tth2 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/24/2023 at 9:02 AM, aardvark88 said: Passaic Book Centre, NJ catalog 4. Top end comics like Showcase 4 mid-grade vg were a lofty $15. Too rich for me recycling Coke bottles. That's if the book actually existed in his inventory. More often than not, tough books weren't really there, which is why the mail order dealers always asked buyers to list alternates. aardvark88 and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/24/2023 at 7:33 AM, tth2 said: That's if the book actually existed in his inventory. the mail order dealers always asked buyers to list alternates. Was interesting that Passaic's terms for nm comics was for customer to add 50% to their listed g to vg average grade runs of in stock comics. e.g. FF #1 vg $22 or pray for the upgrade to FF 1 nm $33 if in stock and mail Passaic a LONG list of alternates. Boo. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 This is what dealing in comics for a LONG time will do to you. There are a number of how you say “peculiar” folks still working the hobby… divad, comic_memories and rakehell 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted April 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2023 My first mail order comic purchase was a copy of MAD #1 from Howard Rogofsky. I lusted for it but at the time had no other alternative. I sent $30. In cash from cutting lawns and my paper route. About 2 weeks later it arrived. Probably in good plus condition. It was the best book in my collection and by far, the most I had paid for one up until then. Although, I have upgraded, I still have that copy from Howard. PeterPark, divad, jdandns and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joeypost Posted April 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2023 Richie Muchin at the aqueduct flea market. He sold out of a white van. Always sat outside in a lawn chair reading the newspaper. aardvark88, drmccoy74, divad and 5 others 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ken Aldred Posted May 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2023 Fantasy Unlimited, a British dealer called Alan Austin, summer 1977. An exciting, extremely hot summer holiday time during which I bought some Fantastic Four issues, 20, 22, 23, 25, learning immediately, first time out on mail order, that good condition was a bit of a contradiction, as the low grade books were basically rags. Always better to buy at the top end NM / M level, as those were very nice condition, focusing at the time on buying cheaper Marvel All-Colour Comics distributed runs that I’d missed, such as Ms Marvel and Eternals. As a kid, limited funds. The nicest run of books I bought from them, in 78, was a set of Savage Sword of Conan 1 to 10, lovely NMs, and a wonderful surprise waiting for me after the family got back from an exchange holiday in Germany that year. Larryw7, tth2, aardvark88 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 January 1975 Canadian The Journal fanzine with Action 1 proffered at $3k loonies when 1975 Overstreet listed fine $2,500 US funds. Being sold by a book, comic dealer near Toronto, ON. jimjum12, comic_memories, greggy and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) On 4/23/2023 at 9:06 PM, aardvark88 said: Passaic catalog 5, 6 mail order. This guy probably had multiple copies of each book coming out his ying yang Edited May 15, 2023 by pemart1966 PeterPark and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...