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Thamk you , Oliver and Gianfranco ( posted in the
order in which the list put it . ) , for your answers
! I'll try the address , later .

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Links to rare/original/unpublished Barks items. I don't have any
connection with the sellers or the sites. If you've seen other
rare/original/unpublished items, I hope you'll post them to the list
as well. Information is taken from the sellers' descriptions, unless
otherwise noted. ("DvE")

Items at Ebay (http://www.ebay.com):

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Fine Org Carl Barks Letter& Donald Duck ART
Item # 1174976297
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174976297

Superb EARLY letter, July 29, 1974, firmly written in ink, WITH
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by the late, unsurpassed Disney giant Carl Barks,
who singlehandedly created the world of Duckburg, gave us the likes
of Uncle Scrooge and those Beagle Boys, and is considered by many
the finest comic book writer/artist who has yet lived.

Written right as he was retiring from writing his last Jr. Woodchuck
stories, and his painting career was just beginning. In this letter
with just FANTASTIC CONTENT Barks gives advice to a fellow cartoonist
on drawing Disney ducks, including pencil drawings showing how the
characters are constructed. "...About your duck drawings I have one
criticism. You are drawing only the "outside" of the ducks. They
(the ducks) are based on circles pretty much. You do a much better
job on the superhero guys." Barks touches on his early story
"The Mummy's Ring" from 1943 in the letter, and how the current ducks
at that time were based on his 1960s version of them. He also mentions
his OIL PAINTINGS, and includes with the letter a delightful photo
with notations on the back of his latest painting at that time,
based on his CLASSIC "The Gilded Man" story.

The letter has a FANTASTIC, clear classic signature in ink...."Best
Wishes, Carl Barks". Beside this is a wonderful, happy penciled Donald
tipping his hat, measuring nearly 3". You can see the "construction lines"
Bark's left for study. Beside this is a classic "Huey" and a basic
"Circle Huey" left unfinished by the "Good Artist" as referance for
this artist/fan. Letter has Bark's classic address stamp up top, written
on lined tablet paper as is normally seen, with creases where it was
folded for mailing. Altogether THE BEST Carl Bark's letter I have
encountered...the instructional duck drawings add immensely to this
letters value. I have not seen one like this before. Perfect for framing
with the envelope and photo. This letter has the additional provenance of
coming from the collection of fellow Disney Duck Gladstone artist Pat
Block.
This letter is guaranteed original, your money back if not delighted, bid
with confidence. I do not think you will find a better letter from the
Duck Maestro. [...] GOOD LUCK! Dont let this one get away.

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SCROOGE MCDUCK FIGURINE PEN SIGNED CARL BARKS
Item # 1174608375
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174608375

THIS IS THE BEST! UNCLE SCROOGE IS PERCHED ON TOP AS A BUST FIGURINE IN
GOLD ON THIS VERY CUSTOM HIGH-END PEN.
Carl Barks signed the front of the box with a large signature in gold pen.
The box and the pen were stored since purchase about six years ago. The
pen has never been out of the box. Both pen and box are in excellent shape.
The top of the pen is green with dollar signs all over it. The pen clip
looks like a money clip. It says Scrooge and has a dollar sign on it.
The bottom of the pen says McDuck following the clip's $crooge.

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DAISY DUCK DISNEY BOOK SIGNED BY CARL BARKS
Item # 1174981524
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174981524

DAISY IS ON THE COVER OF THIS GREAT HARDBOUND ITALIAN BOOK
PUBLISHED IN 1994 FOR DONALD'S 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

THIS IS A GREAT BOOK - THERE IS A CHAPTER ON MAGICA de SPELL, SEVERAL
DUCK STORIES WITH SCROOGE AND DONALD AND ALL. THERE ARE GREAT SHORT JOKES
IN ENGLISH FEATURING DAISY AND HER ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH DONALD.
ALSO A GREAT SECTION SHOWING ALL THE OLD MASTER PAINTINGS AS THEY WOULD
HAVE LOOKED HAD THEY BEEN DUCKS PAINTED, INSTEAD OF PEOPLE! THERE IS
RUBENS, MANET, DEGAS AND OF COURSE, DON'S WHISTLING MOTHER!! AS WELL
AS ALL THE REST, VERY FUN. VERY GOOD COLOR AND TOP QUALITY PRINTING.

