Comic Book Postal Auctions

Summer 2007 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Answers Supplement (1892-3) 1-16
In bound volume with Answers Novels (1913) 1-18
File copies. Threepenny short stories 18 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (34)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

2

Boys Friend (1901-2) 1-55
In two bound volumes including Coronation Double Number. File copies [vg/fn] (55)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

3

Butterfly (1905-6) 42-120
In three bound volumes. File copies. Printed on aqua paper. Jack Robinson, Martin Steel – Detective (79)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

4

Chips (1918) 1427-1478
Complete year in two bound volumes. Weary Willie And Tired Tim. Propaganda war issues. Printed on salmon coloured paper. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

5

Chuckles (1918) 209-260
Complete year in two bound volumes. Starring Tiger Tim & his pals. File copies. Bright colour covers [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £254

6

Comic Life (1919) 1072-1123
Complete year in two bound volumes. With free gift toy aeroplane cut-out. File copies [vg/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £231

7

Lot-O’-Fun (1909) 182-198 and Comic Life (1909) 589-601
Together in bound volume. Including Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Hibernian and Celtic teams and colours on front pages [vg] (29)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

8

My Favourite (1913) 103-154
Complete year in two bound volumes. Starring Ragtime Rex and Bertie Brightboy. Black and white. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

9

Penny Popular (1916) 169-221
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Complete Sexton Blake stories in each issue [fn-/fn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £220

10

All Sports Weekly (1926) 356-381
Jul-Dec half year in bound volume. File copies. Including ‘Why Footballers Are Badly Paid’ article and free gift photo plate of victorious English XI ‘Ashes’ Winners [fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

11

Answers (1928) 2092-2117
Jul-Dec half year in bound volume with 4 free gift art plates celebrating the tenth year of The Armistice and showing the rebuilding of Arras, Ypres, Albert and The Menin Road by Adrian Hill, File copies [vg] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

12

Boys Cinema (1927) 368-393
Jan-June half year in bound volume. File Copies. Starring Buck Jones and Monty Banks in "Atta Boy" [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £76

13

Boys’ Friend Library (1920-21) 514-518, 524-528, 534-537, 543-561
In seven bound volumes. With flyer for Sports For Boys No. 1. File copies. Text stories [vg+/fn+] (33)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £159

14

Champion (1923) 50-101
Complete year in two bound volumes. Including bumper 100th issue. File copies [vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £228

15

Champion Library (1929-32) 11-94
In six bound volumes. File copies. Cloth covers dirty/dusty with some spine area missing to vols 11-22 and 35-46. Contents have some slightly cropped covers [vg/fn] (83)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £401

16

Detective Library (1920) 23-48
In half year bound volume. Sexton Blake and Nelson Lee stories. File copies [vg/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £88

17

Fiction Lovers Library (1920s) 1-24
Complete run of paperback novels. File copies [vg/fn-] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £99

18

Football And Sports Library (1926-27) 105-176
Complete two years in seven bound volumes. File copies. Cloth covers dirty/dusty [vg], contents [vg/fn-] (72)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £194

19

Funny Wonder (1920) 302-353
Complete year in two bound volumes. Charlie Chaplin covers. With flyer for Kinema Comic No.1 and 3 free gift sepia plates including Tarzan. File copies. Printed on aqua paper [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £148

20

Little Sparks (1922) 86-124 last issue
Jan-Sept in two bound volumes. Bright colour covers. File copies [fn/fn+] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

21

Nelson Lee Library (1924-25) 485-490, 509, 510, 513-516, 522
Scandal At St Frank’s! [vg] (13)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £32

22

Playtime (1924) 7-58
Complete year in two bound volumes. Bright colour covers. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

23

School-Days (1929-30) 36-87
In two bound volumes with rare free gifts; 3 coloured plates of Christopher Robin and Winnie The Pooh by E H Shepherd. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £221

24

Sexton Blake Library (1924-25) 315-326, 351-382 and New Series 1-4
In four bound volumes. File copies [fn/fn+] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,271

25

Tiger Tim’s Weekly (1923) 60-111
Complete year in two bound volumes. Bright colour covers of Tiger Tim and The Bruin Boys. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

26

Boys’ Magazine 608 (1933) with King Kong cover; Boy’s Own Annual Vol 63 (1940-41)
Rare surviving issue with dustwrapper (some loss). The printworks in Bouverie Street, London, was bombed during the war and most copies were destroyed. With Boys Own Paper Vol 89 No 5 last issue (1967) George Best cover and a facsimile of No. 1 [vg/fn] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

