Super collector Per-Johan Weidolf: Part 3

Some collectors are content with focusing on one or two specific areas—but not Per-Johan Weidolf from Växjö.
He had around forty different collecting interests and dedicated his life to building an extensive collection, which Växjö Auktionskammare now has the honor of auctioning off in a series of themed auctions.
This is Theme Auction No. 3 and features Per-Johan’s collection of comic books.
For many years, Per-Johan was chairman of both the collectors’ club Virdarna and the Växjö Philatelic Society. He made significant contributions in highlighting the importance of preserving our history and the meaning objects can hold in a memory context. He called himself a "super collector" and was well known on Radio Kronoberg, where he presented various collecting fields week after week. In an interview with the newspaper Smålandsposten, he once explained, “Much of what I collect comes from nostalgia—things that were around when I was a child.”
Per-Johan was almost fanatically interested in the narrow-gauge railway line between Växjö and Västervik and collected items related to that route. He also collected postcards, stamps, comic books, fire-fighting memorabilia, banknotes and coins, dog tax tags, cinema tickets, FIB's Gyllene Bok series, Wahlström’s youth novels, phone cards, telegrams, stock certificates, train tickets and timetables, phone directories, trading cards and collectible prints, maps, medals, razor blades and razors, advertising items, radio licenses, matchbox history, brewery labels—you name it.
Now it’s time for a themed auction centered around large parts of his collection of comics, comic art, and magazines—a treasure trove with many opportunities for exciting finds. Among the highlights are a complete set of Illustrerade Klassiker and an early comic original by Rudolf Petersson.
Next up is an auction featuring Per-Johan’s extensive stamp and postal mark collection.
Finally, Theme No. 5 will offer a mix of his other collecting areas, with many rare and fascinating items.
Good luck with your bidding!