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Thanks everyone.

I am 68 years old and in poor health. 

I am asking for advice as to what to do with my comics (mainly Cherry Poptart).

I have the second best DC 100 page collection in the registry. I plan to pass that along to my son.

On the other hand, I have the best Cherry Poptart collection in the world, bar none. The registry shows I am number 1, but it does not even scratch the surface of what I have. Howard sent me several special items before his passing, including original art. I have a large collection of Cherry Mini's. I have a lot of high grade raw copies, and many other special items.

Should I sell all of this stuff individually, or is there actually a person that exists that may pay for it all for what I feel it is actually worth?

Drama queen here, back from the dead, as anticipated. I am not intimate with Blackstone, but I certainly know Apollo Global inside and out (Leon Black - some trivia - Leon purchased Edvard Munch's "The Scream"  in 2012 for 119.9 Million $). These two private equities are actually twins. Best of luck to the excellent comic book dealers/collectors here who have no clue as to how private equities function. Nothing is predictable.

It's been 8 years since I have gone a day without alcohol.

My favorite Strange Adventures

46 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

You know who the unsung hero of this thread is? SledgeHammer! Our scam detection sleeper and secret weapon. While I was concentrating on the scammery, unethical but not illegal; he brought the shill bidding to light, which is illegal. Without that, involving the local and Federal criminal authorities would have been a moot point, an exercise in futility. With the advent of the massive shill bidding (and engineering bid retractions), which in many cases did most adversely affect the winning bidders monetarily, that is the main focus of my submissions reporting BBC to the pertaining Federal, state, and local criminal agencies that handle mail and wire fraud. 

He's on the hook big time for criminal and civil liability. Forget about criminal penalties, the restitution for his buyers that he defrauded by inflating the bidding will be, as they say in Kill Bill, gargantuan. 

And IMO, he doesn't have the  to realize what penalties await. He'll continue undeterred. Until the knock comes on his door at 5AM. Then, instantly, he'll figure it all out.

Don't get me wrong; You and SledgeHammer have done a great job on this guy.

Unfortunately, from my experience, these types of crimes don't usually get the results they deserve. The 5 AM "knock on the door" simply won't happen. Justice is rarely served in the manner we expect for white collar crimes.

7 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

You know who the unsung hero of this thread is? SledgeHammer! Our scam detection sleeper and secret weapon. While I was concentrating on the scammery, unethical but not illegal; he brought the shill bidding to light, which is illegal. Without that, involving the local and Federal criminal authorities would have been a moot point, an exercise in futility. With the advent of the massive shill bidding (and engineering bid retractions), which in many cases did most adversely affect the winning bidders monetarily, that is the main focus of my submissions reporting BBC to the pertaining Federal, state, and local criminal agencies that handle mail and wire fraud. 

Did the authorities give you any idea of when he will be shut down and arrested? 

9 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

Well, if you notice. about 115 of his listings are $5.00 range and below items. This serves two must purposes. 1) Builds his feedback because he grades the dreck a little better than the expensive crack and scam, photoshop and overgrade books that are his bread and butter. 2) All these sales will offset the many unhappy returns he gets. Returns wreak havok with ratings. Without these 100 or so weekly listings that will not be returned, his transaction success average would be abysmal. Am astronomical ratio of returns and refunds vs. successful sales. So these dreck listings are done so he can counterbalance his return/refund ratio, which even more than bad feedback stands a good chance of shutting him down. 

I am surprised there is no negative feedback.

So this thread has gone completely off track and beatlebluecat currently has 126 items listed.

I suppose you should get an award for the longest thread title in the history of CGC message boards.

Tired of Cherry yet? 

$150

17 hours ago, kav said:

She didnt do that I was still in charge I just got sick of her hijinx.

I'm single because I never got married because I enjoyed a wide variety and now I am 62 and have zero interest in romance.

You're single and have no interest in romance because online porn is so much easier.

3 hours ago, Domo Arigato said:

Why were you on his wife's Facebook page? 

 

Research.

1 minute ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

She married a scumbag, apparently. So, no, I don't feel bad for her.

Something something "when you get married you share everything".

There is a reason I feel about asparagus the way I do. Thank you for confirming my opinion.

2 minutes ago, oakman29 said:

Just by being married to the jackazz is punishment enough.😂

Oak, you could not be more right.

2 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Idk, man. Shoo the Foo was talkin' some smack about CWC's wife earlier in this thread.

So two wrongs make a right?

Some jackwagon from the boards posted on his wife's Facebook page yesterday. 

Asked her about the comic and gave her a link to this thread.

I do not agree with this at all.

18 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

Doesn't always hold up because I could easily re-wrap a package with nothing in it and produce a new edit. 

 

Correct. You would actually have to video the delivery and have the delivery person hang out while you open the package. Chain of custody.

2 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

if it was redundant, why not simply merge it into this one?

oh well-- I am done thinking about this

The shoe thread was started only because this one was locked at the time.

From $13,000 on, it was down to 3 bidders - 5236, 844, and 361.  

5236 dropped out after $18,500.

Seller 844 competed against 361 the rest of the way up.

I hope everyone is right that 361 was a "throw away" account and not a serious bidder.

It will be interesting to follow what happens in the near future.