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[Beige]

On 3/29/2022 at 6:24 AM, F For Fake said:

For sure, they're out there. Timing is everything. Since we're all fully absorbed in this world of comic collecting, wheeling and dealing, it's difficult sometimes to understand that some people just don't care, they just want the stuff GONE.

True that

Anyone reading this thread from a few years back would see I paid $700 for a whole heap of boxes from a guy. I made a really decent profit on them.

Quite a few graded out at 9.8 (there are some pics of them here somewhere)

 

You just gotta put the miles in.

[bronze_rules]

I put in years and miles and gas and time, and my conclusion is luck and location are a HUGE factor.

Especially, when you have local dealers going to the same locations and competing for every little morsel. 

The best deals I've had are from good dealers who are willing to negotiate with good customers (I've had a really good dealer call me whenever a good haul came in, and would negotiate fairly).

Edited March 28, 2022 by bronze_rules

[F For Fake]

On 3/28/2022 at 7:36 PM, bronze_rules said:

I put in years and miles and gas and time, and my conclusion is luck and location are a HUGE factor.

Especially, when you have local dealers going to the same locations and competing for every little morsel. 

The best deals I've had are from good dealers who are willing to negotiate with good customers (I've had a really good dealer call me whenever a good haul came in, and would negotiate fairly).

Competition is a very real element, especially these last couple of years. Ten years or so ago, I may have been one of two or three guys showing up at all of the local estate sales and auctions. Nowadays, there are tons, and they tend to overpay and run prices up as well. The game has changed for sure.

[Robot Man]

On 3/29/2022 at 7:16 AM, F For Fake said:

Competition is a very real element, especially these last couple of years. Ten years or so ago, I may have been one of two or three guys showing up at all of the local estate sales and auctions. Nowadays, there are tons, and they tend to overpay and run prices up as well. The game has changed for sure.

Very true. Add to the fact that most of the truly vintage stuff has already been dug out.

I rarely find much out in the wild that I figure is worth my gas and time to pursue.

But, the more you do it, the better your chances are of getting lucky…

[ADAMANTIUM]

No where near high grade, but might be a decent read. At $3

Edited March 29, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM

[bronze_rules]

On 3/29/2022 at 11:54 AM, ADAMANTIUM said:

No where near high grade, but might be a decent read. At $3

Brings back good memories. Especially, remembering the toy displays in the toy stores.

[cms1]

On 3/29/2022 at 10:16 AM, F For Fake said:

Competition is a very real element, especially these last couple of years. Ten years or so ago, I may have been one of two or three guys showing up at all of the local estate sales and auctions. Nowadays, there are tons, and they tend to overpay and run prices up as well. The game has changed for sure.

I see a lot of people over paying nowadays, which is driving up the market making people think they have gold again when 99% of it is just drek.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 3/29/2022 at 3:22 PM, bronze_rules said:

Brings back good memories. Especially, remembering the toy displays in the toy stores.

The closest I came may have been VR Troopers, or some such

A bit before my time but had family that were into Shogun material

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

$3 a piece...

 

The #0 Thunder cats preview is a Campbell cover... Other are some 1sts as well

[spreads]

On 3/28/2022 at 11:45 AM, littledoom said:

There were about 20 shortboxes laid out on his driveway. Luckily I did buy all of his runs. What’s shown are the highlights. I got full runs of X-Men from 159-316, BP 1-40, WD 7-101, etc. What I didn’t picture is a near full run of Simone Bianchi Batman and Detective Comics covers! That’s a beautiful run that I was stoked to get! And the conditions are high grade 

Good job!  I'm at the point now if I see something like that, I quickly just buy the lot, or pass....my time is valuable these days...

[Bearcatcoach]

So much good advice posted on this thread!

It looks like the main theme is that hard work and perseverance eventually pays off...to which I wholeheartedly agree!

Unless you have a brick & mortar store where the books come to you....you will need to go out and find them!

I have posted a small percentage of my purchases on this thread through the years...always fun to share cool things that have been acquired in a variety of ways.  I am more of a convention, auction, flea market, word of mouth guy....estate/yard/garage sales have been few and far between for good pick-ups in my experience...cudos to those who have success finding deals this way!!

[littledoom]

On 3/27/2022 at 11:27 PM, jcjames said:

This comes to mind now

[Cobbledclam]

Antique shop finds yesterday. Self edited cover for you. 1930’s fun stuff. Great illustrations and pics. 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Cobbledclam
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[Bearcatcoach]

So....was at a show on Sunday.  Guy comes up and asks if I am I interested in Avengers 1-300+....um Yes please!  Next day went to his house and came home with around 30 long boxes of comics & a dozen boxes of miscellaneous stuff but a whole lot less $$$...lol

Some highlights...

[jcjames]

On 3/31/2022 at 8:25 PM, Bearcatcoach said:

So....was at a show on Sunday.  Guy comes up and asks if I am I interested in Avengers 1-300+....um Yes please!  Next day went to his house and came home with around 30 long boxes of comics & a dozen boxes of miscellaneous stuff but a whole lot less $$$...lol

Some highlights...

[grendelbo]

On 3/31/2022 at 9:25 PM, Bearcatcoach said:

So....was at a show on Sunday.  Guy comes up and asks if I am I interested in Avengers 1-300+....um Yes please!  Next day went to his house and came home with around 30 long boxes of comics & a dozen boxes of miscellaneous stuff but a whole lot less $$$...lol

Some highlights...

 

[spreads]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:25 PM, Bearcatcoach said:

So....was at a show on Sunday.  Guy comes up and asks if I am I interested in Avengers 1-300+....um Yes please!  Next day went to his house and came home with around 30 long boxes of comics & a dozen boxes of miscellaneous stuff but a whole lot less $$$...lol

Some highlights...

Amazing!  And this goes to show just how important it is to have capital on hand!  

[Bearcatcoach]

Before I purchased the aforementioned collection I wanted to get a better look at the comics with a higher value (when spending serious $$$ who wouldn't) so what better issue to start with than an Avengers #1! 

The bag was VERY tight, an old mylite from days of yore...anyway, got it out with a little effort...back cover look decent so pretty happy.

However, when attempting to put the comic back I just didn't feel comfortable so I told the gentleman that if he had an extra bigger bag he may want to put it in that...he said that it was no problem to put it back in and proceeded to jam it in and.....well, the result is in the pic. 

Needless to say when I looked at other issues of value I put the comic back in the bag from that point out.....

[jcjames]

On 4/1/2022 at 8:30 AM, Bearcatcoach said:

Before I purchased the aforementioned collection I wanted to get a better look at the comics with a higher value (when spending serious $$$ who wouldn't) so what better issue to start with than an Avengers #1! 

The bag was VERY tight, an old mylite from days of yore...anyway, got it out with a little effort...back cover look decent so pretty happy.

However, when attempting to put the comic back I just didn't feel comfortable so I told the gentleman that if he had an extra bigger bag he may want to put it in that...he said that it was no problem to put it back in and proceeded to jam it in and.....well, the result is in the pic. 

Needless to say when I looked at other issues of value I put the comic back in the bag from that point out.....

 

 

Oh GEEZ does that suck!! Oh wow. Ugh! 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by jcjames

[1Cool]

Marvel chipping doesn't get much of a downgrade!