F For Fake

$2500. Didn't take a close look at condition, but I think even pretty nice ones only sell in the $1k-$1500 range these days, don't they?

Gotta love Scareglow! Didn't get any toys for Christmas (well, I got some grown up toys like a new record player, pedal board, books, etc) but I treated myself to some nice stuff at the local antique toy mall during my Xmas break! Baroness is so sharp and bright, just has a bit of a sticker smudge but is otherwise gorgeous, by far the nicest I've personally seen. Torpedo is cherry, sharp, bright and unpunched. The rest were just for fun, the Dusty is amateur resealed, but for what I paid, i was happy. The loose figure itself, when complete with the bipod, sells for about what I paid for this one with the resealed card, so I figured it was worth it. May go back, same dealer has some really nice stuff, including a tri-logo Yak Face, but I can't bite at what he's asking right now.

Ps: looks like a Bowen Hulk bronze sold on eBay back in October for $7200, so I guess they're still bringing good money. But yeah, the Marvel Bowen bronzes, and the Batman and Death Dealer pieces, there just aren't many of them, and they are going to cost you big if they ever pop up. To me, they are the epitome of actual rarity and value in the comic statue world.

I'd say the Bowen bronzes (as in the REAL bronzes, not the fake bronzes with "faux" bronze paint jobs) are probably the rarest and most expensive. You're talking only a handful produced, worth a few thousand bucks. I think the prices have probably come down over the years, but there was a time when the Marvel pieces could have been $10k. I doubt they'd go that high nowadays, but you almost never see them offered. The Bowen Bronze Batman is also a very pricey piece, though it can be found if you're willing to pay up for it. There are a lot of Sideshow pieces that are worth a lot of money, but aren't necessarily rare. If you're willing to pay $1-$3k, you can find most of them on eBay. But those bronze Bowens, I just never see them.

Thanks, I hadn't seen that yet!

In an age of increasingly huge statues from Sideshow, Prime, XM, etc, the simple beauty of Bowen stuff is unjustly overlooked. So many gorgeous pieces.

I think, or at least I'd assume, that the issue some boardies have is that while you are engaging in the General Topic of comic books, you're doing that exclusively in threads you start about your own app. I think there's a general desire that board members become an actual part of the community before they start trying to sell us something. You know, "buy me dinner first", that sorta thing. I personally don't care one way or the other (the app seems cool!) but I can see how the threads might rub some the wrong way.

Oh yeah, that was a good one too! Can't remember what the company or thread was called, though. Comics and $$$ have a way of inspiring insanity, it would seem.

I think it's probably the most beautiful film I ever nodded off to in a theater.

Comic Book Coin Still my all time favorite not_in_tune_with_social_norms crazy thread.

I would never discourage someone from buying something they truly loved. However, I WOULD discourage them from grossly overpaying for it. If the OP truly loves the look of a full color giclee, fair enough. But he should be able to buy a nice one for a couple hundred bucks, and Stan's sig goes for, what, $100-$150 these days? What i'm saying is: collecting giclees is fine, if that's what you like, but please don't spend thousands of dollars on it. Yikes.

I don't even SEE Phantom Stranger in the drawing, because all I'm seeing is a righteous Chaykin babe. The foot paste up is annoying, but I'd get over it pretty quickly because I tend to be fairly meek in these situations, and again, I'm just looking at the babe.

Just chiming in to echo that yes, the Flashpoint sets are worth selling, and I'd think Blackest Night would do pretty well as a set also. I don't think I've ever owned or sold the Brightest Day stuff, so I couldn't say about that. And to the bozos giving you heat about how you store your comics, tell 'em to buzz off. They're your books, you don't owe anybody an explanation.

I'd love newsprint to return. The comics today smell so awful. Ugh. Gimme that newsprint smell!

Thanks Dr. X, great time as always! I think this is the closest I've ever been, even though I was pretty far from close.

True! Although it's nothing to really write home about, I've already pulled some nice stuff like first appearance of Razor, early Allreds (Graphique Musique AND Grafik Musik), several Eros books which are easy sells at $5-$10 each, etc. The two boxes of adult books will probably pay for everything else.

It's work, but it's fun work (to me), and at less than 9 cents a book, I'll do fine. I bought a collection about half this size from the same guy back in the spring, and it did very well for me, and I've bought smaller collections of similar stuff since then. What I've gone through so far appears to be made up of the same sort of stuff. I've pulled a handful of $15-$20 books so far, and many, many $5 books. I realize that a lot of the sellers around here wouldn't bother with $5 books, but when your cost is 9 cents a book, $5 is a great return on investment. A couple of boxes of the better stuff will pay for the rest, which I can sell on CL for $20-$25 a box to readers/collectors (you might be surprised how fast you can sell a longbox of total garbage to CL people who think they're gonna get rich, or just want some junk to sell at the flea market) and dump the rest at HPB. I won't be sitting on these for long. As for the time spent, it's not a huge amount of extra time for me. I can sort/ bag/scan comics on my "off" nights while I catch up on tv shows (makes me feel more productive about wasting time watching tv. At least my hands are busy!), I can list books during dead time at work, etc. And like I said, it's the kind of work I enjoy. As for Valiants, the problem for me is that with a few exceptions, I just cant move them. True, there is always a market for pre-Unity stuff, and for the very late issues and some of the Acclaim stuff, but by and large, when dealing in bulk like this, allowing Valiant in the deal is an open invitation to come home with 200 copies of Dr. Mirage. Not worth the roll of the dice for me personally.

$999.99! Thanks, this is always fun!

Ha, yeah, I think Hector and I have similar tastes for sure, I have definitely picked up a bunch of indies from him in the past.

Picked up a bunch of books from Craiglist posting Tuesday night, as it turns out, from a dealer I've bought from before. Around 11,000 by my count (38 boxes packed full) at under 10 cents each. All Indies, and I'm certain no keys or anything, as the guy is a part-time dealer. But at that price, I will still do well. I bought 3000 books from him back in the spring and did very well with them, and he said he thought this was "better stuff" (I specifically asked for no Valiants or Ultraverse) so I'm pleased. This won't be a home-run, but for what I paid I should be able to keep a couple of boxes for myself, sell a chunk at a nice profit, and dump the rest. It's a lot of work for this many cheap books, but this is the part of the hobby I enjoy, digging and flipping. Of course, the part I don't enjoy is lugging the boxes around. They've only made it to my garage so far, still to make the journey up the steps into the house, then down the stairs into my basement. Ugh. Oh well, that's what I signed up for! Here's most of 'em (a handful of boxes that I've been too lazy to move are still in the truck.) If anything truly remarkable pops up, i'll post it, but I expect it to mostly be copper indies and a smattering of 90's stuff, lots of runs, which is usually where the money is for me. There were a couple of boxes of adult stuff, which seems to do well for me also. (Lots of pervs with money about, bless 'em!)

That crystal ball...there's a story there, surely!

It's helpful to follow them on Facebook and Twitter, as they will announce stuff on those accounts, and sometimes even have sales or offers that are exclusive to those platforms.

SSOC

Whoa, so bright! Awesome!

I collect many books that HAVE nudity. But I don't collect any because BECAUSE of nudity. The stuff that Boundless puts out just looks like traced porn.