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On 4/29/2024 at 5:22 PM, crassus said:

Fantastic Four 47 8.5 (Note: book has mod cig smoke odour; bright with strong colours & superior gloss; presents as a 9.0-9.2 but light to mod cb spine stress is just a bit too much for my liking and what determined grade; otherwise only light edge wear, mainly top & center r-edge fc including sm production cuts visible in between the two arcs of flame, and cb edge wear also left btm edge near spine; slight bindery scuffs; note: pencil arrival date in red box fc; light foxing interior cvrs; light to mod foxing bc; PQ is White) $95.00

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Here are the pictures of the interior back cover.

@joeypost

I noticed the book on the left has a whiter back than the book on the right.

A closer comparison:

And finally a close-up.

It sruck me as more of a yellow difference than a reddish-brown.  But maybe that's how light foxing looks?

Thanks for your insights!

I'm grateful you've made these books available.  I'd even say you're being generous.  But one guy snagging all 12 outstanding books doesn't strike me as being in the spirit of "disseminate".

I get myself in trouble with these kind of snide, cynical observations.  Always have.   I don't know why I can't learn to just shut up.

On 4/14/2024 at 2:07 PM, StingerMcK said:

Let's add a few Archie books as well

Life with Archie 2

Good

$100 shipped

Take per PM.

The titles are fantastically funny for the covers.  "Men Today" and "Real Men".  What kind of snap-shot in time is this?

On 3/29/2024 at 9:17 AM, Real Frantic One said:

Captain America #155
8.0 VF
$35

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Collecting for rich folks...

On 3/7/2024 at 9:44 AM, johnenock said:

Ok, guys. Someone has reached out and might be interested in the whole collection in one fell swoop. I gave them until noon Mountain time to come up with a number that is good for both of us. If we can't, I will start posting at 1 Pacific and answer PM's I have already received about individual books. Sorry for the delay, but if I can do this without shipping 100 packages it would be great.

Thanks again,

John

Oh, so suddenly cow wrangling doesn't seem like such a priority I guess.

On 3/6/2024 at 1:26 PM, johnenock said:

That's not all...

 

Oh....my....god.   This is to be the mother of all threads.

Egad.

I really appreciate the grading opinions.  I gave it a 6.0 myself.  Here is how I reached that grade.  At first glance the book looks pretty good, somewhere between a 6.0 and 8.0.  With a quick once over I would say it's closer to an 8.0 so start there.  Considering the general wear takes it to a 7.5.  Weighing in the heavier defects:  the scratches and scraping around the front bottom left takes it to a 6.5.  And the bend with tears on the reverse on the top edge near the right corner takes it to be a 6.0.

I would really love to send this in to CGC with a clean and press to get it graded so I can get formal verdict on the grade.  But it's a structurally strong with white pages and strong staples, a very interesting read with a couple of nice first appearances, and relatively low value, so I'll probably use it as my reader copy.  It can easily be read and enjoyed without any fear of handling impacting the grade.

The grading opinions were very helpful and gave me something to think about.

On 2/29/2024 at 10:58 PM, Point Five said:

DONALD DUCK'S ATOM BOMB. Fun Barks rarity, a 1947 giveaway from Cheerios. Solid tight book, 4.5 or so.

$110

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Lays flat, still has some gloss to it, staples clean and tight, centerfold tight, probably white pages.

Areas to call out on the front cover: numerous scratches along spine at bottom left corner from staple to corner, about 2 inches of scraping along bottom of cover at lower left corner, three-eigths inch light scratch at upper left of issue number, general wear upper left corner, one-half inch light color breaking uneven line below RIC in AMERICA of title, small thumb crease one-fourth inch at Iron Man's left foot.

On reverse cover, on top edge near top right corner is a light bend that is one-half inch across and one-fourth inch down in size and bound on both sides by one-eigth inch tears.

I have my idea for a grade that I will share once others have a chance to weigh in.  Thanks so much for your thoughts and opinions!

Front cover close-ups follow:

Back cover close-up of bend with tear.

Inside back cover view.

Comic book collecting is dead.  Dead, I said.  Today is a buyers market.  It may never be a seller's market again.  The comic book collector is an old dude.  There will be an increasing number just like you, dumping their collections because they can't take it with them.  Younger people have no fond childhood attachment to comics, no desire to put good money into a dead asset, and would rather have the cash then hold onto what was important to departed generations.

There are no new collectors.  Your buyers will be fellow old dudes; long-time collectors who already have much of what they always wanted.  Unmotivated buyers.

We are slowly swirling right down the drain.

On 2/26/2024 at 9:56 AM, UncleAnwar said:

So I've been a collector since the mid 90s and have finally come to the decision to move on and sell my books after all these years.  Not an easy decision, but I've realized that going to cons and the thrill of the hunt was a big part of it for me.  Now that I've crossed off most of the stuff I wanted, they've just been sitting in storage for years.

I've been strictly a marvel collector and have tried to be a completionist.  I've got big runs of many major titles, amazing spiderman 1-400, x-men 1-300, fantastic four 1-300, daredevil 1-200, and several other runs. The grades vary a lot, but most of the collection is raw with a handful of the big books cgc graded (x-men 1 cgc 3.5, ff 1 cgc 2.5, dd 1 cgc 4.5, st110 cgc 3.0, hulk 181 cgc 6.5.

My general question is, with the state of the current market would it be best to sell now or wait a bit (3, 5, 10 yrs?).  I'm in no real rush to move them quickly, so I'm fine waiting if it will net me more money.  I'm also learning that I'll definitely have to break them up in chunks to get the most bang for my buck.

But looking at GPA, outside of covid and the mcu boom, it really feels like prices are still correcting back to normal.  From GPA trends i've seen over the last 20 years, it feels like the market will still go down some over the next few years, but really who knows.  Just looking for general opinions of best time to sell and if you guys think the market is due for a rise any time in the near future, or if now is the time to sell before it drops even further?

 

 

take.  oh wait.  wrong forum.

On 2/16/2024 at 8:33 PM, rdp collectibles said:

take 5

Thank you!  (Thor 144)

On 2/16/2024 at 8:32 PM, rdp collectibles said:

take 10

Thank you!  (JIM 119)

On 2/16/2024 at 7:44 PM, gunsmokin said:

Take

  Thank you!  (JIM 118)

That is all!  Thanks for looking!

Thor #144 VG/F $5  SOLD!

Journey Into Mystery #119 G/VG $10  SOLD!

Journey Into Mystery #109 VG $50

Journey Into Mystery #118 F/VF $60  SOLD!

Red Sonja #1 NM- $35