27

Boys Cinema Annual 1932
Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin. File copy.
Bright boards, cream pages
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

28

Boys Cinema Annual 1936
W C Fields, Buck Jones, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. File copy.
Bright boards, cream pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

29

Boys Cinema Annual 1938
Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper, Bill Boyd, Basil Rathbone.
Bright boards, light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

30

Boys Cinema Annual 1939
Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, John Wayne behind the camera. File copy.
Bright boards, cream pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

31

Boys Cinema Annual 1940
Humphrey Bogart, King Of The Gangsters, Carole Lombard, How Talkies are made.
Bright boards, light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £37

32

Champion Library (1933-4) 95-142
Two years complete in four bound volumes. File copies [fn/fn+] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £162

33

Chums Monthly (1930)
Unnumbered 40 pg monthly issues – complete year in two bound volumes. Large format. File copies. Bright evocative covers and colour plates [fn/fn+] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

34

Crackers (1937) 437-462
Jul-Dec in half year bound volume with Crackers Annual 1935 [fn-] Starring the Adventures Of Bob And Betty Britten. File copies [fn/vfn] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £114

35

Kinema Comic (1932) 610-651 final issue
Jan-Oct in two bound volumes (before amalgamation into Film Fun) Chester Conklin, Jack Keen – Detective. File copies [fn/fn+] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

36

My Favourite (1932) 206-258
Complete year in two bound volumes. ‘Thrills And Good Cheer In Lands Far And Near’. File copies. One third spine missing from second bound volume. Bright colour covers and contents [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £194

37

Nelson Lee Library (1932) 102-154
Complete year in two bound volumes. The ‘World’s Greatest Detective’ in action! File copies [fn/fn+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

38

Rainbow (1930-31) 874, 875, 898, 904-907 with Triumph 695 (1938) [gd]
Rainbows with horizontal mailfolds [vg-] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £24

39

Robin’s Jig-Saw Story Book 1 (1939) John Leng
The book contains five jigsaw puzzles, all laminated and intact. This rare one-off title was sold during 1940 as well. Puzzles as new, exterior [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £46

40

The Schoolgirl (1930) 23-48
Jan-June half year in bound volume. File copies [vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

41

Schoolgirls’ Own (1933) 622-673
Complete year in two bound volumes. With 3 free gift photo sets of the King and Queen. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £314

42

Schoolgirls’ Own Library (1939) 676-699
April-Sept in two bound volumes. File copies. ‘The Secret Society Against Babs & Co’. Well worn cloth covers, contents [fn-/fn+] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £168

43

Sexton Blake Library (1932) 317-364
Complete year in four bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,155

44

Sexton Blake Library (1933) 365-376, 401-412
In two bound volumes. File copies [fn//vfn] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £615

45

Sexton Blake Library (1934) 425-436, 449-460
In two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £615

46

Rover (1938-41) 36 issues between 822-1021
Propaganda war stories [vg-/vg] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

47

Wizard (1938) 802, 805, 807, 810, 812, 816, 817, 820, 822, 826-828
[gd/vg] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £37

48

Wizard (1938) 829-839
In card bound volume; Oct 22-Dec 31 including Bumper Xmas Number. Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [fn] (11)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £49

49

Wizard (1939) 840-891
Complete year. From Issue 884 Spadger Isle promoted to front cover. Some worn edges. 5 issues [fr/gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

50

Wizard (1939) 865-875, 884-891 including Bumper Xmas Number
868, 891 [gd], balance [vg] (19)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £75

51

Wizard (1940) 38 issues between 892-942 Xmas
Propaganda war stories [vg-/vg+] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £126

52

Wizard (1941) 37 issues between 944-991
944 has mis-print date "1940". Propaganda war issues: ‘One ton of old Wizards will make fuses for nine thousand shells…’ These copies originally owned by the French Consulate in London. Some moisture wrinkles to later issues [vg-/vg+] (37)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

53

Wizard (1947) 1121-1157 Xmas
In bound volume. Near complete year missing issue 1125. Wilson stories throughout [vg+/fn] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

54

Film Fun Annual 1 (1938)
[vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

55

Radio Fun Annual 1 (1940)
[vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £66

56

Oor Wullie original artwork by Dudley Watkins (1937)
for the Sunday Post Fun Section
It’s awfy warm and the Wee Lad’s nae got tuppence fir a slider. His pal, Fat Bob pleads poverty, savin’ his last tuppence for ‘a puir man wha’s lost his leg’, until Wullie finds oot that he’s the ice-cream man! Brilliant early Watkins
Indian ink on card. 18 x 14 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £907

