Ever Exchanged Comics for Real Estate, Tuition, whatever? 1 1

[bluechip]

I figure "whatever" is a nice setup for whatever this-for-that joke you might have. 

But once you get that out of your system, I would love to hear if anybody has either done, or looked into doing, an exchange of comics for something other than cash.  I've heard of people giving things of value to universities and getting a break on tuition, but never verified any of those stories.   And I've heard of people trading collectibles for other types of investments, such as homes or other property.  But, again, no specific verified examples come to mind.  Any thoughts, anecdotes, etc?

Edited July 17, 2020 by bluechip

[circumstances]

Traded comics for cars in the past. 1980s.

[Robot Man]

Well. In a way. Back when I was a young father, I sold off all my GA key #1’s to buy my first house. Wasn’t as hard as I thought even though I knew I would never get them back. I still miss More Fun #52-53. 

Only one I got back was a All Winners #1.

I sold off my Marvel keys to put my kids through college. Good investment as well. 

[Robot Man]

I did trade comics for a 1949 Indian.

And recently traded a large pile of crappy Spider-Man’s for a 1956 Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar.

Yes, comics have served me well in life!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

Does it count if I took in books in exchange for my sanity?

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

I seem to recall reading that the Carter brothers mortgaged their home to buy a big group of the Mile High DC's. Anyone else remember reading that. And by the way what happened to the Carter brothers? They were good guys.

[DanCooper]

Always loved the story where Jerry Weist traded his entire wine cellar to Terry Stroud for five pages of Robert Crumb art, including one page from "Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics" from Zap #1

Must have been some fine bordeaux in that cellar!

 

 

[Robot Man]

And Robert Beerbong traded a bunch of jazz 78’s to Crumb for the “Stoned Again” page that sold on Heritage year it so ago. A nice trade indeed!

[Robot Man]

22 minutes ago, DanCooper said:

Always loved the story where Jerry Weist traded his entire wine cellar to Terry Stroud for five pages of Robert Crumb art, including one page from "Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics" from Zap #1

Must have been some fine bordeaux in that cellar!

 

 

Terry does love his vino...

[DanCooper]

2 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

24 minutes ago, DanCooper said:

Always loved the story where Jerry Weist traded his entire wine cellar to Terry Stroud for five pages of Robert Crumb art, including one page from "Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernistic Comics" from Zap #1

Must have been some fine bordeaux in that cellar!

 

 

Terry does love his vino...

HA! The other part of the story that Jerry relayed was that, at the time, Terry S. had 138 pages of Crumb art. For him to acquire that much Crumb material, Jerry reasoned, meant "Terry must have had something Robert really wanted"

 

[lhcomics]

I'm actually in process of buying a house for my in-laws to get them closer to me and wife. It would be an investment on our part. I asked my tax guy if I could trade some comics for the house to avoid taxes and he said no.

 

 

[ThothAmon]

Traded my bicycle for my friends Spider-Man collection in the seventies. Traded a car in the nineties for 6 pages of Kirby Hulk. Lately I trade them for greenbacks to pay for the kids tuition.