2013 goals? How did you fare?

[The-Collector]

So how did everyone go?

 

I failed miserably. I bid on lots of books on my list but didn't win anything or couldn't find books I would be happy with. Mostly because I have become disillusioned with bronze and PCH stuff is damn hard to find in grade.

 

I did however improve my grading skills and developed some rough quantitative tools to help me price books.

 

And it has been a great year, the drama and the continuing education I get from the boards is worth the price of admission.

 

The hunt continues. Here is to 2014 and more comics!

[The-Collector]

Oh I did finish bone and read lots of marvel stuff.

[Ryan.]

Complete a run of Miracleman 1-24 in yellow label.

 

Put together a Batman head sketch jam on a Batman 0 blank at the Boston con.

 

Add more sigs to some of the yellow labels I already have.

[Dr. Balls]

I did something unexpected this year: sold off most of my BA/SA collection to refinance our house, and earlier in the year I dumped all my sketch covers. I did pretty well, made money on my books - can't complain. I got a new focus going on (cheaper) 90's books, so that is fun. I managed to complete a really nice set of I, Lusiphur/Poison Elves I started a few months ago - so that was fun.

 

The only goal for 2014 I really have in mind is finding a set of Bone 1st prints that I feel is in my price range.

[Dano]

I finished strong this year with some OA I've been waiting for and finally got that ONE Weird Science on my list! Weak beginning, but excellent November and December.

 

Dan

[paperheart]

Read 1200 comic books

Give away 500 comics to kids

Knock another 50 cgc 9.4 slabs off my DC Silver Age list

Sell more $1 books than i buy

Buy some OA: Scalped by Guerra, New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke

 

will have read 2000 comic books

gave away 800+ comics to kids

bought 60+ 9.4 slabs from my DC Silver Age list

bought 1900+ books, sold 1200+ (failure)

bought some OA but neither of the two mentioned

 

[Artboy99]

2013 goals?

 

I scored, I got shut out, I went into overtime and lost.

[Magneto]

I think I did well. I wanted to get ten books for my X-Men run, and I purchased 19! I also stayed focused for the most part, which has been a challenge in the past with some many great books to purchase.

 

Gonna make my goals for 2014 soon, but they will be pretty similar.

[Darth Corgi]

2013 goals?

 

I scored, I got shut out, I went into overtime and lost.

 

I like it. No hat trick though buddy? Maybe next season. I'm sure you are getting another high draft pick.

[The-Collector]

2013 goals?

 

I scored, I got shut out, I went into overtime and lost.

 

I like it. No hat trick though buddy? Maybe next season. I'm sure you are getting another high draft pick.

 

I would say that one of my pick ups of the year was the book you sold me Corgi. I really enjoy it.

[Gotham Kid]

Iron Man #1, Hulk #102 and hopefully a Iron Man & Sub-Mariner all in 9.8

 

Didn't manage IM1. Hoping to take care of it in 2014.

[miraclemet]

More GL Signature Series A Denny/Neal double and a Denny/Grell double.

More Ladies in White, maybe even an upgrade or two.

One more SA key.

 

Grail: Gil Kane autographed Green Lantern comic (alas can never be SS) with decent provenance so I can feel relatively certain about its authenticity.

• More GL Signatures? Check! (have you seen my sig line?)
  
• Denny/Neal Double SS? Check! GL #90
  
• Denny/Grell Double SS? Nope, a TRIPLE signed GL#100with Sauviek on top
  
• More Ladies in White? Check! Some upgrades, and then I sold off the majority of the collection.
  
• Gil Kane Grail? Check, and it even had decent provenance! Currently in Rich Henn's hands to try and get it signed by a slew of Green Lantern artists and SSed.
  
• SA Key? Dont know if they are key keys but was happy to pick up a nice mid-grade SSWS84 (1st M.Marie) and a lowish grade Star Spangled Comics 122 (1st Dr. Thirteen)

[Hado]

2013 - put a decent dent in my new plan of a high grade Spider-woman run.

- get at least one Wonder woman book 1-10

- try and give something away in the pay it foreward thread

- go back to the store in I saw the 9.9 Secret Wars 8 and haggle my tuccus off.

