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    'Fantast Collection' Kick Starter 'Selling Superman' (#1 CGC 7.0 blue) documentary 2024

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 6/26/2023 at 3:40 PM, southern cross said:

    I know of a collection of 300k books that sold roughly last year in the Northwest, it had a safe where there was a wonder woman 1, sensation comics 1, golden age Sub-mariners, Detective comics started at around the issue 30s and went up, Captain America's, All stars, single numbered batman's and up ECT.

    The silver age were in piles in the bookcase, Spidey 1 up, Fantastic four 1 up, X-Men 1 up, Avengers 1 up ECT.

    There was so many comics one had to walk a path throughout the home. 

    The garage had a stack of comic boxes 6 ft high and about 10ft square.

    There were boxes where the collector had bought comics from comic stores and have never been opened.

    He also collected records and there were 1000s of vinyl records from the 60s - 80s. Most never played and still in unopened plastic.

    The family wanted to sell all the comics all at once and have to comics moved out of the house as quickly as possible.

    They decided on a silent auction where three bidders put in a bid.

    Instead of taking the highest bid they'd extend deadlines and go back to the bidders saying you've been outbid, do you want to up it. There was a minimum percentage you had to bid up. So after the first few bump ups my mate stopped bidding.

    So we are talking multiples of 6 figures here, I'd better not say what this collection roughly sold for.

    My mate at the time organized a vintage record store to buy the records and didn't even get a thank you from the family.

    I still think there are collections like these out there.

    I know of a older gentleman who walks into a comic book store with shopping bag of 15 to 20 bronze age comics.

    Yeah I know it's bronze age, the interesting thing is when he was in his 20s he worked in a distributor business and the staff were allowed to buy comics, magazines and books at cost. This was before they were shipped out to the news stands.

    So he would buy a book here, 3 books there, 5 - 10 - 20 - 50 -100 comics of a single issue at a time. The shopping bag he brought in had 7 copies of Green Lantern 87 1st John Stewart, 6 copies of Strange tales 169, 5 copies of Swamp Thing 3. He never read them, he just bought them and took them home and put them in a box for 50 years.

    Here's a copy of Swamp Thing 3.

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    As for Golden age it's going to be collections put together after they were released.

     

     

    Agreed, as this is a pic from the former Ian Levine complete DC collection finally coming out for sale later in 2023:

    May be an image of vulture and Superman

    TCBS Toronto Comic Book Show Brief Report

    in Comics General

    Posted

    On 6/26/2023 at 6:41 PM, Wahoo88 said:

    Canadians buy and sell comic books?  I thought they paddle around in canoes trading beaver pelts...

    We also wear a toque and balance a long box against a 6 pack of Canadian beer while riding a horse thru the snow on the frozen tundra of Canada while listening to Celine Dion on a Sony Walkman.

    Heritage's Next Event Auction has started posting books !

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by aardvark88
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    On 6/22/2023 at 2:16 PM, batman_fan said:

     if the Promise books are a quick flip or a non-payment situation.  I can’t imagine someone taking this type of bath on these books.  So is the original under bidder in the hospital from injuring their back from doing a cartwheel? 

    Yes, under bidder doing cartwheels. e.g. Capt. America 1 Promise Cgc 3.5 down to $168k, FF 1 Cgc 8.5 down to $117k including the juice. Same copy of FF #1 sold for $240k last June 2022.

    I remember when the San Diego comic con was only comic books, and I was in heaven.

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 6/21/2023 at 9:20 PM, action1kid said:

    He was not with the other dealers he was on the other end of the hall.

    He was more a book dealer out of California 

     

    I think I remember that dealer. I was almost out of funds by the time I found him at the far end of SDCC hall. Could not believe the nice comics he had in that 1 box. I wanted to buy a raw GA Detective Comics 38 but could only afford a raw All-Star #33 that I still have today.

    Looking for Advice-Setting up at a convention for the first time in August

    in Comic Events

    Posted · Edited by aardvark88

    On 6/21/2023 at 7:13 AM, AndyFish said:

    Fees are reasonable, 2.29% plus $0.09 for in-person sales and 3.49% plus $0.09 for keyed-in sales, you definitely want a reader, I can't speak for Canada or overseas, I'm in the USA.

    Payout is within 72 hours and I think it's even faster than that.  Love the service.

    Starting Sept. 21, 2023, Square for Canada in-person Interac debit fees will change to 0.75% plus 7c/transaction. In-person cr card fee is currently 2.65% plus 30c/transaction. USA fees usually less than in Canada due to higher volume. Pay out is usually in 48 hours. Can get faster pay out to one's Canadian bank account but there is a higher cr card fee.

    Looking for Advice-Setting up at a convention for the first time in August

    in Comic Events

    Posted

    On 6/18/2023 at 2:12 PM, fastballspecial said:

    Tell me more. I use Square currently how are their fees?
    but I can definitely try a new reader. Do they give them away for trials?

     

    I use Square in Canada. Zettle UK website states lower fee rate than Square which is amazing. Retail sales funds seem to be transferred fast into one's PayPal account then u move funds over into your personal or business acct at your bank/cr union later. Will have to research more, as my PayPal usually has US funds transactions but my home bank acct is in Canada.