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[HotKey]

I just had my own little Christmas at a used bookstore in a little town called Owosso, Michigan. This was a total of 18 dollars! Score! 😃

[porcupine48]

Three for a buck aint too shabby eh?

[porcupine48]

And the Batman 171 isn't fully coverless!

[porcupine48]

And this sweet little price variant was the other third.Need to head back and dig some more

[Beige]

On 12/14/2020 at 7:36 AM, porcupine48 said:

Andy,that looks so great altogether! Do you figure your prices is greenbacks or your dollar if I may ask for curiosity sakes?(edit-saw an earlier post saying USDollar)

Hope you're well mate.

Thanks - I convert to USD everytime, using the days exchange rate.

Merry Xmas Jimmers.

[ThreeSeas]

23 hours ago, Sferg said:

I just had my own little Christmas at a used bookstore in a little town called Owosso, Michigan. This was a total of 18 dollars! Score! 😃

Owosso? City of my birth, and where I work currently. Back here in the late 60's/early 70's there was a used bookstore that sold comics. I think I was around ten when I first went there with my mother. Imagine a 8ft table stacked with comics close to a foot high in the middle, all with comics from the 60's and older, ten cents each, yeah, those were the good days. That store closed I think before 1980.

You were lucky to find the above and I say congrats to you. Every time in recent years that I have looked for second hand comics they have been modern drek going for high prices around this area. But that had mostly been the estate sales I've checked out.

I believe there is still a hobby store downtown that also sells comics, at least they used to but I have not been there in a long time. Also I think Jellybeans east of town sells comics, but I've not been there in a while either. 

 

Edited December 15, 2020 by ThreeSeas
grammar

[HotKey]

3 hours ago, ThreeSeas said:

Owosso? City of my birth, and where I work currently. Back here in the late 60's/early 70's there was a used bookstore that sold comics. I think I was around ten when I first went there with my mother. Imagine a 8ft table stacked with comics close to a foot high in the middle, all with comics from the 60's and older, ten cents each, yeah, those were the good days. That store closed I think before 1980.

You were lucky to find the above and I say congrats to you. Every time in recent years that I have looked for second hand comics they have been modern drek going for high prices around this area. But that had mostly been the estate sales I've checked out.

I believe there is still a hobby store downtown that also sells comics, at least they used to but I have not been there in a long time. Also I think Jellybeans east of town sells comics, but I've not been there in a while either. 

 

Oh wow yeah this was Jellybeans! I picked through the rest today, he had a whole wall of loose comics, probably 20,000 total. Took me 2 1/2 days to go through them all

[mackenzie999]

On 12/14/2020 at 2:08 PM, porcupine48 said:

 

I would say that counts as an extensively trimmed cover.

[ThreeSeas]

18 hours ago, Sferg said:

Oh wow yeah this was Jellybeans! I picked through the rest today, he had a whole wall of loose comics, probably 20,000 total. Took me 2 1/2 days to go through them all

Wow, that tells me how long it's been since I was there, a few years I think, because when I was last there they only had about half of a short box of way overpriced comics.

Getting comics for a halfway decent price around this area in recent years had been a bit tough. Most people think that they own a bar of gold or something and want way too much - I think a few were the ones from the 90's that bought into "buy multiple copies and put your kids through college with the profits" mentality.

[HotKey]

All I can say is if you all aren't checking your local pawn shops, you're missing out! About a third have a stack sitting somewhere and most are clueless and I've gotten some gems at almost all of them.

Today I got a 9.0ish edge of spider verse 2 first print with 2 others for 5 bucks out of a short box behind the counter at a pawn shop. Took it my local comic shop and turned it into a Thor God of Thunder 2 and a slab worthy Vader 3 Aphra. Not bad for 5 bucks and a little driving!

Pawn shops are the best hidden gems I've found!

[electricprune]

On 12/14/2020 at 1:24 PM, Sferg said:

I just had my own little Christmas at a used bookstore in a little town called Owosso, Michigan. This was a total of 18 dollars! Score! 😃

Is that the candy, used book, and used record store?

[the blob]

On 12/13/2020 at 11:07 PM, followtheleader said:

Oh lord, that is a saucy quote for an Archie book.  AHAHAHAHAHA

Patrick

They're not really wearing pink, so I'm kind of thinking the innuendo was intentional

[the blob]

On 12/14/2020 at 2:12 PM, porcupine48 said:

And this sweet little price variant was the other third.Need to head back and dig some more

I have tried selling those variants for a premium. Unsuccessfully. Nobody even gives a lowball offer. Maybe one day the market will care.

 

[jsilverjanet]

On 12/5/2020 at 9:52 PM, Rip said:

I thought this was fun. Lunch boxes in very nice shape. All unused.

seeing these pictures instantly sent me back to grade school, the dark lunchroom and the smell of that room

thank you

[Beige]

I don't normally buy graded books in the wild but today I made an exception.

America Chavez

 

Miles Morales

 

 

Good old Deadpool

 

50

 

50% under GPA. A good day out.

[porcupine48]

On 12/17/2020 at 4:42 PM, the blob said:

I have tried selling those variants for a premium. Unsuccessfully. Nobody even gives a lowball offer. Maybe one day the market will care.

 

Out of a buck box I'm happy to grab these oddballs.Likely have grabbed it to read anyways!

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 12/17/2020 at 4:40 PM, the blob said:

They're not really wearing pink, so I'm kind of thinking the innuendo was intentional

Are you colour blind?

[manetteska]

22 hours ago, Beige said:

I don't normally buy graded books in the wild but today I made an exception.

 

50% under GPA. A good day out.

Why half off of very hot, already graded 9.8 keys?

[Beige]

2 minutes ago, manetteska said:

Why half off of very hot, already graded 9.8 keys?

PM sent. 

[Hepcat]

50 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Are you colour blind?

 

I like the innuendo fine, but not the cover art. Betty and Veronica looked far sleeker and sexier fifty years ago:

Edited December 19, 2020 by Hepcat