Philflound

It always bothers me how people with no clue about a collectible try and think they know what they're doing, or make any attempt at it.

I have two examples. I'm an avid vintage video game collector and have vast knowledge, especially about the Atari 2600. I have a few thousand duplicate games. I went to this flea market last spring. Guy has a Pitfall game. At the time I did not have my loose games here since I moved, but had a box and manual that needed a cartridge for me to sell complete. I asked him how much. He said $5, which of course was way overpriced for a flea market untested game. Since I had tons of loose games and had planned on bringing them down eventually, I asked him how much he would pay. He said 25 cents. I said, you pay 25 cents and sell it for $5? He then began cursing at me. I figured if he would pay a buck a piece, I'd sell him a few hundred. I asked him why he was cursing at me and he just kept going on. Told me I didn't know what I was talking about. After bickering for a couple of minutes, I decided he wasn't worth my time and I walked away. Haven't seen him since.

Second example was another flea market a few years ago outside Giants stadium called the Meadowlands Flea Market. Anyone from the area should be familiar with it. Guy was selling comic books. I looked through and saw a Marvel Tales in the #40s priced as if it was Amazing Spiderman. I explained to the guy he misidentified the comic and was charging too much. Again, another belligerent seller telling me I didn't know anything about comics. I had been collecting since 1984, so had a decent amount of knowledge, plus owned a store, was manager of another store, and spent a good deal selling on Ebay. Nevertheless, again not wanting to get into a fight, my wife sort of dragged me away.

So my thing is, stick with what you know. I understand people find things in the wild, but either throw it all up in one lot and hope for the best, or bring it to someone with knowledge who can sell it for you. 

On 2/19/2017 at 7:49 PM, divad said:

C'mon guys . . . there are tons of Copper books heating up!  Whoever thought Flash 1 (1987) would be a $100+ book???

I have a feeling lots of these mid-1980s will heat up. I'm going through Marvel Team-Up and comparing my personal collection to an extra good run to "upgrade" if necessary. It seems books that have been in my collection, some bought straight off shelves are 8.0-9.0. I'm so surprised, though as a teenager, I don't think I paid too much attention to perfection back then.

I don't think Byrne Superman will do much, but Wonder Woman #1 seems to be climbing steadily. Just like the Flash mentioned, here's one that sold over $100 too.

Wonder Woman #1 9.8

Thanks for the link. I'm guessing this is rather difficult to find. 

Thanks

2 hours ago, kav said:

Who buys from someone with hundreds of neg FB??

People who don't look at fb. 

2 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

It sounds painful...,

I remember the Tab commercial back in the day....

Tab, what a beautiful drink. Tab for beautiful people. Tab, you're beautiful to me.

On 2/11/2017 at 9:36 AM, Hekla said:

New Mutants 25 & 26 have jumped to over $40 for the pair NM raw due to the solid debut of the Legion show on FX. 

I agree that these 2 books are going to climb, at least for a few months. I remember in the mid-1990s when #25 especially was hot due to the whole Prof X dying. I stocked up on about 20 copies at the time.

Someone is bound to have or can make a list. I think it would be noteworthy. I know I own a Star Wars Canadian issue, but can't remember which one. I think it was in the 50s or 60s. Have to check my stock. Once I'm able to get through my personal collection, I may find more.

I'd go for trade. Did he come up with a trade price or are you figuring that's what you'd get? Chances are combined value of what you'd take would rise higher than your AF15 over the years. But I'd be looking at it more that you'd fill in lots of gaps in your collection.

Guess no one has an idea. It's possible this is a unique book and not a reprint from another issue.

Wouldn't this item in a museum have been under lock and key? Security cameras?

Wouldn't let me upload more than one file.

I just picked up two comic books featuring the Fantastic Four. Through Google translate, they are Indonesian. The first I identified as #108 as it features the same cover in reverse. This one however I have no idea. The title translates something like FF against the Blue Devil or something like that. The comic on the last page is dated October 1978, so it has to be a story that's earlier. I'm showing the cover and 1st story page. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Also, the name Dr. Coma seems to appear in the story too.

Is there an actual list of all these?

I was confused with this initial posting until I watched the video. The OP wrote "456" in the title stating this was a version, whereas I guess it was a typo and should read 457.

Argh, this posted 3 times. I don't see a delete. I'm going to try and hide the other two.

How come the Booster Gold #1 and 'Tec 523 don't say Canadian Edition on the label?

13 hours ago, mysterio1 said:

Some DCUs are marked second print in the indicia, but essentially they are all identical to the first prints other than the DCU logo in the UPC box. 

Thanks for the response.

Wanted to ask a question. I actually have the Flash Terminal Velocity pack still sealed. Are these normal 1st print books with just a logo change? Are there any other differences between this and the normal direct and/or newsstands? Don't have time to read 17 pages of thread. Thanks.

On 2/8/2017 at 5:05 PM, rebelpk said:

Holy .

i look at the books and then grades.

 

didnt pick up on the label swap

Guess you won't be working for QC.

Downgrades for the writing indent probably seen on the front cover at an angle. Inside is not going to matter in my opinion.

12 pages

I think like everything new, you have to work through it. Crying about it is not going to change things. If you really hate it, then I guess you don't have to post anything.

Canadian copies do not have a US price with a Canadian price below it.

It would be nice if your photos were still there, and only posted one month ago.

Anyway, I don't have it handy, but I discovered a few years ago I have an Uncle Scrooge Whitman from the late 1970s, (can't remember the exact issue) that has the pages folded in reverse as some on here have. This means the centerfold is on page 1 and page 1/24 is at the centerfold. This isn't actually as uncommon as people think. Still cool to have. My wife wanted me to keep it as she collects Disney titles.

Yes, it seems every tier is on time or ahead