 

- #2 in the registry baby!

- Fail

- PIF'd, Gave stuff away, donated to stuff! Take that OCD!!

- Alas, the pretty 9.9 was gone.....hadn't thought about that in a while.

[Mayor006]

Sell my current house

Buy a new house

Pay off $3,000 in credit card debt

Keep a job

 

Oh you mean comic related?

 

Get approximately 24 new SS books of artists I don't already have without breaking the bank.

 

Sold the old house

Bought a new house

Credit card debt didn't go so well

Kept my job

 

24 SS books of artists I didn't already have without breaking the bank didn't exactly happen (because of the additional CC debt but below are the new additions)

 

1. Cyber Force 1 Kickstarter SS - Marc Silvestri

2. Escape from Wonderland SS - Mike DeBalfo

3. Gen 13 1 SS - J. Scott Campbell

4. Teen Titans 37 - Gene Colan & Nick Cardy

5. Vampirella 5 - Frank Frazetta

6. Wolverine Origins - Michael Turner

7. Wonder Woman 16 sketch! - Jose Delbo

8. Wonder Woman 16 sketch! - Adam Hughes & Allisohn Sohn

 

Most of the year went towards celebrity SS

 

1. Buffy Season 8 SS - Eliza Dushku

2. Hacktivist SS - Alyssa Milano

3. MacGyver SS - Richard Dean Anderson

4. Stargate SS - added Christopher Judge to my Richard Dean Anderson/Amanda Tapping book

5. Mad Magazine - Lee Majors & Lindsay Wagner

6. Return of the Jedi - Billy Dee Williams

7. Six Million Dollar Man - Lee Majors

8. Star Trek Year Four - William Shatner

9. Star Trek - Zachary Quinto & Urban

10. Superman Batman - Laura Vandervoot

11. Walking Dead 7 - Andrew Lincoln

12. Walking Dead WW1ST Louis - Andrew Lincoln & Chandler Riggs

 

The year isn't over, but I'm seriously tapped out :: 4 books off of goal I feel pretty good.

 

Next year will probably be about the same, maybe a 50/50 split between celebrity and artist. I got some big ones off my list this year so I'm thinking the numbers will shrink so I can recover a bit. Probably 6 of each and work more on the credit card debt since all the moving is finally out of the way.

[romanheart]

Pretty good haul for me. Picked up many nice things I wanted.

 

1) DD1

2) Completed Wolverine LS 1-4 cgc set

3) Dark Knight Returns 1-4 cgc set

4) Batman 426-429 cgc set

5) Watchmen 1-12 nm set

6) GR1, PPSS1 and WOS1

 

Things to do:

1) Save $ while...

a) Completing my DDv1 set and my Frank Miller DD cgc set?

b) Completing my GR set

c) and various slabs/comics I always wanted

 

[Junkdrawer]

Ive obtained some nice books over that past few years only to flip, lose interest or whatever, hard to call myself a collector. Maybe a short term collector, but far from one who burries a book away from the rest of the world. Well I'd like to try and land a copy of Punch 12 in a unrestored state and possibly keep it and go from there and begin to "collect" comic books. Its a tough one to land, but I'm in no rush to become a collector.

I did my best

[spideyfan76]

Finish my ASM 20-700 raw run (thumbs u

I'd like to pick up 3 more copies of Buffy Season 8 Dark Horse 100 sketch cover Only got 1

10-20 more ASM 100-200 CGC 7.0 or better (thumbs u

The big one is ASM 1 CGC 3.0-4.0 Bought a new car instead, will have to wait until next year

Didn't do too bad. I also only need 7 more ASM books to have the complete run 1-700

[Larryw7]

I got a Batman 5, so I did meet that goal. I also got a couple of classic pre-code horror books(Weird Mysteries 4 and 5), but I've changed my collecting focus, so I sold them already. I got a Blue Beetle 1 with a Lou Fine cover. So I guess I did alright.

[BaltimoreLauren]

Almost a year ago I made a post saying my 2013 goal was to get a Pep 22. And thanks to Roy, that actually happened!! So, 2913 was a good year,

[slym2none]

2913??

 

 

 

 

-slym