57

Singing Minstrel Christmas Card artwork
drawn, painted and signed by Dudley Watkins 1939
Dudley Watkins occasionally produced personal Christmas and greetings cards for his own family and friends. To our knowledge, this rare piece is the first such item to be offered at auction.
Poster colour on board. 15 x 11 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £387

58

Beano 19 (1938)
Big Eggo’s Electric Sledge. Bright cover, two small file-holes to spine, some edge chipping, light tan pages [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £178

59

Beano 20
Eggo Gets Fishy Revenge!
Bright cover, two small file-holes to spine, light tan pages with some edge chipping [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £162

60

Beano 26 (1939)
Big Eggo‘s Pie Eating Pelican!
Bright cover, two small file-holes to spine, light tan pages with darker edges and some chipping [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £162

61

Beano 27
Big Eggo’s Blacksmith!
Two small file-holes to spine, light tan/tan pages with edge brittleness and corner loss [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £129

62

Beano 28
Big Eggo Harping On!
Medium colour cover, two small file-holes to spine, light tan pages with darker edges with some brittleness and corner loss [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £129

63

Beano 126 (1940)
Policeman/Snowman! Propaganda war issue.
Bright cover, snowcapped titles, two small file-holes to spine, light tan pages with edge brittleness [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £82

64

Beano 247 (1944) Xmas Fun issue
Bright cover colours, one inch tear to bottom margin of all (light tan) pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

65

Magic-Beano Book (1943)
Big Eggo & Koko win three-legged race.
Bright boards and spine with medium overall wear and bumped corners. Neat faded ink dedication. Small piece out of page 5 lower margin. Cream/light tan pages with slightly darker edges [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,059

66

Magic-Beano Book (1944)
Eggo, Kokko, Pillo (fight)!
Bright boards and spine with light/medium overall wear. Neat dedication, off-white/cream pages with slightly darker edges [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £2,148

67

Magic-Beano Book (1945)
They Were Only Playing Leap-Frog!
Bright boards and spine with two bumped corners and light overall wear. No dedication, off-white/cream pages with slightly darker edges [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,059

68

Beano (1945) 267, 270 Fireworks, 274 (Dec 29th)
[vg/fn-/fn] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £112

69

Beano (1947) 316, 319, 320, 321 (x2), 323, 325 Xmas
Generally worn, foxing and spine tears [gd/gd+] (7)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £113

70

Beano (1948) 326, 328, 330, 331, 336, 338, 340, 344, 348, 349 (and 351 Xmas cover only)
Low grade reading copies [fr/gd] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £95

71

Beano (1949) 352, 355-378, 380-389 including Easter, Fireworks and Xmas
371 top sixth torn away [fr], 382: 4 centre pages missing [fr], 382, 384: 4 centre pages missing [fr], Xmas, Fireworks issues [vg], balance [gd/vg] (35)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £220

72

Dandy Monster Comic 1 (1939)
Korky Introduces His Dandy Pals.
Bright boards, restored spine with original spine illustration slightly off centre. No dedication, light tan pages with darker edges [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,045

73

Dandy Monster Comic (1943)
Korky leads the Dandy Bicycle race
Bright boards with rounded corners, spine hinges showing teeth. Neat dedication, light tan pages with darker edges [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £423

74

Dandy Monster Comic (1946)
All The Dandy Stars!
Good boards with rounded corners, no dedication. Some interior pages wear and tears [gd+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £266

75

Dandy Monster Comic (1948)
Puppeteer Korky
Birght boards and spine with minimal wear, sharp corners. No dedication, cream/light tan pages. Four pages (17-24) have small lower right hand corners torn away in printer’s trimming process [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £817

76

Dandy 122 April Fool 1940
Good cover colours, light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

77

Dandy (1945-47) 293, 305, 306, 314, 316, 325, 326, 332, 337, 340, 341, 345, 351, 352 [gd-/vg-] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £119

78

Desperate Dan original artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins
for the Dandy April 26 1947
Dan’s pet dragon sets fire to and eats everything in its path, including Aunt Aggie’s cutlery and the Cactusville street lamps. The mayor gets mad and the pesky pet has to light the street – while Dan stands for it!
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 21 x 15 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £786

79

Dandy 385 Xmas 1948
Worn spine [gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

80

Dandy (1949) 386 New year, 387, 389-392, 395-397
387 [fr], balance [gd/vg] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £64

