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2nd reply and it wins the thread. I am impressed.

It was my mom's 70th birthday. I was sort of busy.

Depends on the book and the signature and in some cases the buyer. I never wanted an original AF15 with a Stan signature. I thought it would actually devalue the book. To satisfy the Stan signature on an AF15 itch, I got that signature on a AF15 reprint so I would not mark up any originals. In some cases the creators are secondary to the character and many buyers would rather have an unmarked sample of the book. There is no specific formula to how much a book is worth with a signature. A copy of Amazing Spider-man 175 is worth more with a Stan Lee signature on it than the writer, Len Wein's signature, even though Stan had nothing to do with that particular book.

Ohhhhhhh.... I see what's going on too late... ok... my contribution for the Mick... or the Mic.

I know of a shop that used to do this but not in the way you think. He did not like to sell out of a book for his regular customers so he would take the entire stack off the shelf until pull bags were satisfied and then regular customers had a chance to get the book if they wanted on a Wednesday. If someone came in that was not a regular customer he would tell people that Diamond messed up his order and he might have more copies in on Thursday. Once all pull orders were satisfied he would sometimes keep a couple of copies for the store to sell at a premium. If you came in off the street and were not a regular customer... you were out of luck.

I honestly forget how I voted... but all things considered, there is never going to be a way for him to get off the list.

Tunnel vision. You are getting tunnel vision again. What I wrote in regards to that statement is essentially true / true overall. At this point after a marathon of painting, I get to sleep for a few hours and then have make sure my brother actually got on his flight in LA and is here in NY and transport him to wish my mom a happy birthday. Night y'all.

Going to echo what @FlyingDonut and @batman_fan said but add an observation I made a couple of weeks ago. I like to read comments in news articles and something along this topic came up about youth and acceptance during Pride Month. Someone had written, "How come there isn't a straight month." Someone else responded with one simple comment that really struck a chord with me. They said, "No family ever shunned their child, or disowned them for being straight." That's heartbreaking. It really is. So if everything Chuck has done and bellyached about led him to where he is... and led him to give a safe environment to these kids a who may not know acceptance, and may feel isolated and alone, then that is a good thing. That is an admirable thing. That is something that should be celebrated. Because you know what happens when kids feel isolated and alone? You know what some kids do today when they feel as if there is nothing in the world for them and that they have no place? We find them hanging from closets. We find them taking action against themselves to get rid of that isolated and lonely feeling or lashing out upon others. This is not saying that those who question their gender identity are predestined to commit acts of violence against themselves and others. I am saying that kids who feel isolated and alone and who do not have a fully developed sense about them that an adult may have, may commit horrible actions to rid themselves of that isolation and loneliness. To tell the truth, I am tired of watching the news to see the end results of lonely and isolated kids making permanently poor decisions. Honestly... good for Chuck, I am actually impressed by what he was doing and have a good deal of respect for it.

See my edit above...

There is no need to suck up on these boards. Everyone already knows that @cgcmod10 and the whole crew are doing the best that anyone could ever ask for under thankless conditions. These unsung heroes such as @cgcmod12 along with the others are what keeps these boards running on the greatest collectibles service anyone could imagine let alone ask for, @CGC Comics. EDIT: To be fair, a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago when we used to all connect to the internet via dialup and we paid for the internet via hourly services, I was a moderator on the old Prodigy message boards in the comics and toys areas. I had to look through the boards and moderate the chats. The trade off was a free account. It was perhaps one of the more thankless jobs one could ever have had. Seriously. I get it.

There's always the "Greggys"

Ask for them to increase the morphine and you can be 'living' those comics. Rest up and I hope your stay is as comfortable as possible.

Scam... Every day I get an email that my photobucket is almost full and that I should purchase storage. It's not even close.

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Just cutting and pasting this as an instructional guide. @EC Phanatic , This is how you do it. WTTB

Just accept the idea that things fall off the back of a truck and are sometimes “found”. If you can accept that you will do fine in toy collecting.

Not... yet. @Calamerica @Calamerica @Calamerica Let’s see...

Arbitrary number time - I have to go back to the hardware store. Not talking about bigger books. Say we are talking about a book that normally goes for around $1000. Dealer has it at a show for $1200. Another dealer comes along and strikes a deal at say $800. What is the new owner pricing it at? Is it going to be more than $1000? If so... I am going online. Again, a lot of people forget that we live in an age where everyone is walking around with a computer in the palm of their hand and that virtually nothing is 'rare'. Text me if you want a couple of specific examples...

