shadroch

It might be the initial of the person who signed them in, or who actually stocked the shelf.They might be the buyer of the book denoting where and when he bought the books. I don't think you will get a definitive answer but I hope you do.

I don't think its an industry wide code, just something a particular dealer or newsstand did.

Buying it now will allow you to see it ends up in the hands of someone who does like it. Be a good steward.

Any dealer who has a Hulk for you is very likely to have the bulk of the stuff you are trying to trade so I'd think the deal would have to be very lop-sided. Be careful you don't give too much away.

She is a cousin, not a sister.

24 Drawerboxes easily fit under a King sized mattress and use the rest as a television stand.

Why not just license out the characters while retaining all rights to them.

Not having sports to bet on is saving some of my friends a small fortune.

Call them and express your feelings. I'm sure they will welcome your feedback and perhaps you can get them to fine tune things.

Sure, it could be done, but does it benefit them? Who does it benefit? I've heard that Heritage waives fees for some consigners. I was looking to move two books, worth about $14,000 and called them , only to be told I'd be charged full fees. I went elsewhere and never looked back. Why complicate a system that is working fine.

I'm trying to understand your thinking, but can't. If MCS started having different terms for different consigners, I think that would be a disaster for everyone. Much has changed since they started taking consignments. Remember when their cut was zero? It was great, but unsustainable.They have reinvented themselves, going from a multi-storefront operation with a mixed reputation to a well run internet model. Models need to be tweaked as circumstances and the market changes.

I'm not being critical. Your bat, your balls, your rules. There are many ways to run a business. If you are making money and having fun, then it's working for you.

In mail order, the longer the return period you offer, the fewer returns you get. It sounds counter-intuitive but it works. Tell someone they have a week to return it and they will scutinize it quicker. Tell them they have sixty days and half the time they misplace it before they can return it.

Donut would have flipped that FF in a week, reinvested it and flipped those books in a week, turning your $3,000 book into $25,000 along the way. Is sitting on a book for a year in order to squeeze out another couple hundred dollars worth it?

Bank vaults can be death traps for comics, unless they are truly climate controlled.

Your best investment is a good insurance policy. Try to keep out of basements and keep the books two feet off the floor. If in the basement, keep them three feet or higher.

Have you had books sit for a year or more? Without looking at the charts, I'd say I move 98% of my stuff in six months, with most sold in the first few weeks.

I've only done two books like that, but they seemed to get graded and returned faster than my own submissions. I won an Avengers 1 they called a 2.0 at their auction, had them send it to CGC and it graded a 4.0. A three month flip that paid off berry, berry well.

I suspect some people are using MCS to store their expensive slabs. Rather than insure the books and keep them, they ship them to MCS where they get free insurance and storage. I think the time limits they are offering are pretty fair. I've only had one book sitting on consignment for almost a year. A Green Lantern 1 that I overpaid for. It's not really fair that MCS houses and insures this with little expectation of ever making a dime off it.

You seem to have decided the SA starts on 1-1-56. If that is your criteria, I'm not sure what the purpose of the thread is. I'd argue the Golden Age of British Comics is the 1980s with Warrior, 2000AD and the rest.

Marvelman came about because Miller had been reprinting Captain Marvel and there were no more Captain Marvels, so I'd go with whichever issue transitioned from starring Freddie Freeman to starring Little Jonny whomever.

My rule of thumb for DC heroes is if it has a Comic Code Seal, its Silver Age, no Seal it's Golden Age. I just ignore the Platinum Age for DC.

Off-hand, I'd say no. I'm not sure why, but my gut says no. Interesting question.

You two are funny.

Wow. You don't want to see the back cover of a book you might buy? These eliminate the need to take the book out of the bag, sparing much handling. With that said, I've never tried them myself and would worry about the extra weight if any. One board might not affect the weight but will 250 in a long box?