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With the exception of the mention of a parallel world (they say it's a first. I have my doubts) it's a really really lame story. I keep thinking of that panel with the characters dancing like puppets. Yes, Cool cover. Yes, I have one. CGC 6.5. Just my opinion mind you.

I'm sorry for being the slow guy in class but I'm in need of some help. Am I correct?: This book was in a CGC case labeled as trimmed. Someone bought it for kinda a low price (all things being relative) and cracked it out and submitted it to the guys across the street and they said, "Hey it's not been trimmed" and put it in their version of a universal case and it was sold for lots more than the HA CGC purchase?

wish I could keep up with all these AF15s like you guys and understanding the detective work. This copy was in this holder but went to that holder and what it all means. i'm a simple man unable to keep up. Perhaps I should switch over to Beenie Babies.

Traveling all day today and needed the laugh thanks Grebal! “If it wasn’t illegal, immoral, and reprehensible, murder might be interesting and effective!” Hahaha.

It's hard to believe, but niece (and perhaps entire family although I'm not sure) was unaware of the last Heritage auctions (or whatever the very recent HA was with a lot of Ditko OA in it) until I gave my wife the Heritage catalog to show her. In fact she was unaware of HA at all. I have no idea what family is gonna do with art although niece said SD mailed lots and lots of his OA to her dad, steve's brother just prior to his death. It would seem with that last OA Heritage auction the market is already in the process of being flooded with Ditko OA. There was a ton of Ditko OA in it if I remember correctly. Or I could be wrong. After 50 years on earth, I find that I've been wrong about 65% of the time.

just about all of 'em. even the expensive ones.

Rom #1. No one listens to me, not even myself cause I don't have one. It just such junk on a quality level I can't bring myself to buy it. I bought a major key about two years ago and wonder if I could sell it today for what I paid for it. I am not sure I could. I guess I would have to sell it to see what it would sell for today. There hasn't been one of a higher grade sell since I bought mine, so who's to know. It's funny. Makes me laugh but I'm keeping it for the next 15-20 years and than sell so we'll see. Maybe I'll make a buck or, as others have said, use it for fuel. Just have to get it out of the CGC plastic. My wife is starting to talk about getting a piece of Ditko Spiderman OA. My wife works with his niece. She's just gone to her and said she wants to buy one. "Let me talk to my dad. The phone has been ringing since my Uncle Steve died and my dad just lets it ring." It appears SD didn't discuss with his family what he wanted done when he dies and I'm told it's a real mess. I insisted we pay market price cause it would be disrespectful otherwise. (My wife has same kinda morals, so...) I tell her what it's gonna cost and she doesn't seem to care. Hell, the major key was her idea. I was ok with a low grade copy but she said get a higher grade one. Who am I to say no? It's an odd situation over here for sure.

No, not so much. However, I got some cash for comics. Sometimes a lot. And I could have spent it at St. Marks over and over and over and over again if only...

I used to ask people in the know what’s good today: people reading comics today, folks that work in comics shops. “Oh you’ve got to read this or that. Pick up this, it’s the best thing out there.” I say used to because I don’t anymore because everything they recommended to me sucked. There’s too many good things I have to read to deal with mess EDIT: I am looking forward to Seth’s completed Cyde’s Fans coming out this May. Slipcase and all. 20 years the making. I was living in Chicago in early 2000s and he had just started the story.

Whatever St. Marks becomes, I can't wait to spend money there.

Used to be a bookstore here and if you spent enough cash you got to go to the upstairs "secret room." I was looking for a rare Phillip K bio so I was up there looking. The place was a mess. I organized it and found 3 copies of the PKD book! Owner grabbed all three and put expensive prices on them underneath glass. Then he went out of biz and everyone was sad, "Another bookstore gone." Some people deserve to go out of biz.

and look what I just found. Made my day! You sure the only reason you're going out of biz is because of rent increase? Maybe you ripped off too many newbies with deep pockets that never returned and spent their money instead with Dale Roberts or Bob Storms or sellers on these boards like Grebal and Pickycollector? https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/st-marks-comics-shutter EDIT: Favorite part of story: In 2017, the shop owner launched a GoFundMe campaign in hopes of raising $75,000 to fix the store's wear and tear, and to pay outstanding debt. By the end, the shop was only able to raise $1,201. I honestly hope this guy sleeps on the sidewalk now. Thinks about the x men100. Maybe the guy would have come in 3 times a year only interested in wall books, which I would have.

it's a problem when I get excited about something. FIgure everyone keeps their words and treats people fairly. I do so I figure others do. But if you wanna convince a newbie an x men 100 3.5 i s actually an 8.0, enjoy and please sleep well at night.. Do your homework, fool. It's your fault! Some would say of me. Problem is I just jump right in, crash into to a bunch of walls leaving a series silhouettes. It's how I learn. Not really concerned about money or comics today. Is the D-bag from St. Mark's Comics?

Gee, I asked that question? Well, I did go. twice actually. First time owner saw a sucker and ripped me off bad.. Year late went back, had some serious cash in my pocked and d-bag says," You wanna see something off the wall?" "No," I reply. Owner seemed confused. Confuse yourself out of a shop for all I care. Last I saw he was begging for cash on Go fund Me That place and the guy own owns in can suck the s h i t out of my A s s .

