A Little About UsRedbeard's Book Den was founded in 1974 by avid comic book fan Ron Pussell. Raised in Beverly Hills, Ron began reading comics when Jesse Marsh was illustrating Tarzan and Carl Barks was doing Donald Duck. His all time favorite comic book story is by Carl Barks titled "Seven Cities of Cibola" which appeared in Uncle Scrooge#7. His collecting interests changed in 1952 when he began playing Little League baseball. He began to bicycle over to the neighborhood 5-10¢ store to buy wax packs of baseball, football and non-sports cards. In college, while majoring in accounting and psychology, he first encountered the Marvel comic book phenomenon. He was introduced to Jack Kirby's "Fantastic Four" and Steve Ditko's "Dr Strange" & "Spider-Man". |
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After graduation, Ron worked as a corporate controller and a corporate chief financial officer. It was in these days that Ron by chance found one of the early Overstreet comic book price guides. He studied the book, fascinated by the memories it recalled and the prices listed for some of the comic books. Slowly he began to buy comic books rekindling those old childhood memories. As he accumulated more and more of these books, he began to set-up at conventions selling previously read items to acquire new books. He became "Redbeard's Book Den" so his customers would both recognize his ads and be able to locate him at conventions. As sales grew, he left the accounting and finance field to become a full time collectibles dealer. He was in the right place at the right time when the collection of comics now known as the "Mile High" collection was discovered. He bought loads of books from the dealer who found the collection. As reported on CNN and major newspapers nationwide, Ron sold the "Mile High" copy of Superman#1 for a whopping $180,000 in January 1997. Ron has appeared on TV and radio shows, and he has been written up numerous times in magazines and newspapers discussing collectibles. Ron is a longtime senior advisor to the Overstreet Comic Book Guide, and he is renowned for his fair grading and easy going style. He met his wife Jean after moving to Lake Tahoe in 1987. Their mutual love of fine dining and wines led to them becoming wine merchants. They are also scuba diving enthusiasts and travel the world to experience new locales. Ron's latest rage is underwater photography.
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