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[Courageous Cat]

On 3/18/2022 at 3:06 PM, littledoom said:

A local collector decided to sell his original owner comics for 25 cents each or 5 for $1. Here’s some highlights from a $20 yard sale buy 

wow! I don't collect moderns, but that wolverine looking EC comic is badass

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 3/18/2022 at 5:43 PM, Courageous Cat said:

wow! I don't collect moderns, but that wolverine looking EC comic is badass

Its #55 "death" of sabretooth actually happens in the issue too

[srezvan]

I pulled these out of a crate at the back of a used bookstore for $6 total.

 

[srezvan]

My first yard sale in a while. They advertised comics and Star Wars collectibles. They opened at 7:30. I got there at 7:15 with my daughter. We were the first ones there and waited patiently as the couple finished setting up. As they got closer to opening, two more guys showed up. We chatted a bit, and it was clear they were the competition. When we got the okay to go up the driveway, I went straight for the comics. Marked at $2 each, I picked out this small stack. They also had boxes of 90s Star Wars toys at $2 each. My son loves Star Wars, and my daughter pulled out armfuls of toys for her brother. I even got a bulk discount. Thundercats #1 is newsstand 1st Print. Transformers #1 is a 1st print. Transformers #8 is a 2nd print. Great morning.

[ADAMANTIUM]

Half Price Books finds, $5 total, whatever happened to the runaways series? It doesn't Garner much buzz...

Edited March 19, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM

[Robot Man]

On 3/19/2022 at 9:47 AM, srezvan said:

My first yard sale in a while. They advertised comics and Star Wars collectibles. They opened at 7:30. I got there at 7:15 with my daughter. We were the first ones there and waited patiently as the couple finished setting up. As they got closer to opening, two more guys showed up. We chatted a bit, and it was clear they were the competition. When we got the okay to go up the driveway, I went straight for the comics. Marked at $2 each, I picked out this small stack. They also had boxes of 90s Star Wars toys at $2 each. My son loves Star Wars, and my daughter pulled out armfuls of toys for her brother. I even got a bulk discount. Thundercats #1 is newsstand 1st Print. Transformers #1 is a 1st print. Transformers #8 is a 2nd print. Great morning.

Cool! Nice haul. I know nothing about the carded Star Wars figures but $2. each seems like a deal.

What did the competition get???

[srezvan]

On 3/19/2022 at 11:56 AM, Robot Man said:

Cool! Nice haul. I know nothing about the carded Star Wars figures but $2. each seems like a deal.

What did the competition get???

$2 per toy is a steal. I typically find him droids for $5 each at local shows. Deals can be found for loose lots on various apps, but I can't turn down $2 for a carded figure.

I went through the comic boxes first, so I don't know exactly what he pulled out after me. I did leave behind Alpha Flight #1, and he pulled that (I looked through the boxes again and noticed it was gone). He also pulled some Wonder Woman comics that I know nothing about. I only know he got those because he had them on the top of his small stack. I think we both left happy.

[Browns81]

I just finished reading this entire thread over the last month or two.  Some mind blowing finds, especially the Batman #2 in very high grade, Action Comics #8, and multiple Amazing Fantasy 15s!

Kind of sad to see people who posted a lot early on slowly fade away over time.

I actually kind of forgot I had these.  My father in law gave me his old collection from the late 50s to early 60s a long time back and I kind of thumbed through it but didn’t pay much attention.  Mostly funny books as you can see, but the last pic has what I think is the Good Stuff.  I don’t know if anything before the last pic has any real value, please let me know if I’m overlooking anything.  Most are in rough shape with a few exceptions.

Amazingly he was pretty much within an issue either way of major keys on every book listed (unless you are a big Streaky the Supercat fan!).  If only he’d held on a few more months he probably would have gotten some truly amazing stuff, but oh well.  These books are in much better shape, so I guess he took better care of them when he was a little older.

Anyway, for the price of $0 I am happy!

[littledoom]

Another weekend another yard sale. $2 comics. I also picked up a few sealed vintage music posters and a Cinefex 

[Bird]

On 3/19/2022 at 1:08 AM, srezvan said:

I pulled these out of a crate at the back of a used bookstore for $6 total.

 

usually I am clueless why people buy books but even I know these are takers and $6 well spent.

[Robot Man]

On 3/20/2022 at 6:33 AM, Browns81 said:

I just finished reading this entire thread over the last month or two.  Some mind blowing finds, especially the Batman #2 in very high grade, Action Comics #8, and multiple Amazing Fantasy 15s!

