HeyMoe

Is it too late for me to participate? 

I would love to claim prize number 90. 

Happy to contribute to 3/4 the cost of postage to shiverbones.

I've been away for the last 24 hours.
Am I too late to claim anything?

1 hour ago, Cushing Fan said:

Great connection James 👍

If I remember correctly, Overstreet mentions this as "Thor appearance". I must check.

I'm not seeing the problem here.

The $1000 import duty limit has always been there. Compared to import duty nightmares I've read for other countries, ours is bloody generous. 
Ebay is just going to do it via Paypal.
Death and taxes...

As for the exports to certain US states, that would surely be paid for by the buyer. If someone from Biloxi , Mississippi doesn't want to buy my stuff, I ain't gonna care.

18 minutes ago, silversufer27 said:

Idk if someone put this but ultimate fallout 4 1st miles is right now under 100 and that won’t be the case for much longer

Thanks.

I better put something up in the prize forum. Free postage. (Anywhere in the effin world of course.) I aint a cheap arse.  (Hint hint.)

One more question from the Charlton lot I'm grading.

Was there ever a staple here?
It looks like the staple went through the cover, but the holes in the pages, especially the centrefold, give me the imprssion the staple wasn't folded over and somehow came out. The holes at the cenrefold do no look open enough, or deformd enough for a staple to have been there. 
Or there for any length of time.Any ideas? Thanks.

Recently started to grade a few Silver Age Charltons I haven't taken out in years.

Noticed a manufacturing error on the pages of some issues. 

Should I lower the grade due to this? It does make the pages look fugly!

(Photos from three different issues.)

Thanks.

Am I too late to sign-up?

Just now, NoMan said:

there's "Mystery Boxes" all over downtown Los Angeles, especially east of Los Angeles Street. You really, really got to be brave to peel back the card board lid and peer inside. 

Our next trip to the US is to fly to Los Angeles, and drive up the west coast into Canada. 
I will definitely remember to "peel back the card board lid". Sounds like a euphemism for something, but what the hell!

4 minutes ago, Krishosein said:

but I buy them for the fun and gamble of trying for a big prize... yes I buy a lotto ticket with the office and personally when I remember. Go big or Go HOME..  

is it weird to keep the mystery boxes if they have a cool graphic I got a Marvel one, Dr. Who and Mario Block one? Rest I tossed.

Oookay.

Didn't see this post until now.

Stay away from Time Square. Far too noisy and busy for your situation.

We stayed (a month ago) in the upper west side. 72nd St. Two blocks from Central Park. Supermarket across the street. A block from a subway station. My family felt absolutely safe walking the streets at night. We were there for two weeks! Good restaurants, not too pricey.

My opinion as a simple tourist.

2 minutes ago, MatterEaterLad said:

I think part of the reward of a mystery box is the surprise/entertainment value. It's not something you can resell, but it's like lottery tickets. You're never going to win, but some people just want to play. 

What I thought when I bought it. 

8 minutes ago, telerites said:

Thanks for sharing.  You should have posted a group shot of some of your most expensive comics as the contents and worked a deal with Metro so you get a commission as it would drive a ton of sales their way 

Are you suggesting deception?

21 minutes ago, miraclemet said:

So... three books that might get $10 each on the market, and drek? Sorry man.

The ever present difference between market value and the ubiquitous "Overstreet value". 

I was more interested in what I wanted to keep. And then there's only two!

I don't regret my purchase. Like I said, it was my souvenir of being in NY and visiting Metropolis.  (Loved staying in NY by the way! My wife and I would live there if we had the $$.)

So I opened the box, and to say it was a mixed bag would be an understatement.

Firstly, there were seven comics in the box. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? That's up to you.
Overall... I'd keep the 'Marvel Super Heroes' and the 'Marvel Tales'. The rest ...

Here is what was in the box:

Marvel Super Heroes #1 (VG).
Marvel Tales #30 (VG).
Daredevil #20 (VG).
Superman  #268 (VF).
House of Mystery #191 (G-. Rat-chew?)
Ms Tree #43 (VF/NM)
American Flagg #12 (NM)

Why did I buy it?
Metropolis isn't a walk-in store, so I guess it was a souvenir of sorts. I visited about 4 stores in NY, bought something from each.

What's the "chance to win big" prize?
IIRC, a HG Wolverine #1 could be found in several of the boxes. 

When will I open it?
When I finish work this afternoon.

(By the way, Graham Cracker's in Chicago was the best store we visited. )

Anyone have any experience with one of these?

Picked one up when we were in the states a month or so ago.

Completely forgot about it! 

Will I be utterly diappointed? My luck, I'll probably get six Valiants!

How accurate is "between $80 and $100 Overstrett Guide value"  going to be?

I'm not going to read through every post here, but there's something that needs to be dealt with. Something that subtly adds to price and sales.

Exchange rate.

If the Australian dollar was at parity to the US$, you would see so much of an increase in sales, and therefore competition in key issues, it would upset the market.

I can drop a good chunk of change tomorrow on something I want, but tell me its going to cost me 40% more?!.  

There is a very large,and untapped global market for comic books. You get access to that ... 

Bette Midler. She's major to me!

Amy Adams aint!

What about dead ones? 

8 hours ago, oakman29 said:

All that way , and not going to California? 

You'll be missing out on a ton of babes.

The west coast is going to be a trip on its own.

The original plan was to drive from Los Angeles to Seattle, then a train across to Chicago. But that meant losing days in the east. 

Cheers!

Long time reader, not much of a poster. 

My family and I will be travelling to the good 'ol USofA between mid-June to mid-July.

Las Vegas, Washington, New York,  maybe Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Erie ( Pennsylvania . We have friends there.)  We will be spending the fourth of July in America! (My son's birthday is the 5th!) . And finally Chicago. (I wanted Detroit, but it couldn't be included.:)

Why am I posting this?

In every city we are staying at, or visiting, I would like to visit the best comic book store in that location. In each store I'm going to buy a Silver Age, a Bronze Age and a Copper Age comic book. (Golden Age if I can find something affordable.) And post our find. (My kids are up for the challenge.)

So what are you peoples suggestions?

What are the best ones you know of? The ones you would visit in those cities.

Lets at it!

We are also driving (heaven help us!) from Boston to Buffalo, with a couple of stop overs in between. So if you know of any stops to visit where I'm going to hear banjos or fiddles , that would also be good. 

Would really like to know where the best places are to visit.

Thanks people.

7 hours ago, kav said:

Alan Moore writes very detailed scripts-everything has to be just so-he must have been incredibly frustrated working with Liefeld.  NO I SAID FEET!!! FEET!!!!  AND I NEVER MENTIONED POUCHES WTF!!!!! 

"Alan Moore writes very detailed scripts".
Would like an example of this.

Thanks.