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Eric W.H. Taft
 Post subject: Yard sale -> coloring book -> original Avengers art -> HANDCUFFS!!
PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:33 am 
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Rare Comics Found At Garage Sale
North Texas Family Surprised To Find Artwork Was Stolen
Last Edited: Thursday, 16 Aug 2007, 7:53 PM CDT
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When a McKinney couple picked up a coloring book for their daughter at a garage sale, they were surprised to see what looked like sketches drawings for a comic book tucked inside. But that was just the start of the surprises.

Paul and Jamillah Washington took the black-and-white sketches to a local art auction house to get a better idea of what they were.

They turned out to be oversized artboards for the original "Avengers" comic book from 1964, worth some $48,000.

But that's not all -- the sketches were also reported stolen from DFW airport earlier this year. That's when the Washingtons were surprised again by police.

"They read us our rights, they grabbed me and put me in another room," remembered Paul Washington. "I'm just like in shock! What's going on, asking a lot of questions."

The Washingtons are released while an investigation is conducted.

Pictures of the artwork are available at the link.
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Tommy Tomorrow
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:03 pm 
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Holy S....
That's Avengers #1. !!!!!
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Eric W.H. Taft
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:06 pm 
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It sure as heck is.
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Joe Z
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:09 pm 
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Huh?? What I'd like to know is how the heck does a twice-up Avengers #1 splash fit inside of a "coloring book"? Smells fishy to me.
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Arvid Spejare
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:21 pm 
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I don't quite understand how they can go from a thief (who most likely knew their worth), to a yard sale.
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 Post subject: Yard sale -> coloring book -> original Avengers art -> HANDCUFFS!!
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If the yard sale part is verifiably true, then I don't get how they can arrest this couple.
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Darren
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It sounds like a good cover story, for one...

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Dave
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Wild. If the "garage sale" people can be tracked down, this should be interesting. If it was in a coloring book, I assume it was one of those giant sized ones.

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Pope Krysak
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That story is like something out of a comic book!

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Serge
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There are those giant-sized 2 x 3 feet coloring books for kids. They actually have some Superman ones at Walmart. You could fit artwork in that no problem.


Otherwise, something doesn't add up, and I wish I'd have been at that yard sale!


I would have kept my damn yap shut!
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Li'l Jay
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:15 am 
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Jeff wrote:
If the yard sale part is verifiably true, then I don't get how they can arrest this couple.


This is truly the odd part.

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Mark
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:53 am 
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Yeah. Why get the price verified if you can just hang it up on your walls? And if they actually stole them, why would they take it to an auction house? DUMB.

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Hanzo the Razor
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I like the Avengers.
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