AustinReece_GRRC

We will be at Baltimore and Collectors Summit in Dallas to close out the year.

Alex, Chase, and I will be set up in booth #3427 with a ton of new material. We worked on reorganizing all of our raw material and ended up adding about 6 new long boxes of books and have two more to work in while we are at the show. All of those are convention only stock and this is the first show they will be at. We also worked about 8 new short boxes of slabs into our existing inventory giving it a much needed refresh. Here is a small sample of the new raws!

We weren't planning on it but if we have any extra space maybe I can find a box or two to throw in the van.

Hey all! Alex and I will be attending the show in the same spot as last December (Booth #1319). We bought a bunch of books in SDCC and also received several shipments back while we were gone, so be prepared for even more new inventory. Overall, our inventory is miles better than when we were here this past winter, so I hope you all can stop by the booth and catch up with us. I'll post a few of the books we just got back here as well: -Austin

I believe Conan @mycomicshop touched on this in his latest over street market report but ebay basically consolidated all of their comic categories into one or two huge categories encompassing everything. So instead of searching for "amazing spider-man 1" and getting filtered down to these categories: Collectibles-> Comic Books-> Silver Age Comics-> Amazing Spider-Man, you just have the 1st giant category of comic books + manga. This has been a real issue for sellers as well since our listings are getting buried under results that don't actually match what you are searching for. Searching for "Amazing Spider-Man #1" brings up mostly junk even though their are plenty of Silver Age #1's available. I know we have been trying to include the publication year in our ebay titles to try and help people out so they can search "amazing spider-man 1 1963" and get slightly better results. All in all, it was a system that was pretty good and didn't need to be changed.

Alex and I will be attending SDCC in Booth #1005 with about 100 of our nicest books along with our exclusive west coast raw inventory. Be sure to stop by and say hello if you are planning on attending!

Alex and I will be there with 10+ short boxes of new slabs and a few longboxes of new raw books since our last show in May. If you are going to be in town, please be sure to stop by and say hello!

We will be set up this year again! We don't have our booth # yet but I will be sure to post back here as soon as we have it. If for whatever reason I don't post it in time, be sure to look for us in the program. We are bringing some really nice books that will be making their first appearance at this show. Hope to see some of you there! Edit: Booth #1125 for Megacon! See you there.

I will be set up there for our first time in several years. This is our first show in 5 months and have added a ton of new inventory to our show stock. A lot our raw stuff is untouched from the last show we did. We will be in booth #643 which seems to be toward the back of the hall, but we'll have our banner hanging up high! Be sure to stop in and say hello!

Matt, Kona and I would like to pledge $50. Please text me when you are collecting the money as I am not super active not the boards.

