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The books in the room will be insane. And I'll have a Hulk #1, possibly FF 2. Probably will still have the Batman 5 and 47 and 50.

On 8/28/2022 at 12:45 PM, wormboy said:

Yeah, the problem is he said he didn’t sign for it, and the signature shown is just a scribble, so I’m not sure it will be cut and dry.

I would hope that this guy has signed for other comics with the same signature, which they would have on file.

Next show is November 5th. Will start that thread soon.

I'm glad to hear that!  People definitely fly in from LA every show, as well as WA/OR/NV.  Sometimes from the east too.

November 5! And hoping to have a big board member co-set-up there. And hopefully the return of CW and Primetime, we will see.

Should be great vibes tomorrow--be sure to talk to our guest artists for a second too. Great guys and very interesting fellows.

Thanks. I'll take a look to see if they still have the wording about huge numbers of listings in collectibles for free.

On 8/1/2022 at 8:56 AM, 1Cool said:

I just checked and it appears E-Bay has gotten rid of all the free listings they have been giving store owners the last couple years.  I typically see that I have some crazy number like 10,000 free listings and now I'm down to my 1,000 listings as of today.  Just a heads up if you let your store get bigger then your normal allotment. 

Can you or anyone else confirm this applies to the bonus listings if they are collectibles? I cut my store size when I learned that they were allowing massive amounts of free collectibles listings. Which I viewed as very fair as they are one-of-a-kind items, often very inexpensive. Not like it's a fresh in box laser pointer or something that you can list 50 of the same thing or keep selling the same listing. Collectibles are a lot of work.

On 8/1/2022 at 11:12 AM, Aarrow108 said:

@HouseofComics.Com I did have a question: don't see anything about buying tickets ahead of time on the website, so I'd just have to show up early/before 11am to get the early bird entry?

We used to have advanced tickets on EventBrite but only two or three people were using it each time, so we stopped. The line moves really fast to get in and having cash makes it even faster for Tim at the door.

On 7/31/2022 at 5:03 PM, silverseeker said:

@HouseofComics.Com, I see that stalwarts A-1 Comics, Champion Comics and Heroes Comics are not setting up…was there a conflict, or are you just giving some other dealers a chance to set up at this show?

Brian Peets is on vacation so he decided to skip. Alan and Phil are visiting the Chicago Con as buyers so they had to skip also. Shortboxed is set up at the Chicago show as well, I believe. Hopefully they all return for Nov. 5.

This reminds me of some research in a CBM marketplace report where the advisor said that by 1980 or something, Richie Rich had more appearances than Batman.

There probably weren't many months where Superman had three GA appearances but Captain Marvel would if CMA and Marvel Family came out the same month.

Vendor list for the show:

Steve Wyatt

Bronze Age Batcave

Shin Kao

Worlds of Wonder

Harvey Doss

Adam Kellenberger

Mike's Comics Plus

Brett's Comics

ComicWeb

Dragstrip Comics

RJ Collectibles

SactoSanctorum

JCT Comics

Batcave Comics (Santa Rosa)

Ray Storch

Antone Perry

Santa Rosa Comics

DevCo Comics

And of course, Heritage Auctions. They point out: Heritage’s Vice President Barry Sandoval will be accepting consignments for upcoming auctions. Or if you’re not yet ready to consign, but have questions about how the auction process works or what Heritage might be able to do for your collection specifically, this is the perfect opportunity to talk it through. Heritage has auctioned multiple Northern California collections for $100,000 or more in the past few years alone and is always looking for more.

That's very cool. I will post the dealer list here in a day or so. Wanted to let everyone know that Heritage will have a table at the show.

Congrats! Cool to have Shortboxed and Heritage step up to help.

On 7/14/2022 at 4:25 PM, ComicsAndCode said:

I attended last year. Brought the whole family, was a lot fun! What I wonder though is why would dealers choose to exhibit at and in many cases, travel long distance for a show like Torpedo where competition for attendees' business is rather stiff?

Dealers buy a lot from each other and have big budgets.

On 7/19/2022 at 5:32 AM, RCheli said:

 

I've often said that there's nothing better than a large group of comic collectors coming into an enclosed space during a heat wave. (Chef's kiss!)

 

haha!

On 7/12/2022 at 1:38 PM, Math Teacher said:

Is there a show that REALLY focuses on comic books rather than cosplay, media guests, or products related to comic books?

Every Berkeley show (five times a year) is only back issue comics.

Always nice to see these. Great set.

Two guest artists for the August 6 show. Mark Badger (Gargoyle mini, Batman Jazz, Run, Riddler Run, etc.) and Dan Brereton (Nocturnals, etc.)

On 6/19/2022 at 12:18 PM, JWKyle said:

If I would have know what I know now I would have 1000% went to Berkeley this weekend. And if I know Sckao  was setting up that would have been the cherry on top. Last book I bought from him was a ASM 121 at the old Steve Wyatt Heyward con years and years ago.

Good memory!  The last Hayward con was in 2008.

I'm still pumped about our last show--it was really great. Next show is August 6 and I will start the new thread today.

Another very fun show in Berkeley!  Tim was an absolute superhero yesterday on setup day. There were a lot of surprise problems with the venue that he had to deal with using creativity and a lot of brawn.

First show as a vendor for Shin anywhere since Big Wow 2012?  First Berkeley visit by FFB as well!

Next show is our sixth anniversary--coming right up on August 6.

On 6/17/2022 at 8:05 PM, JWKyle said:

 even though the Kuberts I have are Marvels 

 

The benefits of being on the comp list--he got all the Marvels free, I believe. I'm sure he had one of every DC free too.

I enjoy some of them too. The IRS collection. The Kubert Collection. Etc.

Elveen's Comics unfortunately had to cancel last minute and couldnt' make the drive up from SoCal.