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Do you have any references etc? People here who have dealt with you?

awesome books Mike.

Always can go to the Link or eBay. Good luck with it! I would also post references as people would want to know to have confidence in dealing with you on a significant book.

I'm glad LCSs seem to be so unpopular around here and looked down upon. I picked up a 2500 book all silver/bronze collection last week that a store flipped to me. All the bronze keys still left, Hulk 181 GSX 1, ASM 129 all in grade. Very reasonably priced. A week later another store called me with another collection, JIM 83, X-Men 1, ASM 1, flipped the whole thing again. I walked into another store while on business and bought a beautiful Bone 1 first print last week as well. Stores to me are still a wonderful resource, and many are pricing reasonably and selling what I would consider, cheaply or fairly.

Jesus. I think I have to buy this. Wow. I'll take it.

I’ll take it

Completed a deal with Jamie in person. Very nice, straight forward and honest. You should have no reservations about pulling the trigger on a deal with him.

I'll take the Av 8 9.4

There's a fair number of dealers and the draw of this show to me is some people who don't always show up: I know Al Stoltz Dave Reynolds Joe Verenault Mark Walsh The Comic Lair (Trenton Store) Doctor Wonder (a store that does only Vintage in Cranbury NJ) The Comic Book Store (another NJ store that has some nice vintage) Gary Platt (although Spiro his helper is doing the set up for him) Howard Tauber (a local NJ dealer) Some local collectors setting up with their collections. It's a pretty good lineup, I elected to do this show instead of RI, even though I could have done both.

This Sunday November 3, 2019 Bill Bead will be putting on an awesome Silver and Golden Age comic book show in Cherry Hill, NJ. This should be a fun a show featuring only vintage comics. It's being held at the Holiday Inn Route 70 East Cherry Hill, NJ. Convenient to Central and South Jersey as well as the Philadelphia region. This is a show and an idea truly worth supporting and I hope this show grows and continues to succeed. Definitely worth checking out! http://www.njsilverandgoldenagecomiccon.com

One of the many things that makes this show so strong is that there are several dealers that will show up in Baltimore that won't show in New York or another national show. There's also some collectors/dealers who set up and this is the only show in the country that they will appear at. These guys have significant material. Sometimes it's golden age, but then there's other times it's just multiples of hot keys or high grade bronze or incredible deals. I just don't see that at C2E2 or NYCC because shows like these are more expensive to do so only the major players tend to show up. On site grading is also just an unbelievable draw for the show. There's a great layout and a lot of space so I imagine it's a very comfortable atmosphere for CGC as well which is one reason why they keep coming back. Baltimore -- which has been my home show -- is my favorite show without question. I'd love to get to Heroes because there are probably a number of similarities between the two.

Another excellent Baltimore in the books. Had some incredible buying and was thrilled at how well it went this year. I'm still in the camp that there are other spots to buy at other than conventions that the margin buying is simply better but this is one of the best shows the country especially on site bringing out some old time guys grading stuff and then many of them being ready to immediately sell. Plenty of the major dealers around of course. Saw tons of boardies, plenty of cheap high grade bronze and copper commons to be had and to score on or keep for your collection. Just a ridiculously fun show.

Silver Age Batmans? There were a lot in the room. plenty 9.0+ and plenty with ow/w or better. Plenty CGC graded. I should know, I bought 3 of them.

I think some of these points are fair, but it's not entirely accurate. First, I sell the overwhelming majority of my books to other dealers. Second, there are many reasons to sell to a dealer and a lot of reasons why collections still go to dealers and not auction houses. Primary among them is that many auction houses simply won't take a lot of run of the mill collections. So the ASM 31 4.5 you mentioned, the auction house is going to be very ambivalent. These type of middle of the road collections are better served by selling to a dealer because you won't get your best price necessarily at auction, and it will take a fair amount of time to get your money. Many people want to simply sell their books and be done, not be collecting money for months on end. I've had zero problem sourcing material, but I am buying differently and from a range of sources. It's gotten more competitive, but certainly by no means impossible. I'd simply say that selling to dealers is still a viable option. Many sellers of their collections believe everything is worth top dollar and have the mis perception that they will max out at every auction and achieve full guide prices. This is also completely false. But that perception has made it more difficult to sell or for a dealer to buy a collection. Now the point that you can do better buying online than at a show, well, I think that's been true for some time now. Especially with respect to NYCC. If you go to NYC or San Diego, the prices are going to be very aggressive and to many of the more savvy on these boards, outrageous (from some vendors). But there are plenty of small regional shows out there, but they are hit or miss. No high grade keys or A level books available from multiple vendors -- if you're looking for a 'deal' though, that is the place to score them.

Found plenty of keys in New York, Bought plenty of keys. Tons of stuff at most booths. Early Batmans in mid grade is a little specific, that can be variable show to show. Lots of stuff disappears to other dealers as well before the doors open. Also there were some guys walking around who were selling keys to other dealers. The market is hot so many dealers bought things that went very, very quickly.

If I have an expensive package, particularly one worth in excess of $10k in books, I ask them and pay for overnight shipping with signature confirmation. I've had dozens and dozens of packages shipped from CGC and a grand total of zero ever lost or delayed -- but I either elect ground (rarely) or overnight (almost always).

I'll take the ASM 3

I'll take everything left.

I'll take it.

Rusty Scupper is ok, kind of a tourist trap. I'd recommend in harbor east (a 15 minute walk) where there's a ton more -- the inner harbor in general is really a land mine. As you walk down Pratt St. There's a Capital Grille, Fogo, and some other higher end chains. In Harbor East I'd recommend Tagliata (Italian really good), Charleston (if you want to splurge) or Azumi.

I should have also mentioned that my girlfriend got to meet one of her favorite celebrities, Scott Patterson, who played Luke Danes on Gilmore Girls. She was so excited and it made the show that much more enjoyable. We saw Scott later out at dinner and he came up to us and greeted us again -- could not have been a nicer guy.

I went to both Chicago and Keystone. Vendors were pretty happy at both shows, but Torpedo I think had a slower show as there weren't the super big buyers in the room and the expense with travel for them to do the show. The smaller vendors had a good show. I found more than enough to buy. Multiple Hulk 181s, WWBN 32s, a slew of books that will grade out well, some solid on site returns. I will say that there weren't a ton of people there friday but every dealer seemed happy. My margin buys were far better at Keystone. Now that said, I spent more money at Chicago and the books I bought were higher priced (x-men 1, TOS 58, FF 49 several rare horror and romance etc).

I'll take the WWBN 32

I'll take this.