@shadroch Hipsters are weird when it comes to their shopping habits. This is what I notice about Williamsburg. In some areas you will find shops that seem to be arranged in nonsensical clutter and there is a artsy group that likes to shop and find surprises. They enjoy the exploration angle. Some of the shops though are combining things that would normally go together to much success. There is a place off Bedford Avenue that sells shoes and is also a cafe that makes espressos and other coffee beverages. One thing that Hipsters love is their quirky coffee. If you can get a food handling license to make coffee available in the store that might be a benefit if you have a severely limited menu. Just source the beans from some place they may not have ever heard from and that coffee will all of a sudden be the must try coffee in town. The store that sells the shoes and coffee has a VERY small setup in that there is a lot of display space with little to no product. Product is showcased like you are at a museum. There is a clothing store that down the road only has one of each size out. If you want it they pull it from place. Here is how Mother of Junk on Driggs handles their inventory btw... http://motherofjunk2.blogspot.com/ These are pictures of how cluttered the place is... yet the hipsters seem to always be in the store... https://www.google.com/search?q=mother+of+junk+11211&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS717US717&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM39mSisnjAhWy1VkKHR9aAH8Q_AUIEigC&biw=1615&bih=799

That's exactly what they are doing. But here is the thing. As a buyer that is a regular con attendee, if I can buy it online cheaper then why buy it there at the show? As I said, most people are not bringing $75k into a show. Most people are not bringing in what I bring in. Most semi-serious buyers are bringing in a few hundred to a thousand at best and they are all armed with cell phones. If prices are going above online prices at the show, before the show starts, to justify pre-show trading then dealers should not question while sales are down. Good stuff is taken and repriced in many cases. These days most of my purchases for my collection are done online. I should also point out that at NYCC I am sometimes let in after the dealers obviously but before the general public... so I can only imagine how the regular buying public feels. And with that... back to painting - first color looked like Elsa's Frozen Palace... bleeeeeeeh.... so it's the Monday repaint in the color it was supposed to be.... (I hate painting)

I keep seeing this thread and thinking it's about Yeezy.

I think that anyone, especially dealers buying from other dealers before the show are hurting overall sales at the show in general and if not in the long term. My group of friends and I are not spending $75,000 but I always bring a budget of a few thousand with me to a show. I spent over $20k once on book and have spent a few thousand many times over. My friends were the same way. Then we all stopped. Why? Because this is what I am seeing... I am seeing dealers buying from other dealers and the same art and books are circulating around the room until someone puts them up at heritage or CLink or Metropolis at auction and then everyone has an equal shot all at once. I have seen the same page of art trade amongst three well known dealers over the course of two years. I have seen the same with books. Now when it comes to art... those are one of the kind and you have to pay to play... but with books? If you didn't find your copy of FF48 in a 8.0-9.0 range... there will be one coming up at auction at some point this year. The fact is ... the more pre show trading goes on... the more the books are hiked up at the new owners booth, online store, or when they offer them here. So... why would I ever shop at Comic Con when I know I can get this stuff cheaper when it finally shows up at auction? In fact... my spending has declined at shows over the years and most of my buying is done online.... In many cases I am buying online AT the show. I wanted a high grade earlier ASM book for my set... a dealer had told me that he just traded for that book and refused to budge on the price. I shrugged and whipped out the phone and bought the book in the same grade on eBay of all places with free shipping for $100 less. My loyalty is to my wallet... if dealers want to keep trading books back and forth to dealers then jack up the price of the book to justify the cost at the table for that show then don't come bellyaching that sales are down at cons as I have seen some sellers / dealers lament. I will shop where the deals are and at the current state of thing, it is not at the cons. Brian, I love your posts and respect the hell out of you. However I believe that bread and butter for most dealers is not you. Not many of us are walking into a show with $75k. However there are far more of us walking into shows with a few thousand like me and even more of those walking in with that $1k range. If books are going to increase in value at the shows people will shop somewhere else knowing that they can get it cheaper just by searching on their phone.

I thought about posting it for $40 just to sell it and be done with it... but I put it away for now in the drawer... I am going to try and list $500-$1000 in GI Joe and assorted things today.

In case someone forces this down... I already downloaded it... This was what they showed at the panel