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Maybe the villains are lame but besides this and 107, that's about it for classic covers. 101 and 103 are good. 115 decent but Spidey's floating head is a distraction. 116 is pretty cool. Other than that it's a word balloon party. Later on 1 or 2 Steranko covers are classic like 153 167

Yeah, with all the first Carol Danvers or _____________ (insert pre hero) out of costume, you'd think such a classic cover first costume since GA would take on more of the first appearance then it currently does.

Second page 227

Great buyer... Again

I'm not sure which hurts more watching uchiha101 trying to make a go of it or watching posters here attempting to help him make a go of it. Each one seems to be an exercise in futility with a dedicated refusal to give up.

Legally can Sabertooth make an appearance or is he stuck in Xmen IP?

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years I think restaurants are like 5. I don't think this counts as a business, but it does count as a failure. Tons of people on the boards put in between 1-5 hrs a week as a side hobby to flip a few comics a year, and easily turn $1000-$5000 PROFIT without putting in more than $500-$800. And those same people have full time (most likely non-minimum wage) non-comic jobs, kids, families, gf's, school, etc. You've put in $11,000 in two years to lose $1000+. There are very very few actual real life RICH comic people who will spend $11,000 in two years on comics, and you've done it while on government assistance with a learning, mental, emotional problems living with your parents in CANADA. Can you tell me who the people are that put in 1-5 hours a week and only $500-$800 that flip a few comics a year and make $1000-$5000 profit? I would like to bend their ears a little as I'm obviously doing something wrong. I don't mean they're making that much a week, just 'working' working that much a week, I mean over the course of a year $1-5K. Not too big of a deal to make 2-5x their investment I think. The hourly pay may not be great, but its assumed that one is having fun at the same time I think. It usually just takes one or two big 'finds' per year. I'm just wondering if you could point me in the right direction as I didn't realize it was that easy. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8273076&fpart=22 I do put in more time than 1-5 hrs a week. Don't forget the space these boxes take up too. If I had an apartment I'd be up to my armpits in books. And yes, I am having fun the whole time. Otherwise, why bother. Hey if there's one success here he's getting a view and post count on a thread. 300+ pages, I'm jealous.

I've mentioned previously in the thread that nothing compares to the North East. Volume of people and key cities w key advertising outlets or estates or craigslisting and on and on. That I live within 3 hours of Pittsburgh, to NYC to northern VA makes this venture viable.

No, Providence RI and it was 6 hours each way

Wall books from the collection.

Cool, always worry lm being a brag but I where else am I going the share the thrills of the hunt.

Done and done a minivan full of plastic bins and boxes 5000 comics. Good news is the grades were slightly better than I expected in the VF range mostly Unfortunately every comic that had an M VS was clipped out There were fewer coverless and low grade books of the ones clearly bought earlier then when she bought them off the rack so that was nice And a real easy sale without much negotiation. She even made me a lunch for my drive home

I do have a list too so this is the opposite of how deals usually go where the seller doesn't know if they have doesn't name a price and promises the world $.15 to $.40 keys the only major ones missing are Hfh1 X-Men 94 Green Lantern 76 No Conan's No Kirby fourth world or flash or wonder woman of any kind No horror westerns or war, to speak of either No wwbor tod Good on hulk 181 GSX 1 Asm 129 121 122 300 If 14 Batman 232 234 251 227 237 Tec 411 I'm 55 Did 158 168 Most of the mid-70s number one issues

Here's hoping for a collection of about 5000 late 60s through early 80s mostly Marvel and DC superhero. It's a lady who is retiring and it is her original owner collection and she has no one to leave it too so she is willing to sell it to me in total Most of the major keys are there but I don't know the condition It sounds like none of them are bagged so we will see At least they are organized by title sometimes that doesn't happen and she gave a good price over the phone that I would buy as is for that Wish me luck it is a 6 Hour Dr.

The computer system only allowed air mbag. So no other option for postal worker to select isal mbag.

Update: Post Office was unable to execute the ISAL m-bag and had to go Air mbag so cost was $85 instead of $36. Following up with USPS but not sure if it will resolve in my favor.

Update on m-bag or surface or shipping international as cheap as you can. Remember it is ISAL m-bag Here's the link for the USPS regs. http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_039.htm Pricing - main countries within Europe and Japan/Hong Kong are category 3 http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c407 At 11 lbs it is $22 and $2 per pound after that. I'm shipping a short box that weighs 18 lbs so that will cost me $36 to Great Britain, not bad. There is no more surface so my understanding is it goes airmail until the UK and then it goes ground. I've heard up to 30 days is normal but can take longer. And I'd be careful and spell out I-S-A-L and not ISIL.

