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    TIME IS ALMOST UP AT HAKES!!!! BIDDING ENDS TONIGHT!!!!! 20 MINUTE CLOCK STARTS AT 9PM EASTERN!! Over 400 Graded Comics!!! AF 15, TMNT #1, Gobbledygook #1, ASM #1, Rare Variant Covers, Many Signature Series Books and More!!!!

    in Comics Market - Sales Advertising (Ebay, Dealers, etc)

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    Bidding is Underway at hakes.com

    Ends November 14th-15th!

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    Over 100 Books From the Duke Caldwell Collection!

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    You can view this impressive selection of comics by visiting the section of our website. For all comic books and related items, click here.

     

    This auction also offers hundreds of pieces of comic book original art, superhero toys and memorabilia of all types, action figures, sports cards and much more.

     

    For more information on these great items and the 1,909 lots in the auction visit our website where you can place your bids. You can also view our virtual catalog on your computer, tablet or smart phone. 

     

    Our auction closing procedure is explained in full on page 3 of our auction catalog as well as the Auction Closing Procedure portion of our website. 

     

    The closing dates for the auction are Tuesday, November for lots 1-655 and Wednesday, November 15 for lots 656-1909.

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    THE AMAZING FANTASY #15 CLUB

    in Silver Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 7/6/2023 at 6:18 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

    I truly appreciate that you took the time to respond to my post.  I realize I could have said what I said a lot more gently.  Let me try to provide some honest feedback in a more constructive and respectful manner.

    I understand that Hake's has an extremely long and storied history dealing in a stunningly wide range of collectibles.  The breadth is staggering.  However, the site is hopelessly cluttered and difficult to navigate, so for any collector with a particular interest (mine being comic books) it's not easy to find items of interest.  I imagine you'll point to the fact that there are categories on the site, but there are *eight* different categories for comics.  I don't really have much interest in selecting each of those eight and scrolling through the available items in each category to find what I'm looking for -- at least, not more than once in a blue moon.

    But let's say I choose to zero in on one of those categories (Comic Books - 1956-1970 Silver Age).  This is one of the hottest, if not the hottest, categories of comics among serious collectors.  But at the moment there are a grand total of 17 books listed in this category.  So right there I'm concluding that there simply isn't enough inventory to make me check back very often.  There are plenty of sites I used to visit frequently because they always had new books coming in, but no longer visit more than once or twice a year because their inventory is stale.  It is what it is.

    Regarding my unfortunate choice of words ("absolute garbage"), let me apologize and ask that that be stricken from the record.  Instead let me say that I'm looking for high-grade material, and generally on Hake's I don't see that.  I see lots of raw books and lots of mid-grade slabs.  (Those 17 Silver Age books on the site right now include one 8.0 and the rest range from 1.0 - 6.5.)  Of course there are exceptions -- the AF 15 and ASM 1 you're putting up are incredible books, and I hope you get great hammer prices on both.  But generally speaking I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to find (for example) the Silver / Bronze Age Marvels I'm looking for in 9.6 WP on your site.  At least, I never have despite trying a dozen or so times over the years.

    In short, for the last 6+ years I've been one of the most aggressive and determined buyers out there (at least among individual collectors).  In that time, I've bought thousands of books (no exaggeration).  I have turned over every single rock that I know of, and I have to laugh at the number of times I have visited sites (won't name them here) that I know have nothing I want, on the off chance I might get lucky.  Heck, I even got onto Instagram a couple of years ago because I heard there were books that I could only find there, and wasted a fair amount of time on that -- but at least I could say I was able to find about a half-dozen books I needed amidst all the random posts and dad-bod T-shirt ads.

    Unfortunately, I have never once found a book from my (extensive!) want list on Hake's, and it wasn't for lack of trying.  If the site supported a want-list service (I looked and didn't see one), I would probably put the time in to set that up and keep an eye out for email alerts.  But lacking that feature, I'm left to decide how often it's worth visiting the site to manually pick through what's available.  I'm sure I will continue to do that every so often, maybe 3-4 times a year, because again I'm hoping to get lucky.  But to this point, I simply haven't found Hake's to be much help in reaching my collecting goals.

    I sincerely hope you find this useful.  Thank you again for giving me a chance to do a better job of communicating.

    And we appreciate your latest response. Suffice it to say things are in the works and we hope to have a new website rolled out shortly.

    But for now, as far as the comic categories, yes we do have multiple eras and theme breakdowns as individual categories. However, we also have catch-all categories. One is Comic Books of All Eras and Related- that has everything including related material such as comic club items, art and more. Or if you want just the Third Party Certified comics, there is a link for that under CGC & CBCS Certified Comic Books. Hopefully either or both of those would work for you.

    As for our auctions in general, we do premier cataloged auction three times a year. Those have the higher dollar items we offer, in all categories. We also do online-exclusive auctions, those tend to have more lower value and collector friendly items like the raw lots you mention. Signing up for our emails or following us on social media will keep you updated on all of our auction events and those that you may prefer to view.

    As for the Silver Age books in this auction, we do not have 17 lots but rather around 170. The number you are looking at on our site is total pages, not lots. There is a drop down box that you can change from 10 lots per page to all. This will give you what you are looking for, and that includes many high grade Silver Age books. You still may not find something to your liking, but this will at least give you more possible choices.

    We hope you continue to look over our auctions, use the tips we gave you here, and at some point find something for you collection, which sounds substantial.

    THE AMAZING FANTASY #15 CLUB

    in Silver Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 7/5/2023 at 6:52 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

    Hake's has to be the worst web site in the world.  Every time I go on there to see if they have anything I might be interested in, I have to sift through a pile of absolute garbage and never find anything of interest.

    That said, I do agree that this is a nice 7.5.  :foryou:

    We are sorry to hear that you are having difficulty with our website. Hake’s offers a wide variety of items, for collectors of all levels, and has since our inception in 1967. Every auction you have the capability to search by category and fine tune that by ranking items by value and estimate. For example here is the link showing all of the graded comics in our current auction:

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    In no way would we call anything we offer “absolute garbage”, nor would any of our valued consignors. As nice as the AF #15 7.5 is in this auction, we would say the ASM #1 9.6 is even nicer. Our offering of 300+ CGC books in the current auction is sure to please most. We are always available to answer any questions or concerns that you have and you can reach out to us directly at hakes@hakes.com