by Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books
Sweet Sixteen Magazine Aug.-Sept. 1946
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Judy Bolton Days
First annual in 1991!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
MARGARET SUTTON SHORT STORY
TWICE HAUNTED (Part 1)
by Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books
Sweet Sixteen Magazine Aug.-Sept. 1946
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Click HERE for Part 2!
by Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books
Sweet Sixteen Magazine Aug.-Sept. 1946
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
FIRST JUDY BOLTON DAY 1991
JUDY BOLTON DAY 1991
This is the news article from the local Coudersport newspaper announcing the first annual Judy Bolton Day fan get-together in Coudersport PA in 1991. This year, 2014, will mark the 24th annual convening of fans of the mystery series by Margaret Sutton. Judy Bolton fans have met every year since 1991 in early October for a festive fun-filled weekend in the beautiful PA mountains, visiting Judy Bolton sites and the people who live in and around them.
Judy Bolton Day is a Judy Bolton Fans event. Formal visits and events have taken place each year since 1991, sponsored throughout the 1990s by Adelphia Cable Company, which was headquartered in Coudersport, and the Potter County Chamber of Commerce.
Some of the fans who go there now have taken claim to the inception of the event and count the years only since 2000 when they first came. They claim that nothing had been going on there before they first came. The truth is, everything they do from the hotel they stay in to the places they eat dinner to the sites they visit were in effect long before they ever came. These articles are proof of that. Our visits during the 1990s were real. LOL! Yes, we were really there. We even took Margaret Sutton back to the place of her birth, the Dry Brook Hollow house, in 1998, for a late morning brunch.
The first year this group attended there was a Judy Bolton Day parade in town, and a Halloween-themed square dance sponsored by Adelphia like the one in the Judy Bolton book The Haunted Road. I would call these 'formal' events and there just is no reason for the continual claim that nothing was going on before they came there and started things.
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This is the news article from the local Coudersport newspaper announcing the first annual Judy Bolton Day fan get-together in Coudersport PA in 1991. This year, 2014, will mark the 24th annual convening of fans of the mystery series by Margaret Sutton. Judy Bolton fans have met every year since 1991 in early October for a festive fun-filled weekend in the beautiful PA mountains, visiting Judy Bolton sites and the people who live in and around them.
Judy Bolton Day is a Judy Bolton Fans event. Formal visits and events have taken place each year since 1991, sponsored throughout the 1990s by Adelphia Cable Company, which was headquartered in Coudersport, and the Potter County Chamber of Commerce.
Some of the fans who go there now have taken claim to the inception of the event and count the years only since 2000 when they first came. They claim that nothing had been going on there before they first came. The truth is, everything they do from the hotel they stay in to the places they eat dinner to the sites they visit were in effect long before they ever came. These articles are proof of that. Our visits during the 1990s were real. LOL! Yes, we were really there. We even took Margaret Sutton back to the place of her birth, the Dry Brook Hollow house, in 1998, for a late morning brunch.
The first year this group attended there was a Judy Bolton Day parade in town, and a Halloween-themed square dance sponsored by Adelphia like the one in the Judy Bolton book The Haunted Road. I would call these 'formal' events and there just is no reason for the continual claim that nothing was going on before they came there and started things.
BRITISH HARDY BOYS
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT?
This is the dust jacket cover of the British Harold Hill & Sons edition of this book from the 1940s. It sort of makes you wonder 'what really happened at midnight?' The story eventually tells us that Joe got abducted, but here it looks more like he's gonna get a surprise smooch from this thug, eh?
This is the dust jacket cover of the British Harold Hill & Sons edition of this book from the 1940s. It sort of makes you wonder 'what really happened at midnight?' The story eventually tells us that Joe got abducted, but here it looks more like he's gonna get a surprise smooch from this thug, eh?
Saturday, January 15, 2011
BRITISH HARDY BOYS
THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY
British edition dust jacket
Harold Hill & Sons British DJ 1940s (click to enlarge)
British edition dust jacket
JUDY BOLTON GRADUATION PHOTOS
Judy Bolton HIGH SCHOOL Graduation Photos
These photographs sit atop a piano in an old farmhouse in Potter County PA near Coudersport, the real location of 'Farringdon' in the Judy Bolton Mystery series books. They are from the early 1940s and highly resemble what the main characters in the books would have looked like in that era - Judy Bolton, the main character, of course, her brother Horace, Arthur Farringdon-Pett, and Peter Dobbs, the fellow Judy eventually marries.
