I know - I couldn't believe it either!!
Unelievable....especially at an antique shop! Care to divulge what you paid for those babies? I'm assuming it was a great deal.
If he didn't pay 90% of their FMV I'm sure the sharks here in CG will be out for blood saying he ripped off a little old lady and karma's going to swallow him whole.
There's plenty of room between paying 90% FMV for something and buying a million dollar Action #1 for a dollar.
This was somewhere in between. No little old lady. Anonymous dealer who had several short boxes marked "Collectors Comics" in a glass case. Never even met him. He wasn't giving them away. But he is not a comic guy per say so they were not priced according to the current market conditions.
Wonderful books. If you're going to sell 'em, I'd slab em and auction off. On the boards, on eBay, on Heritage, on cconnect, whatever floats your boat. Count me envious of such a great find!
I still have exactly one comic I found in an antique mall, now some 25+ years ago, worth exactly what I paid for it at the time (a WOW #23.) Always wondered about this odd duck, and why my luck wasn't such that I couldve found other titles of similar vintage alongside. Oh well!
Thank you. I have decided on ComicLink. The RL 3 and Bats 47 will be in the late August Featured Auction with the All Star and Cap in a future CL auction. Just too many interested parties and thought this would be the fairest way for all.
Good luck to you with these books at auction. I'm sure they will do very well. I'm guessing these will be graded by CGC first before they get scanned and processed?