westerberg14

Found a local moving sale that advertised comics. I didn't make it there for the first day, but got there when they opened on day two. A large plastic bins with unbagged comics and crumpled newspaper to pack them didn't look too promising. More than half of them were Archie / Richie Rich from the 70's in poor shape and some Batman/Superman missing covers. Last section of the box had all of these - in surprisingly good shape. Paid $2 each for the Superboys and 25 cents for the others - including the Phantom Stranger that's a 7.0/8.0! A couple of books in French - including the Superman & Batman one - but these were all in above average shape.

Someone else went through the books and bought $200 worth from them the day before - wonder what I missed out on? They had some random books priced over $20 (early bronze Batman in poor condition, Daredevil #53) - so their pricing was a bit strange.

Found a box of books from the 70s at a garage sale. I lucked out, only $30 for the box.

 

In the original box (the box was full originally, and I took a pict AFTER moving some to a short box):

 

Looks like an awesome find! Did you just happen to stop at this sale, or did you see a listing that this one had comics? I've found a few good sales that listed comics - not much luck trying random sales. Thanks for sharing - looking forward to see what you netted in the haul!

 

@westerberg14

I saw a garage sale listing that mentioned comics. It's always hit or miss when it comes to garage sales.

 

I went to one garage sale a few weeks ago that mentioned comics and they were already gone by the time I got there.

 

As I was driving away I noticed two more garage sales signs and decided to check them out on a whim. What do you know, one of them had three long boxes of books. Most of it was $1 books from the late 90s and early 2000s but then I hit the jackpot and found a few books from the Captain America 2004 series (the one with the "Out of Time" story arc) and snagged issues #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 for $1 each.

 

IMO, garage sales finds = a numbers game, the more you go to and search the more likely you're bound to find some gems.

 

I had some luck this week at a sale finding three of the original Wolverine miniseries and a few 60's books for $2 each. I agree that it is a numbers game - the more you look, the more opportunities you have to find something. The anticipation of going through a box of comics that seems to be untouched is worth it.

Found a box of books from the 70s at a garage sale. I lucked out, only $30 for the box.

 

In the original box (the box was full originally, and I took a pict AFTER moving some to a short box):

 

The ones that I moved over to a short box (I actually needed 2 short boxes for all the books in the end)

 

 

I'll post followup images once I've re-bagged and boarded everything.

Looks like an awesome find! Did you just happen to stop at this sale, or did you see a listing that this one had comics? I've found a few good sales that listed comics - not much luck trying random sales. Thanks for sharing - looking forward to see what you netted in the haul!

Found an interesting sale today with 8 short boxes of mostly 90's filler - but found a couple post-issue 100 Walking Dead, 2nd Deadpool appearance, Scarlet #1. Also there was a binder with 30 or so mostly early bronze comics - so I got the binder and another dozen books for $65. Probably not the best negotiation ever, but I only started doing this a month or so ago.

The Adventure Comics and Space Family covers are great, and Twilight Zone are better reads than I thought they would be. Here's the better issues from the lot...

Some pretty awesome garage sale finds today

Well done! All from the same garage sale? how much did you spend on all of them?

there were prices on some of the sleeves from original purchase - but they were just asking $1 for any issue. Gambit did not have a price tag. They had the gold Marvel Age of Apocalypse TPBs for the same $1 each. I left those behind, but probably should have picked them up, too.

Best of my finds at garage sales last weekend for $1 each. I thought i was going to get lucky with a NM98 when I found the early X-Force, but not this time.

The Lady Death's came from a seller that said these were bought by a grandmother/grandson collecting duo that lost interest. They had a half of cheesy 90's pinup stuff like this, Glory, Vampirella, etc - seems like odd stuff for the two of them to buy together.

Inspired by this thread, I hit up some local garage sales. First day out, first sale I tried - I found these for $2. Condition is not that great, but I was happy with the result.