Judy Bolton fans visit this house every year on Judy Bolton Day weekend and marvel over these likenesses, who are family members of those who live in the house. The house itself also has a real Judy Bolton association: the father of Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books, helped to build the house and also built some of the furniture still used in the house.
These photographs sit atop a piano in an old farmhouse in Potter County PA near Coudersport, the real location of 'Farringdon' in the Judy Bolton Mystery series books. They are from the early 1940s and highly resemble what the main characters in the books would have looked like in that era - Judy Bolton, the main character, of course, her brother Horace, Arthur Farringdon-Pett, and Peter Dobbs, the fellow Judy eventually marries.
Judy Bolton fans visit this house every year on Judy Bolton Day weekend and marvel over these likenesses, who are family members of those who live in the house. The house itself also has a real Judy Bolton association: the father of Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books, helped to build the house and also built some of the furniture still used in the house.
Judy, Horace, Arthur, and Peter!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
JUDY BOLTON AUTHOR SHORT STORY
TWICE HAUNTED by Margaret Sutton
This spooky short story was serialized in SWEET SIXTEEN Magazine for Girls in late 1946 and early 1947.
THE COMPLETE TEXT WILL BE POSTED HERE SOON!
"When the twins planned a vacation to New York, they didn't plan to spend it with a mystery!"
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This spooky short story was serialized in SWEET SIXTEEN Magazine for Girls in late 1946 and early 1947.
THE COMPLETE TEXT WILL BE POSTED HERE SOON!
"When the twins planned a vacation to New York, they didn't plan to spend it with a mystery!"
MILDRED WIRT BENSON BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILDRED WIRT/CAROLYN KEENE/NANCY DREW/PENNY PARKER are only some of the names we associate with Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote dozens of juvenile mystery books for boys and girls such as the Nancy Drews, Dana Girls, Penny Parkers and so many more.
Here is a bibliography of all the titles Millie wrote using both pseudonyms and her own names. Click on the photos to enlarge.
Here is a bibliography of all the titles Millie wrote using both pseudonyms and her own names. Click on the photos to enlarge.
HARDY BOYS BOOKS FORMATS
ORIGINAL HARDY BOYS FORMATS SHEET
This is the original Hardy Boys formats sheet used throughout the 1980s by collectors before the self-appointed guru guide makers came up with their totally speculative and bibliographically incorrect versions of guide books, based on the theme first set up here.
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This is the original Hardy Boys formats sheet used throughout the 1980s by collectors before the self-appointed guru guide makers came up with their totally speculative and bibliographically incorrect versions of guide books, based on the theme first set up here.
JUDY BOLTON SNOW MANSION
JUDY BOLTON'S FARRINGDON-PETT MANSION IN WINTER
This shows the Judge Lewis House in Coudersport PA, which was used as the Farringdon-Pett mansion in the Judy Bolton Mystery Series by Margaret Sutton, who grew up in the northern PA town. The house is visited yearly by fans on the annual Judy Bolton Day held in early October, and it is currently being renovated into a Bed and Breakfast Inn, hopefully ready to accomodate guests soon.
This fabulous Victorian red brick home is located on Route 6 North just east of the town center, and it is one of the few remaining homes of its type in the northern tier of the state, most of them built in the late 1800s by the local tycoon lumber barons.
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This shows the Judge Lewis House in Coudersport PA, which was used as the Farringdon-Pett mansion in the Judy Bolton Mystery Series by Margaret Sutton, who grew up in the northern PA town. The house is visited yearly by fans on the annual Judy Bolton Day held in early October, and it is currently being renovated into a Bed and Breakfast Inn, hopefully ready to accomodate guests soon.
This fabulous Victorian red brick home is located on Route 6 North just east of the town center, and it is one of the few remaining homes of its type in the northern tier of the state, most of them built in the late 1800s by the local tycoon lumber barons.
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more HARDY BOYS EASTON PRESS
HARDY BOYS EASTON PRESS EDITIONS
Here is an additional advertisement for the fabulous Easton Press editions. Does anyone know how many of the books were actually produced in these editions?
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Here is an additional advertisement for the fabulous Easton Press editions. Does anyone know how many of the books were actually produced in these editions?
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
HARDY BOYS EASTON PRESS
THE HARDY BOYS EASTON PRESS EDITIONS
These fabulous editions, leather-bound and in slipcases, were available for a limited time in the early 1990s. They are extremely rare now and highly sought-after, commanding high prices when offered, which most Hardy Boys books no longer do because of their easy availability on eBay, Bonanza, and similar sites, and because of the ruination of almost everything collectible by the bad economy of the last few years.
