shadroch

You are just a Larry to me.

Lets just say I'm prepared for that Boris the Bear solo in a blockbuster film.

MIt depends on your business plan and the method of operation. Some people do well by buying large collections, cherry picking them and moving the rest at a small loss. The money from the sale lets them buy more collections. If, instead of selling today in the hope that a book or two will increase in value down the road, they end up holding all books- two things need to happen. 1) A lot more storage space, which increases expenses 2) They need to replace the income stream they no longer are generating. If someone has a successful business, its foolish to ditch the whole MO in the hope that a few obscure books might go up in value. If I hold all the books I get ,hoping some skyrocket, I'll soon run out of operating funds. This goes back to the argument that Mile High Chuck should have sat on the Church collection. Comic sellers sell. It's what they do. Can holding some books work out? Yes, but that's not really important.

Shows almost always have rooms that aren't being used at various hours. If a subject generates proper interest, and submits the proper paperwork, it's a go.

Looks like I'm in the minority, but I think Dr. Strange is the best of the recent wave of Marvel Batman Begins, The Avengers , Iron Man and the original Superman fill out my Top Five. I give props to Superman because without it, we are watching 1960s MMS cartoons geared to ten year olds.

I suppose it's progress when straight white males want to attend parties like this.

If only that were true.

I was offered a set of Continuity Comics from the mid-1980s. Bunch of ,, titles like Skate Man, Toy Man, Bucky OHare and such. Stuff I'd normally pay a nickel for, except these are all personalized and signed by Neal Adams. Evidently, the original owner was an intern there and these were a departing gift. Mr Adams also wrote a glowing reference for the girl and a copy comes with the collection. There are about thirty books. I want to be fair but don't know how to value them. The signatures help, but the personalization hurts. Thoughts?

If you are looking to really protect your books, not much will beat having these guys riding shotgun.

You paid twice what you should have after a lot of time in the vendors booth. Got it.

Got a link to your youtube videos?

The end of the beginning.

What size bags did you order?

I used to buy those Superman Gallery books for a quarter, slice them up, put various pages in a bag and board and sell them for a dollar a page. One of the best pin up books ever.

But it's Superman 1. How can you go wrong?

That doesn't seem right.

Assuming your math works, why not go big? Order 25,000 copies.

Why would he do that?

I use mycomicshops want list to list my books. This has the added benefit of being able to tell in a second what obscure books they are looking for.

Nothing on that show is real.

Yes. I have made an occasional killing( $230 for a lot I thought would sell around $35), and taken a few hits( $15 for something I thought would bring triple). Easy way to move books but not a great profit source.

I think it can be a very helpful tool, depending on the actual expenses involved. I suspect successful shops will incorporate into their business plans while shops that struggle will tell us why it won't work for them.

Just because you own two long boxes of a comic doesn't mean you should keep them.

There are more than twenty different books that are numbered Avengers 17. The poster gave you the price for the Avengers 17 from 1965. go to mycomicshop.com, search for Avengers 17 and a page of different ones comes up. Find the one you have. Or post a photo here.

I tend to throw away the outer boxes if it just for shipping. Art boxes are problematic as most buyer will want them. I actually have a few Art boxes that the statues got broken in. Insurance paid for them. I wonder if there is a market for the box/Styrofoam. The mounted Prince Valiant box is enormous.