COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flaming Carrot 1
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0968472001
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Owner:
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!?_Clark Kant-Waite
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
> Not part of Original [ks] Collection -
> (new, eB)
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> This is how this was desc.'d.:
Product Title: Flaming Carrot #1 (Fall 81) CGC 9.2 Signed by Bob Burden! Sketch included!
> On the sketch:
> ...sketch had number 5407 on it, and
> I wondered why;
> ..so, I come to 'get it'
> BECAUSE
> this book #5407 of th' 6500, and
> the sketch is mentioned in the
> CGC Banner Label....
> <...gotta find more out about that date.>
> Yet, when Bob sent ME the FREE COPY
> for guessing th' SECRET INDENTITY,
> there was no corresponding sketch.
> Now,
> I have reason to believe that
> this was specific, either to this signing,
> OR
> to the original owner...!?
> (There! That should explain the 'what'-'ish'.)
> (As for the 'Why'-'ish'? !No se!)
Product Description: Presents very nicely with vibrant colors. Bob didn't sign a lot of books so get this one while you can. This 1st edition was limited to 7500 copies. A nice investment.
> Don't let ''em fool y'u sports fans.
> (It's of 6,500 copies, too, by the way.)
> I could get hit by a bus in Thailand..
> tomorrow
> (and then some).
> (RIP, 'pack-a-day' Irons!)
> I'll fill this out fuller, later....
> Star:date twelve-ten:
> _twenty-thirteen_seventeen_forty-seven,
> pee-ess-tee..
> Scans.. complete.
> AND,
> (I think this is REALLY juicy)
> I just checked th' census report
> for this, and found:
Grade Uni. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
NM/M 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
NM + 9.6 2 0 0 0 2
NM 9.4 4 0 0 0 4
NM - 9.2 5 0 1 0 6
VF/NM 9.0 2 0 0 0 2
VF + 8.5 3 1 0 0 4
VF 8.0 1 0 0 0 1
VF - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
F/VF 7.0 1 0 0 0 1
F + 6.5 1 0 0 0 1
Fine 6.0 1 0 0 0 1
> (with nothing below 6.0)
> , AND
> see [above] what I mean
> ..get this..
"Bob didn't sign a lot of books..."
"A nice investment."
> THIS
> IS
> THE ONLY (Signed, SIGNATURE SERIES) copy!
> (Therefore, it is the first, besides being..
> the only
> an "OAK."
> There, I said it.)
> Dang!
> (I had NO CLUE!)
> (I'd have cherished it whole-heartedly,
> anyway, naturally, I'm a FAN-MAN, but
> now I feel a stronger sense of..
> responsibility to 'care-take' this,
> and make sure it survives
> [as part of our American Heritage!]).
SALUTE THE FLAG!
***
..., and here's th' Cert. Info.:
Certification Information
Certification #: 0968472001
Title: Flaming Carrot
Issue: 1
Issue Date: Summer-Fall 1981
Issue Year: 1981
Publisher: Killian Barracks Press
Grade: 9.2
Page Quality: WHITE
Label Text: SIGNED & SKETCH BY BOB BURDEN ON 2/7/09 (Manufactured with ""005407"" printed on back cover. Name written on 1st page in pencil.)
Grade Date: 05/06/2009
Category: Signature
Art Comments: Bob Burden story, cover & art
Census: (See above)
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