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These fabulous editions, leather-bound and in slipcases, were available for a limited time in the early 1990s. They are extremely rare now and highly sought-after, commanding high prices when offered, which most Hardy Boys books no longer do because of their easy availability on eBay, Bonanza, and similar sites, and because of the ruination of almost everything collectible by the bad economy of the last few years.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
NANCY DREW/JUDY BOLTON CONNECTION
Harriet Adams, better known to Nancy Drew fans as Carolyn Keene, is pictured here as one of the founders of The Women's Club of Maplewood NJ being honored at a special luncheon back in 1981. She is posing with Mrs. Alfred Merten, who was the mother of Reverend Bob Merten, a minister in Coudersport PA during the 1990s. Bob became very good friends during those years with Margaret Sutton, author of the Judy Bolton books, a series similar to Nancy Drew. She was living at the time in a nearby retirement/nursing home.
This newspaper article is an example of how oddly people and situations can be connected. Reverend Bob's mother was a friend and associate of Harriet Adams, who was Carolyn Keene and wrote/produced the Nancy Drew books, and Bob himself was a dear friend of Margaret Sutton who wrote the Judy Bolton books.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
NEWLY FOUND RICK BRANT BOOK
All Current chapters now available on this alternate site:
(To get all the chapters currently available on this blog, click on Golden Dragon under 'Labels' on the side panel)
Wow, get set for a new fan-written Rick Brant I found included in a series book collection I recently bought from New Brunswick, Canada. It appears to be a really terrific story, hand-written in old collegiate tablets and it takes place in, of all places, a couple islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea the summer after The Phantom Shark.
And how about this title?
THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON
or The South Seas City of Death Mystery
Hearkens back to the old-fashioned Tom Swift double-titling, and there were plenty of Swifts and similar in this collection. Also included are some original short stories and other writings about some of our fave characters. Always great to find fan-written stuff. Fun to read and lots of it is good.
RARE NANCY DREW BOOK
NANCY DREW AS A COLLECTIBLE IS DEAD!
AND NONE OF THEM ARE ANY LONGER RARE!
Well, this one is rare - but none of the others!
There really is no such thing as a 'rare' Nancy Drew book anymore. They are all so totally commonplace and easy-to-get. Some collectors still carry on about how RARE the books are, but it's all hype to get you to fork over your cash. The only ones worth any money nowadays are the very first printings of the early books, the first ten or so, and, yo buds! - you just ain't gonna find those. They are all locked up now by celebrity collectors who paid big bucks for them in the 1990s, and they won't see the light of day for a long time to come.
The Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys books you see for ridiculous high prices on eBay and Bonanza were almost all bought at those same sites for a few dollars each, then repriced high and re-listed. I know, because those dealers bought the books from ME. If you watch, those books seldom sell. They run for 30 days at the high Buy It Now prices, then are relisted again. And again. And again. These dealers are not making money. They are using their Paypal Credit to buy vast quantities of Drews and Hardys and similar series books, and then trying to resell them all at higher prices. It doesn't work. Soon enough, they are in over their heads owing Paypal money they can't pay back, and having a vast supply of books they can't sell at $20-plus prices because the smart buyers know how to get them for $5 or $7.
If you pay big bucks for any of these books you are being had. Take your time and look through all the listings and you'll find what you want at decent prices. The books are NOT rare anymore! The booths on Bonanza are especially offensive - they have common books for $30, $40, $50 or more, and advertise them as rare and hard-to-find, when they found them easily on eBay for a few bucks and are using Paypal Credit to finance a book business that's gonna bust them. In truth, the books are only hard-to-find for someone who is a dolt and does not know how to scour the listings and find the books at realistic prices.
This same scenario has happened with many other collectibles since the advent of Internet sales and auction sites has made every desirable article common. Don't let yourself be taken in by clever ads or pretty site booths. Nancy Drew, like Norman Rockwell, Hummels, Lladro, baseball cards, comics, and numerous other collectibles, is pretty much DEAD.
Judy Bolton Author Suicide Attempt
Please click on article to enlarge for reading. This June 25, 1934 article about Margaret Sutton's suicide attempt on the Manhattan Bridge is available on the New York Times archives website, and it is on display at the Potter County Historical Society in Coudersport PA, the town in which Margaret Sutton grew up (her real name was Rachel Beebe) and where she placed the setting of the Judy Bolton books, recasting the town as 'Farringdon'.
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