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Duplicate teamups $2 each Marvel Team Up 116 NM- Marvel Team Up 118 VFNM Marvel Team Up 110 NM- Marvel Team Up 111 NM- Marvel Team Up 107 NM- Marvel Team Up 93 VFNM Marvel Team Up 88 NM Marvel Team Up 77 VFNM Marvel Team Up 76 NM- Marvel Team Up 69 VF+ Marvel Team Up 66 VFNM SOLD Marvel Team Up 63 VFNM SOLD Marvel Team Up 57 VF- Marvel Team Up 48 VF+ SOLD Marvel Team up 71 49 38 36 Marvel Teamups 150 80 47 Marvel Teamups 29 28

Potomac Submariners Submainer 29-33 VG-Fine $2 each Submariner 36-54 56-58 60 64-66 70-72 $2 each Subby 46,51-54,57,58, 50 sold all high grade but all with touch of water stain at the corner. Scans show the sizes which range from a tiny amount to up to an inch. Link to more pics http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9394761#Post9394761

Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-man 51-55 58 59 62 63 65 67 for $1 each 40-50 60 66 SOLD PPSS 29-36, 39, 56, 57, 61, 68 SOLD I still have the following PPSS 51-55 58 59 62 63 65 67 14 16 30 32 31 57 60 63 65 66 66 67 75 76 78 78 80 88 115 122 125 126 127 128 129 Ann 4 5 6 6

Marvel Team Up 4-10 12 13 16 18 32 33 36 41-45 61 67 70 72 73 76 77 80-84 88-92 98 99 List above is updated and available 1 4 21 53 55 for $4 each 63 64 65 100 $3 each Rest are $1.50 each. Later issues 40 on up can be really nice VF to VFNM 1 2 3 50 53 55 66 65 74 79 SOLD MTU 31, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 47, 48, 52, 54, 58, 71, 82, 85, 87, 93, 94, 95 150 SOLD MTU 18, 69, 70, 75, 100 Marvel Team-Up: 37,46 47 49,56,57,59,62 Marvel Team Up 12, 15, 63, 64 MTU #11. 1-16 are lower grade with water damage. Still readable

Marvel Spectacular 1 $3 2-17 $1 each Marvel Spectacular 1 2 11, 13 SOLD

Marvel Superheroes 37-50 $1 each 45 47 48 SOLD

Marvel Tales 44-65 67-69 71-78 84-88 91-93 for $1.50 each Most are in really nice shape F to VF. Marvel TaLES 45,49, 53, 67,69,73 71 75 79 SOLD

Human Torch 1-4 (1 is lower grade) $1 each 1 2 SOLD

Marvel Premiere 35 36 37 39 42 43 $1 each Marvel Premiere 45 46 both for $4 Marvel Premiere 51 52 53 lot for $8 SOLD 37 SOLD

Champions 6-17 for $2 each 7 10-17 SOLD, 6 8 9 still available

Astonishing Tales 26 27 28 30 31 32 34 35 36 Spotlight 33 Fine Lot for $30

Shipping is $4 unlimited in the US, PM for out of country Payments accepted are Paypal Check or MO Returns are honored for up to 2 weeks after delivery. Shipping via USPS. And anything else that is standard to the benefit of the buyer. Astonishing Tales 1 G 3 4 5 Issue 1 SOLD $3 each

Great buyer.

My weakness in terms of the negotiation was I didn't want to walk on the deal. His was that they were moving. And wanted to clear it out. I'm certain I could have paid much less but still a fair deal. Real nice avengers 57-100 run. 2 longs of tos and iron man. Asm 155-200 nice Thor 131-150. Even copper. Secret wars 1-12 infinity war 1-6. Some #1s like 2 copies deadpool. Then the usual bronze. Nova warlock ms marvel dr strange defenders etc. Some high grade some not. Funny to fly off immediately after the deal. I don't even get to rummage through them all night. Missing all the fun.

As I start going through the books I ask how much he is looking for. Maybe bad technique in terms of anchoring price. He says. "I dunno I had a guy look at them and he said 15 to 20". Ummmmm. I ignored that. So went thru books and basically offered 2000. He was shocked. Thought at least 8-9. I asked him if the guy found the 5000 book. He said no but he knew the original collector had bought one for that. Uh huh. So that's some story time bull spit. I talk him down to 3800 in classic haggle negotiation - back and forth.

Update. Collection bought. No big book tho. 11 long boxes of pretty decent stuff. Mostly marvel Sa/BA with some keys. Biggest we're iron man 1 55. Avengers 2 6 57. Xmen 7 14 spider man 31. But missing 129 hulk 181 and no xmen 94-159. Unfortunately I had to fly to acquire so they are with family for now. It was a flight to Texas then 4 hour drive pretty much on speculation and no price agreed. Worst case would have been a family visit.