81

Dandy low grade 1940s
334
Xmas 1946 lower front cover one fifth torn away [pr] 1947: 342, 354, 355; 1948: 360 New Year, 361-363, 366 Easter, 367, 368, 370-384 including Fireworks and double of issue 383
Worn spines, some tears. 1947 issues [fr/gd], 1948 issues [gd/vg] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £166

82

Dandy Monster Comic (1949)
Korky’s The Toff, Dan’s the Bag-Man
Bright boards and spine with slight grubbiness. Neat dedication, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £338

83

Bookano Stories 15 (1948) Strand
5 pop-ups including Greek tales, Norse legends and Westminster Abbey [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £28

84

Adventure (1949-50) 1254-1327
Jan 8 1949-June 24 1950 in two bound volumes. Strang The Terrible by Dudley Watkins, Dixon Hawke and Menace of The Super-Men. Issue 1286 changes to wider format. Cream/light tan pages [vfn-/vfn] (74)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £254

85

Chips (1943) 2709-2721
In bound volume with Jingles 585-610
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

86

Rover (1945) 1100-1125 Xmas
Complete year in bound volume. Propaganda war issues. Bright covers, cream pages [vfn/vfn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £169

87

Rupert Adventure Series 11-21 (1949)
[vg+/fn) (11)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £75

88

Rupert Adventure Series 23-30
Bright covers, some rusty staples. 28 [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £64

89

Rupert Adventure Series 32-35, 38, 39
Bright covers, some rusty staples. 32 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (6)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

90

Rupert Adventure Series 40-47
Bright covers, some rusty staples [fn-/vfn-] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

91

Rupert Adventure Series 49
Limited print run penultimate issue [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £38

92

Rupert Adventure Series 50
Limited print run final issue [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £63

93

Schoolgirls Own Library (1940) 712-722
Jan-Mar in bound volume. File copies. Well worn cloth cover. Contents [vg] (13)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

94

Sexton Blake Library (1946) 111-134
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £363

95

Sexton Blake Library (1947-8) 135-170
In three bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £302

96

Woman’s World Library (1941-43) 3-50
In five bound volumes. File copies [fn-/fn+] (48)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

97

Eagle Comic No 1 (1950)
Bright covers, off-white pages, some spine light foxing and back cover light grubbiness [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £223

98

Eagle Comic 2
[vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £154

99

Eagle Comic 3
[fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £50

100

Eagle Comic 4
[vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £50

101

Eagle Comic 5
[vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

102

Eagle Comic 6-10
8 cover light foxing spots [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £92

103

Eagle Comic 11-30
15, 20 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (20)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

104

Eagle Comic 31-52
[fn/vfn-] (22)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £123

105

Eagle Annual 1
Bright boards with one back cover scratch; cream pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

106

Eagle Vol. 2: 1-52 complete year with Annual 2 [vfn] and dustcover [fn]
Comics: a few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £166

107

Eagle Vol. 3: 1-52 complete year with Annual 3 [vfn-] and dustcover [vg+]
Comics: [fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £146

108

Eagle Vol. 4: 1-38 complete year with Annual 4 [vfn] and dustcover [vg+]
with Riders of the Range Annual [vg-]
Comics: [fn-/fn+] (40)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £126

109

Eagle Vol. 5: 1-53 complete year with Annual 5 [vfn-] and dustcover [vg+]
Comics: 30 [vg], a few [fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (54)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

110

Broons Book 4 (1950)
The family in their Sunday best smilin’ oot at the reader! Rare early hardback copy.
Bright boards with overall scuffing. ‘1949’ written to lower cover front and spine. Light tan pages with darker edges
[vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,347

111

Broons Book 5 (1952)
Tea Time At Glebe Street.
Bright covers with two 1" front spine splits. ‘51’ written to the spine. Light tan/tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £441

112

Broons Book (1954)
Maw’n’Paw Highland Fling!
Rare early hardback issue. Bright boards with some scuffing and ‘1953’ written to lower cover and spine. Light tan pages with darker edges [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £622

113

Broons Book (1956)
Smililn’ From The Glebe Street Window!
Bright covers with light ‘1955’ to lower front. Light overall wear, cream/light tan pages [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £154

114

The Broons original artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins
for the Sunday Post 25 April 1954
Annie Adams snubs Maggie Broon in the high street so a red-hot letter is written and given to Hen to deliver. Maggie regrets her nasty note and goes round to apologise when she find out Annie was actually at the optician! Hen nearly forgets to deliver the note getting bashed and hugged at the same time!
This artwork was used again in 1969 and the girls’ hairstyles and hemlines were bobbed and shortened to reflect the 60s fashion
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £500

