AndyFish

On 12/28/2023 at 2:13 PM, greggy said:

Hi @Joe_Fishwho's lurking

He strikes without warning-- and he takes the books I'm interested in- -but like the good son he is he offers them to me if I want them.   Deal goes both way.

On 12/28/2023 at 1:57 PM, Dale Roberts said:

Eerie #54  VF+  16 

 

Take it please.

Thanks @143ksk- send your payment via Janet's method above and then email me andy@andytfish.com (don't forget the T) with the details so we can get it going.   

At Godzilla Minus One they played the preview for this, and a theater full of people BOO'd.   Not a good sign.

I saw it last weekend, I thought it was great-- a little bit long but a real drama-- I haven't enjoyed a movie like this in a long time.

They are doing a special BW release on Jan 12th-- considering the setting BW is a perfect choice.

I use eBay Global shipping as the ONLY way I'll send something overseas-- it takes all the headache off of me.   I know its not great for the international buyers but my reasoning is simple-- with this method I can print and ship from home-- easy as it gets.  With International shipping I've found its a few rotten apples who spoil it-- the ONLY trouble I've ever had over the years with selling was with International Buyers (before I took to Global Shipping), and my time is valuable.   Too many international buyers who haggle on the shipping, then want you to undervalue it (which I won't do) and finally endless emails asking where something is because the bargain basement shipping they chose takes forever.

Global shipping takes care of that-- I've had zero problems since I started using it about three years ago.

I'd second the idea of taking a vacation to America, provided the seller will do FTF transactions (a lot won't).  Otherwise, make some friends with some here and see if they'll handle it for you as a proxy-- but be willing to pay for GOOD shipping and plan on sending the boardie something for their troubles (note: I'm not offering here, I'm not your guy).

So sorry to hear this, but I have faith he will have a good recovery-- he's too good a guy for us to lose him.

We get copies for every book we work on, some companies, like BOOM, send a LOT of copies.  They are identical to retail copies in every case and we usually get them about a month before they hit stores.   When it's a variant cover we'll get contacted almost immediately through social media so we know it's selling for big bucks on eBay.   The vast majority of the time we don't have time to fulfill order requests, it's just not worth it to take the time to package up a comic book and send it out.   It's not even worth it to bring them with us to a show.

We sell them through a vendor on WhatNot.

CGC states that books should be reslabbed every 7 years or so don't they?   Regardless, the process is not archival, so to those fans who think they've sealed a book in a forever encasement there is going to be a day of surprise.

Hulk 181 is a great example, I've seen more copies of this book over my course of 40 years of collecting than any other title, and yet it still commands high dollar values.

No matter if the market collapses, like Mr Potter in It's a Wonderful Life-- when the panic comes and folks start selling for pennies on the dollar there will be a lot of us waiting there to pounce, enough of us that I imagine pricing will remain competitive.

On 12/12/2023 at 2:08 PM, MrBedrock said:

Blondie #100 - 8.0 VF cream to off-white pages - $50

She's way to good looking for him!

 

I'll TAKE IT please

Always love this thread-- keep it coming!

That looks like production art signed by the creative team-- I'm going to guess if someone bought that thinking it was the original art they are going to be asking for a refund.

The vast majority of scams involve greed-- the buyer offers you some ridiculous price for something to make you afraid of missing the deal.   

For me, I don't care if we live on the same street, if you buy something through eBay from me it goes through the US Mail and there is no FTF interactions, ever, period.

I'm coming in to this late, and I've not read all 149 pages but I'm always surprised how much emotion is tied to whether or not the latest release of whatever tent pole movie series has come out is a success or not-- and that someone even pointing out they didn't like X movie invites such vitriol.  