Kind of sad to see people who posted a lot early on slowly fade away over time.

I actually kind of forgot I had these.  My father in law gave me his old collection from the late 50s to early 60s a long time back and I kind of thumbed through it but didn’t pay much attention.  Mostly funny books as you can see, but the last pic has what I think is the Good Stuff.  I don’t know if anything before the last pic has any real value, please let me know if I’m overlooking anything.  Most are in rough shape with a few exceptions.

Amazingly he was pretty much within an issue either way of major keys on every book listed (unless you are a big Streaky the Supercat fan!).  If only he’d held on a few more months he probably would have gotten some truly amazing stuff, but oh well.  These books are in much better shape, so I guess he took better care of them when he was a little older.

Anyway, for the price of $0 I am happy!

Awsome to have your father in laws books. Looks like the kind of books my parents would have bought for me unless I had the choice then they would be the last picture…

I am probably just a little younger than him. I had a couple of those but luckily, most of mine came a year or two later. 

[F For Fake]

You all are killing me with the yard sale hauls. I was really expecting yard/garage sale activity to be starting up around here this weekend, but it was a bust. I guess everyone was hung over from the opening rounds of the NCAA tourney. This is Kentucky, after all, where college basketball is the official state religion. No one has time for yard sales when Kentucky gets bounced by a 15 seed. (BWAHAHAHA. Louisville fan here. UK can suck it.)

Going to a comic show this weekend, hoping the local sales start to pick up shortly. Keep posting the great pics!

[littledoom]

Went to a moving sale. A man’s son was born in ‘83 so he started buying every issue of New Mutants (1-100) as an investment. He bagged and boarded them right away and of course never read them. So they’re all in overwhelmingly high grade shape. Turns out his son never wanted them so I had the pleasure of buying his sole box of comics for a couple of hundreds. His collection also came with some extra X title related tie-ins

Edited March 26, 2022 by littledoom

[Talapas1]

I’ve been wanting this one for a while so was happily surprised to find it lurking among a number of drastically overpriced back issues at an antique mall.  I almost passed the bin by but decided to thumb through quickly and I’m really glad I did. 

[Beastfeast]

I don't know how Littledoom does it but it's impressive.  

Garage sale and a quick stop into 2nd & Charles.

[littledoom]

On 3/25/2022 at 1:32 PM, Beastfeast said:

I don't know how Littledoom does it but it's impressive.  

Garage sale and a quick stop into 2nd & Charles.

I go everywhere. A friend who also does the same is likely to make what I do child’s play today. I referred him to a sale out in nowhere and now he’s offering me first print Killing Joke or first print Dark Knight Returns as a finders fee. He bought everything he had, one long box and 2 short boxes for $200. I’m now anxiously awaiting his haul pics until he gets home lol.

Edited March 25, 2022 by littledoom

[littledoom]

On 3/25/2022 at 2:16 PM, littledoom said:

I go everywhere. A friend who also does the same is likely to make what I do child’s play today. I referred him to a sale out in nowhere and now he’s offering me first print Killing Joke or first print Dark Knight Returns as a finders fee. He bought everything he had, one long box and 2 short boxes for $200. I’m now anxiously awaiting his haul pics until he gets home lol.

Of course my dealer friend also scores for $200! The crazy thing is the guy running the sale hadn’t even brought out the comics until hours after. He’s gifting me the Savage Sword of Conan 1 as a finder’s fee 

Edited March 26, 2022 by littledoom

[Beastfeast]

On 3/25/2022 at 5:16 PM, littledoom said:

I go everywhere. A friend who also does the same is likely to make what I do child’s play today. I referred him to a sale out in nowhere and now he’s offering me first print Killing Joke or first print Dark Knight Returns as a finders fee. He bought everything he had, one long box and 2 short boxes for $200. I’m now anxiously awaiting his haul pics until he gets home lol.

I definitely don't go everywhere but I go everywhere comics are listed.  The problem is, comics are so rarely listed.  

[littledoom]

On 3/25/2022 at 5:03 PM, Beastfeast said:

I definitely don't go everywhere but I go everywhere comics are listed.  The problem is, comics are so rarely listed.  

I go everywhere in terms of distance for sales promising comics. I don’t go to random sales hoping for comics. Comics are always listed and there’s multiple outlets (apps) to check and I don’t even check all of them. So there’s always an opportunity for everyone to buy comics

[Namtak]

Complete in box!(cib)