Shadow

I went yesterday. Solid show with purchases from Bob Storms, Dale Roberts, Reece Comics. Spent most I ever have but really plugged some collection holes. I'm bad about taking pictures so no help there. Got a signed print from Art Adams and Jose Garcia Lopez. 

4.0

I think 4.5 is a good guess. Love the comic. Don't own it but had the Treasury Size "Batman's Strangest Cases" as a kid!

$25 purchase so probably in line. No harm, no foul. (Should've caught the rust stain... lol)

All good. Going on Friday.

Yeah, I originally thought 8.0 but that rust stain tripped me up. Wasn’t expensive

Thanks. I thought 7.0 when I bought it. If it’s a 6.0 it still looks great for $85

Conan The Barbarian

- John Buscema

- BWS by the "teens" - not his "Kirby-esque" of early issues

Swamp Thing

- Berni Wrightson nuff said

Thought there would be a post started? 

Was planning on going Saturday but see it's Sold Out online. Not sure I've ever seen that or if they keep Day Of Show tickets available? May try and drive early on Friday now. 

Anyone else going? 

I'm going to re-look mine over...  Nice!

6.0. The bottom RH corner is what keeps it there for me. Pretty nice overall

On 4/16/2024 at 1:15 AM, Hepcat said:

I'm a great fan of the house ads comic publishers once ran to promote other issues from their own comic line. In particular the ones that letterer and logo designer Ira Schnapp did for DC between 1940 and 1967 were works of art and very often left me with a palpable desire to acquire and read that particular comic.

So show off your favourite house ads by any publisher here with your present day copy of that same comic if possible!

I'll start. I still remember the day in 1964 that I first saw this ad in an old Blackhawk comic in the waiting room of the Ontario Conservatory of Music on Dundas Street in London prior to my weekly accordion lesson:

It left me longing for a copy of Justice League 3 but at the time I thought that particular issue was gone forever in the mists of time. I've had that issue now since 1980-81 but I'd still like a better copy!

That is not a bad copy! When I got back into collecting 30 years ago, this was the one I bought. I have a VG which I bought for $30. I was 28 and had more cash than my teenage self...   My earliest JLA prior to this was #15. I now have all of them which makes me happy. 

9.0 due to the spine. Still nice!

Nice book! I'd say 6.0 is safe, maybe 6.5?

I was thinking 2.5 to 3.0

Another one that was a great price I couldn't resist. I have thoughts on grade but it's nice to get a 2nd opinion...

Found this for a great price so I couldn't go wrong. I have a sense of what it is but am thinking I'm too harsh...

On 3/24/2024 at 1:13 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Why do I have so many copies of X-Men #137?  

Because it's a great comic.  

On 3/24/2024 at 11:28 AM, blazingbob said:

It continues to amaze me how few seem to understand the "cost of capital".  

In addition the use of GPA as the negotiator.  

While I like GPA it represents a sale to a customer,  that customer is no longer looking for the book that created this entry.  Each entry in GPA are buyers that are basically no longer in the market.  The seller or buyer/dealer is now trying to replicate or create a higher price for the item that just sold in order to negotiate a reasonable buying point.  That buyer may or may not exist depending on what book it is.  And with the lovely charts that are posted almost weekly on the website why exactly would any dealer be paying close to the last sale?  

This brings in Time and cost in order to sell that item.  

How many shows,  cost to list on ebay, if that is the business model, listing on their website or hopefully they have a buyer already in place.

Everyone seems to love the auction/crack houses where they give advances on your stuff.  Of course they have money,  this stuff is gone in 30 days.  They collect whether you make money or not.  They have NO interest in how your books sell,  they make money anyway.  Their risk is not having enough Crack.   

The closer a seller gets to 90% of ask the cost of capital to me is consignment.  Why would I pay you 90% if I can pay you when the item sells.  While that money may seem important to you so that you are rid of the book it makes NO financial sense for me to pay that right away.  This is true of most dealers. 

Buying percentages in today's market are driven by what keys they are,  not just a key which can cover a wide range of books.  

 

 

 

 

Timely conversation with you this week!  Bob and I had a brief conversation around this exact topic on Tuesday.

I'm going to bring some books to C2E2 for Bob to look at for trade. Flip side of this is on the seller and how much time and effort it's worth. For me, at this stage in life, time is more valuable. Note: I have no intention of selling my collection anytime soon (measured in years) but I do want to clear out under copies. For years I've said I would post them here... Clearly unsuccessful getting around to that.  

On 3/15/2024 at 10:58 PM, Real Frantic One said:

Justice League of America #156
8.0 VF
$5

The comic that started me collecting! Nostalgia for me as I have three copies now with one graded.

I was never a big Miller fan, but did like his Daredevil run and I thought he started to slip with Dark Knight Returns. But the story compensated greatly. Where I always felt his talent laid was in the layout. Very creative. 

58 in the year of our Lord, 2024...

I used to have to go to a plant in Duncanville (about 10 years ago) and drove right by that store! Should've stopped in but usually was tied up work-wise or heading back to airport. 

On 2/3/2024 at 6:16 AM, B2D327 said:

Just an update:

I received my raffle prize from @unclezebo last Saturday but I was still feeling pretty ill and ended up back in the hospital for an extended stay that Tuesday. It was a very generous package that unfortunately took a lot out of me to remove the contents so by the time I was done, I didn't have the energy to take a few pics. 

I'd like to thank him and the boardies here for being so kind and patient and hope to continue visiting the forums in the meantime even if I don't participate too much.

William 

Hope you feel better! At least you acknowledged the prizes and thanked the sender! For those that don't, it's not that hard to send a simple "Thanks" via messages if you can't post pictures. Afterall, you chose the prizes you wanted.