mysterio

At my last show I had an extra 4 feet of table top that I laid sets and GNs out on. I sold a lot more of those than I typically would, and a few had been dragged to several shows. It seems like a terrible and wasteful way to use the space, but you're likely to sell a lot to impulse buyers who can see stuff they wouldn't see in a box.

Your list is missing the Batman Adventures #14 bullet.

If it was a Wieringo SS I'd pay that.

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

Gabe, I'm not sure that getting your emotions in check is the main problem here. I like to think that I have my emotions in check, most of the time, but I would be pretty lousy at selling stocks, show ponies, or mineral rights because I don't know anything about them. How are you improving your market knowledge for comics and coins? If your main strategy is to keep coming to this thread and picking our brains that is not a good way to go about things.

Flight booked with miles. The irony is that these dates really screw up my usual trip to Chicago, but I will likely get to spend more time at the actual show (and do the Gibson's dinner) because I have to fly instead of drive.

Glad to hear you weren't impacted.

I don't think I've posted this one here yet. A presentable copy of this book has long been high on my want list, and I was happy to get this one from Black Cat Comics back in May. It was in one of the "old new" holders, so I got it reholdered and am now able to sleep at night. The new cases are very sturdy, but are difficult to get good scans of...

I always assumed so too. It had to have been literally printing when they decided to change the prices. My question is why they bothered to print a 12 cent version at all. If the overprint worked why not keep doing overprints, and if they wanted clean 12 centers why not print those? My guess is that they went back to print, but I'm just guessing. Having searched out all three 10/12 cent overprint books, this JIM is by far the most common. The Gunsmoke Western is uncommon, the Love Romances is a flat out . I'd love to see a 10 cent uncorrected version. It's be a grail piece for pre-hero collectors. But in all these years I've never heard of one. I guess all the printer employees wanted to keep their jobs...

(Mainly because I can't afford it this month, need new tires for the Bentley and the yacht needs an oil change.)

The 5th prints have come down quite a bit. I would say 1/3 to 1/2 off their highs. Raw 5th prints were going for 70-80 before the film, now they are 30-40. I thought I saw a 9.8 4th of #18 go for $100 on a recent ComicLink auction. 4ths have always been tougher than 5ths, at least I don't see them as often.

It's got four of the toughest Bullet issues, but I don't believe the issues inside the pack are DCUs. Too early. also my understanding...but only one way to find out! It lists Valor and Star Trek as books included, and to my knowledge neither title has DCUs. That is pretty good evidence that we are looking at non-variant contents. Robin #1 is a bullet, Robin #2 is also a bullet, and the DCUs start later. To me that is more evidence that these contents are too early to be DCUs.

In other words, you knew that this works but you decided to violate this principle basically every time you've bought comics to flip. So are you emotional and impulsive, which clouds your judgement, or have you just made a bunch of bad decisions with everything except maybe video games?

It's got four of the toughest Bullet issues, but I don't believe the issues inside the pack are DCUs. Too early.

I get that. Comicpalooza has been in May so it's not like they moved. They're just in a prime position to steal a lot of thunder.

I will be a dealer there again this year. Always a great 2-day show with a ton of comics there. Maybe one of these years I will get to attend.

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NFL SuperPro It's top of my list too, alongside Terror, Inc.

And his next question will be: "So what books do you think I should buy for the sizzle?"

The last 2-3 years have provided the OP with plenty of additional information. This thread has also supplied him with additional information. The only course change he appears to have made is moving into flipping games for losses.

I hate you for this one. Great pickup!

I love a well-centered AF #15, great book!

Dear God - your basic book keeping skills are heart breaking. Please explain your math on the little books section. $3,401.68 bought and $5,686.67 sold but you had $1,716.62 in loss but $568.37 in profits??? This is what really matters: Total Comics Bought $11,048.55 Total Comics sold $10,424.16 Inventory $1448 If your numbers are correct then it looks like you will be up $823.61 when you sell the rest of your inventory. This is assuming your sold number has subtracted fees and all cost to sell the books. I'm assuming the inventory number is what he paid for it...who knows what it'll actually sell for. I think most reasonable people would come to the conclusion that after 3 years and being in the red, that it might not be the best business for them. The inventory is not how much I paid for it that's already calculated in how much I bought everything for and everything is starting to finally move forward. Any idea how much the rest of your books (inventory) will sell for based on previous sales? About 500-750 Wait, nobody else picked up on the fact that by his own accounting he has $1,448 in inventory that he expects to sell for between $500-750?