THERE IS SLIGHT WEAR ON THE DUST COVER, BUT NOT FROM THE BOOK BEING
READ - THE SPINE IS TIGHT AND PERFECT. CARL BARKS SIGNED THE BOOK IN
BLACK SHARPIE MARKER ON THE INSIDE TITLE PAGE. THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED
BY DISNEY ITALY, AND IS 12" HIGH BY 9" WIDE.

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Carl Barks 95th Birthday Paperwt. Maleficent
Item # 1175014387
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1175014387

This beautiful etched glass paperweight was made for Disney's exclusive
95th Bithday Party for Carl Barks. Only 150 guest were invited to attend
this event. The piece is numbered and signed (etched). It is #112 out
of 200. Mr. Barks signed to piece for me at the party. The paperweight
can be layed flat or stood on end for display. This piece is in mint
condition and comes with its proof of authenticity.

[No picture. DvE.]

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CARL BARKS ESTATE SIGNED PRINT !!!!
Item # 1175067062
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1175067062

This item was acquired at Carl's estate auction !!

This lot consists of a 9 1/2 X 13 inch walt disney's comics & stories
cover print (PRODUCED IN 1983) signed by CARL BARKS on the bottom &
will be shrinkwraped on foam board. A GREAT SIGNED PIECE OF ART FROM
CARLS OWN HOME!!WE ALL WILL MISS THE JOY THIS GREAT MAN & ARTIST
BROUGHT TO THE WORLD.

THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN GRANTS PASS,OREGON AT HIS HOME ON JUNE 30 2001 .
I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE MOST OF HIS DRAWING & PAINTING UTENSILES & WILL
BE PUTTING MANY UP ON AUCTION SOON! ALL ITEMS WILL COME WITH
AUTHENTICATION FROM THE AUCTIONEER & COPY OF AUCTION RECIEPT.
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE GREAT ITEMS WITH NO RESERVES!!!

[This is the Home Wave Set cover reconstruction from CBL 8. DvE.]

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RARE SCROOGE DONALD DUCK BOOK BARKS SIGNATURE
Item # 1175299280
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1175299280

THIS IS A DELUXE DISNEY BOOK. IT IS HARDBOUND IN LEATHER,
20 LEATHER COPIES MADE. IT FEATURES CARL BARKS AND HIS STORIES AND
PAINTINGS! THERE ARE MANY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS SCARCE BOOK.

THIS UNUSUAL FINNISH 1996 SOLD OUT BOOK REPRINTS ALL DISNEY, INCLUDING
DUCK STORIES, FROM 1954. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THERE ARE 672 PAGES. THIS WONDERFUL BOOK MEASURES 10" HIGH BY 7 1/4"
WIDE BY 1 7/8" DEEP. THE CARL BARKS AUTOGRAPH IS IN THE BOOK ON
SEPARATE HEAVY STOCK PAPER.

[Finnish Aku Ankka book. DvE.]

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UNCLE SCROOGE-GIANT COMIC #6 SIGNED BY BARKS
Item # 1175365233
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1175365233

WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE SCROOGE GIANT COMIC #6 - WHEW -
WHAT A MOUTHFULL - NOW FOR THE TITLE...THE MANY FACES OF
MAGICA DE SPELL. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF - CARL BARKS!!

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DONALD DUCK ADV. #24 COMIC-SIGNED BY BARKS
Item # 1174632642
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174632642

WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK ADVENTURES #24 CARL BARKS LIBRARY
SIGNED BY CARL BARKS ON THE FRONT!

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!! NEVER BEEN READ - TRADING
CARD INSIDE - ONLY OPENED IT TO HAVE CARK BARKS SIGN IT.

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UNCLE SCROOGE COMIC SIGNED BY CARL BARKS
Item # 1174636857
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174636857

WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE SCROOGE CARL BARKS LIBRARY COMIC
SIGNED BY CARL BARKS! THIS IS PART 1 OF 2.

THIS COMIC IS IN PERFECT CONDITION - NO TRADING CARD - SIGNED BY
CARL BARKS IN BLACK SHARPIE MARKER ON THE COVER.

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WDCS #16 COMIC SIGNED BY CARL BARKS
Item # 1174640075
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1174640075

WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES BY CARL BARKS FROM THE
CARL BARKS LIBRARY, SIGNED BY......CARL BARKS!!

[...] CARL SIGNED THE COVER IN BLACK SHARPIE MARKER.

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- Daniel

Simo:

> For the enthusiasts of the Dutch stories it might be a shock
> that in both weeklies 6-8 pages of ten is Danish origin,
> Dutch stories having only 1-2 pages of ten.