115

Oor Wullie Book (1959)
Oor Wullie Fence Painter
Rare early hardback issue. Bright boards with ‘1958’ written to lower front and spine. A few light cover scrapes [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £151

116

Beano (1950) 390-441
Complete year in two bound volumes. With issue 411 The Beano changed to a new larger format thus the two bound volumes 390-410 and 411-441.
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages some with darker edges. 393 back cover top margin area torn away [vg-], 426 small sellotape to back cover tear, 428 back cover 2 ins oval piece missing, both [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £542

117

Beano (1951) 443-445, 447, 448, 453-459
453 Easter Fun, large panel cover. Top margin ‘92A’ biro to 5 issues [vg-/vg] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £69

118

Beano (1951) 461-463, 467, 469, 473, 475-477, 480, 481, 485 Fireworks
[vg-/vg] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £81

119

Beano (1951) 486-488, 491, 492 Xmas, 493
[vg-/vg] (6)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £81

120

Beano (1951 and 1954) 456 [gd], 471, 486 with 1954: 607, 610, 613 Easter, 617, 620, 624, 626, 629, 642 Fireworks, 643, 645 [vg/fn] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

121

Beano (1952) 522, 537 Fireworks, 538, 539, 541-544
[fn+/vfn] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

122

Beano (1953) 31 issues between 548-594
"Beano" and numbers untidily biroed to 17 top cover margins [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (31)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £159

123

Beano (1953) 553-562 including Easter issue
553 [fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

124

Beano (1953) 565-568, 570, 573-583
565, 577, 578 [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (16)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

125

Beano (1953) 585-596 including Fireworks issue
590 Fireworks [vg+], balance [fn+/vfn] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £146

126

Beano (1953) 597 Xmas issue
[fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £32

127

Beano (1955) 684-691, 693, 696-702 including Xmas and double of 687
[vg] (18)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £66

128

Beano (1956) 703-706, 708-711, 712 New title design, 713-716, 719, 726
[vg] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

129

Beano Book (1951)
Biffo Rodeo!
Bright boards with one inch light foxing to R H edge. No dedication, light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £87

130

Beano Book (1952)
Biffo Nails Up His Pals!
Bright boards and spine, with light front board blemishes. No dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £74

131

Beano Book (1953)
Jack Flash To The Moon
Bright boards and spine, no dedication, cream/light tan pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £84

132

Beano Book (1954)
Biffo Branches Out!
Bright boards and spine, light overall wear, neat dedication, off-white/cream pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

133

Beano Book (1958)
Biffo Juggles – Dennis Muddles!
Bright boards, neat dedication, cream white pages [fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £113

134

Beano Book (1959)
Goaty Leap-Frog!
Bright boards, neat dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

135

Dandy (1950) 424-475
Complete year with doubles 461, 462.
424 one fifth lower cover torn away with tears to all pages [fr], 461, 472 [gd-], most copies with "92A" biro to top cover margin [gd/vg] (54)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

136

Dandy (1951) 476-527
Complete year, including 500 Birthday Number
A few [fn-/fn], balance [vfn/nm]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £550

137

Dandy (1952) 531, 534, 540, 557, 561, 563, 564, 577-579 Xmas
531, 534 [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £68

138

Dandy (1952) 22 issues between 528 New Year – 578
534 [gd], balance [vg] (22)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

139

Dandy (1954) 26 issues between 632-683 including New Year, Fireworks and Xmas
683 Xmas [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £66

140

Dandy (1955) 719 [vg-], 720, 722, 728 Fireworks, 729
[vg/vg+] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £15

141

Dandy (1956) 737-739, 742, 744-751, 757 including Easter
[vg-/vg] (13)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

142

Dandy Monster Comic (1951)
Ringmaster Korky
Bright boards with minimal wear, faded spine. Neat dedication, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £82

143

Dandy Monster Comic (1952)
Korky’s Toy Shop
Bright boards, no dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

144

Dandy Book (1954)
Korky’s Fishy Top Hat!
Bright boards, medium wear. No dedication, no major defects [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £42

145

Dandy Book (1956)
Korky’s Joke Shop
Bright boards and spine with minimal wear. No dedication, cream pages [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £330

146

Dandy Book (1959)
Korky’s Canoe
Bright boards, cream pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £39

147

Bing-Bang Benny original artwork by Ken Reid for The Dandy Annual 1957
Jonah and Frankie Stein artist, Ken Reid first drew Bing-Bang Benny for The Dandy No 760 in June 1956. The artwork above was one of two that were mono-coloured for a first appearance in The Dandy Annual 1957.
Indian ink, red poster paint on card. 16 x 11 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £266

