Would you publicize this find? 0

[SeniorSurfer]

I wouldn't brag about it for all the very good reasons mentioned here, not the least of which is that the deal isn't completed yet.  I also note that the books pictured all fall into the time when bags, boards and speculation were in abundance - they weren't hard to get, and in quantity too - but no SA pictured.  Might have a case where the seller wanted to unload crates of books he got for cover price and less, while that "amazing" SA portion may just become a bit more elusive to track down and "get the remaining boxes."  ("Gee, I thought they were in this storage unit.  Oh well... I'll check the other ones when I have some time"). 

[WolverineX]

Everybody overshares these days. Just a symptom of our culture.

Edited March 8, 2023 by WolverineX

[the blob]

On 3/4/2023 at 9:17 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

 

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No. With that said, these are very common books so it isn't like anyone should see that and say "oh my god, there are 65 copies of x-men 141?? the market is going to crash!!"  That is literally a book I used to see stacked 2 feet high at shows in the 80s. Yes, they wanted $5 even then for it, but Byrne/Austin X-Men were no secret by issue 141 and folks were speculating. Mainly, folks see you have 65 copies of a book and they're going to figure they can haggle you down more because you'll still have another 64 copies. And never blab until you have everything in your possession!!

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by the blob

[the blob]

On 3/5/2023 at 9:30 PM, Moondog said:

Bob, you are sooo right.  Man, I get tired of looking at collections like this.  Sooo much spoon out there!

Yeah, it must suck having stacks of easy $25-100+ sales

[Robot Man]

On 3/8/2023 at 9:34 AM, the blob said:

Yeah, it must suck having stacks of easy $25-100+ sales

Some of us   already have stacks of long boxes of GA/SA/BA of stuff we have picked up over the years cheap to get rid of. Yeah, this stuff sells well but I don’t want it anymore and don’t want to store it anymore either. I’m all about dumping it for a few nice books. 

[djpinkpanther67]

Hardly a new thing. Remember all the warehouse finds of the past?

[Beige]

Where was this originally posted?

I'm assuming its in the US?

[the blob]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:21 PM, Robot Man said:

Some of us   already have stacks of long boxes of GA/SA/BA of stuff we have picked up over the years cheap to get rid of. Yeah, this stuff sells well but I don’t want it anymore and don’t want to store it anymore either. I’m all about dumping it for a few nice books. 

blah blah blah. $25-100 a pop is still $25-100 a pop. I have 50,000 comics cluttering up my house, I wouldn't turn my nose up at those if cheap enough. I'd rather have those than a bunch of low grade Dell funny animal books or low grade corny picture cover westerns nobody wants. it is a commodity, if your are re-selling and it isn't for your personal collection if something is worth $50 who cares whether it is from 1980 or 1950? the stuff from 1980 is worth something because people still give a krap about it rather than some oddball old oddity book nobody has read for decades. don't get me wrong, I have tons of GA, SA, BA, I'm fond of it all, but picking on Byrne x-men and Teen Titans  2 is really the wrong target. 

 

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by the blob

[ThothAmon]

On 3/8/2023 at 12:34 PM, the blob said:

Yeah, it must suck having stacks of easy $25-100+ sales

$100+ Is right. An example is the XMen 141 of which there are dozens. Graded 8.0s and above hit the CNote mark with 9.8s running near a $1000. Incidentally, I for one don’t believe Robot Man saying he wouldn’t buy said collection (of course the price needs to be right!)

 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

drek

[Krismusic]

I would maybe talk about it but not have as much details about the collection… just a sprinkle here of info. But get the deal completed and books in your possession first! 

[Robot Man]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:46 PM, the blob said:

blah blah blah. $25-100 a pop is still $25-100 a pop. I have 50,000 comics cluttering up my house, I wouldn't turn my nose up at those if cheap enough. I'd rather have those than a bunch of low grade Dell funny animal books or low grade corny picture cover westerns nobody wants. it is a commodity, if your are re-selling and it isn't for your personal collection if something is worth $50 who cares whether it is from 1980 or 1950? the stuff from 1980 is worth something because people still give a krap about it rather than some oddball old oddity book nobody has read for decades. don't get me wrong, I have tons of GA, SA, BA, I'm fond of it all, but picking on Byrne x-men and Teen Titans  2 is really the wrong target. 

 

 

50,000 comic books…Are these ones you have failed to sell for $25-100?

Would I buy Byrne X-men or Teen Titans 2? Sure for the right price. But like Dell funny animal books or “corny” western books, I would unload them quickly in big lots wholesale to someone like you. Everything sells at the right price if you buy them at the right price. 

50,000 comic books…Is it safe to say you are unmarried? 

Edited March 9, 2023 by Robot Man

[lostboys]

50,000 comics?

Dayuuuum, I have maybe 2,000 and im out of space.

[ttfitz]

On 3/9/2023 at 12:23 PM, Robot Man said:

50,000 comic books…Is it safe to say you are unmarried? 

I've got around 30,000, I'd say. Been married over 35 years.

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

You guys are like squirrels 

[Gaard]

On 3/9/2023 at 5:49 PM, Paul © ® ™⚽️💙 said:

You guys are like squirrels 

 

[NP_Gresham]

Crack has 22% of the vote.

Cant have a proper board poll without the crack option.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 3/9/2023 at 4:49 PM, Paul © ® ™⚽️💙 said:

You guys are like squirrels 

Or ants?

[Aarrow108]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:04 PM, Beige said:

Where was this originally posted?

I'm assuming its in the US?

It is. I know who posted this (follow them on social media), and from what I understand they'll be selling these via another seller/dealer on social media (consignment i think?).

I think posting it was to drum up excitement/anticipation for the sale really. That's the way to go on social media really....

[the blob]

On 3/9/2023 at 12:23 PM, Robot Man said:

50,000 comic books…Are these ones you have failed to sell for $25-100?

Would I buy Byrne X-men or Teen Titans 2? Sure for the right price. But like Dell funny animal books or “corny” western books, I would unload them quickly in big lots wholesale to someone like you. Everything sells at the right price if you buy them at the right price. 

50,000 comic books…Is it safe to say you are unmarried? 

A lot of it is stuff I have accumulated for next to nothing (individually, not collectively) out of boredom. The 15 for $10 box out of my LCS (the 25 cent box at the one before it) visited 1-3X a week for 25 years, skipped lunch 2-3X a week, money spent on comics instead. Plus $500-600 a year spent on bargain diving at shows. Some of it turned out to be good. (Yes, I get it, collectively it is a chunk of change, but it was entertainment. I don't do drugs, I don't gamble/have trips to Las Vegas with the boys, go to sports or concerts, don't go to strip clubs, I drink but don't spend much on it.)

I own a 4,000 square foot house in NYC. Half of my third floor is cluttered with comics. Let's just say I have made my [very illiquid] "fortune" in ways that don't have much to do with comics. And yes, I am married (almost 19 years), she puts up with it, just barely.

Don't disparage the treasures of my GenX youth, Boomer! I may be 50. I might have a hernia. I might have the rumblings of arthritis in weird places and hair in weird places. I might have started wearing ugly reading glasses and buying "comfort" orthotic shoes. But I still have some fight left in me.

Edited March 10, 2023 by the blob