shadroch

I've ran the math a number of times and even owning all my inventory so there was no inventory cost, it's rough clearing much more than 25-30K without putting in a lot of hours. Sending $500-600 worth of books a month to auction houses is less work and nets about the same. I just started selling on ebay after a nearly two year hiatus. Last week I sold $271 worth of stuff. My cost were $45 plus the ebay fees. I'm hoping to list about $200 a week for the next few months.

I've been looking to open a shop that would include comics, but not be a comic shop. I found what I thought was a good location but the real estate guy told me a comic shop had signed a lease to open in the complex. Was driving by and saw a store that looked perfect. Drove around the neighborhood and sure enough there was a comic/toy store two blocks from my location. If anything, Vegas has too many new comic shops.

The Uncle gave these comics to his niece. Is she, at a minimum, getting a cut of these sales?

Certainly appears sun faded to me.

I agree. , although absence of color on the back isn't definitive. You can deliberately do that to a book by leaving it open.

That's on the shop owner. Buy as much as he will sell. If he doesn't care, why should you?

Okay, just to play devils advocate here, but what is to stop someone from simply undercutting everyone. It's good for the buyers but stinks for the sellers.

Bronze Age books will include hundred page DCs, as well as 52 and 68 page books. Lots of annuals. I've noticed long boxes bought off the internet can vary by almost an inch. When I sell wholesale, I go with four boxes per thousand for moderns.

No green label?

Bring a box with you. Better yet, bring a couple boxes with you. Fill three boxes, see what percent of the collection is left. Use Blobs method to see how many comics fit in your long box. I've noticed not all long boxes are the same length.

As anyone could walk in and buy from a newsstand distributor in 1976, I think it's safe to assume someone could have done the same ten years before. I think it's safe to say Robert Bell wasn't buying his future stock from multiple 7-11s.

My local magazine distributor was open to the public one day a week. I started buying from them the summer of 1976. Twenty five cent books cost me about 17 cents each. It was strange. They charged 17 cents per book, unless you had exactly 100. Then they charged $16.67 per hundred and 17 cents for extras. At first I thought it was a hundred book minimum order but that was only suggested. Cash only. When I looked into an account, it made no sense as I already had the same terms as a walk in.

Loose lips sink ships.

Don't grade anything until you know enough to decide for yourself. Why the rush?

Are you sure it's not because the fires are causing disruptions with their logistics? I've gotten several emails warning of possible delays or disruptions from vendors in So Cal.

Have you tried turning it upside down? A few love taps will solve your problem.

It depends. If it's a green label because it's an witnessed signature, does it have a COA?

In the long run, buying the proper storage materials once is much cheaper than eventually replacing other materials bought in the intern.

That's the problem with Western medicine.

When CGC first started, their purple labels were absolute steals. In my opinion, and it's one backed by a rather large wallet, is CBCS books are where those purple labels were in 2001. Is it a coincidence that the biggest CBCS bashers tend to have the largest CGC inventory?

I'd call it a Dallas Stephans Pedigree book. Calling it a Mile High book is misleading, unintentional or not.

Having multiple items allows you to sell a percentage of your collection. Owning a single key does not.

Before Adams, Mr. Heath was the only DC artist I could stomach. Rest in peace.

Why did you buy a couple hundred mylites and fullback? Did you not list most of the books?