Plantman

8 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

If there were, say, 4 long boxes of Bat books...1000 issues, say...I'd have a hard time justifying $900 for all of that. None of us has a clear idea of just what exactly was in there. Do you want to pay nearly $1/book for perhaps "not 9.8 potential" Batman #503? Or #487? Or #622? I wouldn't.

Or maybe my secret plan all along was to downplay this collection, and then swoop in on whatever Dormian didn't want, for all that sweet, sweet free money...

 

I told my dealer friend all the Batman/'Tec books were in NM- or better condition. (We discussed the collection after Dormian had reported back to the thread.) He was willing to pay slightly more than a $1/book. He said if it's a long enough run of either ASM or Batman, then he will pay a premium because there will eventually be a buyer for those titles.

You weren't specifically mentioned, but the dealer was surprised more than one person in this thread would have turned down the 60 box deal. He echoed earlier posters by saying a list and ordered books made the collection much more valuable. There would be no guessing on the condition of the big books if he could easily pull them.

I have a feeling the dealer would bring a mutual friend to help pick up then pick through the 60 books for him. The picker would, I assume, be willing to be paid with books from the collection.

On 5/3/2019 at 12:12 PM, FlyingDonut said:

This is an absolute 100% no brainer. Your friend is offering you free money.

If you pass on it, send him my way and I will buy these books in two seconds. At $25 per long, you're looking at $2100. You can double that back in an afternoon going through MCS' buying service. There are hidden keys in there that you can very quickly move on eBay for some nice money.

I mentioned this thread to a dealer today. This dealer barely has the room for 60 additional boxes in his basement, but he said he would have paid $900 for the Batman and Detective Comics runs alone. Mind you this dealer seems obsessed with Detective Comics #880 ever since he found a copy for $1.25 at a convention in November. That may be clouding his judgment.

8 hours ago, cd4ever said:

I don't know....Mark Gruenwald's finest run is like saying Al Milgrom's greatest cover.  It may be so...but the bar is pretty low!

I sincerely disagree. Even his run on D.P. 7 (I'm 10 issues in) is good.

Gruenwald was strong on plotting and characterization. His exploration of morality (and what it meant to be a superhero) across many of his works intrigues me to this day. And he hit emotional highs and lows with surprising frequency.

Unfortunately the age of binge-reading hurts classics like Squadron Supreme, because what once was a strength (any issue is a jumping-on point!) has now become, to some readers, a weakness. ("Why is there so much recapping in every single issue?") It's too bad stylistic changes over the last three decades act as a barrier to fresh readers. 

I'll pass.

The tournament was fun. Thanks BlowUpTheMoon, sckao, and thehumantorch.

Spawn #175 (often sold with Spawn #174) has had some pretty high sales on eBay this month.

On 1/11/2019 at 2:58 PM, spidermanbeyond said:

Wow, I just saw the 2-time defending champion will not be defending her title.

I guess the rest of us have a chance now!

Now that I have a (nanoscopic) chance of winning, count me back in!

1 hour ago, spreads said:

You know the seller is a participant in this thread, right?  He alluded to this a few pages back....

The eBay ID and language used in the listing are dissimilar to the image the seller cultivates on the boards. I also vaguely remember the seller calling out eBay for corruption and looking for anywhere else to sell his books. However, somewhere in my brain I did know it was him.

I apologize if my post offended the seller or was in violation of community standards here.

10 hours ago, divad said:

I don't know about "poignant" :giggle: but I do appreciate the info! 

"On-topic" and "poignant" are mutually exclusive adjectives for any post in this thread.

On 2/16/2019 at 9:02 AM, Carl Elvis said:

$575 for this one 

Signed, but not Glossy.

This part of the listing is bizarre:

"DON'T WASTE TIME IN THE CRAZINESS OF THE MALLS!"

Does the seller believe malls are busy in February? Are malls thriving year-round in California but struggling everywhere else in the country? Has a single person ever not gone to a mall because they bought a comic book on eBay?

The FOMO! FOMO! FOMO! section at the top of the description was cute too considering the seller listed another signed CGC 9.8 Rai #0 slab the same day this sold.

RMA makes a compelling (if unstated) case for government regulation in the signatures on comic books industry. He tried to reason with these people, but either they do not understand or, even worse, know exactly what they're doing. Say "no" to discrimination!

On 9/25/2018 at 8:37 PM, KEY ISSUES Comics said:

Hmmm... I'm curious now. Are you sure that was me? I don't do much business with folks outside of the Montreal area (at least not knowingly!). What did you buy from me? 

Whether or not it was me, you tend to learn what kind of books are and will be in demand after doing this for decades. No one has a crystal ball, but you learn enough to be right more often than not!

