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On 1/16/2023 at 11:02 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I think whatever genre you collect, you gotta have a cornerstone book. 3 years ago I posted a similar thread, and then went on to reboot my collection. I sold my smaller books and replaced them with a single book - my cornerstone book. Now I occasionally add smaller books around it and have the collection and the direction that works best for me. The space saving is enormous- my dog, my wife, and my parole officer all like me better now

This!!!  Selling just seems so daunting though.

On 1/15/2023 at 7:47 PM, DR.X said:

winning ticket was pulled in a top secret location, 13 floors underground.

 

Thanks!!! 

Interesting Question. I have seriously considered selling off my collection and getting the best Star Wars #1 35 cent price variant it would buy.  Unfortunately it would not be anywhere close to a 30k copy. 

On 12/21/2022 at 5:35 PM, ThothAmon said:

I remember the timeline the same. Book was  a big seller at Empire Comics on Mt. Hope in Rochester and I bought plenty. 

 I can still remember seeing the black costume on the ASM252 and SW8 covers and thinking “this is gonna be worth something one day.  I better buy two copies”! 😂

On 12/19/2022 at 9:04 AM, ThothAmon said:

I remember thinking I must be nuts paying $1.25 x 8 for a DC in 1984. 39 years later the verdict is in. That is a compounded return. 
 

Yours appear to be doing better than my stacks of Saga of Swamp Thing 1’s and All Star Squadron 1’s I snagged from the rack around that same time! 

On 12/10/2022 at 1:40 PM, Hamlet said:

I just bought another copy of Rom 26 out of a dollar box because Galactus is cool.  
 

I don’t think I’ve ever even actually read the book, but I see a nice copy of it in the dollar box and it comes home with me.

The way Rom outsmarted Galactus was just embarrassing!

Thanks for running the contest again this year.  Always a fun couple of days. Prayers to you and your family. 🙏 

On 12/17/2022 at 10:14 AM, MR. Pontoon said:

$1326.79

 

 

 

So I’ll be swiping this one! 

$1092.73

Question for those familiar with the binding process.  Do multiple covers usually occur in bunches (like ASM 361) or are they just as likely to occur on a single copy of a print run? 

On 12/5/2022 at 12:56 PM, NP_Gresham said:

eBay auction win hammered at $4.50, and was the final Avengers book I needed for the 30 cent run

 

Nice!!  I thought you sold off your 30’s a few years back.  Are you going for round#2?

On 11/24/2022 at 11:41 AM, PeterPark said:

Interestingly enough, I also have this issue and Marvel Feature 4 in a double cover. Great copy! 

Nice!  It would be good to see variant collectors post their double covers just to what other issues are out there.  In this thread I only recall seeing a WWT 15 (page 117) and the mention that someone also had that one.  

Brings back memories! I don't remember pulling many of these from my mailbox that looked as nice as yours!  Many of mine were pretty beat so I didn’t renew my subscriptions! 

On 11/20/2022 at 9:20 PM, B2D327 said:

Used to be a way to protect the buyer if they didn’t trust the sale outside of eBay or the seller’s accepted form of payment. I’ve done a few transactions for things I had listed on facebook but the buyer felt more comfortable if I set up the sale on eBay because of the rampant scamming on fb

Thanks for the reply.  I’m questioning a  regular auction style listing and not a one on one transaction.  On a auction listing where the seller checks the “private listing” option the bidding is open to the masses and the bid page will look like this:

What would the reason for eBay seller to do private listing/auctions? One reason may be to hide shilling but could there be  a legitimate reason? Seems bidder identification is concealed with any auction style listing.  Don’t see many but it grabs my attention when I do.  Thanks in advance! 

How soon do they normally announce dates for the next year? 

On 11/8/2022 at 9:00 PM, Gaard said:

Does anyone happen to know at what point(s) the shipping rates change at CL?  (ex: 1 - 3 books = $x, 4 - 10 books = $x)

I asked them similar question last month but specifically about 2 books and this was their reply:

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It's partially dependent on the value of the shipment as well as the number of books.