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truefan77d

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  1. Ok, I sold a slew of old books last year and need to figure the acquisition cost to determine my gain. Problem is, many of the books were purchased 30+ years ago at book stores & trade shows and receipts have long since disappeared. Worst case, I can just use the cover price, but as many books were published before I was born, that doesn't really make sense. Curious if anyone else has been in the same situation and how they resolved it. Thanks. .
  2. Rare yes, valuable not so much. I recently sold a copy of Dare-Devil #9 with a double cover through Heritage and it didn't receive much interest, nor sales. Netted $240, which was about FMV at the time for a single cover issue. Very disappointed. So collect these for uniqueness, but don't expect stellar results above and beyond that for a single cover issue. Unless it is rare to begin with of course.
  3. Great memories from the mail order days. My first exposure was Howard Rogofsky in the early 70s. Action #1 was listed for $400 and I recall telling my late father to buy it. Oh if he would have listened! I ended up purchasing books from Robert Bell, as his catalog focused on affordable silver age issues. Paper route money only goes so far! Good times.
  4. Just a quick update....well no update actually. A detective has been assigned to my case, but has yet to investigate although it has been over a week since I reported it. So forget everything you see on TV about them coming quickly to the scene of the crime, doing fingerprints, interviewing witnesses. Ain't happening. Understand in these COVID times one can't expect things to move quickly, but not even a phone call? Cant reveal too much on the storage locker details without compromising investigation. One thing to put out (and will do a pitfalls of the storage locker industry later) is to really really tell everyone to look over their contract (10 pages in my case) if they have a locker. Did you know that the storage locker company cannot even be held liable when a break-in is caused by negligence on their part? They can pretty much leave the gate open and forget to turn off the alarms. You and your lock are on your own. That is the risk one takes. Crazy! Anyway, thanks everyone for the concern and support. Will keep posting news as I get it. Hopefully something good eventually.
  5. Appreciate everyone's support and those who have helped alert dealers (Aszumilo). Police and PI engaged, but due to current crisis, things can't move as fast as I would like, which I do understand. Have some insurance, but not nearly enough to recover. Storage lockers are a giant risk (please don't scold), but for many of us with limited options, that is our only choice. Sad but true. Take care all....will post on any new updates.
  6. Hi everyone. Thieves broke into my storage locker in Las Vegas and made off with around 3000 silver and bronze age books. All boarded and bagged. Many CGC slabbed, Collection includes, X-Men 1-100, DD 1-100 and almost full runs of FF, Spider-Man and almost every good release thru mid 70's. If anyone see's or hears of large collections being offered up, especially by someone appearing sketchy, please do the right thing and contact police or respond to this post. Take care fellow comic brothers and sisters. We all need to look out for each other. Stay healthy!