thehumantorch Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, podboy66 said: Congrats guys! Look forward to seeing it. May pick up part of the collection on the way to the Calgary Expo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I think you'll be surprised how quickly this stuff will move and how much you'll get for it as it adds up fast. Pretty easy to see a box of programs and price it at $200 for 50 when really you'll get double that or more. Senormac and thehumantorch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 1:45 PM, Artboy99 said: The current challenge is storage: where does it go? The other challenge is when and where to sell it. Dave and I attend local comic shows to sell stuff, but we have limited display space to do so. A HUGE portion of this collection will never make shows so it means developing an online presence that we have never had to do before. If only we had a retail location... Since HumanTorch Dave is 'retired' and loves visiting his sister Spoiler in the Vancouver area, have him drive down some of the vast overstocked zines to next Vancouver Comic Show on Father's Day weekend June 17, 2018 to do some horse trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 7 hours ago, aardvark88 said: Since HumanTorch Dave is 'retired' and loves visiting his sister Reveal hidden contents in the Vancouver area, have him drive down some of the vast overstocked zines to next Vancouver Comic Show on Father's Day weekend June 17, 2018 to do some horse trading. I don't need a horse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 11:35 AM, thehumantorch said: Good news, we've agreed on a price and will be buying this collection. Now I have to figure out where to store it as it's the 6th collection we've picked up in 2 months. Congrats! thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 On 4/14/2018 at 8:23 AM, GACollectibles said: Congrats! Picked up 1/3 of the collection on the way to the Calgary Expo. Grabbed 50 boxes plus the posters, jammed as much as possible under the tables of our booth, and started selling. Found some more gems that'll post here when I get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I bought all the good stuff speedcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 hour ago, greggy said: I bought all the good stuff You bought what I passed on And there's lots more to pick up Artboy99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 54 minutes ago, thehumantorch said: You bought what I passed on And there's lots more to pick up he bought what WE passed on. ? thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Sales report. Absolute feeding frenzy on a new collection we picked up on the way. :Calendars published before 1980 flew out :Old fanzines and convention books sold well, mostly to online ebay sellers. :Collection had a Foom membership kit and it sold for $500 within a minute of putting it on the wall. artboy realized we had all the parts to build more kits, built another and it sold quickly at $600. We're hanging onto another kit or two but they would've sold if we put them out. :Mavelmania stuff sold easily. Sold a complete set of the mini books instantly. Marvelmania Magazine 2 with it's beautiful black and white cover would've sold but artboy snagged it for his collection. I was kinda moaning that he grabbed it until I found a second copy and moved it into my collection. Marvelmania catalog #1 in color out the door. Marvelmania catalog 2 and 3 and preview into my collection but they would have sold if they were for sale. :hardcovers were slow but over the 4 show days we probably sold 30 for $10 to $30 each :Sold perhaps 20 posters for $20 to $100 each even though they weren't really displayed in our booth Our regular inventory did ok. :Wall books were slow. Sold a Daredevil 1 5.0, two ASM 300, 1 New Mutants 98, Tomb of Drac 10, couple others I can't remember. Don't think we sold any GA wall books. 50% off section was steady. :had 4 buyers asking for Nick Fury and Sgt Fury :Sold a few Infinity Gauntlet items but it was tough as none of it is rare and every dealer had it front and center. Discounted a Infinity Gauntlet set on Saturday and it still sat. :Variants were hit and miss but some found new homes. Picked up a collection of Lady Death, Evil Ernie, and Transformers. Some of the Transformers went and a lot of the Evil Ernie stuff zipped out. :Golden Age were slow. I suspect my GA buyers aren't generally willing to fight the crowds. porcupine48, F For Fake and ADAMANTIUM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 5 hours ago, thehumantorch said: You bought what I passed on And there's lots more to pick up The best item in the collection were those two Thor pillows you sold earlier, dorkface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, greggy said: The best item in the collection were those two Thor pillows you sold earlier, dorkface coming from an authority on napping, i'd have to believe Greggy's correct blue808 and thehumantorch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsilverjanet Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, greggy said: The best item in the collection were those two Thor pillows you sold earlier, dorkface Can I fluff your pillows? greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 31 minutes ago, greggy said: The best item in the collection were those two Thor pillows you sold earlier, dorkface I personally think it is the hardcover Kirby pencil sketches book signed by Kirby or the 1972 Comic Art convention program signed by Kirby, Neal Adams, Steranko, and 3 others. BEAUMONTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 porcupine48, thehumantorch and Mayor006 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Spoiler Spoiler Up to $100 on FOOM mini-posters is easy $$. Marvelmania early 70s posters worth more than $100, as your's do not appear to be torn or taped corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 More pics from the collection. Fantastic Fanzine #10 and a colored image of the coover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Marvel Stationary kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Opened this and found this. Sigs by Kirby, Steranko, Mike Royer, Garry Morrow, Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, and Larry Ivie. ADAMANTIUM, Artboy99, 1Cool and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spreads Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Great stuff! I love seeing items like these, those 'priceless' memorability that might be the only one of its kind. thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
