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[F For Fake]

On 12/10/2018 at 12:32 PM, spreads said:

Just grabbed this locally, I knew I wouldn't be able to find another one for the advertised price so I jumped on it.  It's currently in the shed for now until I know what to do with it, but the condition is great - no rust or anything!  I'm not sure of the origin, I want to say 70s/80s?

Cool! I've got your your non-spinning cousin!

At the time I bought it, I thought it was from the 80's. In the spinner rack thread, consensus seemed to be 90's. Seller on eBay claims 70's. Who knows? 

Edited December 17, 2018 by F For Fake

[WhatMeWorry]

On 12/16/2018 at 5:21 PM, Ovrclck said:

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Thank you so much for the info.

 

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

2 hours ago, WhatMeWorry said:

Thank you so much for the info.

 

Happy hunting!

[999ghosts]

On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 3:32 AM, Bird said:

I didn't get around to looking through the box from yesterday this morning, but here are some of the things in the box.

 

The Adam Hughes book is a nice find. A bunch of comic related and scifi mags as well. Even an old Comic Buyer's Guide.

I know, I'm a litte late reacting to these. Those RPG books (Gurps and DC Heroes RPG) are nice. 

Edited December 18, 2018 by 999ghosts

[Bird]

2 minutes ago, 999ghosts said:

O know, I m a litte late reacting to these. Those RPG books (Gurps and DC Heroes RPG) are nice. 

Thanks! The Gurps is still here (I thought it was in my sales thread actually but it is not) but the RPGs went quickly. Flip City Baby!

[spreads]

On ‎12‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 9:36 AM, F For Fake said:

Cool! I've got your your non-spinning cousin!

At the time I bought it, I thought it was from the 80's. In the spinner rack thread, consensus seemed to be 90's. Seller on eBay claims 70's. Who knows? 

Well mine doesn't spin either, lol.  Great item, I like the black!

[1Cool]

On 12/17/2018 at 9:36 AM, F For Fake said:

Cool! I've got your your non-spinning cousin!

At the time I bought it, I thought it was from the 80's. In the spinner rack thread, consensus seemed to be 90's. Seller on eBay claims 70's. Who knows? 

I'm intrigued by what is on the counter top.  Is that a sweater for your Maker's Mark and what is the foam hand for?

[Karl Liebl]

Doesn't anyone think these wire racks were actually bad for comic books?  When I was a kid people would flip through the top of the books looking to see whats behind and you would end up with a bunch of books with massive spine ticks at the top staple and basically broken at a 30 degree angle.  Whatever floats your boat I guess...

[the blob]

12 minutes ago, Karl Liebl said:

Doesn't anyone think these wire racks were actually bad for comic books?  When I was a kid people would flip through the top of the books looking to see whats behind and you would end up with a bunch of books with massive spine ticks at the top staple and basically broken at a 30 degree angle.  Whatever floats your boat I guess...

Folks here display the comics, usually, in bags and boards on the rack and try not to destroy their own stuff. But yes, they are not designed to keep them 9.8 whilst unprotected.

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by the blob

[F For Fake]

3 hours ago, 1Cool said:

I'm intrigued by what is on the counter top.  Is that a sweater for your Maker's Mark and what is the foam hand for?

Good eye! Indeed, that is a sweater for the Makers Mark bottle. A couple of years ago Maker's created little "ugly christmas sweaters" for their bottles, as a promotional item. I was picking some up some booze for our annual xmas party, and since the bottles with the sweaters cost the same as the non-sweatered bottles, i went ahead and picked it up. I held onto the sweater, and usually stick it on a bottle around the holidays. Which reminds me, the xmas party is this weekend and I need more booze!

As for the foam finger, it was a promo at a game for my beloved Louisville Cardinals. The "L" is a common gesture around these parts. L's up, Go Cards! Allow the Ladybirds to demonstrate: 

Edited December 20, 2018 by F For Fake

[F For Fake]

4 hours ago, spreads said:

Well mine doesn't spin either, lol.  Great item, I like the black!

Oh cool! Given the multi-sided feature, I didn't even bother to look at the bottom, I just assumed it was a spinner. Still a super cool rack! And yeah, I dig the black on mine. A couple of slots at the bottom need to be welded but I doubt I'll ever get around to it.

[F For Fake]

1 hour ago, Karl Liebl said:

Doesn't anyone think these wire racks were actually bad for comic books?  When I was a kid people would flip through the top of the books looking to see whats behind and you would end up with a bunch of books with massive spine ticks at the top staple and basically broken at a 30 degree angle.  Whatever floats your boat I guess...

I have two racks. In one rack, I only have copies of Ghost Rider 15, the with the big glow in the dark skull. My other rack is stuffed with copies of X-Men #1, Hulk 393 (green foil) and other shiny books that I buy for 50 cents or less, remind me of my misspent youth, and are fun to look at without worrying about condition. I don't sweat 9.8s.

[spreads]

21 hours ago, Karl Liebl said:

Doesn't anyone think these wire racks were actually bad for comic books?  When I was a kid people would flip through the top of the books looking to see whats behind and you would end up with a bunch of books with massive spine ticks at the top staple and basically broken at a 30 degree angle.  Whatever floats your boat I guess...

I also plan on bringing it to the shows, they are perfect for sets/trades/hardcovers and mini books, etc.

[Comics4All]

21 hours ago, F For Fake said:

Good eye! Indeed, that is a sweater for the Makers Mark bottle. A couple of years ago Maker's created little "ugly christmas sweaters" for their bottles, as a promotional item. I was picking some up some booze for our annual xmas party, and since the bottles with the sweaters cost the same as the non-sweatered bottles, i went ahead and picked it up. I held onto the sweater, and usually stick it on a bottle around the holidays. Which reminds me, the xmas party is this weekend and I need more booze!

As for the foam finger, it was a promo at a game for my beloved Louisville Cardinals. The "L" is a common gesture around these parts. L's up, Go Cards! Allow the Ladybirds to demonstrate: 

[rsouxlja7]

I've been pretty busy so I haven't made a big post but here's something that came with the Hulk 181 collection last weekend.

 

[F For Fake]

2 hours ago, comics4all said:

Get in line! 

[Aweandlorder]

Picked up early today from original owner

 

[billbrown7080]

true story...

in 2011, My grandfather started having garage sales/flea markets every weekend in his yard...

on the 3rd one, My dad and I was over helping him out and he had a table set up selling some comics, nothing good just stuff we werent interested in...

But I got to looking and one box was marked "The Thing 1 to _" on the led....I looked in and it turned out to be His complete collection of BOTH Tales To Astonish and Tales To Suspense with every key issue...lol he had $2.00 a book marked on the box.

I later asked him, "if someone asked you to buy the entire box, would you have even looked in to see what was in there?"

He said , No, He looked before he put them out, and has no clue how he got his Tales To Astonish and Tales To Suspense box mixed up...

Bottom line, someone could have bought 2 near complete sets of Tales To Astonish and Tales To Suspense for probably less than 100 dollars if they saw them.

Luckily, no one knew what they were and they sat there for 3 garage sales before I finally noticed them and put them back in the collection

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

1 hour ago, Aweandlorder said:

Picked up early today from original owner

 

[FineCollector]

19 hours ago, Aweandlorder said:

Picked up early today from original owner

 

Did you chat about the books, or just cut and run?  I'm curious how he ended up with two 103's, but no 102.