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[Robot Man]

Went to the flea market today and all I found was money…

I did it from the other side of the booth. Had a bunch of old leftover stuff and decided to blow out a lot of it. Had a real good day but damn my feet hurt…

Even saw a few boardies trolling unsuccessfully for old funny books. Had some laughs and wished them luck. 

[cabinboy]

These came out to about $8 each at a garage sale - DD 5 is missing the last page (in addition to what's missing from the top left of the cover)  

[Robot Man]

On 5/22/2023 at 8:02 PM, cabinboy said:

These came out to about $8 each at a garage sale - DD 5 is missing the last page (in addition to what's missing from the top left of the cover)  

Looks like you probably did better at a garage sale than the flea market. I almost never find any vintage comics at garage sales in my area. Heck, I rarely find many at flea markets either. 

[Paddy_McShillihan]

Antique shop grab .... $5 was about to leave and seen box ... 

[BuscemasAvengers]

Another small but notable find on FBMP this morning. Might put up the GR1 to see what the consensus is for the grade.

[Robot Man]

On 5/25/2023 at 6:34 PM, Paddy_McShillihan said:

Antique shop grab .... $5 was about to leave and seen box ... 

Five bucks? You got ripped off. Most antique malls around here would want no more than $3. for a book like that…

[littledoom]

On 5/26/2023 at 8:25 AM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Another small but notable find on FBMP this morning. Might put up the GR1 to see what the consensus is for the grade.

Dang they look like they're nice shapes in the bag! Is there any background story you can share?

[BuscemasAvengers]

On 5/26/2023 at 3:11 PM, littledoom said:

Dang they look like they're nice shapes in the bag! Is there any background story you can share?

Grades range between 4.5-7.5.  Not much of a story. Guy said he bought some off the rack, and some second hand, in the 70s. He has about 2-3 more short boxes of books - I'll likely go back and pick up a few more.

[Beige]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:39 AM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Grades range between 4.5-7.5.  Not much of a story. Guy said he bought some off the rack, and some second hand, in the 70s. He has about 2-3 more short boxes of books - I'll likely go back and pick up a few more.

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

[MattTheDuck]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:07 PM, Beige said:

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

At most sales, there's no time to cherry pick although I would certainly prefer that. I'm not a reseller so whatever I buy I'm going to have for a while. 

[BuscemasAvengers]

On 5/26/2023 at 8:07 PM, Beige said:

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

He had everything laid out on a table, and I immediately asked him if he would consider selling them all together. He said he'd prefer not to, and was fine taking his time selling them in small stacks.

[comicginger1789]

On 5/26/2023 at 8:07 PM, Beige said:

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

If the bulk is good I try to take it all. But like if it’s all yuck and there are a few yum books I’ll grab what I need/want. 
 

For example I had a lady with filing cabinets full of smoky stinky books in her home. If the stuff didn’t reek of ciggies, I would have tried to get it all but condition was poo. So I saved a complete high grade set of Red Wolf and a few others and left the rest. 

[littledoom]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:07 PM, Beige said:

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

I try to get what I want and not take what I don't need -or- whatever's the best deal

[Robot Man]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:07 PM, Beige said:

Make a deal for them all surely?

 

I don't cherry pick as some sellers go straight to their open ebay tab to do a 'price check'.

 

Do most people bulk buy or cherry pick?

At this point in life, I’m a picker. I already have WAY more bulk than I want or need. I have no problem paying up at fair prices for the better stuff. I don’t need to whip out my phone to make a decision.

I recently bought a half a dozen cool BA books from a lady at an antique show. She wanted a very reasonable price for a big pile. She didn’t want to sell individually so I paid her price, pulled out the ones I wanted and left the rest. She was a little shocked but I just didn’t want to deal with the rest either. 

[01TheDude]

On 5/27/2023 at 8:50 AM, Robot Man said:

At this point in life, I’m a picker. I already have WAY more bulk than I want or need. I have no problem paying up at fair prices for the better stuff. I don’t need to whip out my phone to make a decision.

I recently bought a half a dozen cool BA books from a lady at an antique show. She wanted a very reasonable price for a big pile. She didn’t want to sell individually so I paid her price, pulled out the ones I wanted and left the rest. She was a little shocked but I just didn’t want to deal with the rest either. 

can you give an idea of how many total you left (kept 12)? sounds like she wasn't asking much

Edited May 27, 2023 by 01TheDude

[mrwoogieman]

Got a cool box of pulps at the flea this morning!

 

[Robot Man]

On 5/28/2023 at 7:24 AM, mrwoogieman said:

Got a cool box of pulps at the flea this morning!

 

Nice score! Did you buy them all or just picked out the ones you liked the most? I used to see a lot of pulps like that out in the wild but they have pretty much dried up now. 

[mrwoogieman]

On 5/28/2023 at 11:12 AM, Robot Man said:

Nice score! Did you buy them all or just picked out the ones you liked the most? I used to see a lot of pulps like that out in the wild but they have pretty much dried up now. 

It was an all or nothing deal, so I bought them all. The conditions vary but seem to be complete and intact at least. I see some tape on a spine or two. Very happy!

 

 

[Robot Man]

On 5/28/2023 at 8:35 AM, mrwoogieman said:

It was an all or nothing deal, so I bought them all. The conditions vary but seem to be complete and intact at least. I see some tape on a spine or two. Very happy!

 

 

I would most probably bought them all too. Stuff like that just doesn’t turn up in the wild anymore.

A couple years ago I bumped into a guy with 4 or 5 boxes of pulps. He had them raw and priced “each”. He was not giving any discount for a quantity buy so I didn’t buy all of them due to desirability or condition. I probably should have bought more…

Funny thing. I was quickly going through them looking over my shoulder when two young comic flippers walked by, looked over my shoulder and kept walking. They probably had no idea what they were. 

Top photo is how I discovered them. Bottom photo is about half of what I ended up buying.

[BuscemasAvengers]

Headed back to the original owner collection (from which I picked up the GR1, Cap117, etc.) and was able to buy another small stack of 50 bronze-era books.