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Legends is closed on Monday and Tuesday, so we missed them this time. Too bad the guy couldn't meet us a different day, but it's not a big deal. I'll head to their shop another time. This was a CL ad but the main books in the ad were only the ASM #361/362, Batman #204 and Web #1. The other big books were in the small 'extra' pile he found.

 

Thanks!

 

Peace,

 

Chip

nice1

love that batman 251

That pin is awesome. Nice score!

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

Thanks Chip! I am very pleased with it too. It is nice to "belong" somewhere.

Ditto on the coolness of the pin - hard to overpay at $10.

Nice cap score!

Seeing as how my original post got poofed for some reason, here is a repost.

 

Got this a little over a month ago from a local auction for $10.44

 

It has a couple small tears and a stain on the BC, but I love it nonetheless.

 

Pretty cool - any pre code book for 10? - good deal.

The ipad camera really cannot do these justice - they are from a pick last week - just got back from the framers.

All three of the posters - not mint - but really close. Some wrinkling around the edges - but no tearing and it looks like they were never hung up!!!

Need to go get a black-light or two.....

The coverless might have value in the Custom Binding community, depending on what's in there. Using cover scans some hobbyist might be able cobble together a shelf-worthy custom hardcover of some favorites.

The cover-less were really junk - I think the only real book was a silver surfer 3 - and that was trashed. I went through all of them to double check - looking for ones that might be of use to someone (as very early ASM/FF would not have been out of place)

Most were 1970+ dates as well - so in the strange reverse thing - the coverless books were newer -

probably 70% were also cartoon books (not marvel/DC)

quick update -

first hundred sorted and bagged - covered the ASM, FF, IM and X-Men

All of the "keys" (any level) of the big ones have been posted - no idea of the full count yet - but probably 1000+ total.

Anyone on the hunt - NEVER turn down the items that people want to throw in. The sellers grabbed all from some estate sale - including a box of what appeared to be coverless drek - I basically told them I would take them but no real increase in $$$ -

dug through this -

Resulted in a stack of 25 more books (and some paperbacks) -

No showstoppers - but G to VG books with 12c to 15c cover price - nothing to sneeze at....

After pulling out the big names and looking over the rest - the whole thing has the look of a "neatstuff" auction - but at 1/10 the price. Will hopefully get a final count later today.

FF #45/46 and Groot gets you $500 right there buddy - nice score!

They are pretty low grade - but still worth some $$$ -

I actually have a graded WMD already - so great to be able to sell an undercopy (though the WMD is really a reprint of the 1st appearance) - the one you see - really a 2.0 or lower - you can see a rough spine tear in the pic

I hope one day I have enough knowledge that I could look through that much stuff and actually know what is valuable and what isn't.

much easier once you get them back to look over - for larger groups you have to just kind of average - and it is a risk. I am NOWHERE near as good as many here (see Chip!) - just have fallen into some decent scores recently. Note that the pics probably look a lot better than the grades - the silves are VG average - meaning some are G - some (more the newer) range to FN. I do not mind dealing in these kinds of books though, as less overall risk (the buy price does not break you).

Oh my lord... What a score!!! you plan on keeping or selling?

I usually keep and sell - my goal with any big buy is to be able to sell as much of the bulk as possible - to be bale to keep 10% or so.

Slabbing - so far ( and really have only begun to bag/board and inventory ) - the IM 55 is the one that seems worthwhile - might be able to press to a 6 or better.

Finally - lots of spider goodness!!!!!

ASM haul - 32, 35, 36, 38, 41 (torn cover), 42-45, 49, 51, 53-56, 62, 66, 69-71, 74, 76, 93, 102, 109 x2, 110, 114-117, 119, 120, 122, 123 (what a tease - no 50, 129 etc - but still COOL)

good stack of superman and family stuff - and batman/tec.

Avengers - mad haul -

18, 21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 41, 42, 44, 48, 49, 60, 62, 64, 67, 101, 104-108, 111-113

and a huge set of daredevil - (earliest issues are beat - but a 2.0 12 center is a 2.0 12 center)

12, 13, 19-24, 29-34, 36, 37, 44, 46 x2, 48, 54, 63, 88, 89, 91-100, 102

add to this a ton of random books and the prerequisite 2 short boxes of archies/dells - a strong haul for a Tuesday......

the little mini book is from 1966 - has a 1" spine split - but still cool -

The FF 48 hid from me for a bit - I thought I imagined it for a while......

A couple of other cool pics

some x goodness - had several more of the reprint era...

more pulls -

FF goodness and an older hulk

some of the older ones are beat - but a 2.0 FF 50 is still a good score

some older caps - and the MSH 18

IM 50 to 61 run - with 55

Were they for sale for $1 each, or is that the usual Craigslist ad junk?

 

Did you end up buying all of them?

I was worried about the typical craigslist thing - but was a decent haul. I did buy all of them - which included a box of coverless drek ( - just hinting for ASM 1 or AF15 in there)

Was a little more than 1 a book - but not much (for the actual books - not the coverless junk)

they said that was a typo

the couple of craigslist scores I have had - tended to be like 20% 12 and 15 cent books - the rest higher even through older bronze. This one? - more than 50% silver age and probably 80% or more were DC/Marvel. Overall - I know I paid more than I probably should have - but as I was doing the quick sort - I kept seeing book after book that was a $10 ticket.

Some images to start us off - random bats, silvers and the first mini key ---

reserving some space here - gonna be some NICE pics later -

saw a CL ad -

________________________

Vintage comic books for sale! - $1

Over 1000 vintage comic books for sale '68-'72. Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Archies, Mad.