Just wanted to pop in and say thanks to @Randall Ries for the post and to everyone else who chimed in. We definitely appreciate all of the customers on the boards who keep up with us in person at shows and online! Since it was brought up, here is a quote from my dad about his appearance on Pawn Stars that he posted last time this was brought up: "Hi everyone, I had an absolute blast filming the Pawn Stars episode. Yes, the show is scripted but quite candidly, not nearly as much as you might think. Basically, they give you 3-4 highlights they want you to cover and the rest is freestyle, which is great, because there is 0 chance I could remember that many lines anyway . The price negotiation is very real but no, I didn't care if I sold a book or not. I was the first "comic guy" (meaning an actual dealer) to appear on the show (there have been several since), and what's not known is, I was auditioning to be the "comic expert", not just a "man on the street". In the time we hooked the details up (nearly 3 months as outlined below), Pawn Stars discovered CGC and made them the experts (I believe Paul Litch has been featured on every comicbook episode since?), before I ever flew to Vegas. That said, my wife and I made a vacation of it and having been a fan of the show for years, it was a no brainer to fly to the desert and spend 4 days in the warm November sunshine. Another little known fact is we almost blew the history channel off when they first reached out. I was sure it was one of my friends playing a joke and didn't take the initial inquiry all that seriously. In the end, it took 3 months from their initial e-mail to actually film the show, and another 7 months from that until it aired. It took about 6 hours to film the scene you ultimately saw but it was one of the fastest 6 hours of my life. I was fascinated with how they filmed my hands, had me make certain motions, etc, much of it long after Rick was gone. Speaking of Rick, he does not translate well on TV, no doubt. Many, many people were thrilled that I effectively told him to "pack sand" on his offers because he comes across as rude and abrupt. In between shoots, he's the consummate gentleman and is passionate about history. He is very knowledgeable in that area and there is no "expert" feeding him information in that arena. He asked me inbetween scenes, "what do you do for a living"?. He almost fell over when I said "I sell comic books". That's when I knew we were in the 1st inning of a 9 inning game! Another interesting thing to note is the Pawn Shop has a duplicate "shop" in the back of the store where the scenes are filmed. So when I showed up I told the guy at the front of the regular shop (there was a huge line to get in), why I was there. I was quickly ushered through the store, through the warehouse and into the green room. I was pretty nervous in the green room but once I got onto the set it just became very natural. Another interesting note about the show is there is no "door from the street". There is a high watt lamp behind a fake door and the scene always starts with the "man on the street" walking in. The film crew gets the extras by going into the real Pawn Shop and calling out for any volunteers to be in the scene. They are given strict instructions to mill around, but make no sounds or eye contact with the "man on the street". The episode debuted during the Wizard Philly Con the next summer and to say my phone blew up would be an understatement. I understand it has since aired 50+ times in 100+ countries. Just amazing!. Pawn Stars asked us back for another scene but I felt like there was simply no way to top the fun I had the first time (not to mention Maryland to Nevada is a far piece of travel) so I reluctantly passed. Best to all, Greg"

Thanks guys! @letsgrumble @BigLeagueCHEW Hoping we can start to hit the road again sometime in 2021. In the meantime, the website is the main priority and we are busy getting as much new material listed as possible.

To anyone who was planning on seeing Reece's Rare Comics in Seattle, please read:

Now we are talking!

Hard to believe this one is only 3 weeks out. @alexgreece and I will be there with a ton of new material from the past few months including a refreshed raw selection of more than 1000 new books from collections we purchased in the last year. As always, hope to see some of you there.

Only speaking for our situation here, but that particular book spiked last summer around June based on some rumors Kang was going to be in the MCU. You can see several sales in that grade around that time in the $650-$750 range. Coincidentally this happened to be when we got a few of those copies back, so at the time our price seemed fair for a hot book that was selling for higher prices than GPA in all grades. As the market is ultimately efficient, books people think are undervalued get bought up, and books that people perceive as priced too high get left behind. Now, 7 months later that price isn't indicative of the rest of the market, but we simply don't have time to go back and reprice all of our books. As always, am open to offers and emails. -Austin

Didn't see a thread for this one yet and it is only 6 days away! Alex and I will once again be making the trip down with a truckload of new material. Hoping to see some familiar faces! To anyone planning on attending, we will be in booth #1013

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Thanks for your purchases. We think that overall the show was a major improvement over year 1 and with it being a different weekend than WW Chicago next year I expect it to improve again. Thanks to everyone that came and saw us. -Austin

See you guys there! We will be in booth #407 right across from CGC (usual spot). Tons of new stuff being brought since San Diego, if I had to guess, anywhere from 100-150 new slabs. Safe travels to all. -Austin

Thanks much man. Glad you held on to that one!

I know I'm very late (finally getting caught up from San Diego), but it was nice talking with you at the show! You really captured my Sunday morning look!

Looking forward to seeing whoever can make it out! Alex and I are busy getting last minute books together to display at the show. Looks like there are going to be some great books in the room! See you all there!

Thanks Joe! Appreciate the purchase and the post here. Glad you are happy with the book.

He'll be in Megacon with us! Come on down and we can still watch sports in the booth!