The Less Blob

Your SS book competes with their SS book if they are selling them (or may have plans to sell them down the road) meaning they may get less $ for it. So they charge more. The raw signature does not compete with the SS book in the same way. So they charge less. This is Economics 101. And the "market" seems to be allowing it. I thought you were all about the free market?

Maybe some of them are doing just that? Maybe just not as obviously, maybe through intermediaries? And if they are, your CGC SS books signed by them compete with their's, so why shouldn't they charge more to compensate for that?

If they charge too much people will stop paying. If adams charges $50 to sign books and people are paying, I guess it is not too much? A lot of these guys (not so much Adams who I assume is worth several million and can make a living cranking out head sketches at $350 a pop until physically unable) need to make whatever they can while they can. They don't have pensions (not that many do nowadays). I don't blame them one bit. Look at George Perez. Your health can go bad quickly. Soon he will be unable to see what he is drawing. Nursing care is expensive. Assisted living is expensive. An older person who wants to live decently but needs nurses or assisted living can easily spend $10-$15,000 a month depending on their needs. Not to mention his wife. You don't want to be old and broke. A friend of mine's father is a lawyer, 76. Always made a good living, but 3 divorces (he lost the family home each time), alimony, and child support for 2 kids cut into any ability to save. He now has parkinsons and will soon be unable to work. He is looking at having to be roommates with his adult daughter because he cannot afford to live on his own on social security. Getting old sucks. RMA, dunno why you are confused. You're 46. If you plan on getting old you should think about this stuff if you haven't already. But I suspect you have thought about it. These guys need to make a living somehow. I know it makes getting your SS books more expensive, but that's life. I am not going to begrudge some guy/gal who has created some lasting stuff in pop culture some bucks when ho hum lawyers in my neck of the woods are getting paid $800-$1200 an hour for their time.

Were raw DD 131s really selling for $400 back in 2002????

46 year olds like Facebook. We are apparently 80% of collectors along with 45 and 47 year olds.

Why are you excluding folks who collect only comics from the last 28 years from the equation?

White Plains is 20 minutes north of NYC in the middle of Westchester. Home of the Royal deli. Best frigging BLT wedge. They put like a pound of bacon in there.

I dunno if it is my favorite, but I do like the self reflection of the folks at marvel (although why is it signed by manak if it is a sienkewitz cover? is just the alf part by manak?):

There is a horse here that has been brutally beaten even after it died. This is cruel and inhumane. Please stop this horse abuse.

He is a lawyer, I am sure he has it all figured out. $1,000 a month pays for lunch?

Are you torn on buying them because you aren't getting many calls like this where you live now?

Hmm, well, maybe when I saw image books in a long box I would just jump to the next section as the only Image books I was ever looking for were late issues of Maxx, but I did look for Spawn in the 100s too if they hit me in the face. I'd see badjillions of #2, but not all these 1s you speak of. Not saying there aren't a huge quantity of 1s out there, I just personally wasn't hitting them. Of course, a lot of stuff has popped. I passed on a stack of 3 for $10 X-Men Annual 14s a couple o years ago when I asked myself "why do I need more of these?"I couldn't pass on 3 for $10 VF/NM New Teen Titans 1s at that same show though. And I fished a solid 10-15 copies of Rai 0 out of dollar boxes over the years.

There is no reason they can't do a decent Conan TV show. CGI monsters don't cost that much anymore to make. They may need to be a little less sexist/damsel in distress or suffer some backlash.

I spent 3 years suing E&Y for being part of an accounting fraud (settled for $300 million, but I was no longer with the firm when they settled...I did go to the victory party though, wooh hooh!), but I guess AA really got nailed.

