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Volume 18, Issue 6 December / January 2008 / 2009 ConNotations FREE The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society An Interview with Featured Inside Melanie Rawn Regular Features Special Features by Catherine Book SF Tube Talk An Interview with Melanie Rawn I met Melanie Rawn at a All the latest news about by Catherine Book small restaurant in Sedona, a Scienc Fiction TV shows halfway point between her home by Lee Whiteside in Flagstaff and mine in Phoe- Inkheart Screening Passes Contest nix. Her smile was like a ray of 24 Frames sunshine. Now, you might say All the latest Movie News that was too much a cliché; but, Leo Laporte and his by Lee Whiteside you know, clichés had to come Empire of the Net from somewhere and that is By Shane Shellenbarger exactly the right way to describe Gamers Corner her. Melanie is such a nice, New and Reviews from An Amercan in New Zealand friendly person; her interview the gaming world by Jeffrey Lu was so fun for me. I started by asking her how Videophile Plus long she’d been writing. Reviews of genre releases Scribbling – her term – since on DVD CASFS Business Report she was five years old, she remembered Melanie is one where A) she’s not that she started actually writing when she rewriting their stuff in her head, and B) Screening Room FYI was 20. She thinks a writer should not set her inner proofreader turns off. She Reviews of current theatrical releases News and tidbits of interest to fans pen to paper until they are certain they often receives galleys for her review and know the language they intend to use. By she won’t put her name on a review In Our Book Club Listings language she means a writer needs to have unless she really loves the book. 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    STEPHEN GEPPI DIXIE CARTER SANDY KOUFAX MAGAZINE FOR THE INTELLIGENT COLLECTOR SPRing 2009 $9.95 JUDGE OF BEAUTY Estate of the Honorable Paul H. Buchanan Jr. includes works by landmark figures in the canon of American Art CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS JUDGE OF BEAUTY Estate of the Honorable Paul H. 30 Buchanan Jr. includes works by landmark figures in the canon of American art SUPER COLLectoR A relentless passion for classic American 42 pop culture has turned Stephen Geppi into one of the world’s top collectors IT’S A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad (MagaZINE) WORLD 50 Demand for original cover art reflects iconic status of humor magazine SIX THINgs I LeaRNed FRom WARREN Buffett 56 Using the legendary investor’s secrets of success in today’s rare-coins market IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Staff & Contributors 6 Auction Calendar 8 Looking Back … 1934 10 News 62 Receptions 63 Events Calendar 64 Experts 65 Consignment Deadlines On the cover: McGregor Paxton’s Rose and Blue from the Paul H. Buchanan Jr. Collection (page 30) Movie poster for the Mickey Mouse short The Mad Doctor, considered one of the rarest of all Disney posters, from the Stephen Geppi collection (page 42) HERITAGE MAGAZINE — SPRING 2009 1 CONTENTS TREAsures 12 MOVIE POSTER: One sheet for 1933’s Flying Down to Rio, which introduced Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to the world 14 COI N S: New Orleans issued 1854-O Double Eagle among rarest in Liberty series 16 FINE ART: Julian Onderdonk considered the father of Texas painting Batman #1 DC, 1940 CGC FN/VF 7.0, off-white to white pages Estimate: $50,000+ From the Chicorel Collection Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction #7007 (page 35) Sandy Koufax Game-Worn Fielder’s Glove, 1966 Estimate: $60,000+ Sports Memorabilia Signature® Auction #714 (page 26) 2 HERITAGE MAGAZINE — SPRING 2009 CONTENTS AUCTION PrevieWS 18 ENTERTAINMENT: Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams left their mark on the entertainment industry 23 CURRENCY: Legendary Deadwood sheriff Seth Bullock signed note as bank officer 24 MILITARIA: Franklin Pierce went from battlefields of war to the U.S.