shadroch

Found a real score, especially for me, this weekend. A semi-famous actress recently passed away and there was a boxed Ft Apache boxed play set in her estate sale. Photos weren't much help and I had no idea if it was complete. Paid just under a hundred for it and got it today. Turned out to be the Rin Tin Tin version, but the interior was untouched. The tin building is still flat and never assembled, and every bag is unopened. Parts are still on the spues. It's the 1000 version which I think is the deluxe set with extra parts. I had the 1965 Sears version as a kid and this has a special place in my heart. My Uncle was friendly with Frank Barnes, who was one of the trainers for the Rin Tin Tin show and it was hinted I was going to get one of the descendants. I finally got a puppy seven years later, This play set will be a nice showpiece for my shop. The woman was quite the fashionista, and I took a shot on a few lots of her clothes. Scored multiple leather Nieman Marcus jackets, and some incredible bejeweled denim jackets, as well as a couple dozen designer tops.

The sales section was intended for transactions between members. I don't believe it was ever thought that it would be popular enough to attract outsiders.

The first Tales books were only Cap and Hulk getting promoted to CO-star status. In fact, you could look at them as demotions for Iron Man and Hank Pym. The 1968 issues not only celebrate each of the four co-stars being promoted to their own title, it also is the start of the second wave. Freed from its distribution deal, Marvel could expand its publishing and offer artists more work and money. Marvel before 68 was pretty much a closed shop. By 72 ,it was a zoo.

So you are me and he is we?

You are entitled to your opinion. I have mine. If I were to spend $10,000 on either of them, I'd go with the 180s. Using past performance to try and show future growth is silly. Wait until Wendigos sister gets zapped by something, is featured in a Netflix show and the 180 takes off, all because the writer has been ratholing 180s for years.

For the difference in price, I would take $10,000 worth of Hulk 180s over $10,000 worth of 181s. Not even close.

I won this at an auction and think it is an early example but know nothing about them. I paid $200 plus a buyer premium for it. I read conflicting things about copyrights and dates. Some seemed contradict others. Anything anyone can tell me is great. If I got robbed, which I don't think I did, feel free to correct me. I bought it to display, although it will be for sale eventually.

Until three years ago, I grouped everything from when Marvel raised its main books t $1 as modern. 10cent books as Golden, 12-15 cents Silver, 20-50 Bronze, 60 up Copper, $1 plus- modern.. Now I make the cut around 2000.

The newest of those books is over twenty five years old. Not sure how they can be considered modern.

Classics are tricky, as they are some of the few comics with multiple printings. The way to identify which printing you have is to look at the ad for other books that is usually in the back. Your book is issue 22, so the ad in a first printing would be between 21 and 23. This is the reorder number. The highest reorder number is abbreviated as HRN and it is the key to understanding their value. Few non first printings have much value in Iess than like new shape. Your book appears to be an early reprint. I believe #22 would have a 10 cent cover price and possibly a different cover on first prints.

Seriously. I can check a dozen sites, then check sold items on eBay or.I can pay someone $2 a month to do that and alert me when something pops. I realize some might be able to do that while playing multiple poker hands and tracking two dozen auctions but if it does what it seems to, it's a bargain.

I figured a comfortable retirement needed a.good comfy chair, and a comfy chair needs four strong legs. Comics and collectibles were one leg all along. Had to imagine but the first building I looked at and rejected for this project was in August of 89. It was a hell of a detour.

No. That's the sub- committees job. Don't make it overcomplicated.

Eating a regular diet of dirty water hot dogs used to allow NYers to build a solid immunity to these teeny ,tiny microrobes. It's the tofu eaters that are at risk.

I propose the OP form a committee to nominate board members that will form a Blue Ribbon sub committee to study the feasibility of such a suggestion. Let's fast track this, so have a list of proposed nominees to the search committee to issue a preliminary report in no more than 90 working days.

Did I ever think I'd be able to sell just a portion of my collection and buy my retirement dream? Yes, I did. It was while I was reading Defenders 10 that I realized some comics should sell for more than others and my lifelong dream of making money with comics began . I remember thinking people might someday pay $20 for this book. My dream became a plan, and after a few detours, is finally happening.

If you had a litter of Wolvie 10s, this would be the runt, and the last picked. I feel for anyone who paid full gap for that copy. It is not a 9.8, no matter what the label says. Is it possible this happened somewhere between the book being graded and it being stabbed.

Check the internet for nearby auctions. Used filing cabinets can be found for ten dollars if you look. Ask nicely on Craig's List and often someone has a few they aren't using. Your closet is a nice size.Just avoid sprawl. Quality trumps quantity.

It doesn't hurt to ask. Perhaps ask him for a future credit and an agreement that future wins are combined.

If the boxes you are using can't support forty to fifty pounds, get ones that can. The only reason to only stack two or three high is convenience in getting to the bottom box. If space is an issue, you can go higher. Before comic drawers, I'd stack three, lay down a layer of quarter inch wood on top and add another level or two. I've seen places go six high, but I stop at five.

Could be something got on the press, but quality control usually catches them. Lots of people here have far more knowledge on these then I do. Hopefully, they will know more.

Looks like a tape pull, but no way CGC gives that grade to a book with a tape pull. Are you sure that's not on the slab itself?

One of my fraternity brothers knew I had a connection with a particular newsstand so he bought every copy of Devil Dinosaur 1 off of it, thinking I'd be pissed not to get any copies. The joke was on him as I actually distributed to the stand so he bought my books. I wonder if he still has them. Hopefully he stuck the bag of them somewhere and still has them.

How does Action 583 make that wanted list?