Glassman10

JIM 83, Thor 126, ST 110

2.0 did and done These early Marvel Superhero's were glorious in their simplicity. Punch out at least four titles, usually more every three weeks, print them and then distrbute all over the countries' news stand to sell at .012 and turn around and do it again. I'm so lucky to have bought them on the newsstands at that time. . So long ago.. A well loved copy.

8.0

4.5

Ah, a reader's copy! 1.5

Well, first there was the 8.5 that was already a 9.2 before it was sent in because it had "sort of restoration". Now we have this and the branding of "Tatty". I'd say we need a vaccine for unbridled and unjustified optimism as much as we need one for COVID.

A press would really help with this. If pressed, 5.0

4.0.

what did the graders notes say?

..and you know it would have been a 9.2 because? I don't hear of many 9.2's that require alterations. Nope, I just don't hear that.

nice book. What's that "X" on the "R" in silver? Otherwise, clean with minor corners. 6.0.

7.5 perhaps a 7.0 . That back upper corner is really pretty mashed. When you get to 8.0, we're dickering about mild creases. It's an unfortunate circumstance.

6.5

6.5

1.5. Like being nibbled to death by ducks.

4.5

7.0

three corners dinged slightly. Nice book. I think 7.5-8.0

A Mouse chewed up one Submariner. That was it. It all survived what could have been a disaster I never even thought about. Great sale. The tarot card of the fool, playing the flute while looking to walk off a cliff has an interesting assumption that the fool will amazingly turn away from the cliff at the last moment never realizing the cliff was there. I can be like that.

It took me a year to get a handle on 950 comics from the silver age. It is work but pleasurable.

this.

I certainly agree with that. It would seen to me to be the case that the safety deposit box costs for that time need to be factored in unless you believe your books will somehow survive floods or fires. I sadly had to pay the 28% on all but the newsstand price on everything. We never insured it either. How unfortunate. The horror.

well, there's your approach. Of all the books I bought on the newsstand, I bought them to read them. I was sort of stupid that way. I stopped because the news stand price got too high. 20 cents? This was cutting into the beer fund. What I bought a lot of was Navajo rugs.

I understand that within limits. Planning one's retirement shouldn't be an adventure in uncertainty like that in my mind. I think those of us who began doing this 50 years back just loved the comics for the most part. I mean Howard Rogofsky was just about the only one selling comics. If you bought it then, it could be a major score both as a curious piece of ephemera and amazingly developing value. I don't see it quite that way these days. Between cap gains, commissions, shipping, slabbing, unsure auction results, it takes a book, or a bunch of books worth $100 or more to make it viable. I doubt they were bought in the last five years. The point being that if you got in early, it's fine. If you want to inquire about buying comics as an investment now, that ship has sailed at least as a retirement income from the dollar box. They are still a lot of fun.

I inquired about the cap gains. You are right that it indeed is 28 percent and that indeed is what we paid. We did have costs and they were factored in . The AF15 was a substantial book and it had costs for consignment at 8.75. We did not have sales tax since it's a NH sale but look at what goes to govt or handlers, but once you hit those kinds of numbers doing ten dollar sales, I have a tendency to think that it has to be an act of love driving it, not profit. I kept all the JIM /Thor run just because I love it so. Every one bought on the newsstand. . It just seems like crazy making work to root through dollar boxes given the return. The accountant around here says to stick to Mastercard.