Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
01-20-17, 06:50 AM
#201
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
I effectively dropped comics for the last ten years because I couldn't afford to sample new comics and the series I regularly bought became less and less satisfying. In the last year or so I found that my county library had a wealth of trades -both current and older stuff, -and I've begun reading again. However, I just can't see paying for comics (other than the occasional Omnibus) anymore.
01-20-17, 08:58 PM
#202
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Spoke to the guy wednesday. He seemed excited to be adding a collection like this for the price.
Averages to about 32 cents a book.
He is coming up tomorrow late afternoon with cash in hand and a truck.
Some things he said check with what I saw on the fb page and some other googling I did on his name so seems to be legit but wont know until it actually happens.
Anyone want to come over to back me up in case it goes south?
01-21-17, 05:26 PM
#205
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Well. In a matter of minutes 30 + years of collecting comics and they are all gone.
Probably a miracle that someone found the craigslist post.
The guy just happened to be in town when He saw it.
Lives about 2.5 hours south of here.
He was thrilled to be getting these books for what amounts to a little over 32 cents a book.
Some of them are worth much more than that some probably much less.
Phew. out of breath.
Why is it so hot in here?
Probably a miracle that someone found the craigslist post.
The guy just happened to be in town when He saw it.
Lives about 2.5 hours south of here.
He was thrilled to be getting these books for what amounts to a little over 32 cents a book.
Some of them are worth much more than that some probably much less.
Phew. out of breath.
Why is it so hot in here?
Last edited by whotony; 01-21-17 at 05:32 PM.
01-21-17, 09:56 PM
#206
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Were they all bagged and boarded?
Was he a private collector or one of these distributors looking for cheap comics? Some distributors buy up lots for cherrypicking the most valuable issues and then wholesaling the rest in various channels.
Was he a private collector or one of these distributors looking for cheap comics? Some distributors buy up lots for cherrypicking the most valuable issues and then wholesaling the rest in various channels.
01-21-17, 10:50 PM
#207
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
He told me he just wanted them
Said he already has about 6000 books
Adding these he now has almost 3000 more than I did including my Spider-Man books.
Most are bagged. Few have boards.
That got too expensive so I just put boards on the important books.
He genuinely seemed happy to get them.
First thing he checked was the Valiant boxes to see if something he wanted was there.
His wife was dumbfounded that he wanted all those boooks.
Unfortunately they left a small stack that included KIngdom Cone and Fkash 123.
So I told him I'd ship them to him next week.
I'm happy to have been able to move these for a relatively decent amount.
Said he already has about 6000 books
Adding these he now has almost 3000 more than I did including my Spider-Man books.
Most are bagged. Few have boards.
That got too expensive so I just put boards on the important books.
He genuinely seemed happy to get them.
First thing he checked was the Valiant boxes to see if something he wanted was there.
His wife was dumbfounded that he wanted all those boooks.
Unfortunately they left a small stack that included KIngdom Cone and Fkash 123.
So I told him I'd ship them to him next week.
I'm happy to have been able to move these for a relatively decent amount.
01-22-17, 10:28 AM
#209
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Well. In a matter of minutes 30 + years of collecting comics and they are all gone.
Probably a miracle that someone found the craigslist post.
The guy just happened to be in town when He saw it.
Lives about 2.5 hours south of here.
He was thrilled to be getting these books for what amounts to a little over 32 cents a book.
Some of them are worth much more than that some probably much less.
Phew. out of breath.
Why is it so hot in here?
Probably a miracle that someone found the craigslist post.
The guy just happened to be in town when He saw it.
Lives about 2.5 hours south of here.
He was thrilled to be getting these books for what amounts to a little over 32 cents a book.
Some of them are worth much more than that some probably much less.
Phew. out of breath.
Why is it so hot in here?
01-22-17, 11:26 AM
#210
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Give me his contact info - I have 20+ longboxes of some great, uninterrupted Marvel and DC runs from the late '70s up to 2005.
01-22-17, 12:42 PM
#211
Challenge Guru & Comic Nerd
Thread Starter
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Awesome job Whotony! Congrats on getting a decent price and creating some space. Now you have the money and space to buy my DVD collection!
01-23-17, 01:12 AM
#212
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
I'm not going to miss moving with all those books but I do miss going in there and looking through them and pulling a stack out to read now and then.
I liked researching the books and finding things out that I never knew before
Up until just weeks ago I was finding new
Character first appearances that I didn't know of and tons of second appearances.
Oh well they're gone but I still have the Spider-Man collection.
01-23-17, 01:14 AM
#213
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Comic Book Rant - Hard to get rid of anything
Oh I forgot to mention that I had a hulk 181 CGC'd at 8.0 and sold that for 1750.
So I ended up with nearly $5000 for the collection overall.
So I ended up with nearly $5000 for the collection overall.