Prices are falling faster than when Dazzler came out. I don’t know how this makes any sense but that’s never stop me from posting before.

I'd make a bad Judge. It's hard for me to keep sense of stuff going on as I read each side's plea. Best to just put everyone on the "Do Not Deal With" list.

Sounds like a cheap tattoo, you know the kinds with the words tattoo around the neck like you see with the hispters in Silverlake. Hey, maybe that was you when I stopped in for coffee a couple of days ago. Looks good on ya!

No, that post is still here. but thank you , tho

i've just got a warning from mods (no points) for reasons they seem not to want to just say the wrong doing , so you know I don't do it again. Logic? Whatcha you gonna do? Several posts of mine were removed. Comic Collecting goes on regardless. They may have been posts from this thread or any other thread. Who's to know? Any armchair Sam Spades out there? Traveling to remote areas of the world and scuba diving are starting to seem like a better use of time and money than collecting books entombed in plastic and putting them in my Safe Deposit Box (depending on value) or in my closet in a white box by my underwear. Each to his own, I guess. I've met a cool cat here, funny how your guts never never mislead you (see you Feb 26 - watch out for my 93 year old mom, she's is a kleptomaniac (Just Hulk 181s) and well, what are you gonna do: take her to court?. That would look VERY BAD on you. Other,quality finds: Mr. Bedrock Houston. Lee Ann in his Sugarland Store. And of course Bob Storms (even though he aways looks like he wants to rip your head off every time you see him.) and Dale Roberts. I once asked Roberts if I could see a wall book at a con and he said with a smile , "Sure, that's why I brought them!" What I delight. And you know I bought that book. Just a nice change of pace as opposed to being eyed as if I'm a thief and a pain in the when I ask to see a wall book. Make the price tag on a bigger piece of paper and I wouldn't have to bother your precious self and your greasy hamburger. I could actually see things, you know. So odd, when I go to my work and I'm asked to do something I don't especially want to do I just say, "Yes Sir!" It's been explained too me that placing a bigger tag on books at cons brings up accusations of "overinflated convention prices." I would think there would be way around this, but what do I know? I can't even to begin to fathom the hassles that dealers go through with dim witted rude thieving "customers." But I ain't one on 'em. I gotta big roll of cash, friendly to a fault, and want YOUR conics. But it's starting to have law a diminishing returns. 4 hours of LA traffic, 40$ ticket than treated like criminal. It's like, why bother? Anyways, hope you've having a good Thursday and I hope you collection is growing (Keys Only) and every things worth 10xs worth what you paid for it yesterday and we can keep this whole thing moving forwards. I heard they just announced Ms. Marvel 2 of was it 3 or does it matter? Any body want to so see Stan Ridgway with me on 2.3.18 at 7:30 at Whitter College, So Cal.? He's got some really great solo stuff.

you're probably quite right about the amounts of my visitations here. Lost of downtime at work. Lots. Perhaps a better choice of words would have be I'm here with far less enthusiasm than I used too. Congrats of keeping your prices up for those of us interested in such things.

I've taken the Norco and am slightly blurry at the moment. I log in here less and less and less and sometimes don't see a sold listing until days/weeks after it happened and than wonder what it sold for. I'm not here everyday making notes about what an asking price is - if that is your point. Sorry if it's not.

"getting off a transit bus with a duffle bag full of comics worth well over 1 million."

Anybody know what the AF15 CGC 7.0 blue label sold for last night on CL or(CC) EDIT: forget it, I found it, I think - 85k i cant keep up. More Af15s for sale than poverty row westerns on tv at 3 in the morning. 8.0 blue label coming up somewhere. Seriously man I lose tract. Tons of af15s.

The small bookstore was The Battery Books and Music on Los Robles.. They were hit with the 500$ in SA Spiderman. Nice owner. Cool to the community with free in store concerts for aspiring musicians. Just an all around cool guy who probably can't take this financial hit. Next up shoplifter hit Collectors Paradise then Book Alley then The Comics factory. Tried P Dots in Altedena but Lawrence was clued in and hovered over him like a hawk. Eventually d-bag made it to Sherman Oaks and Earth 2 were owner Carr had been alerted and followed d-bag like a hawk around store. Don't know if guy went to Secret Headquarters in Burbank or Blast Off in North Hollywood. Unsure of his activities in Santa Monica. Didn't try to sell anything, only jack s h i t.Probably sells it at Franks and Sons. Those dealers will buy anything.

small hispanic man with lots of tattoos including several face tattoos has been hitting Southern California used books stores/comic shops. Got away with a small Spiderman SA collection from used bookstore (cant get any more details on books. About 500$ worth owner tells me.No cameras.) This is a super cool start-up small used bookstore and it's gonna be a big loss for him. Hispanic Shoplifter later seen at Several Pasadena stores but word had got out by that time and d-bag was cased by comic shop employees, so no thefts. Not sure what stores have cameras and what ones don't. Moves from Pasadena to Sherman Oaks to burbank to Santa Monica and surrounding areas. Don't know if he's fencing the comics at Frank and Sons or what. Maybe he steals there, too. Thought some folks here would like to know.