littledoom

Dec 2019 estate sale, couple bucks each

55 minutes ago, Second Blight said:

Now, next months books are a different story.....

Yeah next months books when they return to regular release is what I'm referring to.. stores aren't going to order that many copies.. so when releases come out I can imagine the first 3-4 weeks to be low print .. I can't imagine the regular subscribers flocking to buy those.. but they won't be key issues..

Original 1930s comic art

6 minutes ago, FlyingDonut said:

Five DC books shipped this week - my LCS (which is shockingly not closed) emailed me and said they've gotten them:

• Batman Giant #4
• Daphne Byrne #4
• The Dreaming #20
• Nightwing #70 2nd print
• Batman #89 2nd Print

I figure for $25 this is an interesting speculative play. What happens if these books are not sent with a Diamond shipment in May/June? I'd have to believe that the amount of these five books (and whatever comes out in the next couple of weeks) printed will be really small. 

I'm specing hard on these low print 2020 books during this pandemic.. I can see them being $20 books 5 years from now

1 hour ago, catch21 said:

Two sold this month. One sold at $3000 the other most recent at $3500. This is real.

polybags are selling for crazy dinero

Avengers Annual 10 is actually one of my most fav covers.. It's nice and red.. mini box frames of multiple tiny characters.. reminds me of Indian in the Cupboard lol.. I like it

11.29.2019 There's no worse feeling than pulling up to a yard sale and seeing another guy with a healthy stack of "only" 40 or so comics lol. I got a handful of great books so I can only guess what the first guy got. I ended up also buying some horror t shirts and magazines. Then this seller told me he had more longboxes of comics that he was planning to put out for his next sale (he has these every week). So I contacted him and asked If I could buy some comics since I would be in the area. The best part was when he gifted me a '96 USA Olympics track jacket for free Paid $25 for all the comics in the pic

16 minutes ago, spreads said:

We should post a 'I never thought I'd sell this in a million years thread'.    Most of my ebay sales are keys and in demand stuff, but I moved some items I thought would sit there forever.

 start it

Venom vs Carnage 1-4 just sold for $200 ... I remember when I was stunned to see this set sell for $100 a few years back

1 hour ago, rsouxlja7 said:

Strange Tales 169 - sell on the current Doctor Strange 2 rumor or hold until confirmation (if he is actually in it)? 

keep (I'm holding onto mine), I think that character will be used.. it's a key that holds weight on it's own even if he's not used, so I think it's better to just hold onto it.. it's also one of those books that holds weight just because ppl like to speculate on it too

32 minutes ago, Comiquero said:

It’s a rarest 30 days of night preview spiral-bound edition! Authentic in NM condition! Only 50 copies! 

love it.. really underrated.. BIG key book back then.. awesome movie

15 minutes ago, Comiquero said:

 

What's that 30 days of Night thingy? Looks cool

Oct 14, 19.. Such a cold early morning at the flea. I had to ask a vendor friend if I could borrow a jacket he was selling.. $65 total.. majority were 2 for $5... This dealer circles around various swap meets but has yet to come back around... A friend told me he sold Giant Size X-Men 1 and X-Men 10 both for $40 at the flea he goes to.. and I believe him haha

Djurdjevic

payment/paypal system error.. or accidental .. that's always the best excuse

Oct 25 19.. Going through my computer bullshtn.. I decide to check if there's any sales on a Friday morning and I see there's one starting in 30mins but I have to get ready and drive so by the time I arrive I'd be 15-20 mins late. I still went and missed out on huge Golden Age Archie key I saw... Luckily there is a mega thrift store in the area and comics aside I had a great clothes haul.. not bad for $5..

2 hours ago, spreads said:

Wow, you are really going after all the leads!  Very diligent!  What percentage that you go to are busts?

I pick my targets very carefully and I study them so they don't waste my time.. I'd say very little are busts.. maybe 80-90% success rate in "scoring" ... that's by choosing the sales to go to very carefully and betting on risks..and being first or at least one of the firsts.. I rarely go to sales unless it's so obvious by the quality shown in the pics or the excessive quality in the description. It's hard to pass on "50,000 comics in boxes" even if there are no pics

8.3.19 I went to a sale very early in the am in a far away county. The pics showed several short boxes (maybe 20-30).. I was the first to look through them all and nothing but absolute 90s fodder dreck at it's worst ... The sad part is when sellers are actually dealers who try to trick people into showing up at their sales with the way they showcase their offerings. So I hit up another sale and the timing was just right.. this seller had set up in his driveway and I was just there right around the time it started and I was first to look thru the comics.. then another guy showed up 15-20 mins later but by then I had snagged all the best books for $100. The owner told me the MP15 was missing the MVS and he literally quoted me a $1 for it so I was happy. Found those SDCC advance previews at a sale I went to after for a buck each.

March 4, 2019 Just a $20 original owner flea haul. I was there hours after initial set up. The individual I bought these from said he'd be back every 3 months or so. Unfortunately I've never seen him since.

4 hours ago, Bird said:

200 free listings extended to July, so we got that going for us, which is nice

50,000 additional free listings with a store subscription also till end of July

1 hour ago, Bird said:

I am growing more and more fond of his work. Ka-zar was awesome. When I am listing books for sale I find myself taking a second look at a lot of Andy Kubert books.

 

Me too.. mad underrated... especially on the important X-Men and Batman runs.. one of the best the past 20 years. super gorgeous pencils

1 hour ago, Bird said:

Freudian slip!

oh Sgt. Rock ... I saw an old back issue mixed in his boxes and he said that belonged to his dad so he had to keep that one!

Found this in my collection remember buying it off the stand the Wednesday it released... nice Campbell wraparound