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On 1/30/2019 at 7:06 PM, ft88 said:

True Aviation 9 VF $40

 

What a fantastic convention!  A big thank you to Terry for sponsoring it!  A big hello to Dr. Love, Inaflash, Silver, Sacentaur, TriColorBrian, RickNeatStuff, RareHighGrade, MusterMark, dem1138 and a few others I can't remember at the moment.  I was so busy talking and gabbing and doing the "show and tell" that the day almost seems like a blur.  I bought a few books and made many notes of others. I didn't even get to visit every dealer's table.  I also wanted to ask Robot Man a few things, but I lost track of time.  Oh well, I guess I have to do it on the boards.

The Good Stuff:  The show has a wide variety of books, reasonable ticket prices, free parking, nice weather, clean venue and good eateries within a 10 minute drive.  For me, it is also fun to talk about kitchen remodels with other boardies.

The Bad Stuff:  Quite a few attendees had to wait in long lines to get in.  Also, the line for CGC was quite long and slow.  If attendees had bought a pre-sale ticket, you entered any time you wanted, waited inside in an air conditioned waiting room and entered the dealers room at 9:15 AM.  For CGC, it really helps to do the paperwork ahead of time.  It took me no time to drop off my books with two copies of the packing slip.  Others spent considerable amount of time using a tablet type of device to slowly enter their information.

Here are a few shots of the day:

3 hours ago, JWKyle said:

Just looking at the map of the surrounding area looks like there's a couple of Italian restaurants in the general area  does anyone have any recommendations of a good place to eat lunch?

There is a Marie Callender's about 10 minutes west of the convention.  For some reason, it is not crowded at lunch time.  But for dinner, there is usually a wait for a table.  There are some fast food eateries south of the con (just north of the 91 freeway).  There is a Polly's Pies and a Mimi's Cafe south of the Con, but they are packed for lunch.

What a great time I had!  Thank you to shortboxed for setting up the event and a big thank you to Terry for sponsoring the Con and giving your OK to Preview night.  It was more of a gabfest, with some eating and drinking (Foolkiller...) and a few books changing hands.  I can't wait until tomorrow.  For those who couldn't make it, here are some pics to give you an idea of what it looked like.  I took them at 3 PM.  A lot of folks didn't arrive till a bit later.  By then, I couldn't leave my selling area because it was a little busy.

The wife and I had lunch in Old Town Orange on Sunday.  I walked over to Big Red Comics and I took this picture.

On 1/4/2019 at 4:32 PM, Robot Man said:

Was down in my local Antique Mall area in Orange CA today and stopped into Big Red's Comics. I was surprised to see the sign had changed to Torpedo Comics. The owner wasn't there and the employee was a little tight lipped. There was a massive row of comic bins installed and things were changed. I asked, like I usually do, if they had any "older comics" and was told that they would soon.

Looks like Torpedo is branching out from it's Las Vegas store. Never been there. Do they have a decent selection of vintage comics? Might be nice to have a local store that stocks vintage books.

I frequent Old Town Orange from time to time.  Here's another reason to go!

Forgot about this one, until I showed a fellow boardie a box of Quality's...

7 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

Hollywood Diary #3 - very fine near mint (9.0) ow - $275

Deslabbed and now raw, the CGC label is included. As this was the only copy on the census it was simultaneously the highest and lowest graded copy. Now there are none and the new owner can gloat about purchasing a true rarity for under $300.

 

 

I would gloat, but there is no emoji for that.

6 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Baker fever!  Catch it and watch your bank account die! 

My bank account seems to die even if I don't give in to the Baker fever!

4 hours ago, sacentaur said:

Roland, you’re on fire! 

I hope that doesn't mean I'm getting a fever.  

Thank you Stan.  You made my childhood memorable by introducing me to the Marvel universe.