Eddragon

For all you north NJ treasure hunters, there is a guy in Montclair selling long boxes of mixed books from 90s through 2011. He's asking $50 a long box - saw it on Craigsllist.

I decided to spend lunch hour driving 25 minutes each way to an estate sale. I ended up buying all the comics as I did not have time to look through them carefully. 90s all the way. But I saw MOS18, the Deadpool miniseries, McFarlane signed Spawn #1, Angela mini, etc and decided to just grab them as time was short. 5 small bins full, condition was strong. The X-Men seemed to be 285 or so and up but my hope is that 266 is in there somewhere. Still a decent deal for the money if it isn't.

 

No pics tonight - off to see Eddie Izzard in Manhattan. Apparently he does almost 3 hours standup on this tour!

 

 

 

well, they are out of the car at least.

 

 

et voila

WOW - nice haul! Thanks for the picts.

Please keep us updated on any finds.

Love it when boardies post pictures like this, it makes me want to go on the hunt :-)

I decided to spend lunch hour driving 25 minutes each way to an estate sale. I ended up buying all the comics as I did not have time to look through them carefully. 90s all the way. But I saw MOS18, the Deadpool miniseries, McFarlane signed Spawn #1, Angela mini, etc and decided to just grab them as time was short. 5 small bins full, condition was strong. The X-Men seemed to be 285 or so and up but my hope is that 266 is in there somewhere. Still a decent deal for the money if it isn't.

 

No pics tonight - off to see Eddie Izzard in Manhattan. Apparently he does almost 3 hours standup on this tour!

I had some luck this week at a sale finding three of the original Wolverine miniseries and a few 60's books for $2 each. I agree that it is a numbers game - the more you look, the more opportunities you have to find something. The anticipation of going through a box of comics that seems to be untouched is worth it.

 

$2 = a great deal! Another score for the CGC boards treasure hunters

The dark photos make the comics look better than they actually are :-)

I pulled a Marvel Spotlight 28 and Fantastic Four 72. will grabs some scans and include them here later this week.

Quick followup - apologies in advance for the lousy picture quality, I just got home from work 45 minutes ago. Here are some of the DC books from the BOX...still a bunch of Swamp Thing, Aquaman, Blackhawk, GI Combat, other DC titles + the Marvel titles, Archies, and Richie Riches

If boardies are interested - I will post more images later this week

Found a box of books from the 70s at a garage sale. I lucked out, only $30 for the box.

 

In the original box (the box was full originally, and I took a pict AFTER moving some to a short box):

 

Looks like an awesome find! Did you just happen to stop at this sale, or did you see a listing that this one had comics? I've found a few good sales that listed comics - not much luck trying random sales. Thanks for sharing - looking forward to see what you netted in the haul!

@westerberg14

I saw a garage sale listing that mentioned comics. It's always hit or miss when it comes to garage sales.

I went to one garage sale a few weeks ago that mentioned comics and they were already gone by the time I got there.

As I was driving away I noticed two more garage sales signs and decided to check them out on a whim. What do you know, one of them had three long boxes of books. Most of it was $1 books from the late 90s and early 2000s but then I hit the jackpot and found a few books from the Captain America 2004 series (the one with the "Out of Time" story arc) and snagged issues #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 for $1 each.

IMO, garage sales finds = a numbers game, the more you go to and search the more likely you're bound to find some gems.

I'm nearly done bagging and boarding my most recent find - lots of titles I've near heard of before like:

Tor

Starfire

Richard Dragon Kung Fu

Kobra

Will post some picts tonight after work.

Added this to my collection - from a craigslist lot purchase - avg price per figure was $2

Found a box of books from the 70s at a garage sale. I lucked out, only $30 for the box.

In the original box (the box was full originally, and I took a pict AFTER moving some to a short box):

The ones that I moved over to a short box (I actually needed 2 short boxes for all the books in the end)

I'll post followup images once I've re-bagged and boarded everything.

WOW - that Marvel Legends collection is incredible!!! Nice find!

Nice haul!

On the X-23 variant cover - I sold half a dozen of these super cheap 2 years ago...I should've held onto them

Some of my other recent pickups. All out of dollar or 50 cent bins.

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing earth-shattering. But a lot of $5-$20 books mixed in there. And I picked up the whole run of Agent X for $12. Nothing special, but it was a 1-stop-shoping to pick up a whole run that was on my shopping list to eventually get. And that X-23 variant seems to be gaining some steam. I already had 1 but for 50 cents, I couldn't say no.

Jason = AWESOME!

1) Gave me a terrific deal on a set of comics that was packed extremely well and shipped super fast

2) Helped his buddy out with the proceeds of the sale

Repeat Jason = overall great guy and boardie!

 

Just picked up these today. The only ones I was excited about are in the middle. Picked up the 12c & 15c ones because I thought/hoped they were worth more than they guy was asking...

Nice walking dead with the governor in the top right

My 03/05/2014 Modern FT was shipped this morning, VERY happy with the grades. Total of 14 business days. My Economy FT from 03/05/2014 is still sitting at verified.

My MFT was verified on 3/5/14 and sitting at graded. Hoping it ships out soon like yours.

MD books are hot & I guess I am playing the game like anyone else...

 

 

 

 

-slym

Damn...I have 3 raw copies and I completely forgot to send them in with my recent MFT submission...

I bought these from a swimming pool store. The owner is a big comic guy and buys stock from stores that close. I heard that it's a warehouse with about 200 long boxes and books are priced $1.00, 50 cents or a quarter with Saturdays being "sale" day...books are 25 cents or below....

 

Here's what I got for $28 today....all are 9.0 or better condition.

 

Niiiiice haul...how many of the 200 boxes did you search?

Picked these up at the LCS today.

 

 

 

Great finds!

I just submitted 16 books MFT yesterday, 3/1, at a con.

Will let you know how it goes ( fingers crossed and knocking on wood for a somewhat quick turnaround and 9.6+s

Rushed pic didn't come out that great. Got this for $40

niiiiiiiiice haul/find!

$0.75 a piece this morning.

NIce find!

I picked up four books from Chris. They were as per his accurate description and arrived very quickly. The books were packed extremely well.

Chris's communications and followup were also excellent. I would not hesitate to purchase from him again.

Top notch seller. A+++

Steve

Picked up the following for $26 from a local thrift/goodwill/salvation army type store:

Set of X-factor 1-30 + Annuals 1,2 (grades range from VF to NM)

X-Men/ Alpha Flight limited series 1,2

Good deal?

I had a great day picking yesterday. $1.50 to .60 a book. Grand total 21bucks for these plus a few more.

 

 

Nice Haul! Was this at a garage sale? It's crazy to think people could still let that ASM 300 fall into a dollar box...

Awesome haul! What condition is that ASM 300?

Picked up 3 lots of books from Ed -> Peter Parker, Daredevil, and X-men.

Smooth communications, no problems, great books, and super packing/shipping.

I would purchase from ft88/Ed again.

ft88 = highly recommended

Steve

Dave sold me two (2) books - they were as described in his FOR SALE thread and they were packed extremely well.

 

Clear communications and no problems whatsoever.

 

I would happily buy from Dave again.

 

Correction: Dave sold me five (5) books

Dave = awesome seller