148

The Galloping Glory Boys two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (1952)
Tim and the 41st Hussars fool the French rearguard sparking a counter attack which wins the day for the English in the Battle of Corunna
The first artwork page is lightly tanned. Indian ink on card with blue crayon. 14 x 16" and 16 x 16 ins (2 pages)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £217

149

Young Drake two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (mid 1950s)
A privateer hijacks Young Drake’s tugboat and a mysterious package is lowered aboard. Our young hero repels the Spanish boarders and the chase is on…
Indian ink with red and blue crayon on card.
17 x 15 ins each (2 pages)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £350

150

Beryl The Peril Annual 1 (1959)
Beryl Saws High
Bright boards and spine with light overall wear. No dedication, white pages [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £187

151

Black Bob Book (1959)
[vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £14

152

Dennis The Menace Annual 1 (1955)
Bright boards, creased spine with some loss to top and bottom bumped corners [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

153

Topper Book 1 (1955)
Restored spine and colour laser copy of page 1 [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £11

154

Topper Book 4 (1958)
[vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £6

155

Topper Book 5 (1959)
[fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £6

156

Lion 1 (1952) with free gift Sports Stars In Action Album
Bright cover with neat pen name to margin, rusty staples. Cream pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

157

Lion 2 with free gift Speed Marvels Of 1952 Album
Bright cover, cream pages, rusty staples [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

158

Lion 3
Bright cover, neat pen name to margin, cream pages, rusty staples [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

159

Lion (1952-55) 40, 41, 43, 160, 175, 194 with Film Fun (1950-55), 20 issues between 1587-1855, TV Fun 93-100 (eight consecutive issues) and Knockout (1951-55) 9 issues between 661-859 with Knockout Fun Books 1953-56
Annuals [fn/fn+], Lions [gd/vg], balance [vg/fn] (47)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £75

160

Classics Illustrated (1950s) Part One
1 Huck Finn, 6 Tale Of Two Cities, 7 Robin Hood, 9 Caesar’s Conquest, 11 Time Machine, 12 Dark Frigate, 19 Covered Wagon, 31 Black Arrow, 42 Swiss Family Robinson, 46 Kidnapped, 48 David Copperfield.
All ‘shilling’ and ‘one and three’ priced [vg/fn-] (11)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

161

Classics Illustrated Part Two
57 Song Of Hiawatha, 69 Around The World In 80 Days, 71 The Man Who Laughs, 72 Oregon Trail, 78 Joan Of Acr, 79 Cyrano De Bergerac, 20 White Fang, 86 Under Two Flags, 88 Men Of Iron, 90 Green Mansions, 91 Call Of The Wild, 104 Bring ‘Em Back Alive.
All ‘shilling’ and ‘one and three’ priced [vg/fn+] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £33

162

Classics Illustrated Part Three
91 Call Of The Wild, 94 David Balfour, 96 Daniel Boon, 97 King Solomon’s Mines, 98 Red Badge Of Courage, 100 Mutiny On The Bounty, 101 William Tell, 103 Men Against The Sea, 104 Bring ‘Em Back Alive, 105 From The Earth To The Moon, 106 Buffalo Bill, 107 King Of The Khyber Rifles. All ‘shilling’ and ‘one and three’ priced
[vg/fn] (12)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £33

163

Classics Illustrated Part Four
108 Knights Of The Round Table, 112 Kit Carson, 114 Red Rover, 115 How I Found Livingstone, 118 Rob Roy, 119 Soldiers Of Fortune, 120 Hurricane, 121 Wild Bill Hickock, 122 Mutineers, 124 War Of The Worlds, 123 Fang And Claw, 126 Downfall with Ivanhoe 2 (Two shillings Giant Classics), 4 Westward Ho (One and six Classic In Pictures) and 2 Ivanhoe (no back cover) [gd]¸ balance [vg/fn] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £39

164

Cowboy Comics (Picture Library) 1950s
32, 113, 122, 123, 125, 141, 143, 144, 174 with Kit Carson’s Annual 1955 and 1956
Comics [vg/fn-], annuals [fn/vfn] (11)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

165

Gene Autry (Dell UK shilling editions) 1950s
1, 4, 5, 8-10, 14, 16-18, 22, 23, 26, 36
[vg] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £75