Doesn't sound that odd to me, considering that Egmont produces 5000 pages a
year, while the Dutch produce less than 1000 pages.
Plus, of course, near to 100% of Egmont producktion is used (in the weekly
or elsewhere), while only a much smaller percentage of Dutch stories is used
by Egmont.

--Harry.

On August 3, 2001, someone wrote me in private:

"I have recently been given a large amount of a Disney Illustrator's
possessions. Some are original art work and some are autographed.
Where would I start looking to place a value on these items?"

The artist is Norm McGary.

If you have any advice on shops, collectors, etc., that might be
interested, please let me know.

- Daniel

Hi friends.
I started to think of this mail at the mall!
I did that because I thought of one line: Feeling playful with my food
are we? It's from Metaphorically
spanking, and one of the lines I will remember for a long time after
laughing at it.

In chapter 10 of the Lo$ One of the beagle says that Scrooge should
give up "before we're all kilt" I'm convinced you can write the word
kill in the past tense that way, but I was dying from laughter one time
I read the line, because of my own seeing a reference to Scrooge's
scottish past, where he would wear a kilt (eg. in chapter 9).

The next one is actually pure danish and from the same funny story.
When Scrooge is saying to Matilda that he hopes to fill the bin, in the
danish version she says something like: "Then we'll believe that, and
the one about the soft gold" (I sometimes use that as a somwwhat
untracable quote, just to drive people crazy). In the english version
she says that the canoe-dragging story was more likely. This is an
incident where the Rosa-dialogue is not supposed to be especially funny
at the certain time, but the danish line has become funny, to me at
least.

In A little something special the danish translation has made me laugh
several times. I have made people in a train confused by laughing out
loud at certain word-puns and face-expressions in the story. One that I
laughed very much at, in the dansih version, is the line which Donald
exclaims at a point: Someone must have put some strong things in the
lemonade on the party-square (down below the bin). In the american
version Donald should be talking about some spiked punch, as far as I
remember. The way that this is written is very funny. In both versions

As you can see the danish translator seems to be a good one. One goof
has to be mentioned though. In the danish version of chapter 12 of the
Lo$ Scrooge talks about that he isn't use to kids (eg. HDL), cause he
never had time to *get any himself*. The original says that he isn't
used to kids cause he never had time to *be one myself*. Why did the
danish translator change that into something quite different?? It
baffles science, to use a quote, of which origin I have no idea.
(I only saw it used here)

BTW I spotted that the danish and swedish weeklies have one translator
each, who both do a very well job. The german weekly has several
translator. The local editor transaltes some of the stories, other
translators that i don't know much about, and then there's a Peter
Daibenzeiher who does the Rosa-translating among other things. He evn
does two versions sometimes, if I read right: One for the weekly, which
reader's group is supposed to be kids, and one for the german Rosa
albums which reader's group would be Rosa-fans. (I strongly suppose the
Michael Schumacher reference in the Cutty sark story was only in the
MM?) And last, but certainly not least, we have Finland, where, if I
understand you people here right, they have a special
consultant/translator who translates the Rosa-stories? And at least
they had that in Norway too, for the Kalevala, where Nils among other
things wrote some comments as to which notes of musical works we could
spot in the story.

A. C. Sivebaek
acsive at mail.mira.dk

Thanks to Daniel van Eijmeren's update on ebay item number 1174976297, we
all know about the interesting latter Carl Barks wrote in the 1970s,
including the important comment Carl made about not drawing the Ducks just
from the "outside." I'm surprised that sellers want to part with such
letters, and I sincerely hope that anyone who is in possession of such
letters at least makes GOOD photocopies and preferably scans of these
letters (unlike the barely legible ones currently on ebay) before scattering
them to the four winds. As complete a record as possible of Carl's
correspondence should eventually be available for scholars, and my
understanding is that the fate of Carl's papers (including his letters, pay
receipts, inventions, etc.) is very uncertain. I did everything I could to
impress on Carl himself the importance of his correspondence (he kept carbon
copies and often multiple rough drafts of all of his letters), but at the
moment it's very unclear how that bulk of material (which is reportedly
still in tact) will be disposed of.

