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01TheDude

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wow--- I didn't even mention where I went and you guys were right on it. Well there are two of them in the immediate area so maybe they are the only games in town. Not sure. Not sure I am going to pursue this much farther either.

 

It did appear picked to death I suppose.

 

But this thread still delivers. I kind of went mostly to see if I could find one or two gems to post here. Mostly what I saw was overpriced modern drek, overpriced Bronze beat up dogs, and maybe one silver age Jimmy Olsen in terrible shape that someone had filled in the letters on the title. SO who wants to see that garbgae let alone pay for it? not me, not anyone really

 

I've only lived here since June so we'll see how it goes. Kind of pisses me off since I moved from living in Tampa for 30 years to see that Tampa Con thread.

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On the other hand, if you go to some old lady's house and buy her deceased husband's Action Comics 1 for $100, then you are ripping her off. The old lady is not in business and cannot be expected to know the FMV of what she is selling.

That's a fairly strong take on it. Every knowledgeable buyer has a moral obligation to turn advocate for any amateur seller they encounter?

Yes. Basically. When they're unknowingly selling a six to seven figure collectible for pocket change at a yard sale, a decent human being would inform them. A scumbag would laugh all the way to the bank.

I get the concept, I really do. (thumbs u There's a boundary I think you take it beyond.

 

If she took it to a professional seller and asked for info and an offer, yeah, they have a moral obligation for honesty and fair treatment.

 

If she asked a neighbor kid to help haul out her deceased husband's belongings and he notices it while rummaging , yep, he has a moral obligation to inform her of its significance.

 

The dividing line, the boundary, is the Marketplace. Once an item is on the open market for a voluntary price, it's in the wide open out on the Serengeti plain asking to be consumed. At that point, if a buyer chooses to share their good fortune with the seller, fine. But it's not a moral obligation, nor are they a "scumbag" if they choose not to. Mercy in the market is a gift given, not an obligation.

Well, I disagree. Just because I'm not a "professional" doesn't mean I don't know what it's worth. Screwing old ladies over for profit is no bueno regardless of your professional status. When you see someone obviously mistakenly throwing away a windfall that could change their lives, their children's lives, their grandchildren's lives, and you steal it so you can have more funny books, I consider that person a scumbag. Absolutely nothing, no sort of logic could possibly change my mind on that. All I can think of is the possibility that generations of children may grow up in poverty because someone decided to be greedy. As someone who grew up in extreme poverty and experienced first hand that glass ceiling I can never accept someone who would do such a thing as anything but a scumbag.

 

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Here are a few I found this past weekend in an antique shop

 

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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. :o

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!

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Here are a few I found this past weekend in an antique shop

 

IMG_0581_zps6ee45983.jpg

 

:o

 

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. :o

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.

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I've visited about 5 different Salvation Armys', Goodwill and Thrift stores, and have found a total of 0 comics. I WILL FIND YOU :sumo:

 

yah I think you're better off at the non-chain thrift stores, not SA or GW. Church or hospital ones. People donate comics for the kids (which is both good and bad)

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Here are a few I found this past weekend in an antique shop

 

IMG_0581_zps6ee45983.jpg

 

:o

 

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. :o

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?

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01TheDude

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Another Maine find. I think I should take a trip out there sometime and scurry around the antique shops hm The person I bought my Bat 1 from years ago found the book in Maine as well.

 

lol --- for some reason (probably your avatar and the item you were talking about) I heard Adam West doing his campy Batman voice while reading your post. The only thing missing was "To the Bat copter!"

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So as some of you know, I went to an auction viewing - it turned out to be the actual night - so just as well I went. There were lots of Gentlemens mags, so after a thread on here, and looking on the bay - off I went.

 

 

The auction house was on the far eastern edge of Melbourne - and 'Auction House' was probably a bit grand tbh.

A brick and tin garage would be more appropriate, but there were 400+ lots, and a smallish crowd, so myself and the wife settled in on very uncomfortable "we can't sell them" junk seats.

 

First lot I was interested in, out bid quickly, and passed. I had just fallen for the oldest trick in the book, as I found out loading the car later. I was parked next to the guy who won that lot, and he was looking a bit sheepishly at me (he had won quite a few Gents mag lots) - and I got the 'look' straight away.

 

"You were here earlier and sorted the box mate, didn't you"

 

"yeah, sorry"

 

And sure enough, at the bottom of a very large box of Penthouse, and Australian Penthouse , were duplicate mint issues of:

 

Linda Blair

Bo Derek (28 page Australian exclusive shoot)

Danni Minogue

Virginia Hey (Farscape and Mad Max)

Giga Edgley (Farscape)

 

Each sell for at least $20 - and these were mint. I just grinned - nothing else to do, my fault for not looking properly......

 

There were lots of magazines I had never heard of - Chevalier, Swank, Men, Cherie, all in very good condition from the 1960's and 1970's - and even though these were small lots (less than 10 magazines) they went into the $200 - $300 range in a couple of bids.

 

I did win some stuff - up next. :)

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These Disney glasses - actual glass - total of 30.

Some promotion I'd guess, but for what, no idea.....

 

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A selection of Australian reprints/originals:

 

A Superman Annual with a story from each character featured on the cover (Murray late 1970's)

 

Dracula #1 with poster intact (Newton 1970's)

 

ASM #204 + #205 (Yaffa)

 

1st Cloak and Dagger, origin Hellcat and a cool X-Men #4 with an X-Men #1 homage to the all-new X-Men - 3 X-men stories inside (All 3 are Federal Comics)

 

Interesting lot.

 

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Then a nice result.

 

Over 80 "Club International" magazines from 1970's - 1980's

 

Including Volume #1 - no's #1 - #4

 

Yup, first ever 'Club International' - all in very good/excellent condition. Over 80 all up.

 

I'll put the pic in spoilers, nothing too rude, just a bottom showing, but NSFW just in case.

 

 

 

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I had a good look on ebay, and expect to do very well on these.

However, if someone has an idea of the value of a #1 magazine, I would welcome the input.

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Then these - 'R' rated drive-in movie posters.

 

These are from a little town, south-east of Melbourne, called Colac. This place shuts nowadays at 9pm, so back in the 1970's, it shut at literally 6pm, when the store closed!

 

To have a drive-In showing hard-core porn in the bush, 40+ years ago is mindblowing!

 

The first is "Lipstick" ,and in poor condition

 

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There are a few around, and it's not worth much but the other 2 are rare, as the films are unheard of pretty much.

 

"Forbidden Passions"

 

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And my favourite - "The language of love"

On the poster - "R" rated - admission prohibited for those over 6 and under 18"

so, in Australia, it's OK to bring your 5 year old to a hard-core porn film at the drive in!! :o:o:o

 

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And that, as they say, is that.

 

Thanks for reading!

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