Popular Post Dick Pontoon Posted March 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2018 As someone who had to deal with both my mom’s and my father-in-law’s estates, as much as I love my comics and related objects, I have zero intention of leaving piles of stuff behind for my heirs to deal with. It's tough enough when a loved one passes. namisgr, HighVoltage, divad and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor006 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Pontoon said: As someone who had to deal with both my mom’s and my father-in-law’s estates, as much as I love my comics and related objects, I have zero intention of leaving piles of stuff behind for my heirs to deal with. It's tough enough when a loved one passes. I think I'm going to try and find 1,000 copies of Alf comics and sell everything else. lordbyroncomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Ever thought how privileged we are to actually have a debate over keeping or selling our collectibles? lizards2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cortown71 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I understand a lot of y'alls stand on burdens of heirs and monetary gains.I'm the end of my families line,I have no one to leave all this krap to.so I just make sure what I buy its something I want to keep and enjoy,whether I look at it ever again or not. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 3 hours ago, cortown71 said: I understand a lot of y'alls stand on burdens of heirs and monetary gains.I'm the end of my families line,I have no one to leave all this krap to.so I just make sure what I buy its something I want to keep and enjoy,whether I look at it ever again or not. Can I get your address? (So when you're gone I can tell the landlady that I'm your long lost cousin .) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul747 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 10:53 PM, Aweandlorder said: It had to be done: WOW. I don't think any of those are worth much. I did not realize the extent of his fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cortown71 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 4 hours ago, divad said: Can I get your address? (So when you're gone I can tell the landlady that I'm your long lost cousin .) Think you'll outlive me? I'm only 46.and I'm the landlord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExNihilo Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 48 minutes ago, cortown71 said: Think you'll outlive me? I'm only 46.and I'm the landlord. RemindMe! In <54 years> . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 7 hours ago, cortown71 said: Think you'll outlive me? I'm only 46.and I'm the landlord. Then technically, you're not a boomer . . . 01TheDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 7:58 AM, 1Cool said: On 3/20/2018 at 7:44 AM, Mayor006 said: As for the Beckett article, I would love to read that. I think that drives my point home, and would say Wizard magazine was the driving force behind a lot of HOT books back then as @Aweandlorder mentioned, before the real internet craze we are in today. I think it's funny to see which books were "hot" prior to being in Wizard's Hot List each month and those that became hot afterwards. We bash on people for coming in the Hot on E-Bay threads and tying to bump up certain books they own but I'd think Wizard was just one big advertisement for books they wanted to see jump in prices. What I found absolutely hilarious was when a supposedly 'red hot hot" book would finished up at the top of Wizard's Hot List for the month with a big price tag, only for the book not to have hit the newsstand because it had ended up being delayed as it did not meet either its publishing deadline or its shipping deadline. Happened on quite a few occasions, if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 2:15 PM, Aweandlorder said: Ever thought how privileged we are to actually have a debate over keeping or selling our collectibles? Yes indeed, as who would have ever thought they would be worth multiples of what we had paid for them back in the day. Especially when we used to be told that we would be lucky to see only fractions to guide for our books when it came time to sell our collection. And yet if today's CC auction is any indication at all, they are actually often being sold at huge multiples to condition guide, whether they are in low grade, mid grade, or dare we say sometimes even in restored condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postersandstuff Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) Nm Edited May 3, 2018 by postersandstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postersandstuff Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uff7JePX5gE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0BeRLj1A-BM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uff7JePX5gE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H7lV1SFohqM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yXALhv1YAfs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9PGIAO92T-g Amazing haul : Kong '33 ita 4sh (took 5 yrs to find , 700$ incl restoration) , -Dracula '58 ita 4sh (only half , a whole would be 3k euros , extremely rare), Cleese sgd toy (took almost 10 yrs to get sgd : Bergen - no dice , Lon - The Pythons would not sign at o2 & finally LFCC '17) Edited August 10, 2018 by postersandstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WEBHEAD Posted June 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2021 As a Boomer I am on my 10th version of a collection Larryw7, MattTheDuck, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEBHEAD Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 not mine wish it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 In today's crazy and hot market, it isn't a bad idea HighVoltage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 3/21/2018 at 1:18 PM, Pontoon said: As someone who had to deal with both my mom’s and my father-in-law’s estates, as much as I love my comics and related objects, I have zero intention of leaving piles of stuff behind for my heirs to deal with. It's tough enough when a loved one passes. This has been a big eye-opener for me as well. Still have my folks, but other family members have passed & some were not well-organized & it was a nightmare dealing with ‘the stuff.’ Dealing with that, plus children & other family members clearly not having the interest level to carry on the collecting bug led to a ‘cash out’ plan instead of a ‘die with it & let them deal with it’ philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Dark Knight said: In today's crazy and hot market, it isn't a bad idea If housing prices and building materials weren’t so nuts, I would’ve done this and put the collection up for sale & built or bought a new/different home. But I’m too ingrained into collecting to just drop comics all together. I love old books and finding a deal. I’ll always be looking for sweet comics or comic-related stuff to some degree! Dark Knight, djzombi and Krismusic 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterX Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Wow...it's really weird to see a thread I started almost four years ago suddenly come back to life. HighVoltage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krismusic Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 11 hours ago, MisterX said: Wow...it's really weird to see a thread I started almost four years ago suddenly come back to life. It has risen from the grave…. Also crazy to see how prices and inventory is 4 years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
