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[srezvan]

What a fun morning - two yard sales and one toy show. Turns out I visited both these yard sales earlier this year, but still some new books to pick up.I bought a stack of paperbacks last time and this time. The Spider-Man album is sealed with a full set of stickers. 

But best of all were the finds at the local toy show with free admission. 1979 Ming still on card, GI Joe storage box, and.... 79 complete Battle Beasts. I'll build a custom shelf for these and post them in all their glory once they're up.

 

[the blob]

On 11/4/2018 at 11:24 PM, Bearcatcoach said:

A couple other cool purchases for the day...

Where the heck do you go where you find this stuff???

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

 

Today's flea market pickups. 

 

 

 

 

[Bearcatcoach]

20 hours ago, the blob said:

Where the heck do you go where you find this stuff???

Just takes some legwork and luck.  Go to as many events as possible, network with others, and have enough spare cash to be able to pick up some cool items!

[the blob]

29 minutes ago, Bearcatcoach said:

Just takes some legwork and luck.  Go to as many events as possible, network with others, and have enough spare cash to be able to pick up some cool items!

I suppose I don't know what you're paying. Obviously low enough that you think there is a profit.

[Bearcatcoach]

13 minutes ago, the blob said:

I suppose I don't know what you're paying. Obviously low enough that you think there is a profit.

That is the goal!

[the blob]

You would think that a local comic seller around here in NYC that uses terms like "warehouse" and "avalanche of wonder" to describe their  comic selection would be open today when many have off from work and can actually drive to their remote location. You would have thunk wrong! So much for killing a few hours with the kids.

Edited November 12, 2018 by the blob

[Pirate]

The Koch's

[Aweandlorder]

Saturday Night

 

 

[Aweandlorder]

Some of the ones I set aside already.. plenty more I have to go through.. Just like he said, plenty of straight runs, lots of signed books and some very cool variants.. Very happy!

[Bird]

3 minutes ago, Aweandlorder said:

Some of the ones I set aside already.. plenty more I have to go through.. Just like he said, plenty of straight runs, lots of signed books and some very cool variants.. Very happy!

for tree-fiddy? Nice haul.

[WolverineX]

32 minutes ago, Aweandlorder said:

Saturday Night

 

 

Dang, I'm salivating over that Snyder Batman 1 .  How did he know to contact you?  Do you own a store?

Edited November 12, 2018 by Wolverinex

[Aweandlorder]

2 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Dang, I'm salivating over that Snyder Batman 1 .  How did he know to contact you?  Do you own a store?

Nah this was off craigslist.. I usually dont get much action there but every once in awhile you get lucky.. Im actually really stoked about the 3rd claw wolvie book.. Never thought Id find one in the wild

[the blob]

45 minutes ago, Aweandlorder said:

Nah this was off craigslist.. I usually dont get much action there but every once in awhile you get lucky.. Im actually really stoked about the 3rd claw wolvie book.. Never thought Id find one in the wild

The boxes and bags and boards alone might almost be worth $350 for 2000 books. Local shops probably offered him a dime a book, so he bumped it up to 17.5 cents  book.

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by the blob

[the blob]

55 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Dang, I'm salivating over that Snyder Batman 1 .  How did he know to contact you?  Do you own a store?

It's like a $25 book now, you can afford it easy!

[WolverineX]

4 minutes ago, the blob said:

It's like a $25 book now, you can afford it easy!

Really?  Still pretty steep for me   I will have to look into it!

[the blob]

2 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Really?  Still pretty steep for me   I will have to look into it!

It might be comings back, who knows? I used to have a bunch of #2s, sold them for $15-$20 pretty consistently, but never got around to listing my last 3 or so and they were selling for like $5, and now I seen some recent sales in the teens. that's promising.

[LT212]

18 hours ago, Aweandlorder said:

Some of the ones I set aside already.. plenty more I have to go through.. Just like he said, plenty of straight runs, lots of signed books and some very cool variants.. Very happy!

very nice score  That 3 claw variant looks really nice

[Aweandlorder]

1 hour ago, LT212 said:

very nice score  That 3 claw variant looks really nice

It is. These are all gonna be pressed and pre screened.. owner kept them in amazing shape

[the blob]

5 hours ago, Aweandlorder said:

It is. These are all gonna be pressed and pre screened.. owner kept them in amazing shape

Do you regularly press books that already look perfect to you? Is that what folks do nowadays?