We need Ernst & young to do an audit here

I found this amusing. I guess these are things a boy in 1943 was expected to learn, including how to spot enemy aircraft in the sky. But kids were expected to learn how to do stuff. Not have their parents do everything (are you hearing me Blob Junior and Blob Junior II????). Am I the last generation that got woodworking in elementary school? I am pretty sure neither of my kids have ever used a real hammer or a saw (and, of course, I am to blame, they watch me and I'm convinced they will lose a finger...yet my father had me using chainsaws and other power tools at 12, not to mention piloting a motor boat on my own at 11) [And as a New Yorker, I always find it amusing that nearly all of these businesses that sold karp out of comics were in New York. Heck, we actually used to make stuff here.] Here it is on ebay!: https://www.ebay.com/itm/FUN-FOR-BOYS-by-Brooks-Rare-Vtg-1943-HC-Knickerbocker-Book-Games-Hobbies-Sports/332655049239?hash=item4d73c93a17:rk:5:pf:0&checksum=332655049239027914cda184489d8b3fd2f89cb9fd1d&enc=AQADAAADAFjVrDbVsZ8oH%2F8PNHtt9VX4%2Fw7FZcmMuqsX8uaFEduV6MzhnM7aUzh1I%2F3h%2FBJHqAlaLk%2BABFTBUm9LxhA%2BzzPH%2B7trebQrBri6y6rDQKuYVmsNYv1OCvlycs2jjznkkzK9J2aRAR1fydwZYP%2BPB5CN8qpEaxM1QqWgKc0fn72ALUZKWnGqFiXHHMFg5KZW3VC2cOfAtfibuk%2Fjkl1McCETJ6ZgGNWM%2FSoL75pCwy4gdmvov%2FkxqAfiWH0b2jiAp23qAEZOZs8x7kyzUcaz3lDRecLeUPoymCawXn%2BOsutI6%2BEEMY8qTtD1IKveW5VqHegF%2FxutAiw6QkTfS5EmibGM7OzfctbXWU2m%2Busu2gUg1hPcdWCKcjR2gvliM%2FwRihBjTRGF1i3SbJujAbrAFEhkNuWZd1H2L6QnIcXjBEuNSN8rJOmzEc2Iy1blVqeJtdJVF4W0VCGhVhG6hmHPZgkkzXZGPCHlS9bUEI76Y2BDacJaOFjQXIoS%2B9CSfZrjXh2McyAzgYlvfe0vYIc6%2BQy8Aola1fVBRfKj6EgjRhoa2wqcZqR%2FgnGFe%2BvuVwlfmqKt4cH%2Bbci36ceO4p6%2BlI3WCVyvoEmHfaFhIQiajWFC4oer6R%2BMR4PsCCodyCAOeLJcQ7x%2FGeqRVvmNmby%2FrW2OrbviTKh4fbiuy1dGGrabNyH4MurLdWiOk%2B5Dn5bSr8PkDafYaFtwyc2SRmJdraakDY79GoWbdrEAASSltN36xUBFoPMFqrRgLBl9A7BN2MeU969NFC8DDy3I0eRAILoSMd4kHNILVfk2%2BifewKqG8%2B5KwXswW399A5L%2BynUkGPwFuHetPPQZKvnborAhQSWxcpwubC%2B9cj9vDWit7%2ByG1VM5R6gXiZUpES2EfCdg4%2F2InPdvYWXU2azyD7VfYdJ4B%2Bw84Wy5PYjk6B0N4urTByDR7aRCc49R4V9QP70fU2yG3qgBGQOmz80KrU2M4iZqp2bDMqQP7jXXPTgECUuQU5FAkBnFuTBNtw3panNuhA%3D%3D

I am trying to figure out the angle on the lease. Unless he has one that is assignable, which is rare, how does he have any leverage over the landlord to get him to accept the new tenant? I suppose if the lease is in a corporate name without a personal guaranty ( also dumb for the landlord) he just sells the Corp?

Do you know if duane reade is part of this? They are owned by Walgreens but have kept their name. My closest Walgreens is far.

FedEx sucks. They lie about coming to the house, etc. ups is a bit better and they have pickup locations everywhere (and drop off). They have one in a pharmacy 1 block from my house. Very convenient. My fedex pickup location is 30 minutes away with difficult parking. Better than where it used to be 45 minutes away in the middle of terrifying projects in east new york.

Yes, but I don't think this is a raffle. If you get the shop you will have paid $25 for it.the owner will probably claim a huge loss on his taxes. If he has income to deduct it against that may work. He says he has a law practice and a main shop. I wonder if he is clever and dumping a dead shop to take a big loss against maybe so.e big contingency fee he is getting in his law practice. Not sure whether you can use a loss in one business for another though. Also not sure how he assign the lease without the landlord consent, which is an issue as he is on the hook for the lease if the new owner fails and can't pay rent.

I have literally never seen a Spawn 1 in a dollar box. That's a book dealers wanted crazy money for...like $2....even when nobody wanted it.

Please, you're making my head hurt and I have to deal with legal karp all day....

This is probably legal as it won't be a random raffle. People are gullible. Just wait until it shuts down and buy the fixtures for $10. when my old shop went under he couldn't give his glass cases, etc away

Killing Joke is probably a $50 book, but if you can't identify a few more $10-15 candidates in the pile you have a lot of work ahead of you. I buy this stuff 3 for $2, but I don't hoover it up, I am selective, try to get the copies closest to NM. If the collection is heavy on Batman/Detective from that era I think you have a decent chance even absent semi-keys. There is a Batman market in strict 8.5 or better even for filler books from that era, but that market might cap out at $4-$5 a pop.

"Because warranties typically only become an issue when a buyer is dissatisfied, a prudent seller tries to limit the scope of the warranties he makes before a problem arises. The U.C.C. specifically allows sellers to disclaim both express and implied warranties on goods they sell, within certain limits. Interestingly, the U.C.C. does not provide many specific rules regarding how warranties are disclaimed. In keeping with the idea that the purpose of the U.C.C. is to make business transactions easier, the U.C.C. provides that attempts to disclaim warranties should be construed reasonably and enforced unless doing so is unreasonable under the circumstances. This broad rule is followed by some guidelines. Generally, a seller who wants to disclaim U.C.C. warranties must do so specifically. A general statement that there are "no warranties, express or implied" is usually ineffective. Just how express a disclaimer needs to be depends on the kind of warranty being disclaimed. An express warranty must be expressly disclaimed. A disclaimer that disclaims the implied warranty of merchantability must specifically mention "merchantability" in the disclaimer. Finally, a seller may disclaim all implied warranties by stating that the good is being sold "as is," "with all faults," or by stating some other phrase that makes it plain to the buyer there are no implied warranties." A well written "as is" disclaimer ought to be able to deal with whether there are any warranties, implied or explicit, re: restoration. Do many sellers do this? No.