______________________________

Was pretty non descript - and the response I received was not all that helpful when I asked for any pics or any other info "you have to come see them" -

but took the lunchtime drive anyway.

Apparently, someone else was going to look today- but cancelled. YOUR LOSS!!!!

I need to really sort - but I would estimate that 1000 marvel/DC books alone. Age slants more towards silver - with some early bronze (usually I see a handful of

condition - not the best - but better than my last one - average VG+ for the silver slanting to VF or better for the bronze.

Some gems that I was able to see -

FF 48 and 50

Cap 110

IM 55

marvel super heroes 18

TONS of ASM and FF - some of each in the "teens" issues - some early x men -

the guys bought from a hoarders garage sale - wanted to flip all as a set and quickly - knowing me, I paid more than I should - but given what is there I know I will be able to break even and keep around 100 or so of the mini keys. I did not see any major keys - but it was not priced as if a hidden hulk 181 was in there. Excited to pull out all the ASM - as the numbers are in that "could be" zone (lots of early - but some of the later cool areas like 110, 124) - did not see 129, but I was in fast assessment mode.

A load of coverless junk too - will have to sort through and probably recycle all of those - but given the breadth and timeline of the collection - I will have to sort through them just in case.

Some early JIM and THOR as well.

this whole day job thing is really getting in the way, .

There will be more to show later, but this is one of the purchases from this past weekend that I'm most excited about. I didn't pick it up at WW, but at an LCS in the area during my visit. It is the toughest of the overprint price variants to find.

 

Saw your other post on this - was wondering which book you were talking about. I generally snag a lot of their better silver books - but I do not stray much from the "hero" venue,

Nice score - based on when you posted (in the WW thread) - we could have been there at the same time....

later

Making a 2-hour one-way drive on Friday morning to check out a 1,000+ book collection. He's got lots of glut books, but in some of the pictures I see early 70's X-Men and ASM. Hopefully I can get the lot for a reasonable price. I know there was an ASM #238 hiding in one of the pics. The fact that it wasn't front-and-center means there could be more stuff "hiding" amongst the Spawn/PITT/Maxx/Deathmates.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

good luck man - 2h is a rough drive for a "possible" score -

With the overwrap wrinkling at the top and bottom of the FC - I think more of an 8.5 - but that should be curable with a press if you are going to slab.....

update - the other two posters are the surfer "i'm changing"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILVER-SURFER-POSTER-Marvel-Third-Eye-Black-Light-1970s-Jack-Kirby-/171398359834?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item27e8236b1a

And the- Hulk Ronnkk

http://www.comicsvalue.com/Marvel-Black-Light-Third-Eye-Poster-HULK-RONKK-4020/321219782115.html

not my pics obviously - have them put in a safe place for the time being

If anyone knows of boardies in the Milwaukee area let me know. There's an estate sale tomorrow with a bunch of good books (JLA 1, FF 48, etc) and figured I would give them a heads up.

 

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/WI/Janesville/53546/699336?highlight=archie

 

FYI - I went to this estate sale. I actually knew about this way before this post, as Rcheli had asked if I wanted to go. I decided based on the books that I would head up there the night before to avoid a long drive very early in the morning.

 

Rcheli couldn't make it so it was just me and the CEO

 

Wife and I both got there, and I started the sign up sheet so I was #1 on the list to go in.

 

Got our numbers at 8:30 like the website mentioned, then went straight for the comics at 9:00am. Grabbed the box, while my wife went to go pay.

 

That's where things went to...

 

 

Hopefully you got the books at a decent price - shame about the others. Hard to find any real decent estate sales in my area. If they have decent books - they are well overpriced.

thx - I figured they (the posters) were the sleepers of the haul - just the age and the surface quality

my assumption - they are rolled up now - professional mounting would not hurt the value? - like "the great frame up"

someone asked - there were around 40 of the magazine sized "savage sword of Conan" series - in decent shape 6.0 to 8.0 - maybe better if

ranged form 80-200 with a run from 100-126 in there.

Home stretch now with bagging and boarding -

The whole thing was supposed to be 300 books to start - 700 so far - looks like 50 more std size - then probably 50 or so of the magazine sized Conan lot. So 800...

The FF section had some cool older books - not real lookers - but I will take them.

Big lot of hulks including this

The last thing he threw in - I have never seen them until now - he had three 1971 Marvel Third Eye blacklight posters

Does anyone know about the posters? - I see a couple on ebay, but not a lot of info,

The posters have great color - the were rolled up and in a tube for what looks to be many years. I have not looked in depth - but the surfaces are clean - a couple scratches here and there (you have to be close up to see). Some spotty foxing on the back - but does not appear to bleed through. All complete - no tearing.

Chip - those are great!

man - way more books than I thought - past 475 now and still another longbox to go

have to go pick up more bags and boards, -

A couple more gems that I know of remaining in the last box (saved the one I knew was the best)

until then - tons of team ups - and thor (2x what is pictured) - decent enough shape.

Very nice bronze collection! How large is that Savage Sword run? Great reading there.

It looks to be about 1/2 of a magazine sized shortbox or more - that was one of the extras he brought

Mix of copper in the books too - brings back the memories - - he was finishing his collecting run back when I was beginning my first (I started reading back when they were 50c).

some IM

Not of a great value - but a nice run of nauts

CAGE!

A bunch I am not showing as well - this looks to be well north of the 500 we thought were there

thx chip - it keeps looking like a lot of the hauls you take in -

They look to be in decent shape. Love the bronze? Congrats

majority are 6 and up - have not even begun to drag up the best of them - the first box was the "misc group" - so some dc and such - majority are marvel with a ton of spider man and hulk