CLOSED - TRADE ONLY - 2 PCH books - help me with my Trading Challenge! 0

[Crimebuster]

First, some rules:

1. TRADE ONLY 

2. No HOS type folks.

3. Each party will pay for their own shipping. 

4. Send me offers via PM and we will work something out there rather than in the thread itself

 

Now, the details:

 

Tales of Terror #1 - 1.5 - bottom staple still attached, spine splits bottom and top of spine, top staple detached

Fantastic Fears #7(#1) - 1.8 - bottom staple still attached, top staple detached, small tear at bottom staple runs through book

 

Looking for $275 $250 in trade for the pair!

 

I'm looking to trade both for one book. However, there's no specific book I am looking for - I will consider all offers of a single book of $275 or greater value regardless of genre, title, condition, etc. 

Help me out with my crazy trading challenge! Last year I started a trading challenge: I began with 20 books I pulled from dollar bins, and am trying to trade up all the way to an All-Star Comics #8!    Maybe it's nuts, but hey, if some rando on Tiktok can trade a hairpin for a house, anything's possible. Along the way, if I drop below 20 books, I am adding new books to the pool that I find in dollar bins, so this combines my two favorite things: trading with fellow collectors, and dollar bin diving.

In my last round of trades I received these two books, and I'd love to trade both of them for a single book of $275 or higher value. All offers will be considered! I'm not keeping anything I receive for myself until I get to the All-Star #8, so it doesn't matter to me what the book is that I receive, as long as the value is there for future trades. 

So swap something that you may no longer need for these PCH classics!

 

Here are the scans:

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by Crimebuster

[MrBedrock]

A heck of a challenge. Good luck with your endeavor!

[adampasz]

This is an awesome challenge! 

[Crimebuster]

On 12/15/2021 at 12:13 PM, MrBedrock said:

A heck of a challenge. Good luck with your endeavor!

Thanks very much! I'm not sure I'll get there, but it's a fun way to keep the hobby interesting! And I'm meeting a lot of new collectors doing it 

[Crimebuster]

On 12/15/2021 at 12:26 PM, adampasz said:

This is an awesome challenge! 

Thank you for the support! 

[Erndog]

Awesome!  

 

I once saw a special where some dude turned a paperclip into a house.  No joke.  He traded up like dozens of times (I can't remember).  But it's a cool challenge for sure!  Good luck! 

[Cobbledclam]

Ask and you may receive. 
whether you have much or little may you be content in life.

and finally…. Mmmm… donuts!

[Crimebuster]

On 12/15/2021 at 2:41 PM, Erndog said:

Awesome!  

 

I once saw a special where some dude turned a paperclip into a house.  No joke.  He traded up like dozens of times (I can't remember).  But it's a cool challenge for sure!  Good luck! 

 

Thanks very much!

[Crimebuster]

On 12/15/2021 at 6:10 PM, Cobbledclam said:

Ask and you may receive. 
whether you have much or little may you be content in life.

and finally…. Mmmm… donuts!

 

If I could trade these comics for a hat like that... 

[Crimebuster]

Dropping my ask to single $250 book for this pair of PCH classics! That Fantastic Fears cover is worth the price of admission!

Any book worth $250 will do!

Thanks for the all the kind words and well-wishes so far!

I'm hoping with all the PCH fans here I can find someone to give these a good home. One of the best parts of this challenge so far has been helping other collectors find the books they really want.

Just as an example of how the challenge works at its best. In the first round, one of my initial dollar bin books was a Megaton #2, with the first cameo appearance of Savage Dragon. I met a collector who had a complete run of Savage Dragon, including Megaton #3, and was only missing #2. He was thrilled to get it, and traded me a Flash vol. 2 #92 (first Bart Allen) and a Micronauts #1 for it, completing his collection in the prcoess. 

In the second round, I met a collector who had a complete run of Flash vol. 2, except he was only missing #92! So I traded the #92 to him to complete his run  and in return, he sent me mid-grade copies of Avengers #100 and Iron Man #118. 

And in the third round, I made a trade with a collector who had been looking for both Avengers #100 and Iron Man #118. He sent me a Showcase #73 for the pair.

So three collectors got to fill major gaps in their collections, and I traded a Megaton #2 - that I paid 50 cents for - for a Showcase #73 and a Micronauts #1. So far!

It's been super gratifying to meet these collectors and help them find the books they need, and it's been really fun to get all these new books coming in that I've never owned before. Even if I never get to the All-Star #8, it's a lot of fun! 

Anyway, this is turning into a journal.  

Thanks all!

 

CLOSED for now, thanks all! I will return in a few weeks or months when I have a new list of comics to trade. 

Edited December 18, 2021 by Crimebuster