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[Montezuma]

 

 

and he threw in about 50 Classics Illustrated and a box of coverless

[smithdatura]

Picked these up this morning for $2 a pop at a used book store - very nice midgrade+ copies. Unfortunately the $2 stickers are on the books themselves so I'm debating the risk/reward of attempting to remove them.

 

[mrwoogieman]

1 hour ago, smithdatura said:

Picked these up this morning for $2 a pop at a used book store - very nice midgrade+ copies. Unfortunately the $2 stickers are on the books themselves so I'm debating the risk/reward of attempting to remove them.

 

Removing the stickers shouldn't be an issue if done correctly, but if they've been on there awhile the adhesive may have reacted with the cover stock so you may have a discolored area underneath.

[1950's war comics]

7 hours ago, Montezuma said:

A nice lot of DC and Quality war issues

Now we are talkin !! 1950's war comics!!!!!!!

[Scrooge]

8 hours ago, Montezuma said:

He just picked up another lot of 800 mostly Atom Age / Early Silver Age and I picked out close to 500.

Congrats! Lots of fun hours ahead of you paging through all of these. I stand jealous over here but thrilled for you. 

[01TheDude]

8 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

8 hours ago, Montezuma said:

He just picked up another lot of 800 mostly Atom Age / Early Silver Age and I picked out close to 500.

Congrats! Lots of fun hours ahead of you paging through all of these. I stand jealous over here but thrilled for you. 

sort of curious what the other 300 books you left behind were or why you skipped them. Was it condition, type or some other reason. Incredible pick up though.

[westerberg14]

Found this at a garage sale for $1 today.  

[Bomber-Bob]

On 8/10/2017 at 9:17 AM, Montezuma said:

 

 

and he threw in about 50 Classics Illustrated and a box of coverless

Awesome books, all of them !

[comicjack]

On 8/10/2017 at 10:09 AM, Montezuma said:

A lot of Lev Gleason

Cool pickup love crime books !

[Quicksilver Signs]

On 8/10/2017 at 11:43 AM, smithdatura said:

Picked these up this morning for $2 a pop at a used book store - very nice midgrade+ copies. Unfortunately the $2 stickers are on the books themselves so I'm debating the risk/reward of attempting to remove them.

 

Lighter fluid works well (without the flame!) But if the stickers are new you might not need it

[01TheDude]

leave the stickers on there and claim they are price variants like some mopes do on eBay

[smithdatura]

23 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

leave the stickers on there and claim they are price variants like some mopes do on eBay

[smithdatura]

Spent about an hour yesterday digging through a ton of long boxes at an antique mall where everything was $2... was tough to tear myself away because there were a bunch of Batman Adventures littered in throughout so I was holding out hope for a No. 12 to no avail.

That said, was still pleased to find this minor gem - a solid 9.2 or better:

[westerberg14]

On 8/10/2017 at 9:09 AM, Montezuma said:

A lot of Lev Gleason

 

What does a lone shoe on a highway mean?  

[porcupine48]

3 minutes ago, westerberg14 said:

What does a lone shoe on a highway mean?  

That sadly,somewhere,another shoe must face life alone...

[jsilverjanet]

Found this for $2 

And these 3 for $10

 

Edited August 14, 2017 by jsilverjanet

[Montezuma]

On 8/10/2017 at 5:23 PM, 01TheDude said:

sort of curious what the other 300 books you left behind were or why you skipped them. Was it condition, type or some other reason. Incredible pick up though.

  The ones I left were mostly low grade Dells that I already have, a lot of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers. Some Fawcett Westerns, again low grade and ones I already own.

Monty

[Rhymenoceros]

Bought my first decently sized collection over the weekend, though it's mostly 90s "drek". I haven't ran any wanted posts for over a year but an older gentleman called me on one that he had saved from way back then. I had myself convinced the 1.5 hour drive was not going to be worth it but it worked out alright. Paid a little more than I wanted but still got a decent enough deal. A little under 5 long boxes and 3 short boxes. Mostly VF ish, some better some worse. Boxes luckily took the brunt of the discoloration as much was in mylars or at least bagged and boarded. 

Highlights are pictured. The rest is full of ~ 50 to 200 issues runs of mostly 80s and 90s Marvel.. the runs that the keys were in of course.. and a few others like Elementals and Nightbreed.  I've counted 11 copies now of X-men #1 (1991)

 

 

[srezvan]

Random books from an antique mall. Machine Man is in rough shape. I thought the "Space Toys" book looked interesting. I included a pic of the back - the Star Wars comment caught my eye.

[lizards2]

On 8/13/2017 at 10:48 AM, smithdatura said:

Spent about an hour yesterday digging through a ton of long boxes at an antique mall where everything was $2... was tough to tear myself away because there were a bunch of Batman Adventures littered in throughout so I was holding out hope for a No. 12 to no avail.

That said, was still pleased to find this minor gem - a solid 9.2 or better:

Seal-Porn Pervert.