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Was travelling and went to see three collections: First was another guy in a trailer home but this time a double wide. He had about 800 TPB and hardcovers which he let me buy half. That makes about 7 long boxes worth and heavy. BTW shameless plug, I'm selling those know for reasonable to pretty cheap. I'll talk price here since this guy knew his comics and basically was getting nagged by his wife for space. He still has 400 more he wouldn't sell as he wanted to read or re-read those. He wanted $2 a piece which I thought was fine. I'm not a big fan of modern comics but trades are pretty easy sellers especially if you don't mind sitting on them for a year or two. Nice guy and simply wanted to clear them out. He had toys too but all late 1990s to 2000s and not well organized and all without packaging. With the trades I can sell here, then sell on half.com (without scanning), then Craigslist, then finally ebay or even local book stores on consignment. And at $2 a pop the margins are there. The shocks on my car may never be the same though. Second was an old couple, and they lived about half a mile from where I was staying. Their son had comics from 50 years ago. Great, but it really wasn't 50 years ago, the son is 50 years old so the comics were from 1975 more or less. All lower grade superhero and not a key in sight. Best was Xmen Giant 2 and Avengers 144. Price was right and he added two toys. Third was funny. Drove two hours out of my way. No biggie as he had 14 comics from the 1950s. Mostly cartoon but Donald Duck and then 2 other horror books. Again all lowish grade VG or so. Donald was FC 108 actually pretty nice. The funny part was he was about 60 years old, nice house but a definite smell of M.J and he was high as a kite. OK so how much for the books. "Well, you tell me what you'll offer". Hmmm as we banter back and forth on value worth I'm getting the idea he's fishing for info and not looking to sell. I'm getting kind of miffed at this point and lowball him offering less than $100 for all of them. Aaap, thank you for coming have a nice day. OK, but what would you sell them at? Grumble mmble, not that low. OK but what is your price or do you have one? Are they even for sale? After more of this he says $600. Wish I had know that from the start. I always find it hard to leave decent GA books on the table but this one was not going to happen.

Updates: Deal with the lady w No Caller ID never happened. Surprise surprise Went to see a toy collection which I normally don't do but it was comic related so why not. I'll get into that as another topic. Over the phone the guy said he had toys from the 1970s Batman Robin Starsky and Hutch Flash Gordon and Micronauts. Sounds good, maybe a couple hundred worth all in. Then when I asked him how much he wanted he said the magical words "whatever you think they are worth". Now, I partly get that guilty feeling when folks say that. It's typical. The smart mean seller tries to squeeze every last penny (as he should) whereas the nice guy is willing to practically give away gold. I've chatted about this at various times in this thread and it continues to come up. Anyway, he then tells me they are in the original packaging. Yeppers, I'll be right there. So he has about 20 carded Micronauts + 10 loose, 10 carded Megos, 2 sets of Flash Gorden cars etc. and some other odds and ends he let me just kind of grab. The interesting part of this story is when I go to see him, he is at his door of the single wide trailer. About 60 years old No shirt on, and pasty white flabby skin. Inside the trailer it's about 90 degrees on a hot hot day, kind of hard to breath too it was so hot.

More story time on three recent calls. 1st: Gentleman has 2 comics Batman 91 and Superman 97. He called it 92 but he was old and mis read it. Actually I had to look 3 times to discern it as a 7 and not a 2 its a tiny number on those 50s DC's. Over the phone he called them in great shape and of course didn't mention a selling price. I said I could pay a minimum of $100. He lived about 40 minutes away and I could run errands to combine a trip. So I went. Both had small water damage front and back but OK books, about Good. I still offered $100 and offered some more for about 40 1950s Saturday Evening Posts he had. He declined and had to go 2nd: Call from a lady who has books from the 1930s and 1940s. My phone read No Caller ID. She mentions Captain Marvel Superman Batman etc. I ask what are the cover prices. She says 10 cents, I ask if there's Spiderman "Oh yeah." Well OK but that means 1960s or 70s. Oh. Do you have the books with you. Yes. Great can you just tell me about the first one on the pile. Oh, no, not right now, but she'll call me back. 3rd: Guy calls with 5 comics - Congo Bill 6, Detective 201 and 3 others from the 50s not worth much. How much, I ask? I don't know what will you pay? I hmm and hawww but say I can pay around $100 unless condition is really nice. Oh No the Congo Bill is worth at least a few hundred dollars. More discussion but time to go. 1 and 3 reiterate the lesson that the fewer books they have the more difficult it is to land a deal. Either deal has 100 comics and it becomes easier to buy for $1000 or $2000 and also more probably there's a key book and you can offer more if needed. 2 is simply trying. It feeds the imagination when in reality it is 99.9% probably a crank or not the real deal. But there are some red flags here. One: The era of comics is too perfect and truly are rare at this point. A better scam would to simply say a full run of Spiderman, I can believe that over a lot of 1930s books. Two: No caller ID and when I asked about it she said she gets marketing calls she doesn't like. OK but you can't give me your number? Maybe I'm being paranoid but why call. Three: Agrees with what I say but says things that don't add up. Won't tell me where the books came from. Four: Says will call back but why not try and coordinate a time to see the books Five: Says she has the books but doesn't have the books. Either this is a legit call from a lady with divorce winnings or something Or I can expect the scam that I need to bring cash and she needs to give the money to her friend who is holding the books - I'll be right back.

Great purchase, thank you again.

Comic Book Guy has been a quality member in the past but has been a no show for over a month now. Bought about 400 comics from me, mostly $1 books and now nothing. Anyone know him or have correspondence in that last few weeks? I'm more than willing to give the benefit of the doubt with him. Ed

Journey into mystery 99 or 97?

On the cartoony comics its a general mess with most books basically pumped out with nary a thought to art or story. Which makes quality cover art a real nice nugget Even better - a nice cover and story. I'll present this heresy. Other than the top 20 or so (which is a lot) Carl Barks is over rated. Just kind of get tired of the Geppi, Overstreet line that he's 6 stars out of 5. He and Kelly are the best of the cartoony books, no doubt, but did they really change the industry the way other writers artist/writers did in the 1980s? Apples to Oranges maybe. Barks seemed to be mailing it in at times. Still better than most cartoony books but not earthshattering.