Recent pick-ups. A rather nice #44
and, an issue I've been after for a while as I love the cover, #110
The FF110 also has quite the story to it. I'd been watching it on e-bay (auction 10 days) when I noticed that it and a load of other late SA/early BA FF's were suddenly made not available by the seller (the same seller I had purchased the FF#7 from a couple of pages back). I sent a rather cheeky (in my mind) PM asking why he had taken them all down. Apparently, because no one had bid on them with a couple of days to go he didn't want the hassle of sending lots of comics out for only a £1 etc and was going to throw them away!!!!!
I said, please don't them throw away I will take them all for a £1 each, most of them were only worth that (pence copies and fairly low grade judging by the pics supplied) but a few were worth more, like the #110 and I offered £5 for that. He had to wait because he'd gone over his earnings limit, mainly down to the selling of a very low grade, pence FF#1 for just under a grand. When he could sell again he contacted me and said the #110 was up as a BIN so I bought it now.
I then asked about the others and repeated my offer. He sent me a rather confusing reply about 'moral commitments to my customers' which frankly I didn't understand and just replied 'ok, then. Thanks' and left it at that. The next day he sent a message which absolutely astounded me. He had sent all the comics I wanted (43 in total) for nothing!!!!! I, obviously, thanked him profusely and once again offered to pay £1 apiece. No, he replied. He wouldn't even let me pay for the P&P! Then left a very nice feedback message. None of the issues were key and nearly all were pence copies but still filled in a massive hole in my run, especially #94-120 and I was very pleasantly surprised that the condition in hand for many of them was a lot better than I thought going by the pictures.
What a stand-out guy, easily the most generous person I've had the pleasure of dealing with in the comic book world. FF fans truly are the best fans in the world.