mackenzie999

I unfortunately agree with this.

This is so true. I belong to a couple of whiskey groups but left when I realized over 50% of the posts were people showing off their collections asking, "did I do this right?"

When it's time to move the books I bet you can move both newer books more easily than X-Men 1.

Seems very PGX to me...

Great looking 3.0, GLWTS!

I'd say this could be pretty handy when presented with opportunities outside one's normal area of expertise. There are other, probably better sources of this information, but I always have my phone with me and if I came across a box of Archies or something well out of my wheelhouse I'd be more inclined to investigate.

That will facilitate your sale enormously, and provide potential buyers a relatively solid baseline for evaluating your asking price (and you as well; you may discover that you are over or under charging). Best of luck with your sale, that's a great looking copy!

Wow, this really took on a life of its own. I expected one reply, starting with a sensible explanation and ending with "...you !diot." For the record, I was never trying to suggest this become some sort of rule or policy, just wondering if anyone else felt the same as I.

I never meant to suggest more rules, I think what’s in place is fine, and I’m sure there are plenty of instances where hiding it is a very good idea. I was just curious if others felt the same, and any dealers looking in are obviously free to use or ignore this insignificantly small sample size of opinion.

I don’t doubt that for a second. Those guys are working though, and they don’t need me bugging them all the time.

I like salting my own wounds. "Oh dang, I missed out on that FF5. Wait a minute, it sold for HOW LITTLE?" @#$%#&!"

Although I monitor the forums pretty regularly, I often see books I am interested in too late. To be honest, I am way more of a tourist than a buyer but I am always really curious what the asking prices are. I also understand, I think, the practice of editing out prices on a sales thread once a book has been sold; I guess it’s a form of privacy, although the price had obviously been public up until that time. This isn’t a complaint, I get that this is perhaps out of consideration for the buyer, I’m just curious how others feel about this.

This is very interesting, I had (possibly still have but I doubt it) a Red Sox baseball pitcher winding up on a mound. The mound is wider than these, and has what I think was an ashtray built into it. I always wondered what it was made of, plaster or something but it looks just like this stuff so I assume it was chalk. Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

FIFA Thing!

As in the cereal? Was he part of the DCU?

That's pretty much how I feel about it, thanks for validating.

I've often considered resubbing my ToS39 CR-OW to see if it gets a page bump, but I hate the idea of sending it on a road trip. If it went from it's current CR-OW to OW, or possibly OW-W, would that be worth it, value-wise? I buy about one book every five years, literally, so I don't subscribe to GPA.

Yup. I once beat a black belt in a fight, and I'm about as tough as Aunt May. It's just a lot of bs.

Purchased this from Timmay in 2008, for about 1/4 of what it's worth today. Still have it, still my favorite book.

This would indeed be the smart move. It may not save the store, but he'll end up with some money and fewer longboxes to deal with when it fails.

Great looking 3.0, glwts

Easy come easy go...as an older guy I've had all sorts of amazing finds, as well as all sorts of bad sells. Just part of the game.

Back in the '70s, when flea markets and yard sales were a goldmine, I found a kid selling a big box of baseball cards. These were all Topps from 1956-60, maybe 500 cards total. All the greats were there in multiples (Aaron, Williams, DiMaggio, etc, but oddly no Mantles). I was about 12, and so was the kid selling them. "How much?" "Fifty cents." "Each?" I asked . Now remember, I was just a kid and I didn't have anywhere near $250 one me, so I remember feeling a bit crushed, and I think I made a sour face. He thought about it for a minute, and I think he was just guessing that maybe cards were worth money and my expression said he was asking way too much. "Ok, $2 for the box." I may not have had $250, but I sure as hell had two bucks. I paid him and gtf out of there. The whole way out I had some other dealer chasing me down, begging me to sell him the cards. I didn't.

I have one of these. If anyone wants to trade for a silver Marvel key PM me!

My first was in the mid-70's, Bill Cole's (yes that Bill Cole) Comicbook Kingdom, in the Colonial Village Mall in Quincy, MA (about ten minutes from Boston). Pretty small shop, and all I really remember they had was Origins/Sons of Origins and Marvel calendars. I'm not saying that's all they had, that's just all I remember (I was about 10).