shadroch

You should have lived in the 350 area and turned the house into a unique comic shop.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but a shop owner's insurance covers his inventory, not necessarily items in his possession. I currently consign things for a hobby, and it is amazing some of the terms shops foist on consigners. Many shops take zero responsibility for items consigned to them if they mysteriously disappear. My insurance covers my inventory in transit, but not when it is in someone else's possession. Don't assume a shop has you covered.

How do you know they will be safe, and whose insurance covers them from the time you drop them off until they are mailed?

No, I'm pretty sure it wasn't. We met while setting up on Thursday night and ended up going out for dinner, so by the last night, it felt like we'd been there a week. I was a one-man show at most of the convention and didn't leave the dealer room.

I didn't know they reprinted the newspaper strips. I've been looking for a newspaper arc from around 1965-66 where the Phantom battles The Roman who killed Jesus. It was my introduction to the Spear of Destiny. Any idea if that was reprinted down there?

Claims, being the keyword with Musk. I can see him lying on a mattress, deep n his latest K-hole.

Around 1990, I was set up at a NY show, and at the table next to mine was a store owner from Virginia. We spent four days talking and watching each other's table. He was near Alexandria, and I visited DC often, so a few weeks later, I dropped by his shop. It was a nice enough shop but I was stunned to find out he slept on a mattress in the backroom and showered at a gym. Living his dream came with a cost.

Comics were a very important part of my investment portfolio. You should invest in things you know and understand. However, if your entire investment portfolio is in comic books and you are living in mom's basement, you might want to reconsider your strategy.

It depends. If thousands of the errors make it into circulation, I doubt it will be worth much. If 99% are recalled, it might pop. I don't see any reason why these would get purple labels.

Don't look back with regret. Was I lucky to have bought Hulk 181 and GS X-Men 1 for cover, or stupid for having only bought one?

Bilbo Baggins put it best: "Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean there isn't a balrog in my woodpile"

That is true, but the last couple of CGC books I sold at a show were bought by people who never took them out of the protective mylar. They saw they were CGC-graded and went with them.

A dishonest seller doesn't have to fool the CGC, just the general public.

It looks like a symbol for volunteer firefighters.

Do you own the other books in the series? Is #9 the same as #10? There were some Deluxe versions of some of that series, but not #10.

"The arc of the moral universe is long but bends towards justice" MLK.

Start small and make adjustments as needed.

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When deciding where and how to sell a book, many factors must be considered. Imaginary double commissions shouldn't be one of them.

That is not correct. If you send a book to MCS and price it at $100, you get $90 when it sells. How it sells or what it sells for has nothing to do with anything. You get the $90 you wanted. Why do you care if MCS sold it to a customer on their site or on ebay? You set the price and got the price you asked for. If MCS incurs more expenses in selling the book for you, you still get the price you wanted. As MCS eats the eBay and Paypal fees, you save money by selling through them and getting to piggyback on their sterling reputation. I've sold well over 100K via MCS and never once adjusted a price because of an eBay markup.

What double commission are you talking about? Don't take this the wrong way, but if you aren't sure if a book is a 9.2 or a 9.8, you may need to do a lot more research before you start selling. Using gocollect to value your books is your first mistake.

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I picked these up as part of an " all contents included" sale. It appears they have some value to someone. Does anyone want these for $25 shipped in the lower 48. Lego Star Wars Instruction books. Thin ones have instructions only, thicker ones have extra pages -house ads, coming attract tions, ect.ect. #7654 Rip on back page, thin 7655 two thin copies 7656 thick 7657 oversized 7661 thick ,oversized, VGish 7663 oversized, thin 7667 thin 7670 thin 7672 says 2 0f 2 oversized thin 7681 oversized thin 7097 two thick books- part 1 and two. Castle 8014 two thin books 8015 thin

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