Don Rosa Archives

[Olivier]

For those like me who prefer not to give away their credit card number
over the net, howver secure it is supposed to be, here's everything you
need to contact the bookstore:

                                                             Tronsmo
                                                Phone: 47-22-99-03-99
                                                Fax:     47-22-11-33-74   (haven't tried it)
                          * I included the prefix for Norway in these numbers*
                                              e-mail:   post at tronsmo.no
                                          Monday - Wednesday:  9h - 17h
                                          Thursday - Friday:          9h - 18h
                                           Saturday:                       10h - 16h
                                                                (it's be open for half  an hour,
now)

They're very nice and speak English fluently.

Prices:        298 NOK  per volume
                    800 NOK  limited edition (2 volumes + drawing, signed)
Shipping:   150 NOK  to France is all I know

As of  March 22,      1 NOK = 0.11036 USD,
so that would be       32.88 $  per volume  ,  88.29 $  limited set

I had a hard time finding the change, and eventually found a very useful site,
that also does the conversion:
http://www.lesechos.fr/francais/bourse/changes.htm
Choose the source & target in each column, enter the value in the form,
and it displays the conversion    from source to target in bold
                                                       from target to source of  the same amount
underneath


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   Important   Note   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * *


This information is from a    *true fan*    (I've never been very keen on "fan", it sounds
too much like "fanatic"-- obviously-- but anyway...) that only collects stories & comics
for their sake (see Harry Fluks' introducktion page for a nice statement on this point:
http://home.wxs.nl/~fluks4/introduc.html), for the pleasure of  reading them and reading
them over and over (...) and to pass them on to later generations.

Consequently, the information on this page is aimed at    *fellow fans*     *only*.

I discovered TPP & CK thanks to DUCKhunt (http://www.duckhunt.de/) and am very
grateful to them for this (and everything they do), as I am to DCML members and to
webmasters for sharing their knowledge, images, ... I enjoyed these strips and now want
to own the whole of  them. As I believe it is the case for other fans, I was glad to learn
the stories were to be reprinted and hereby thank again Nils for keeping us up to date
about it. None of  us will get a buck, it's just a matter of  helping each other find comics
we like to treasure them-- not sell them.

Again, this is from   *one fan*   to   *fellow fans*.

In other words (and don't worry, I'll be polite):
           I curse all the   [censored]   speculators who live off  others' innocent passions ! ! !
           If  you're one , I can't help your taking advantage of  this information-- but then, you
           certainly already know everything, since it's your business, ain't it?

Naturally, stores and galleries may very well buy copies, which saves buyers a lot of  trouble
and helps them find copies after a while, and the price will be a bit higher. That's normal, and
you can only hope the price won't be too high and the difference justified.

           I'm thinking of  people who stack things to make them rare and wait a while to
           sell them a fortune, and hardly know what they're buying, and have no respect for
           the artists, the publishers, and the fans. This is   *bad*.




Olivier