Multiple Copies of a Book 11 11

[wombat]

I think its weird if you don't have multiple copies of books. 

[Math Teacher]

On 1/15/2022 at 2:17 PM, wombat said:

I think its weird if you don't have multiple copies of books. 

To each his/her own.

[KirbyJack]

On 1/15/2022 at 2:17 PM, wombat said:

I think its weird if you don't have multiple copies of books. 

Oh yeah? Well, I think square poops are weird! 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 1/15/2022 at 8:28 PM, KirbyJack said:

Oh yeah? Well, I think square poops are weird! 

And really painful 

[adamstrange]

Do you wear one shoe?

Do you stop at just one cookie?

It's risky to assume that just one copy of a great comic is enough.  Better to have multiple and not need them, than to need multiple and not have them. 

Edited January 15, 2022 by adamstrange

[littledoom]

I usually come across stacks of multiple copies of comics at once like 30 copies of X-Force 116 was passed to me by a friend at a dollar booth other times organically over the years like GL 76

Edited January 15, 2022 by littledoom

[Randall Dowling]

On 1/15/2022 at 2:41 PM, adamstrange said:

Do you wear one shoe?

Do you stop at just one cookie?

It's risky to assume that just one copy of a great is enough.  Better to have multiple and not need them, them to need multiple and not have them. 

If one is good, two is better!  

[Hamlet]

I have a few dollar books that I buy pretty much every time I see them because I think they should be worth more.  I suspect that they probably won’t be, but if they ever are the pictures of me with dozens of them before I sell them off will be fun.

I also have multiples of some books because MCS was pricing them below market for a long time and I just added them to every order I had with them.  Thor 338 is an example.  They were selling copies for under $4 when it was probably a $15 book, so I just kept buying them when they were available.  Now they are pricing it correctly, so I will probably switch to selling from buying.

I also have a very few more expensive books that I am speculating on because I think the market will value them higher at some point.

[KirbyJack]

Forgot another reason: I got 4 letters printed in the 1990s. I have lots of each of those.

[Math Teacher]

On 1/15/2022 at 2:41 PM, adamstrange said:

Do you stop at just one cookie?

Good Lord, I wish I could.

[MGsimba77]

Someone might of mentioned this, but another important factor is sentimental reasons. You read here all the time about older collectors having a raw they bought off the rack or inherited being important parts of their collections, don't wish to have entombed for sentimental reasons. If it holds significant value then it'll be up to their relatives to do what they will. So It would make perfect sense for someone to have a certified copy plus the one they wish to remain raw assuming they don't plan on selling!

I have a small example of an ASM 312 I have graded and another that belonged to my cousin he bought off the rack I recall from my childhood. I'd rather keep the raw copy exactly where it is 

[Jesse-Lee]

There are books I always grab when I find them cheap - like a couple of bucks cheap. Early-ish TMNT issues, certain issues in the Batman and Detective runs, and some books that used to be dollar bin books and have gotten more desirable but can still be found cheap in older shops, things like that. Stuff where you can usually buy it for a buck or two and sell it for $10 or so because you know they'll typically move. Sometimes I sell, sometimes I sit on them for various reasons. Just for Batman alone I have multiple copies of 404-407, 423, 426-429, 457, 475, 489, 608, 609 (actually the whole Hush run I guess), 655, 666, etc. It ends up just being a byproduct of doing a lot of deal hunting and buying lots and small collections.

[dover]

On 1/15/2022 at 1:18 AM, Math Teacher said:

If you have multiple copies of the same book, could you please explain your reasoning about that? I would like to be enlightened.

For me there are several reasons that apply.

I own multiple copies because I really like the book, artist, writer or all of the above. I have multiple copies of the Ronin (Miller) books, Daredevil 191, many House of Mystery books. I have multiple copies graded and raw and if I find pedigree copies I buy those as well. 

I sometimes forget I already own a copy. This can happen a lot. Especially on a Chat board sales thread where speed is everything and you have to hit the "Take" button before looking at your list. Mind you, I do not do that with $500.0 books but $50, $30? Yes, all the time. 

I buy a nicer copy and I am just not a "seller" by nature. So I keep them both. 

It cannot be speculation as I am a DC guy and we tend to lose money. 

I have multiple copies of many Neal Adams books, either graded and raw because I like them and sometimes because I think they are well valued. Case in point I have (2) copies each of Lois Lane 83 and 84. They are all graded but I ended up with additional copies because I was able to find well priced pedigree copies. And this goes back to I hate selling. So I keep them both. Maybe that is a tad lazy or I am able to hoard. It does not bother me one bit to have more than one copy. 

My reasoning is that I have never imagined it was odd to on more than one. I would add that I am not sitting on (6) GSX - 1's, but if I was, I would likely only sell what I was forced to sell even in this market. My joy is ownership, the hunt and the possession. And my possessions are growing. 

[Kevin.J]

On 1/15/2022 at 7:29 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Congratulations Kev! You've just won Understatement of the Year 

Yeah, as soon as that new Captain Gallant TV series comes out, it'll be all gravy baby 

[Ltpink2002]

Used to buy early on in the 1980-1990's for speculation (like everyone else back then), but since coming back into comics, only buy multiples of comics I plan to keep. 

[Math Teacher]

On 1/15/2022 at 3:22 PM, MGsimba77 said:

Someone might of mentioned this, but another important factor is sentimental reasons.

This is exactly why I CGC'd those Murphy Anderson GA Revival books. I can't begin to tell you how many times I read SC #55. I loved the characters, who I didn't even know existed, and I loved that purple cover. Learning of these GA characters made me realize that there were a large number of comics that I didn't realize existed. Before I pass on, I would love to get a GA issue with a Dr. Fate cover and with an Hourman cover. Getting a Spectre cover would be cool too. You know, I just remembered that the GA Green Lantern was in SC #55 also.

Since those four books are relatively inexpensive, unless they decide to make a Dr. Fate, Hourman, Starman, or Black Canary movie, I could be buried with them. However, my family is well aware that I want to be cremated, and, just in case they forget, it's also in my will. So that plan of being buried them is moot.

Edited January 15, 2022 by Math Teacher

[dupont2005]

If you buy enough copies of IMSM #1 you get to decide what it’s worth

[Kevin.J]

 

[Poekaymon]

My only duplicates are where I have a slab and a raw.  I also limit myself to shelf/display space for stuff like omnibuses, statues, and plastic figures.  That's just how I moderate what might otherwise be a real problem.

[reptilekingdie]

Some hoarding