IRS COLLECTION W/ CERT BRAVE AND THE BOLD #106 FINE-

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OKAY THIS BOOK IS FROM THE IRS COLLECTION AND COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE W/ A HOLOGRAPHIC SEAL. THE CERTIFICATE READS" THIS CERTIFICTE OF AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIES THAT THIS COMIC IS FROM THE IRS COLLECTION. THE IRS COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS EVER SOLD. AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (CDR) ALLEGEDLY INFILTRATED THE COLORADO INCOME TAX COMPUTER IN 1989 AND STARTED WRITING FRAUDULANT INCOME TAX REFUND CHECKS. THE EMPLOYEE USED THESE FUNDS TO FURTHER HIC COMIC COLLECTING HABIT. HE HAD BEEN A COLLECTOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THOUGHT THAT HE HAD FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT SOLUTION TO ACHIEVE A SIMPLE GOAL; HE WANTED A COPY OF EVERY COMIC EVER PUBLISHED! OVER TWENTY YEARS AND HUNDRED'S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WERE SPENT BUILDING THIS MASSIVE COLLECTION. APPROXIMATELY 25% OF ALL GOLDEN AGE, 75% OF ALL SILVER AGE, AND 95% OF ALL MODERNA AGE ARTE REPRESENTED IN THIS COLLECTION. T ARE SOME 60,000 DIFFERENT COMICS IN THIS COLLECTION. HOWEVER, THE STATE OF COLORADO CAUGHT UP WITH THE EMBEZZLER IN MARCH OF 1992. THE CDR SEIZED THE COLLECTION AS RESTITUTION FOR THE CRIME. AFTER A FULL INVENTORY, THE COLLECTION WAS AUSTIONED BY SEALED BID. MANY OF THE COMICS WILL NEVER BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN." WELL, I HAVE AQUIRED A HANDFULL OF THESE RARE BOOKS, AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN MY EBAY STORE AT MODEST read more