I had a couple feelers out looking for golden age stuff in the Facebook groups. A gentleman texted me with a picture of the More Fun Comics and the Batman issue. I love earlier Batman stuff so that perked my interest.
In the meantime I ask him what he wants for the entire collection. He said 'that's not an option.' It kind of took me back a bit but then he stated 'only if you're bringing a Brinks truck.' He states he's got over 20 long boxes of the same stuff in the picture. Now I'm excited.
Flash forward we set up a time to meet. I have no idea how he saw my posting on Facebook because he lives almost 5 hours away. Me and my buddy decide to make a day of it.
The only place he would meet is at the local police station. They've got a meet up area for local trading/selling. Did not know police departments offered this but I think it's great.
When I pull up he's got 3 bigger boxes and one small box. I start looking through the issues and its some tough titles like Fantastic Comics, Planet Comics, Comic Cavalcade, Catman Comics, Mystery Comics, Walt Disney titles, a few older Batman issues and a few titles I've never even seen in person. The raw books consisted of around two long boxes.
I ask a price about the raw books and and he said something I'll never forget.. he stated 'oh, that's just the extra junk I brought with me.' I almost had to pick my mouth up off the floor. He throws out a price that I was more than happy with for everything so I really didn't haggle.
I ask him about his other books and he's says he's got around 17-18 more boxes of 'better stuff' as he put it. I don't really see how it could be better than what I picked up but I'm excited to find out what all is there. I'll definitely post up anything else I pick up in the future.
Hopefully I wasn't too wordy with the story. I pulled out every book and thumbed through each the past couple nights. This is by far the biggest golden age collection I've come across and I'm just enjoying having these books in my collection. Can't wait to see the rest of them!