Guardian Comics

26 minutes ago, sacentaur said:

It’s uncanny how complicated things can sometimes be, and some of the collateral issues that dealers who set up at a show must deal with.

For example, a high-end buyer gets a dealer’s badge from a vendor and gets in early. He visits various booths and puts short stacks of books on hold. The problem occurs when he never comes back for those books, or he only returns near the end of the show to absent-mindedly say he’s no longer interested. 

Not only has the dealer lost the opportunity to sell those comics that were held back for this individual, serious customers never even got to see them because they were put aside before the show even opened.

One dealer finally told me that he doesn’t care how much money this buyer might spend, he is no longer welcome behind his table. The vendor can’t stop the individual from getting in early to the show (because someone else gives him a dealer’s badge), but he certainly can police his booth as he deems fit.

That's probably a different thread but yes that's one way a high end buyer had his name changed from a noun into a verb in some dealers venaculars...LMAO

1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said:

Bringing back the boards back from their death you called just a few short days ago.  

Jim

4 hours ago, Transplant said:

Can I also add this?  People actually read dealer reports still?  Or the OSPG? 

Of course they do...49th might be the best edition yet.

First off I don't think there is any place in a Market Report for a soapbox.  Joe Public buying an Overstreet in the first place could care less about our "first world problems"  Secondly a Brian, Schmell, Brulato can make or break a show for some dealers.  If they make your show in the first hour and you can just enjoy the rest of the weekend with no pressure that is a big win for a dealer.  Lastly, when Eric and I are set up at a show I cannot remember the last time we were able to get away to look at any books to buy for resale.  We just don't have the time to be absent from the booth for more than a few minutes at a time, Whether is be a one dayer, or a four dayer like Fan Expo.

I just had this discussion with someone just the other day.  Although Johns copy isn’t graded (to the best of his knowledge) it would be highest graded by far.

5 hours ago, Chicago Boy said:

This Bats front cover presents better imo 

Plus no notation of tape, OW-W as compared to a C-OW doesn’t hurt either.  Bats wins, easily.

Sharon....you are a saint.  

I’m hoping everything is okay.

Jim

And with FanExpo being the same weekend as WWC this year, I miss out on my favourite show of the year as well, and on the tenth anniversary of Niks passing.

Jim

12 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Well, if you are a back issue and vintage comic book specialist, you probably already know what the 2020 guide prices are, let alone the ones for this coming 2019 price guide.  

Although I guess it's always nice to get some kind of confirmation from the supposed authority in this hobby of ours.  

It's like a Playboy to me...I enjoy the articles.

26 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Well, if you are a comic store, shouldn't you be receiving your order from Diamond on Tuesday evening in order to prep for Wednesday selling?  

Specialize in vintage books and back issues, I never have to guess how many issues of ASM are going to sell this week.  There are about a half dozen stores within a 20 mile radius that I can send my customers to for new books.  Just like those shops send them to me when their customers are looking for an AF #15, a #181 or a Bats #1 or anywhere in-between.  So far, so good

Jim

With that page quality it would have disintegrated in your hands with all the running and bouncing.  

I’m quite looking forward to this edition and the Joker cover is going to be the cover of choice....is it Wednesday yet???

1 hour ago, fantastic_four said:

Meh.

Finally a voice of reason.  I saw the trailer and my first instinct was I gotta go to the boards and see the fecal kicking the boards must surely be giving this...boy was I wrong.

I want a refund already, and I haven't even bought a ticket.  

1 hour ago, kav said:

Maybe @Guardian Comics can comment on ages of his offspring/henchmen.

We thought she was 14-16 at first but turned out she was 20.  The boy might not be a brother, maybe a boyfriend and if she’s 20, he’s about 22.

What is the book in question?  All sides trimmed is really the death knell for a comic book and depending on the book you should expect to get 10%-25% of blue label price.

Jim

20 hours ago, KolmarAvenue said:

ASM 361 First Carnage NM- $67

 

Just wanted to let you know you must have posted the wrong pic, you have this listed as the NM- scan, so you must have posted the wrong scan.

Absolute best buying show of the year, and we thought it would have been impossible to top C2E2 and WWC...everything Eric and I were hoping to bring home we did and lots more.  Came home with multiple 181's, FF #5's amongst others etc etc etc Only problem is we sold half of it at one day show we raced home for to be at on Sunday, so we are depleted again with convention season winding down.  

Big shout out to Leroy Harper who always takes care of us, my man Bob Storms who is the best, and to Brian Ketterer who took care of us as well.

And a special thanks to Timmay who started the ball rolling by selling us an ASM #129 at dinner Thursday night.

It was a blast.

And honestly any more advice offered in this thread should be null and void.  Now that we know who we are speaking about and with CC being one of the most polarizing people on these boards, nothing will be written without bias making any offerings of advice, irrelevant.

Jim

3 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

wow

Roy is horrible

Is that really fair???  Getting blocked, then a turnover and then a brick of a three....that happens to everybody.

Jim

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

Let me know if you can get @arexcrooke in for a real sport, then I might commit.

I would pay money to see @arexcrooke again!!!

JJ

As always...the highlight of convention season and the summer for me!!!

Jim

I am actually gonna try and make it this year

Jim

1 hour ago, Iceman399 said:

@Guardian Comics can we  

Nope

JJ

On 7/31/2018 at 7:59 PM, Iceman399 said:

Booth emailed to me on Friday  1004 double booth again. 

Woot woot

Getting back to the question in hand...last sale in December (before the current Disney to buy 20th Century Fox run up) was $30k.  The book in other grades is all green arrows all the time, so that's a reasonable starting point in today's madness.