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Baltimore Comic Con Sept 8-10, 2023
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I brought $1,500 to spend and I ended up spending my bank roll but I ended up having quite a time finding books that I felt still had some meat left on the bone even after booths were cutting prices by 30-50%.  Wondering around the room really highlights how many copper / bronze books are out there waiting to find a good home.  My two big books was a ASM 229 and ASM 230 both in CGC 9.8 cases.  I don’t typically buy slabs but I’m hoping they will do well as a combo.

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The vibe at the Con on Friday felt very tame compared to previous years but I did see quite a few big purchases being made with most of them being dealer to dealer.  If you had the goods they were selling and guys like Burns who keeps his prices low seemed to do very well but I did hear some grumblings from guys who didn’t have the goods.  Lots of discount signs came out Friday and I wonder how far the discounts will go today.  

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Had a great time. It definitely never seemed to get too crowded on Saturday, which seems unusual. Usually by 1-2 it starts to get hard to get around and dig into boxes. Will post pictures of my pick ups later. Did get a chance to catch up with @Murphman13 and picked up a nice book with a Frazetta internal work. 

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On 9/10/2023 at 8:53 AM, 1Cool said:

The vibe at the Con on Friday felt very tame compared to previous years but I did see quite a few big purchases being made with most of them being dealer to dealer.  If you had the goods they were selling and guys like Burns who keeps his prices low seemed to do very well but I did hear some grumblings from guys who didn’t have the goods.  Lots of discount signs came out Friday and I wonder how far the discounts will go today.  

Thanks for all the wonderful pics!

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On 9/10/2023 at 6:53 AM, 1Cool said:

The vibe at the Con on Friday felt very tame compared to previous years but I did see quite a few big purchases being made with most of them being dealer to dealer.  If you had the goods they were selling and guys like Burns who keeps his prices low seemed to do very well but I did hear some grumblings from guys who didn’t have the goods.  Lots of discount signs came out Friday and I wonder how far the discounts will go today.  

Wow, thanks for all the booth shots! Amazing and blinding amount of books. One thing I noticed is all the smaller booths and “mom and pop” type booths. If you can’t go home with a stack, you aren’t much of a collector. And Don Rosa with only one guy in his booth. Reminds me a lot of the way SDCC used to be.

With all those dealers, I would suspect the competition would be fierce. Sounds like there might have been some deals for hard working collectors.

A show, I really need to put on my list for next year. 

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On 9/10/2023 at 6:53 AM, 1Cool said:

The vibe at the Con on Friday felt very tame compared to previous years but I did see quite a few big purchases being made with most of them being dealer to dealer.  If you had the goods they were selling and guys like Burns who keeps his prices low seemed to do very well but I did hear some grumblings from guys who didn’t have the goods.  Lots of discount signs came out Friday and I wonder how far the discounts will go today.  

thanks for all the great pics! looking forward to more reports about how this show went from collectors, dealers and everyone in-between. 

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I traveled to the Baltimore Comic Con for the first time this year. Basically I had heard it was more pure comics and artists vs celebrities. I was impressed though the layout threw me a bit so it slowed me down plus I missed some dealers as we had a 7+ hour drive home. (Sorry no pictures as I never think about it. But thanks to 1Cool, you don't need any as he did a fantastic job!)

First off, I took my daughter and two of my closest friends who live in DC now. We all started collecting back in 1978. We all quit in the mid-80's with college. (I relapsed into my comic addiction in 1994...) Bob Storms is always one of my stops and brought some great books I was looking for. He let me take my friends back in the booth so I could show them what some stuff from our youth was worth now. Bob is the best grader in the business that I've encountered. Trust his grading. I also stopped by Bedrock City and bought some nice FF's. Always nice and sometimes run into them at C2E2. Got a lot of signed prints (Starlin, Hughes, Staton, Jose Garcia Lopez, Frank Cho) plus a signed Hildebrant book focused on LOTR. 

Last, but not least, I met Greggy in person. I introduced myself, talked a little shop, he pointed out Murph's booth so I bought a few books there. Thanked him again for winning his Raffle circa 2016. 

Since Motor City is a shell of it's past self, it's nice to go to a show like this. Probably needed to be by myself and more time (and cash) to really dive into it. 

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Finally, home after trying to get on a flight at 6:00 PM yesterday. Bad weather caused such long delays, that it was better for me to fly out this morning instead of sleeping in the Atlanta airport and connecting early this morning.

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