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<FONT FACE="Verdana">I didn’t think they were American, because we don’t use those kind of plates here. Those are letterpress plates and we us litho offset plates...very thin and no raised surfaces. Regardless, they’re very cool!<BR>
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on 3/29/07 7:48 PM, John T at comics230@cox.net wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000098">> Sorry I hit the Send button when I was going for Edit. I bought the plates<BR>
> from rjrjegyptian, an eBay seller. His father was metal recycler in Sparta,<BR>
> Il. Where they used to print most of the comics. The guy saved many of them<BR>
> before they were destroyed. He was selling other ones, and e-mailed him<BR>
> asking about Groo. It was the single largest non-home/car purchase I have<BR>
> ever made. I am going to keep 82 & 83. I am eventually going to frame them<BR>
> with the comic. I gave Gary 1st dibs, when he decides then I will make what<BR>
> I have available to everybody else. I think rirjegyptian has one more<BR>
> cover. He did contact me and then I though I saw on eBay. If I remember he<BR>
> was asking $495. I don't know if it sold. I will not be asking that much. He<BR>
> has lots of other titles. He may have some Marvel Age, I did not ask him<BR>
> about those. He doesn't have any Usagi Yojimbo. Wasn't somebody an Ambush<BR>
> Bug fan. I think I saw one of those too. <BR>
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> If anybody knows anything about possible care of them let me know. Yes,<BR>
> there some rust, but also some brown discoloration. I will gladly<BR>
> rephotograph any of them for you. However, I am trying to get eBay moving so<BR>
> there may be a delay in that. Just ask Gary. I've had these since October.<BR>
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