166

Roy Rogers (WDL) 1950s
5, 12, 16-22, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 42, 43, 45-48 with Trigger 8, 11, 12 and Roy Rogers Cowboy Annuals 1951-53 (1952 with dust jacket), 1955, 1956
Comics [vg/fn], Annuals [fn-/fn+] (29)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

167

John Wayne (WDL) 1950s
10, 11, 17, 18, 36 with John Wayne Annual 1955
[vg/vg+] (6)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £72

168

Buffalo Bill Wild West Annuals 2-5 (1951-1954)
Illustrated by Denis McLoughlin [fn-/fn+] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

169

Okay Adventure Annuals (1955, 1956, 1957)
Denis McCloughlin art. All with rare dustjackets
[vfn] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £137

170

Rupert Annual 1958
Rupert playing leap-frog
Bright boards, no dedication, price unclipped [vfn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £135

171

Rupert Annual 1959
Rupert with beach ball
Bright boards, no dedication, price unclipped [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £81

172

Superboy Annual 1 (1953-4) Atlas
Bright cover, no dedication, slight spine looseness, cream pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £49

173

Superman Annual 2 (1952) Atlas
Some light grime residue to board edges, no dedication, cream pages [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

174

Continental Film Photo Stories (1950s) 1-6 with Photo Romances 1-6 and 5 doubles. "File – Press Services Dept" cover stamps to most issues. File copies
[vg/fn] (17)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

175

Fans Star Library (1958-59) 1-39
In three bound volumes.
Presley, Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot – they’re all here! File copies [fn-/fn+] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

176

Love Story Library All In Pictures (1953-58) 1-20, 45-58, 129-180, 205-228
In six bound volumes. File copies
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (110)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £968

177

Oracle Library (early 50s) 1-42
In four bound volumes. File copies
Cloth spine wear to vol. 1 not affecting contents [fn-/fn] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £150

178

Picture Romance Library (1957-58) 1-42
In five bound volumes. ‘A Love Story in Pictures’. File copies
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £303

179

Radio Fun (1956) 900-951
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Norman Wisdom, The Falcon, Inspector Stanley, Benny Hill
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £202

180

Romance Library (1955-8) 1-16, 33-96
In eight bound volumes. Text stories. File copies [fn-/fn] (83)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

181

Schoolgirls’ Picture Library (1958) 13, 14, 17, 19-26, 28-34, 36, 38-48, 50-59
Bright covers, some rust spots showing through, cream pages [vg/vg+] (40)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £102

182

Schoolgirls’ Picture Library 60-73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87-93, 95-97, 99-107
[vg-/vg+] (40)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £100

183

Sexton Blake Library (3rd Series) 1950s. 168, 177-179, 182, 183, 185, 187, 189-191, 193, 196, 200, 223 taped spine, 250, 313-322, 325, 326, 340-343 taped spine, 349
5 issues with Reginald Heade cover art. Rusty centre staples. 4 taped spines [gd], balance [gd+/vg+] (33)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

184

Sexton Blake Library (1958-62)
417-419, 422, 426, 427, 442, 455, 488-497
[vg/fn] (18)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £33

185

Sexton Blake Library (1958-59) 397-432
In three bound volumes. File copies
409-420 vol. has damp rippling to all pages [gd/vg-], balance [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

186

Sexton Blake Library (1959-60) 433-466
In three bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (34)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

187

Suspense (1958-60) 1-28
Vol 1: 1-5, Vol 2: 1-11, Vol 3: 1-12
Complete paperback run in five bound volumes. File copies. Mystery, adventure and crime stories by Agatha Christie, Leslie Charteris, Dashiel Hammett, Graham Greene and Georges Simenon. With illustrated Suspense Holiday Special (1977) [fn-/fn+] (28)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

188

Wizard (1953) 1403-1454
Near complete year missing 1414, 1421, 1422 and 1428. Wilson – The World’s Fastest Bowler! Limp Along Leslie, Whizz Morgan. With original 4 page flyer for Topper No. 1
Bright covers, cream pages [fn-/fn+] (49)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £151

189

Wizard (1954) 1455 New Year –1479
Half-year complete. Wilson The Wonder Athlete [fn-/fn+] (25)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

190

Wizard (1955) 1507-1559
Complete year. Issue 1512 Spadger Isle regains front cover, The Further Truth About Wilson, The Boyhood Of Desperate Dan. 1522 First Bash Street School in Wizard. 1536 first Bash Street cover [vg/fn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £183

191

Wizard (1956) 1566-1588
Unbroken run (Feb-July). Wilson Champion of Champions [vg+/fn] (23)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

