have the same 1842 comic book on the same day?
Umm no one has that I know of so it's not very good. The first post is really really old.
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Pegasus
A True Collector
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 9:56:21 PM
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Ok i see the dates now, lol. I thought it was on the same day, never mind =D
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ricvig
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 10:30:08 PM
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S'ok Pegasus, I was thinking that it was new but I remembered that someone had asked before. I only checked to make sure Earl had gotten it and then I saw Slym's post and was all ready to welcome him back. oh well.
"The path of the wise is to seek the wiser."-Gracian
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Hammer2
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 11:27:05 PM
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Originally posted by ricvig
S'ok Pegasus, I was thinking that it was new but I remembered that someone had asked before. I only checked to make sure Earl had gotten it and then I saw Slym's post and was all ready to welcome him back. oh well.
"The path of the wise is to seek the wiser."-Gracian
One note of interest is that in my estimation, this book's status as "the first comic book", will change. EARLIER books are known, using the SAME format as Obadiah. FOR NOW, Overstreet and his main advisors on Victorian/pre-Victorian "comics" have dubbed this book, #1. As more research is done, and definitions of what's considered a "comic book" or "comic book pre-cursor", I'm sure that EARLIER books with the same format will take turns, as time and research progresses as being "#1". Watch what you $$$$pend on one of these rare but oddball items for now. "Comic books" from this and PRIOR eras are still in the process of being codified and their status of importance is subject to CHANGE and revision. |
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Rocket2600
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Posted - 05/06/2004 : 11:52:19 PM
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Wait, wait, ...What about those early caveman wall paintings of animals, fire and such????
Those have to be considered 'comic' drawings too! 
 
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MK1313
A True Collector
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Posted - 05/07/2004 : 12:43:18 AM
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i dont know this could be just me but to picture of the one earl posted......well it looks trimmed.
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Wolfen
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Posted - 05/07/2004 : 02:32:32 AM
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its just you...
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Well, ya see..there was this cherry bomb just lying around...and a trash can....well, things being what they are..1+1=x to the power of y, I don't know, someone just lit the damn thing and ran, then.......
BOOM!
The rest is history....
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DaethWalker
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Posted - 05/07/2004 : 11:21:55 AM
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Originally posted by Rocket2600
Wait, wait, ...What about those early caveman wall paintings of animals, fire and such????
Those have to be considered 'comic' drawings too!
Those would be considered Original Art.
Now ... if someone turns up some stone tablets of the same art and can translate the indica ....
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BigLion
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/22/2004 : 3:13:23 PM
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I think your publication needs to have speech balloons and at least four printed pages to qualify as a comic... so you'd have to find four continuous caves and a very old printing machine! 
I've posted this link once but the guy has really done his homework
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Earl
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 2:36:58 PM
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I found discussion group on Yahoo about Victorian age comics which was set up by the people who wrote the Overstreet articles but I have found it hard to register.
Regards Earl.
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 6:37:00 PM
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One copy (brown cover version) sold on eBay a little more than a year ago for $3,500. A French copy sold around the same time for another 4 figure amount that I can't remember. I thought that the portrait layout of the French version was much more attractive - it had two pages from the US edition on each page.
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Earl
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Posted - 06/09/2004 : 01:03:58 AM
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Thanks for posting that. With so few sales of these, it's been hard trying to get any value data together.
Regards Earl.
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Earl
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Posted - 06/21/2004 : 06:14:29 AM
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There were two running on e-bay this week. One on e-bay US and one on e-bay UK. The one on e-bay UK finished yesterday at £103 (About $190).
Regards Earl.
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Posted - 06/28/2004 : 1:51:35 PM
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Hi, Earl. I couldn't find the books on e-bay; however, as you noted previously, there was more than one edition. Overstreet lists these two early issues: Tilt & Bogue, London, 1840-1841; and Wilson and Company, Sept. 14 1842, New York ("Brother Jonathan Extra No. IX"). The latter is still considered the first comic book ever printed in America. See Overstreet's, p. 326, for additional information.
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There were two running on e-bay this week. One on e-bay US and one on e-bay UK. The one on e-bay UK finished yesterday at £103 (About $190).
Regards Earl.
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Earl
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Posted - 10/24/2004 : 09:21:10 AM
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I recently managed to get the 1884 Edition of Stuff and Nonsence which is listed in this years Oversteet Victorian Section. It is debatable to my mind that this is really a Graphic Novel in the modern sense but it's still a nice thing to have. (Cost me $100 for a VGD copy).
Regards Earl.
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Shadow
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Posted - 07/09/2007 : 7:01:03 PM
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Speaking of "Stuff and Nonsense"...
Picked up a copy of Fantagraphics hardcover reprint...Nice!
http://www.comicspriceguide.com/p-issues.asp?t_ID=22779
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Zippy
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Gartner
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