It's only one more

When I finally decided to collect slab books I made the decision to collect all the New Mutants in 9.8 (or higher). It is a decision I have not regretted. The other two series I promised myself was Longshot and Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars. I chose the first one because it was the series that lured me into the comic world, the second two (also staples of my life) because they are limited series. It becomes easier to collect something when a finish line is in place.

I have only one Longshot and three issues of Secret Wars (they are listed). I have found other numbers of these two series but have decided to acquire all of the New Mutants Volume one as my primary objective. I found this to be harder then I thought. I also found myself to stray a bit. I just recently bid on a copy of Rom Annual #3 (and lost) because they have my favorite team in there, yes the New Mutants.

I keep finding a bunch of CGC graded books but I limit myself to what I can spend depending on each individual book. I still have yet to figure out if this is good or bad. I mentioned before money is tight, yet I do have NO problem buying what I want. At the moment I am stuck between continuously purchasing slabbed books or saving up for the next Wizard-World which is only a few months away. I do have some money saved and I convinced myself I will buy some slabbed books there, but then I think what if they don't have any that I want...or what if I miss out on the one I had the chance to buy.

Then I have the desire to keep collecting for my un-slabbed collection. I only need 15 more books of Daredevil (yay just 15...had to write that twice). I am so close to completing that portion of my collection that I would like to bring that number down to 5 by the time the end of the convention is upon me. OR....a big or, get my number one, read it, then slab it. If you look up the price of a number one, it's not cheap. And to think when I was younger and wanted to buy one in Very Fine condition for $300 my father said no.

I still scan eBay and Heritage, along with a few others and place my bids on books with covers I like. I will bid up to what I think a book is worth and no more, unfortunately I might think a book is worth more than it actually is. The Rom Annual would have been a nice useless addition to my collection, but I have to figure I might have lost that bid to bid on others. This happened to me recently. I bid on a Daredevil #7 in an 8.0. I went as high as $450. I lost by $25.00, and this was a good thing because afterwards I won four out of five bids on eBay for New Mutants and was able to add two more from an alternate website. I paid $200.00 for six books in 9.8 including the shipping and handling.

I know I will keep bidding on books I find, whether I win those books or not is a different story, but if I look at it, it's only one more.

Thanks for reading.

Tnerb