Tom Spurgeon over the Comics Reporter has a small piece on The Billy Ireland Museum at Ohio State University holding their first annual duplicates sale on August 30th. And you ask: What in heaven’s name is a duplicates sale? Well, keep reading …
From their site:
Calling all collectors, book worms, scholars and fans!
The Billy Ireland will hold its first-ever book sale, where hundreds of duplicate items from our collection will be available for the public to purchase. Don’t miss out! We will be accepting both cash and credit card, and all proceeds will be used to help process our collections. We are keeping the prices low and the quality high!
Included in the sale will be:
- Underground comix
- Comic books
- Graphic novels
- Comic strip reprint books
- Humor magazines including Mad, National Lampoon, Charlie Mensuel, etc.
- Comic and art history books
- Limited edition box sets…and much, much more!
Please plan to bring a bag or box for carrying home your great finds!
For more information about our location and parking, please see: http://cartoons.osu.edu/visit-us/