Everyone who had this 1965 issue of Buster remembers it fondly for its free Guy Fawkes mask. I certainly do. (One of the first issues of Buster that I had.) It's become a much-sought after item by collectors, mainly due to most masks ending up on bonfires that year, affixed to the Guy Fawkes dummies.
Anyway, a copy has sold on eBay this morning after 15 bids for £111, sold by popular comics dealer Silver Acre. Condition described as "COMIC IS CLEAN AND SUBTLE WITH NO PEN, IT HAS A 1 INCH MAGIC TAPE REPAIR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE". (I think he means "supple".)
Not bad for a comic that originally cost 7d (3p). I bid on it in the early stages but that's far too much for me to consider paying for a comic so I've no regrets not winning. Congratulations to whoever nabbed it though!
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Kind of glad I didn't see this....would have been tempted to bid! Nice to see the picture, though. I too had this as a nipper....am I right in thinking the mask was a give away with something or other over a period of a few (or at leastle more than one) years?
There was a different version given away with Whizzer and Chips No.3 in 1969, and later issues of Buster in the 1980s had cut out masks, but this one wasn't repeated anywhere else.
I didn't bid on it but I did on six other Silver Acre auctions for the early issues of Buster that ended yesterday. I won four, so now I only need three issues to complete my set!
Well done, Irmantas! I won 7 early issues of Wham from the same seller. I think I only need 14 of the later issues for a full run now.
Come on, Lew ! You don't need 111 £, just a good printer :
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Too bad you can't make it to Oldham. Take care of yourself
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