sakaridis

Major kudos to Skynwalker for a lovely box of bronze and copper goodies. As always, spot on grading and superb packaging. Thanks again, Marc! (thumbs u

Super kudos to abracadabra for two excellent sets of high grade Miracleman #1-10 and Marvels #0-4, and for a smooth and fast transaction in general! (thumbs u

Oh, yeah? If you're so good at packing, how come you sent me a slab with only a mailing label attached to it?

(Seriously, great tutorial, Gav! (thumbs u )

Have I mentioned how much I love comics-related graphs and charts. (thumbs u

 

Then you are going to love the few pages starting here .

Self-promoting link alert! .

Of course, I had already read them, Andrew. (And yeah, that kind of stuff is exactly what I'm talking about! (thumbs u )

Just when you think you've seen all kinds of stupid.

Unbelievable! Simply amazing! Acting like this to a guy that STILL found it in his heart to give the little twerp another chance and went out of his way for him.

Connor, you don't know me, and we'll probably never meet, but I gotta hand it to you, kid, you've given a whole new meaning to a large number of four-letter words!

Be thankful that Steve B is a nice, peace-loving (in a hippie-ish sort of way) guy. If you'd done something like that to me (and a few others around here, I'm sure), you'd probably be eating through a straw right now. (thumbs u

Have I mentioned how much I love comics-related graphs and charts. (thumbs u

The 80-106 set is taking a long but fun time to complete. I currently have 13 of the 27 books. The next book gets me over the 50% hump. After that it is all dowhill. ,

 

I started this run about 5 years ago and it is becoming increasing difficult to find the remaining books above 5.0. I saw one at Chicago I needed but I feared it may it had color touch. So I passed. If it was priced lowered I probably would have taken it. The colors were bright.

 

Here are the ones I still need.

 

85,87,88,89,90,91,94,95,96,97,98,100,103,106

 

I have seen a few 106 this past year. But they were either ubber high grade or too nasty looking.

I think I remember you having a #94 for sale a few months back . Was it a lower grade copy?

Good luck on your quest. Sensations are

Yeah, I saw it too on the JD #1, but after seeing the exact same thing on the Usagi, I figured it was a spot on the scanner bed. (thumbs u

Whenever I'm out searching for comics, I find that the methods that stir the most anticipation inside of me are whenever I go to garage sales, estate sales, flea markets or antique malls. You just never know what you're going to come across at one of these or at what price. I find comics other ways (eBay, the boards, online auctions, etc.) but my anticipation always seems to be higher with the old manual foot search methods.

 

So post all of your great garage sale/estate sale/flea market/antique mall finds here. Doesn't have to be a comic either. It could be magazines, toys, posters or anything else you deem appropriate but try to keep it comic related if possible.

 

One of the best finds I ever had was in Wisconsin on my way to a programming class in Minnesota a few years ago. About half-way there I stopped at an antique mall which was 3 levels high. Looked and looked and found nothing on the first 2 levels. Got to the 3rd level, made a left turn and looked down on the floor to my left. I just about had a heart attack. There sitting on the floor was an Exciting Comics #49 and an Adventure Comics #62. And what was the price on them? How about a nice low 10 bucks each? Needless to say, I snatched them up as faster than the Flash. I ended up selling both of them but made a nice healthy profit on each.

 

I'll start it out with some comics and a lunch box. Picked up the first comic at a garage sale and the rest from a local antique mall. The lunch box came from another garage sale and I paid a whopping 50 cents for it.

 

 

 

Cool stuff!

That Judge Dredd #1 is sharp!

Super kudos to Foolkiller for two very nice GGA books plus a sweet upper mid-grade GL #59! (thumbs u

Super kudos to mazman77 for a well-packaged box of bronze and copper Spideys, Hulks, FFs and Bats. Everything accurately graded and exactly as described. Thanks, Anthony! (thumbs u

towards2112, FlyingDonut, gman, ArAich, greggy, fingfangfoom, Chromium, supapimp, Bronzebruce13, CaptainOfIndustry, valiantman, drummy, nearmint, Zonker

2003

Scrooge, Earl, BrianR, WEBHEAD, goldust40, sckao, Theagenes, detective27kid, Flaming_Telepath, Aces, Silver, shiverbones, Silver, telerites, sakaridis

2004

xsmanx, JordanScott, r1970d, Stronguy, namisgr, Currin Comics, marvelcollector, toro, Buck Biggins, Norinn Radd, bounty_coder, iggy, nerfherder-3

2005

Sal, kingofrulers, Crows, Cryptkeeper59, theHumanTorch, John72tex, RockMyAmadeus, JmC, Benz

2006

joeypost, nepatkm, lookwhoitis, MCMiles, thirdgreenham, Monstro,TimMaY

2007

BlowUpTheMoon, MacMan, Count, blue808, Mr. Diggler, trmoore54, cheetah, bosco685, MR. COMICBOOK, JazzMan, bronze_rules, Spidermanontilt, Designer Toast, TupennyConan, shark2557, snitzer, rtarturo, almoe