Donald Ault
Professor of English
University of Florida
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~donault/
----- Original Message -----

I'm gonna start this row of quacking on Iceland, as i just got an
Icelandic (very costy!) weekly from my cousin who was there some weeks
ago.
The cover corresponds exactly to the danish one from the same week, and
so does the 3 stories inside. They were chosen from the danish issue, I
guess. Special feature would be the backpage telling what's in next
weeks issue.
I TELL you I couldn't live with such a magazine... 32 pages and only
stories.
What caught me back in 1990-1991 was the special things in the weekly.
What kept me reading it was the beginning of fact-pages and the keeping
on of publishing Rosa-stories. What makes me subscribe to this day and
years to come is that I have a sort of friendship with this mag who
(yes!) followed me for 11 years now. I can't claim to have grown up
with it. I didn't read it every week in the 80'es as I did in the
90'es, but it brought me to where I am now, so to speak. The danish
weekly of the 70'es and 80'es would have left me quite cold, with only
okay Vicar-stories, no Rosa, and no fact-pages.

Let's get away from there! (In all respect for possible icelandic
listeners) and go to Finland. The mag here is quite the same at first
look. But then you see: Rosa-covers more often than the other
scandinavian weeklies, special artciles on movies, pin-ups and other
things from Picsou and. Specially made school-time-tables by Don Rosa,
and comments on most new Rosa stories by the author himself. Why, oh
why wasn't I born in Finland, so I could read the darned things? ;-)
Not to mention the 3 soon 4 finnish Rosa-books, but that would be on
another note.

The dutch weekly is next. It has ducth and egmont-stories, a
letter-page (which only Zio paperone and Komix seem also to have),
funny pages for the child-readers and so on. It seemed to me the
frequency of barks-stories is a bit larger there than in DK, and two
years would be very interesting to me,a fan of the danish Freddy
Milton, as they have comics on the backcover made be this artist, who
strangely does stories for Holland.

Germany. The most sold comic in many of this countries I mentioned is
the weekly duck-comic, including here, where it is actually a
Mouse-comic. Featuring many duck-stories too. As in Holland the
reader's gorup is considered to be between 7 and 13 or so. That is why
higher people in the company say a feature as the recent blueprints of
the bin shouldn't be in the mag. Apart from that the magazine has
comics, joke and fun-pages, collecting cards for one or another series
everytime (at the moment it's the JW Guide book no. ?) and so on.

Scandinavia. Even though I have complained about it often, here too, I
do like the mag, and I fear the day when it stops, though it wouldn't
cause much more than a very sad me. This weekly has much the same as
the german weekly, plus a thing I have been calling fact-pages here.
These pages come once in a while, when there's a reason, which would
sometimes be a Rosa-story, a specail Barks-story or some international
event or so. Another kind of these fact-page is the recently started
album of criminals from Duckburg police. So far we've seen Arsene Lupin
(The Rosa-invented thief who wants to be famous - made from an original
hero in french books), Magica and those 3 moneky-looking fellows from
classic Gottfredson-stories. In the time where the egmont-weeklies were
celebrating their jubilees the norwegian and swedish issues also had a
time mashine, stopping every issue in another year, to tell what
special events happen in and outside the weekly at that time. In
Denmark we got posters with excerpts from these, one poster for every
decade.
As the scandinavian weekly is the most read thing we have of these, and

there's nothing special anymore for the maybe older readers, our weekly
publishes Rosa-stories.

Unlike the ducth weekly, all these other I've mentioned so far publish
most stories by Rosa. In the following mail where I tell about extras,
I'll tell you what it says on a coming Rosa-story on the german
comic-forum. (and as just say, our weekly publishes Rosa-stories. - I
*hope*
they will do this one too, even though it's said that egmont doesn't
like more
Lo$ chapters.

The weeklies in Scandinavia will also hold an extra or an enlargement
from time to time. If you're lucky containing a Barks or Rosa-story.
Scarpa and
Murry are also used here, alongside with Rota.

BTW I'm not talking about the weeklies from East Europe or southern
europe here. The eastern european comics are much like the danish, but
without the fact-pages as far as i know, - The Italian and greek
weeklies ought to be known to you, as pocket-sized books publishing
italian stories.

And I forgot the french one. - It's comics and many fun pages. No Rosa,

not in the latest years at least.

A. C. Sivebaek
acsive at mail.mira.dk

Anders Christian Sivebaek wrote:
> > Correct. I don't have of the books. (I hate the idea of putting two
> > different albums in one book with a cheap-looking cover).
> Me too. but still they were published. Did they have new Barks-albums,
> or where they
> actually all reprints, if you know?

I seem to remember that those albums with Barks were reprints, but
there
were other Disney albums printed in those books not being reprints.

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