shadroch

You suck. I almost pulled the Phantoms from your pile. No good deed goes unrewarded. All the over 100 double covers I have, I've never pulled one from the wild. Want to quadruple your money, real quick?

About five years ago, I was doing a flea market and around closing time I struck a deal with the guy in the spot next to mine. He wanted some comics for his two boys and I wanted a couple of albums he had. Ended up swapping a long box for a milk crate of albums. I took a few of the albums out to listen to and put the crate away, still mostly filled. Today I had a guy come to check out my albums as I have zero use for them. We agreed on a buck a pop but that I might pull a couple out for sentimental reasons. When I pull out the milk crate, he comments the albums are sitting higher than they should be. I look and down on the bottom of the crate are a couple of Blue Whitman coin binders. The first one is Cents 1941-1962, with a few later ones in it. Many of the cents are Bright, but have black spots all over them. Next is the 1909- 1940 album, this one about half full with very average coins and no 1909 VDB. Next is another 1941- 62 album, but this one has 14 Indian cents in it. Then I spot the final two. 1916-1945 Mercury Dimes, and 1945-1962 Roosevelt dimes. Mostly complete, low grade dimes but almost 100 silver dimes in total and the Indian cents. The buyer could have said nothing and kept them when he bought the milk crate. Ended up selling 105 albums for a hundred dollar bill. Was hoping he'd take more, but all in all a good two hours.

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This is as good a place as any to ask the question. Everyone knows Frankenstein was based somewhat on the classic novel by Shelley. Most people these days know Dracula was based on the novel by Bram Stoker, although from what I understand, the book was pretty obscure at the time. Anyone know what the original inspirations for The Wolf-man and the Mummy were? Lots of examples of werewolves-men who turned into wolves during a full moon, but I cant find a Wolfman story.

Rule #6 says bulk sales are permitted.

The post was removed. I said in it that I was looking to move bulk readers. Gave a price for a box of BA readers, one for CA and one for modern. Mentioned at least twice that these were reader books, not investment grade and that there would be no books of value in any of the boxes. Gave the cover prices that would be included, said they were readers. Most of them were much higher grade than readers but I didn't want to give anyone the impression there might be anything of value.

Can someone explain how offering 45 copper age books that are described as readers and it is clearly stated that there are no valuable books in the lot is construed to be a mystery box? Shouldn't a mystery box actually have some mystery to it? How anal does one have to be to report this to the mods?

I don't know all that much about Whitmans but I thought they either had blank UPC boxes or a line through them. I also thought Whitmans were exclusively sold in multipacks. You do have an interesting variant, whatever it is.

Why do you think that is a Whitman?

I must ask- did you buy these slabbed or did you pick them up in the wild?

I hope they can film in the real House on the Rock. That alone would make it must see tv.

RIP and my condolences to his family.

I've got a mid grade copy and am actively looking to upgrade, but cant find one at a price I think is right.

A very small amount of my media mail is opened on Long Island, less than one percent. In Vegas, it's much higher, perhaps 15 percent. When I mailed stuff in Laughlin, I was told media mail should be brought in open, so they can check it before it gets shipped.

Anyone remember when Wally Woods Heroes book was considered semi-rare?. Or how putting runs of Captain Action or THUNDER Agents was considered difficult? It was a different world, pre internet and slabbing.

The last couple of shows I've set up at, I only had $1 boxes, mostly stuff from 2008 on, but a sprinkling of stuff going back to the 80s. I don't think one out of ten buyers were female. Bunch of them walked by, many in their costumes and some stopped for a photo, but the buyers were at least 90% male.

I liked the Conan the King series the best, especially the last couple of arcs.

Probably more like 30 years ago, and we all know the verdict on restored books in today's marketplace. The question is what will the verdict be 30 years from now on the sanctioned manipulation of books for the sole purpose of enhancement and maximization of value in today's marketplace. Restored books fell out of favor when CGC put them in different labels, and that wasn't even twenty years ago. Where the market is on restored books thirty years from now is irrelevant when examining a deal done twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, non-disclosure was pretty much the norm. Restored books fell out of favor long before CGC even came onto the scene. I remember dealers and collectors were already trying to avoid restored books when I first started collecting GA and that was back in the latter part of the 80's. Try telling collectors that getting their books back in a PLOD label today is irrelevant just because they were purchased 20 years ago. Yes, although non-disclosure was prevalent back then, unfortunately this situation has not improve at all as this has now become the new normal in today's market, albeit with different restoration activities. The point I was making is that you shouldn't be upset that a dealer sold you a undisclosed restored book twenty years ago. That doing so doesn't make him a bad guy.The market for them was very different back then. I was selling books and restoration was looked upon as being desirable in many cases. Marrying Marvel covers was common, especially after all those file covers hit the circuit around 1986 or so. A bit of CT or japan paper, even bleaching books was pretty common. It really wasn't until the Purple Label stigmata came along that it fell out of favor.

Remember, 20 years ago, many dealers considered tear seals and slight restoration as enhancing a book, not hurting it. Probably more like 30 years ago, and we all know the verdict on restored books in today's marketplace. The question is what will the verdict be 30 years from now on the sanctioned manipulation of books for the sole purpose of enhancement and maximization of value in today's marketplace. Restored books fell out of favor when CGC put them in different labels, and that wasn't even twenty years ago. Where the market is on restored books thirty years from now is irrelevant when examining a deal done twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, non-disclosure was pretty much the norm.

Remember, 20 years ago, many dealers considered tear seals and slight restoration as enhancing a book, not hurting it.

Good lord, why? Stock options for supporting the shows?

No, but putting kav on your show would ensure ratings.

The easiest way to get your own reality show is to be in the cast of another one. Get on Carbs show and be outlandish. Then you can get your own show and introduce the world to the dynamo that is kav.

Around 1991, I bought a FF 48 off him in a package deal of about five books. In 2005, or so, I sent it in to get slabbed. It came back 7.5, Restored- tears sealed, slight color touch. At a show a few months later, I casually mentioned it to him. He asked me what I paid for it and offered me the purchase price back in free stuff off his table and told me to keep the book. He said if I couldn't find anything I wanted, he'd give me back cash. I took the merchandise and thought he was quite generous about it. A purple FF 48 in 2005 was still worth several times the purchase price.

Creation has been around since about 1970. They stopped doing comic shows a long time ago to concentrate on Star Trek and celebrity shows. These days, they do about a dozen shows a year, with themes like Star Trek, Vampires, Supernatural and that sort. Their Vegas Star Trek show is gigantic.