192

Beano (1962) 1019, 1047, 1048, 1050, 1059, 1062, 1063, 1066 Xmas
1066 [vg-], balance [vg-/vg+] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

193

Beano Books (1962, 1963, 1966)
[vg] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

194

Beano Book (1964)
Biffo Tickled!
Laminate split by spine [vfn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £52

195

Beano Book (1965)
Biffo Ballooned!
Laminate split by spine [fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

196

Beryl The Peril Annuals (1963, 1964 and 1969)
[vg+/fn+/vg+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £40

197

Green Hornet Annual (1968) WDL
Van Williams as The Green Hornet, Bruce Lee as Kato, based on the TV Series
Bright boards, laminate unbroken, small neat dedication, cream pages. Rare in this grade [nm-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

198

Eagle Vol. 15 (1964) 1-52
In bound volume.
Bright covers light tan pages [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

199

Eagle Vol. 16 (1965) 1-52
In bound volume with Eagle Supplement Story of European Union. Dan Dare by Keith Watson, Heros The Spartan by Frank Bellamy [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £133

200

Eagle (1967) Vol. 18 Nos 27, 28, 30-45, 47-52 with Vol. 19 Nos 1-10
[fn/vfn] (34)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

201

Films And Filming (Oct 1961 – Feb 1964)
23 issues in two bound volumes. Starring Lawrence Of Arabia, Mutiny On The Bounty, Gandhi, Gigi, The Longest Day, How The West Was Won, with a chronicle of Independent Crime and Foreign Films. [fn-/fn] (23)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £40

202

Lion (1962-3) 21 July 1962 – 9 March 1963
33 consecutive issues. Numbered ‘1-33’ in biro to top margin. Rusty staples. 21 July [fr], balance [vg-] (33)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £68

203

Hospital Romance Library/Newnes Hospital Romances (1962-67) 25-40, 113-121, 149-208
In eight bound volumes. Text stories. File copies [fn-/fn+] (74)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,028

204

Newnes Hospital Nurse Picture Romances (1967-68) 61-92
In three bound volumes. Illustrated. File copies [fn] (32)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

205

Love Story Library All in Pictures (1966-75) 581-604, 1269-1292, 1471-1488, 1561-1578
In four bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (84)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

206

Rupert Annuals 1969, 1970, 1971
Bright boards, no dedications, prices unclipped [vfn+/vfn/vfn] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £84

207

Tit-Bits Summer Specials (1969-82) with 5 Puzzle & Winter Specials
10 covers with pen date or cover stamp [fn-/vfn] (21)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

208

Topper Book (1960)
Laminate unbroken, no dedication, white pages [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £19

209

Topper Books (1963, 1964)
[vg+] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £10

210

War Picture Library (1960-64) 74, 77, 96-100, 147, 169, 170, 177-180, 182, 184, 201, 203, 204, 213-215, 221, 228, 229
[vg/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £18

211

Woman’s Life/Newnes Woman’s Life Romances (1964-67) 1-8, 61-78, 89-100
In four bound volumes. File copies [fn] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

212

UK Underground Collecton (late 70s-early 80s) Antonio Ghura
Truly Amazing Love Stories 1 [fn], 2 [nm], Raw Purple 1 [nm], Suzie And Jonnie 1 [nm], with black & white booklets Hot Nads 1, Bogey 2 [vfn] (6)
NB These are typical underground issues with explicit drug and sexual content
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

213

DC Thomson Bumper Fun Book (1977) Paul Harris Publishing
A somewhat critical look at the Dundee publishers with forty or so black and white illustrations including Beano and Dandy characters, Oor Wullie, Thomson’s Big Five and their newspapers
Long, half A4 format hardback, 132 pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

214

Fabulous 208 (1975)
Complete year in two bound volumes, 26 fortnightly issues. File copies. Bay City Rollers, Sweet, David Essex, Slade [vfn/nm] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £64

215

It’s Here And Now (1973) Jul-Jan 13-39
In bound volume. File copies. David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Stones, Who [vfn/nm] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

216

Jackpot (1979) 1-35
In two bound volumes, File copies. Richie Wraggs, Class Wars, Gremlins and The Terror Toys [fn/vfn] (35)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

217

Rupert 1990s
A Bear’s Life (Bramley Books) with dustcover, Rupert 70th Anniversary with dustcover (D. Express) and The Rupert Bear Dossier (Hawke Books) [nm] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £6

218

TV Action (1972) 59, 60, 63-83, 85-98
95, 96, 98 back covers missing [gd], 59, 60 [vg], balance [fn/fn+](37)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £70


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