Mystery Lot

[Karma23]

Nicely done all round Andy! (thumbs u

[tth2]

Great score, Andy! If I were you, I'd take that co-worker out for lunch next week. (thumbs u

 

I am going to give her another couple hundred, depending on how quickly I can sell them. She will probably appreciate the money more than the lunch!

(thumbs u Bet she'll be scouring yard sales hard for you after that!

[toysmania]

Yeah nice score October! It's the second time you had such luck right? I rmb you scored a AF 15 some time back..

[october]

Yeah nice score October! It's the second time you had such luck right? I rmb you scored a AF 15 some time back..

 

I did, but that was a hell of a lot more than $50!

[october]

Great score, Andy! If I were you, I'd take that co-worker out for lunch next week. (thumbs u

 

I am going to give her another couple hundred, depending on how quickly I can sell them. She will probably appreciate the money more than the lunch!

(thumbs u Bet she'll be scouring yard sales hard for you after that!

 

She goes all the time, like every weekend. I never manage to get around to going to stuff like that, so she can be my eyes. Good partnership.

[Subliminal]

At least arm her with a price guide or she will be like my cat, who brings mice and birds to my door almost every damn day just because I give her treats and fresh clipped catnip flowers when I get home.

 

You might just get a lot of drek for every nice find like this with too much reward.

 

[The Less Blob]

do you think you have $500 in there or do the books look worse in person?

 

I would say conservative retail value on the whole haul is $1200+. Even though many are lower grade, books like ASM 41, Daredevil 7 and X-Men 12 still sell briskly in low grade in the $30-50 range each. There are also 100 or so books that fall into the $5-20 range. Nothing in the lot is that great, but even at $10 apiece the lot hits $1000.

 

for some reason i thought it was 50 books, but no, they're 40-50 years old...

 

great haul.

 

i wouldn't arm her with a price guide, but definitely she should be getting a nice finder's fee on this.

[Forbush-Man]

At least arm her with a price guide or she will be like my cat, who brings mice and birds to my door almost every damn day just because I give her treats and fresh clipped catnip flowers when I get home.

 

You might just get a lot of drek for every nice find like this with too much reward.

 

I don't think I'd do that. Waving a price guide might move the prices up (people always tend to judge books they want to sell by the Near Mint prices.) Rather I would tell her to buy any comics with a .10-.25 cover price & hope for the best. Too much more information confuses non-comic people.

[Ringfinger]

Sweet score!!

[october]

At least arm her with a price guide or she will be like my cat, who brings mice and birds to my door almost every damn day just because I give her treats and fresh clipped catnip flowers when I get home.

 

You might just get a lot of drek for every nice find like this with too much reward.

 

I don't think I'd do that. Waving a price guide might move the prices up (people always tend to judge books they want to sell by the Near Mint prices.) Rather I would tell her to buy any comics with a .10-.25 cover price & hope for the best. Too much more information confuses non-comic people.

 

That's exactly what I did. I said 10-15 cent cover price was a good rule of thumb.

[Point Five]

At least arm her with a price guide or she will be like my cat, who brings mice and birds to my door almost every damn day just because I give her treats and fresh clipped catnip flowers when I get home.

 

You might just get a lot of drek for every nice find like this with too much reward.

 

I don't think I'd do that. Waving a price guide might move the prices up (people always tend to judge books they want to sell by the Near Mint prices.) Rather I would tell her to buy any comics with a .10-.25 cover price & hope for the best. Too much more information confuses non-comic people.

 

That's exactly what I did. I said 10-15 cent cover price was a good rule of thumb.

Close enough. I'm sure someone else will enjoy that stack of Hulk 181s she comes across.

 

 

[tonytiger]

Just got back and I am uploading photos now.

 

Results of your predictions so far:

 

One Dell.

 

No cartoon books.

 

No AF 15 or JiM 83.

 

No picture westerns.

 

No 5.0 X-Factor books.

 

No Major Inipaks.

 

No Classics Illustrateds.

 

There are one or two ASMs from 1-20 though.

 

 

 

 

My $50 was well spent.

 

 

well done then.