Charlotte Comicon December 29th Charlotte NC

[capt_comics]

The largest and best one day comic book convention in the Carolinas returns - December 29th

 

www.charlottecomicon.com

 

Everything from 50 cent/$1 comics to CA, BA, SA and GA - plus keys, CGC books, BLBs, trades and GNs, toys, busts and statues, original art and much much more.

 

Free Marvel digests to the first 200 people through the door.

Spider-Man 3 posters and other door prizes/shopping sprees given away all day long.

 

As always - CGC board members are in for free.

Hope you can make it.

 

thanks!!

 

 

 

 

[finecomics]

What about CGC board members who set up?

[capt_comics]

What about CGC board members who set up?

 

Let me think about it

 

hm

 

 

NO

 

You already get in for free - we've never asked you for $3 admission

 

 

[finecomics]

Had to try

 

Have a good xmas Rick, and I'll see you on the 29th.

[jacks2start-migration]

I'll be there.

[arexcrooke]

Unfortunatly, or fortunatly depending on which side of the aisle you stand, i wont be able to make it. We have a wrestling tourny over in Huntersville on Saturday.

 

Hope you guys have a good time and a great show.

 

Arex

[capt_comics]

See you there Guy

 

Should be a fantastic show. Most of the regular dealers attending and a few new ones too.

 

 

[arexcrooke]

Some guy from Colorado with an obsession with Pottery will be there too

[sterlingcomics]

Some guy from Colorado with an obsession with Pottery will be there too

[arexcrooke]

Well Chuckles will be there. He said it in his most recent email :shrug:

[capt_comics]

WOW

Guess we've made the BIG TIME now

 

:acclaim:

[capt_comics]

I'm sure part of it is a trip over to Sheltons, probably buying like crazy today

 

Shelton has really been selling a lot of stuff wholesale recently

 

 

 

 

 

 

[arexcrooke]

wtf? Shelton has been selling stuff at wholesale?

Did he catch plague or something?

 

Any guesses as to why Rick?

[capt_comics]

Yes

In big lots of course

 

Shankle bought 5 or 6 boxes from him at our last show and he tried to sell him some other books at the Hickory show in October and he balked. Guess he wanted too much for them the second time?

 

Shelton has hundreds and hundreds of boxes of CA BA SA books in his warehouse.

 

The reason

 

Maybe taxes??

I don't really know

 

He's been pushing us to go ahead and pay him for the big show by the end of this year, but he's still only giving a 10% discount which I get anyways

 

 

 

[arexcrooke]

Seems like Shelton's eyes are never too far away from $$$

 

what are the general grades of the bulk stuff he is selling? VG area stuff?

[capt_comics]

yes - I would imagine so

generally G-FN range

 

the stuff Shankle got was

 

 

[RickHigh]

A mini report on one of the best one-day cons around. Chris F. had lots of new stuff. Lots of nice high grade SA books from a new collection. I talked with him for quite a while. He said that he's working hard on his store in Columbia, SC. Arex, I saw several of those 52-pagers you are looking for (you are still looking for 52-pagers aren't you? ) Several dealers had GA books that I hadn't seen before. I met a new dealer at the show — Greg White, from Florida. He's an old-time dealer with lots of great books. Spent lots of time talking with him, and especially enjoyed his stories about Shelly Moldoff. I had not planned to buy anything at the show, and had to struggle not to buy a couple of All Winners he had. They were sweet books, but, thankfully, came away empty handed (Christmas and a family vacation to Paris has put my buying on hold for a while). Still had a great time. Thanks Rick for putting on a great show!!! (thumbs u

[capt_comics]

Thanks Rick.

It was good to see you yesterday.

There was a very good variety of books at the show.

Certainly something for every type of collector.

 

Here's my 15 seconds of fame.

 

http://news14.com/content/top_stories/591252/comic-con-provides-plenty-of-fun/Default.aspx

 

Chuck R is standing in front of Dave Hinson's (co-promoter) table early in the video.

 

[arexcrooke]

:hail:

 

Can I have your autograph please

 

On a more serious note, did you get a chance to talk with Chuck? And what did he buy?

[capt_comics]

Unfortunately with both taking care of the show, the door, and the tables, you never have a long period of time to talk to anyone long.

 

Basically he was invited by Shelton to come on a buying trip to the warehouse and decided to come to the show. He was suppose to leave at 2, but decided to stay the entire day and spend the night at the hotel and fly back to Denver on Sunday.

From what I could tell and heard, he wasn't buying bulk, but more esoteric and expensive comics.

Spent 2K+ plus with quite a few dealers. Bought an X-men #1. Some other higher priced SA. Bought a box of romance comics? Looked for new hot stuff. Asked about Fables. Heard he made a comment about finding some great deals. He talked about coming back.

Would be great to have him back for at least 1 or 2 shows next year.

 

Here are some more Chuck buys

Low grade JIM 83

A couple of golden age Wonder Woman and Action, some late issue Vampirellas, some silver DC, and low end Gold.

 

It appears he's trying to get the low end stuff at about 30-40% Paying more for higher end stuff 60-65%