Mystery box of approx 150 - 200 GA Comics arriving today

[skybolt]

Does anyone else think he might do better by not mentioning where the books came from at all in his eBay descriptions? I think he might do better by simply providing good pics and a detailed description of condition.

 

Interesting to me about the find is the complete absence(as far as I can tell) of Nedors. I'm beginning to wonder if Nedors simply weren't distributed in some parts of the country.

 

No Fox Feature Syndicates either.

[OldGuy]

Does anyone else think he might do better by not mentioning where the books came from at all in his eBay descriptions? I think he might do better by simply providing good pics and a detailed description of condition.

 

Yup, that's how I'd do it. Let the books speak for themselves.

[krighton]

Yea, i agree about the description...i don't think it really matters where i got the books since they're not high grade and may only make people think i'm lying about it to boost the overall price.

[B-Smooth]

Yea, i agree about the description...i don't think it really matters where i got the books since they're not high grade and may only make people think i'm lying about it to boost the overall price.

 

It is a great story though. Im not sure it would make that much of a difference in me buying the books but it couldnt hurt.

[iggy]

Krighton, are you still leaning towards sending some to CGC? Or will you sell all of them "raw"?

[krighton]

Well, yes, there's at least 6 i think will do pretty well slabbed...Captain Marvel 18, Batman 27, Mary Marvel 2, Wow Comics 18 (though not sure that one is worth it), Captain Marvel 59, Batman 50 55 and 67

[Illiterati-migration]

Yea, i agree about the description...i don't think it really matters where i got the books since they're not high grade and may only make people think i'm lying about it to boost the overall price.

 

You REALLY shouldn't have any backstory if you have no comic-related transactions in your feedback. Just info about the book in particular, the usual rigamarole about shipping, and that's it.

[krighton]

I just wish CGC wasn't so expensive, I wonder how much time they really spend on each book.

[krighton]

I've sold quite a few comics over the last year or two, my own collection anyways.

[krighton]

Here's one i haven't posted...nice shot of him ramming a knife into the belly of that gorilla.

 

[toro]

Hey, this be made into a special collection? I can see it now at the top of the CGC holder. "My Uncle's old Lady friend" Collection! Or the Tampa to Ohio Collection or ________________ (fill in the blank)

[skybolt]

The "9 Month Wait Collection".

 

Sounds like a pregnancy.

[The Less Blob]

It really doesn't look like something bought off the rack and tucked away. My guess is that whoever put this together liked to pick up used comics at garage sales, thrift shops or whatever for a nickel each in the 50s or 60s. You've got some mid/late 50s stuff in there and early 40s.

[krighton]

the majority is 40s...some mid late 50s Batman but other than that it's all 40s or 30s with the BLBs

[OldGuy]

It is a great story though. Im not sure it would make that much of a difference in me buying the books but it couldnt hurt.

 

Actually it could hurt. With the number of "I got these from my grandfather" scam auctions out there he would be adding doubt to his auctions by telling the story. The books should do very well on their own merits. There's no need to add a story that may cause doubt in some bidders.

[krighton]

that's what i was thinking...i'm sure everyone is assumed a liar unless proven otherwise, especially on ebay where people charge $40 shipping for a pack of post-it-notes.

[ericc123]

that's what i was thinking...i'm sure everyone is assumed a liar unless proven otherwise, especially on ebay where people charge $40 shipping for a pack of post-it-notes.

 

You saw that? [embarrassing lack of self control] okay I'll go edit my auction.

[weaponx]

Finally finished reading through all 70+ pages of posts. Congrats. Love those Jungle books. Definitely will be watching the eBay auctions for some of those.

[Johnny G]

WELCOME TO THE BOARDS

 

Congratulations on your score. It was nice to read through the entire post and see you prove all the "non believers" wrong.

 

I don't know why it is so hard to believe that there are actually comic collections out there waiting to be found Heck! I find at least one nice one a month!!! I said nice... I really find about 10 a month that I turn away

 

It had been said somewhere about 20 pages back that "lurkers" do just that, lurk, because they feel that they'd be ripped a new one if they said anything "wrong". Well who is to be the judge on what is "wrong"? A bunch of geeks sitting around in their underwear in front of a computer for hours waiting on a scan of a comic book??? I think not!

 

I'm ECSTATIC that this turned out to be a good story for this guy and I wish him the best of luck on eBay. We all know he'll do much better in turns of dollars there...

 

My "2 cents"...

 

John

[krighton]

Thanks Johnny G....it's not an amazing collection grade-wise, however, i've never bumped into so many GA in my life so it's fun if nothing else for sorting them and i've finally started to bag and board them.