2008

Comicopolis, Boozad, Nmtg9,Dollarbill, PEP, Black Lantern, Junkenstein99, Cimm

2009

slym2none, ashsaytr

towards2112, FlyingDonut, gman, ArAich, greggy, fingfangfoom, Chromium, supapimp, Bronzebruce13, CaptainOfIndustry, valiantman

2003

Scrooge, Earl, BrianR, WEBHEAD, goldust40, sckao, Theagenes, detective27kid, Flaming_Telepath, Aces, sakaridis

2004

xsmanx, JordanScott, Stronguy, namisgr, Currin Comics, marvelcollector, toro, Buck Biggins. Norinn Radd, bounty_coder, FUELMAN

2005

Sal, kingofrulers, Crows, Cryptkeeper59, theHumanTorch, John72tex, RockMyAmadeus , BigMike

2006

joeypost, nepatkm, lookwhoitis, MCMiles, thirdgreenham, Monstro

2007

BlowUpTheMoon, MacMan, Count, blue808, Mr. Diggler, trmoore54, cheetah, bosco685, MR. COMICBOOK, JazzMan, bronze_rules, Spidermanontilt, Designer Toast, TupennyConan, shark255, snitzer, cloudofwit

2008

Comicopolis, Boozad, Nmtg9,Dollarbill, PEP, Black Lantern, Junkenstein99, Cimm, Lebowski

2009

slym2none, ashsaytr

Kudos to The Resurrection for some sweet copper bat-books! Thanks dude! (thumbs u

Kudos to slym2none for a box full of lovely modern mutant books!

Well, I'm not getting too excited just yet but I've just won a low grade copy off Ebay

I was actually watching that one! Please, let us know how it turns out when you get it in hand.

Good luck! (thumbs u

I used to be in that club!

Excellent books! I love the Challengers.

 

me too!

Kudos to lizards2 for some tightly graded copper ASMs and for the excellent packing job. (thumbs u

Excellent books! I love the Challengers.

Kudos to zuckuss2003 for a box full of wonderful modern goodies purchased at the closing hours of the latest VCC.

Kudos to the1stfro for a bunch of tightly graded bronze and copper ASMs and for going the extra mile to help a customer. (thumbs u

Super-special kudos to jeBailey for helping out a fellow collector without expecting anything in return!

Kudos to Flying Donut for some really nice bronze goodies. (Some were nicer than anyone could hope for, at these prices ).

Major kudos to Mr. Diggler for another box of copper and bronze sweetness and for being an ultra nice guy in general. (Great taste in women, too! (thumbs u )

Kudos to Kramerica for a small box full of current X-Men and Uncannys, that'll help me keep up with my "mutant reading". (thumbs u

Actually, if they don't want to sell to you, you shouldn't want to buy from them . . . Good riddance as they say

Words of infinite wisdom.

Sorry to hear that, but unfortunately it's no surprise. Silveracre has been discussed many times before on the boards. They are completely petty and will cheerfully screw you over to eke out a few more bucks...and it's unfortunate, as years ago I had considered them a worthwhile dealer and had spent some good money with them.

 

Why, here's an entertaining read...

 

 

 

(edit: Hello Nick! I see we were thinking along the same lines.)

 

 

Petty is an understatement.

 

I once ordered a few hundred magazine bags from him, to be collected from a Manchester, England comic mart, which at the time I attended regularly.

 

When I arrived, he told me he'd decided to sell them all to someone else shortly before, and "unfortunately" had none left.

 

Then he said, very forcefully, "It's OK that?! - Isn't it?! - Yeah?!"

 

That is, attempted to browbeat me, on my first order with him, into accepting that this selfishness and total lack of concern was somehow acceptable behaviour. (Oh, the mart had only been open an hour, so I wasn't late-in-the-day or anything.)

 

I thought quietly to myself, "How utterly pathetic and desperate. All over a few comic bags."

 

I then said, "Well, you could fill my missing order by mail?", to which he replied, in a very angry tone, and pointing extremely aggressively at my face...

 

"Yeah, and you'll pay the postage!!"

 

(This was in front of a pal of mine who has a table at the mart, by the way. I always like to give some indication that I can be substantiated.)

 

So, regardless of the nature or value of the order you place, a few cheap bags or a CGC Batman 1, the misbehaviour never seems to stop. Personally, this makes my skin crawl, literally, and I can't be far enough away from it. One of many here in Britain, apparently.

 

IMHO, you should not have said a word. Just stand there, staring at him. It doesn't have to be a mean stare, or even a cold stare. Just stand there for a minute, looking straight at him, not saying anything or conveying any emotion. Then, turn and walk away, with the knowledge that not only will you never do business with him again, but will relay this very story to anyone who mentions him.

 

Sometimes, silence speaks louder than words...

 

 

 

-slym (just not on a message board)

 

And maybe drop a fart out halfway through.

I'd probably beat the mess out of him.

But I probably have some anger management issues, so I shouldn't be used as an example!

Why do 9.8 WP golden age books make me smile???

They make me cry because I can't afford them!

Well, I could, if I focused all my comics budget on 5-10 high grade golden age books per year, but I find cheap mid-grade silver irresistable and I also have a compulsive need to acquire (literally) every post-68 comic book printed.

By the way, that is one hell of a book! (thumbs u