This one and 36 have always been pretty easy sellers but not many folks know its out there. 36 is the first part of the series and 37 has the better cover. http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Star-Squadron-37-CGC-9-8-Superman-vs-Shazam-Scarce-grade-/112230793845

Id suggest that Deadpool is much more popular than Punisher. Movies trump TV And BTW there was a Punisher movie which sucked, right Dolf? But I digress, the Deadpool comics are much better suited than the Punisher. You can pretty much sell any Deadpool comic for $1 or two. Look at past Punisher comics and you're lucky to get 50 cents each for the common ones. All that said, ASM 129 is a much more secure comic than NM 98. Both can go up and down but Punisher has already proven his staying power as a key figure. He's had his major fall off and then come back. I'm not sure Deadpool would survive that kind of move. His schtick is his thing and if that falls out of favor he's Dead, so to speak.

Not sure I'd sell unless it was a reasonable price. But if I was a buyer I'd wait a bit. And if more folks are like me, it reinforces the continuing drop in prices. Until it comes back or gets ridiculous.

Not so sure. A lot of comic pricing, especially where supply isn't an issue, is backed by he belief that you can always sell it for what you paid. Once a collectible falls in price, many holders of a book that bought on speculation tend to dump the book. Thus a downward cycle. The overshoot downward will correct upward but the difficulty is figuring when and at what price that will happen. Comparing to TMNT 1 is a little off as the supply is legitimately scarce. Hulk 181 is not a great comparison either as Wolverine is a "blue chip" character as it were. Deadpool is still hotter than hot but there a significant odds that he could fall out of favor. That has to be priced in.

Great transaction , thank you.

Late 1970s - early 1980s #1 issues in high grade seem to have endless supply. Not that ASM was some sales slouch either but how many more of those were read vs bought for collector interest. Sexy female characters outpace strong female characters although a good story or TV/movie would trump that. Possible tastes change, but doubtful.

All this. I don't think the daughter who has them in hand knows condition either. But my experience is that you get a good number of late 70s and 80s books in VFNM to NM+ and many earlier books in the VF range with some NM's that can be valuable. Almost always a buyer at conventions has higher grade then an OO who more often than not doesn't bag and board. I can basically merge this trip as an unplanned weekend getaway to see friends and family. It'd be a 20+ hour drive if I didn't fly. I'll likely leave the bulk boxes with said friends/family who also do ebay and take home (or ship) a box or two of the money books. I generally see these things as high upside low downside. Upside is likely $3000 or much more; wide dispersion of results if you're into that kind of statistical forecasting. Downside is loss of $400 in deductible expenses and a lost weekend. Probability variables are well within my control with more communication and exploration with potential sellers. In the end, this magnitude of a buy is too good to pass up as it has all the positives I want in buying a collection All that's part of the buy sell challenge I am exploring here in the Journal.

Possibly a good story where I haven't seen the collection yet. Gentleman calls and asks if I buy comics, which I do. Long conversation about it all and his son in law recently passed away and his daughter (newly remarried) is moving and doesn't want the books. Son in law collected in the 1980s and 1990s going to conventions. He has 10 boxes or so. What's really interesting is he says everything is in mint condition and 1960s or older. At first I am unable to contact the daughter, I think he is feeling me out and is a bit paranoid, in a good way. I tell him to ask her to simply pull a few comics from each box (they don't have any time and don't have a list) and let me know the original cover price and title. If you haven't experienced it, its extremely difficult for the non-collector to figure out the issue number. He relays that there are a number of Iron-mans 12 and 15 cent all in mint condition. I talk to him about value and am able to contact the daughter. As she goes through more boxes, there are a number of 30 cent to $1.25 books. Given that there are 10 long boxes, that's not really a surprise. They mentioned TOS 39 but it was the milestone, grrr. So this should be the typical 1970s to 1980s collection with a goodly amount of SA thrown in. Other good news is that he never sold anything (according to wife/widow) and there are toys and star trek collectibles etc. Cool. Here's a twist. She and her dad said that he paid $5000 for one comic in the early 1990s at a convention. That could be fantastic and make the deal a killer. But here's the issue. If it isn't there, I may have a hard time buying the collection. Lets say I value them at $6000 and offer $3000. How do they know I'm not BSing that the book isn't there? Offering $3000 for, say, $12,000+ in comics. That will be a tough one, that I need to prepare for. This is true of any skeptical seller who has no idea about value. Another twist. The dad is local to me but the daughter is a long flight (or really long drive) away. And it's not a slam dunk with regard to a purchase. Always interesting. Stay tuned.

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