As someone who not only collects golden age comics but works full time in the industry I get asked over and over again by casual fans in my circle what I thought of the latest Marvel, DC or Star Wars movie and they are always shocked when I say I haven't seen it and have no intention of doing so.   These movies aren't for me, and that's OK.  I can be a Batman fan and not have to jump in line to buy tickets because they've released yet another 'Batman' film.  I liked STAR WARS (1977) because I was 11 years old and it was a great summer film.  I thought EMPIRE was a let down but by that time I was aging out and could see the plot holes and the bad acting.   Don't ask me about every other Star Wars film since because I don't care for any of them, and like the Marvel and DC Movies I have seen it's because a friend dragged me with the enticement of free popcorn and soda.  

My favorite comic book movies?   Probably GHOST WORLD and MYSTERY MEN.  Far from popular choices but there they are.   One of my closest friends is a complete Marvel and Star Wars Zombie-- and he gets tickets for the latest one the second they go on sale-- I don't belittle him or think poorly just because his tastes and mine don't align.   I know when he says X was the greatest movie he ever saw I have to put it through the prism of those non-aligning tastes.

But never do I take it personally.   Stay civil folks, life is too short to be an angry keyboard warrior.

I'm probably re-iterating what a lot of you are saying with this, and Christos especially-- as an artist who is selective about commissions I'll do-- the best ones are always what do you feel like drawing?    At Salt Lake City last year or the year before I had a guy who came up to me with a pile of reference, all of it female manga type art-- and he throws a pile of cash down and gives me incredibly detailed instructions as to what he wants.  I hand him back his money and tell him I'm going to pass-- he looks at me like I have five heads.  I tell him I'm not going to be happy drawing this and you're not going to be happy with the results.   Important to note he chose me after looking through my portfolio of Dark Knights and Zombies/Vampires-- how did he think I fit into his teen girl cleavage theme?

On the flip side, the few times I will order a commission I exclusively go with "do what you feel like drawing today" and I've always been happy with it.  My wife often commissions with a specific character in mind and I'd say she's happy about 50% of the time.

So yes, there is a gamble, but you're paying for a commission and for many of us even if you're an editor of a major company if you over art direct there's a good chance we aren't going to take the gig.

The other thing I'm adamant on is communication-- I don't ghost anyone and I don't make up phantom relatives that have died.   I keep you in the loop, because that's how I want to be treated.  I have a well known artist who still owes me a commission and we're going on seven years now.

I've bought from them dozens of times and have never had a problem.  I even have them saved as a favorite seller.

Thank you!  Great books!  Very happy to have them.

Claim the STAR TREK and HB Superheroes via PM.  Thanks!

I take the subway all the time when I'm in Tokyo (bigger city than New York so please save the "all big cities have problems" nonsense), beautiful, clean, on time, ordered and crime free-- when I'm in New York I take Uber or I walk.  Even when I lived there I used a car service all the time.   Subway is not worth it-- and I'm not a scared of my own shadow kind of guy- I'm a my time is worth more than being in that environment and I can save money other ways.

Thanks for fixing it-- that's what I get for rushing.

I switched over to the Bill Cole hard plastic comic boxes-- they come in long box, short box and graded sizes.  I bought all graded size because 90% of my collection is Golden Age.     They are extremely sturdy and they even lock the tops.  They stack well and there is no degrading wear like cardboard has (you are supposed to change out your boxes every 10 years or so because of acid).

Bill Cole Hard Plastic Comic Boxes

Great so far!

On 8/7/2023 at 5:14 PM, Cat said:

I did forget one esteemed gentlemen who did take the time to reject my offer, on the basis that he doesn't accept offers. 

So. Why. The. Freaking. Hell. Do. You. Have. Offers. Available. On. Your. Items. You. Galactic. insufficiently_thoughtful_person?

eBay changed its listed model about two years ago-- MAKE OFFERS is often a default setting so sellers who don't know to go through line by line or are using the app don't see it-- I only figured this out after having a lengthy back and forth with a good seller who responded to my best offer with "I don't take offers-- why do I keep getting them?"  So I went through to setup one and found the line (I stopped selling on eBay some time ago too).

So that's why.

There's also a good mix of really dumb sellers out there too-- I recently got an offer in which took 5c off the asking price.