Scoop recently learned that Marnin Rosenberg of
Comiccollectors.net and
Collectorsassemble.com will
soon debut a newly discovered Golden Age comic book collection. The collection
is being called the Detroit Trolley Collection.
A young teenage boy
discovers an interest in comics and has enjoyed drawing his heroes including
Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Buck Rogers, from the rough paper pages of
the colorful comic books that he had purchased for a dime.
In the
summer, he worked as an office errand boy for the New York Central Rail Road on
Michigan Avenue in Detroit. He remembers picking up the latest issues of his
favorite comics along the turn-around route of the Trumble Trolley in his
neighborhood. He recalls his anticipation as he opened each new adventure, while
he sipped on a soda, at the corner soda shops, Richs' and Cunningham's, or maybe
while retreating to his own room. He did not consciously plan to be a collector.
He just kept each issue, so he could re-read them and experience their
adventures again and again. He used them to help improve his own sketching
skills and his drawing perspective. He stored each treasured copy in an orange
crate that he kept safe in his room.
On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor, and at age 17 he joined the Navy to serve his country and
he was trained in underwater demolition. The orange crates full of comics and
his easel, stayed home with his mother and father. While serving in World War
II, his mother began donating some of his comic books to the Detroit Children's
Hospital, but his father rescued the rest.
After returning home from the
war, the comics were boxed for safe keeping and pretty much forgotten until the
1960's when it came up in a conversation with a neighbor. This neighbor knew a
collector who came and looked over his collection and offered to purchase them
all. This was the first time that he realized the potential value of his
collection. Fortunately, he did not sell them. Now this 65-year-old collection
has been brought out of storage to be experienced again. All books are raw,
completely unrestored in their original state of preservation. When all is said
and done, this incredible collection encompassing approximately 300 to 400 books
will predominantly average a grade range of FN+ to VF.
Each book will
include a certificate of evaluation and authenticity, provided by Susan Cicconi
of The Restoration Lab stating that each book is unrestored and in stated
condition. The first seven books from this collection will appear on the
upcoming re-launch of the
CollectorsAssemble.com that
will feature many non-certified unrestored comics.
Over the coming
months, issues from the following Golden Age titles will be unveiled in
non-timed Auction format. The titles will include Ace
Comics, Action
Comics, Adventure Comics,
All American Comics, All Star Comics, Amazing Man,
Banner Comics, Batman, Big 3, Big Shot, Blue Bolt, Buck Rogers, Bulletman,
Captain America, Captain Marvel, Champ Comics, Crack Comics, Crackajack Funnies,
Crash Comic, Crime Does Not Pay, Daredevil, Daring Mystery Comics, Detective
Comics, Detective Eye, Exciting Comics, Feature Comics, Flash, Flash Gordon,
Green Hornet, Green Mask, Heroic Comics, Hi-Spot Comics, Hit Comics, Human
Torch, Jumbo Comics, Jungle Comics, Keen Detective Funnies, Lightning Comics,
Marvel Mystery Comics, Master Comics, More Fun Comics, National Comics, New York
World's Fair, Nickel Comics, Pep Comics, Red Raven, Silver Streak, Superman,
Whiz Comics, and World's Finest Comics.
For Additional information
contact Marnin Rosenberg at
www.Comiccollectors.net or
516-466-8147.