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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hey Barry (and others),<BR>
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> The DD and the Red Feather is only 4 pages, Black and White and 60 years old.<BR>
> Most were thrown away.<BR>
> One did sell recently on Ebay and for a lot of money indicating its rarity.<BR>
> I believe David Gerstein bought it for another party.<BR>
> Maybe David can comment on the comic.<BR>
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Hmm... I was acting on behalf of a collector friend in Denmark. The (American) eBay dealer wouldn't ship overseas and even discouraged bids from non-Yanks, so I bid for my Danish friend under my own eBay handle, and then he reimbursed me afterward. Then when the comic arrived I shipped it on to him.<BR>
So now you know what I was up to.<BR>
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But... details about the comic itself? It's a frankly silly story about a huge (Gyro-sized) walking, talking red feather, who is convincing Donald and the boys to give their money to charity. The feather was the symbol of a charity program at the time.<BR>
I learned a few weeks ago that line art stats to the story exist, so we may reprint it at Gemstone sometime simply as a curio. It's obviously worth more for its apparent rarity than for its content, though. It was produced not by Western, but by the Disney comic strip department.<BR>
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Why is it rare? The story has a very preachy tone, so I suspect kids of the time didn't want to save it. (Shame, as charity is a wonderful cause...)<BR>
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Best, David</FONT>
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