I am fairly sure it was you. You had a booth at CAPE 2015 and CAPE 2017. I bought a Black Lightning #1 and Shazam #32 in 2015 plus ASM #149 and Detective Comics #566 in 2017 from you. My biggest regret is not buying your Venom Vs. Carnage mini-series in 2017! PM me if you want details of our conversations or a physical description of me.

Back to Batman Damned #1: right now 23 copies of this book occupy all 12 spots on Lyria Exchange's most active, modern age, popular keys blocked, non-CGC list. 

1 hour ago, AGGIEZ said:

What book are you talking about?

Incredible Hulk #441

1 hour ago, the blob said:

really? I thought that was a book I'd see in dollar boxes (not the newsstand), but things change

KEY ISSUES Comics has a good eye for "what will be hot" in my experience buying from him. I regret not buying at least five issues from him that seemed a tad expensive at the time. They were a clear bargain within a year. But I only have eyes for the Gen13 #1 variant when it comes to Pulp Fiction homages. I usually flip past the 441.

Marvel Tails #1 is going ham on eBay. A fine copy sold for $49.99. 

Batman #475 is moving again. Renee Montoya will supposedly appear in an upcoming Birds of Prey movie.

2 hours ago, kimik said:

Another book is already the AF #15/IH #181 of the Copper Age. NM 98 is a nice key, but not the top 1st appearance for the CA.

1 hour ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

Which one?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

59 minutes ago, fastballspecial said:

I cant be the only one shocked to see Youngblood 2 a $10-15 comic lol.

 

I bought some extra copies (fine to very fine range) last month to fill out the Rob Liefeld Fan Club page with my LCS guys' information as a joke. Do I dare destroy two copies of a book that is leaving the quarter bins for the $2 boxes?

46 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

Oh well - thanks for accepting my offer (or meeting me in the middle) for the three copies I grabbed.  The new Kitty Pryde movie may be based on this story so it's just me grabbing a few fairly priced high grade copies just in case it blows up.  I did see a few graded copies got grabbed over the last couple days before I heard about it so it's not just me who is on the hunt.

Can Kitty weave 'er way around an alien for two hours? 'Tsa journey for sure.

26 minutes ago, Paddy_McShillihan said:

Feb ? Jesus Christ !!!  10 months for you  ?? 

They did tell me they had just sent out their February shipment, so my books wouldn't be going until the March shipment.

4 hours ago, Zigen said:

Paddy, I am in the same boat - and I think we may have subbed through the same shop.

 

10 books submitted (to retailer) 3/12, 3 books submitted 5/5.

I believe status is "in transit".

Am I on this boat too?

Books submitted (to shop) late February and no word from them.

I will participate even though I have not recovered from the beating thirdgreenham gave me in the March Madness grading tournament.

So Valiant hype men pay RMA $1.70/hour but it's minimum $15/hour for anyone else? Very unfair! 

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 On Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 9:30 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

 

 

I was once paid $51 for a 30 hour stretch of work...with an hour of sleep in between....for helping Greg Buls sort through an entire comic store's inventory...

 

True story.

 

 

Oh, I also found two copies Action Comics #583 in the wild over the past three months after two-plus years of looking for a copy. Are there any hard-to-find issues of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run now that I've moved on to it?

2 minutes ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

How have the books been so far?  Fun?  No fun? Too easy?  Too hard?  Just right? 

Would anyone complain if there's a CGC grade magazine in the next round?  How about a CGC graded poster?

Too hard -- if thirdgreenham posterizes me this round, then I may not be able to show my face at Toronto Comicon tomorrow!

I do not like the new boards, but I do love this grading tournament. Count me in.

This thread will be about my journey to the million dollar comic and the struggles, failures and successes that come with it since many boardies requested it I will not longer post my transactions but try what revat said . I also have a bunch of inspirational people two of them being Walt Disney and Steve Jobs because I want to be the next rags to riches story not to the degree of Steve Jobs or Walt Disney but I want to make a million dollars buying and selling a comic and making enough money with this venture to never again say I can't afford something

 

 

Thoughts and plans

 

Sell my comics

 

 

 

Milestones I want to reach

 

Get my first four figure sale

 

 

 

Can we get a weekly credit card update on the first post?

Well, locked in for an extra FREE table. Next couple of weeks will be getting the cheapies organized.

 

Also found out another guy might be setting up and also selling comics...As it is a small show, not sure how I feel about that (not that I have a say in the matter) as the pool for potential buyers is rather limited. Obviously, if this was a regular con or a bigger show, I would not care at all about competition but seeing as how small a show it is, well I will be curious to see where I end up.

 

One idea I had was doing a "raffle" for a book...Anyone ever done anything like that?

I may have missed this in the updates, but did this other comic guy set up at the show?

I have no comment about this purchase, but imagine others might.

 

I bought this because I can flip it

*SLAP*

/slap/

noun

1. an attempted flip by Gabe that cannot make a profit.

W16227: "Did you see the latest book Gabe bought?"

Plantman: "It's a *SLAP*!"