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Calgary Comic Expo 2012 Stunning

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My next customer was a very shy 14 year old boy. He asked how much the

Avengers 1 was. We had my low grade copy for $400 and 500club's nice copy

for $2600. He looked at mine and then gave it back. I'm a bit of a joker and

teased him about something and he just turned and walked away. Oops, didn't

mean to scare him off but there's no way he's buying Avengers 1.

 

He came back and like a fool I teased him again and he again walked away.

 

He came back a few minutes later and handed me $400. I must say I was

surprised. I gave him the Avengers and asked him if he liked Spider-man.

He did so I gave him a decent copy of ASM 252. He was thrilled. I gave

him my card and told him to call me if there was any problem and I thanked

him for the sale. And yes, I'm sure I teased him again.

 

He walked off and then came back an hour later and purchased some

Marvel Star Wars.

 

Next time I saw him he was with his mother. She could not believe he had

bought a comic for $400. More shocked than mad but I'm sure the thought

that I had ripped her son off was in the back of her mind. She was also

concerned that he had been convinced to send the comic to CGC after

Stan had signed it.

 

Turns out they are farmers and he earned the money milking their 60 cows

every day and he spent almost all of it on one comic.

 

We had a long discussion about collecting comics and why certain comics

were worth so much. She didn't mind her son spending $5 on a Star Wars

comic; but $400 for one comic? I told her she had it backwards. The Star

Wars were relatively low demand books and the Avengers 1 was an

important old key book featuring popular characters and an easy book

to resell.

 

During this discussion I had a couple $100 type sales and then I sold

nice copies of FF 10, 14, 17, 26 and 28 to one guy. As I jammed the

pile of $100 bills into my Batman cash bucket she realized that grown

men were spending hundreds or even thousands of $$ on funny books

before her very eyes. And she could see that my cash bucket was

absolutely stuffed with big bills.

 

I also explained that it was a good idea to submit a signed book to CGC

to ensure the signature was verified.

 

And I told her she had raised a great kid and collecting comics was

a wonderful hobby and that comics were an art form.

 

I gave her my card with a link to the CGC message boards and him to

come here and read about comics and I told her if he wanted to sell the

book back to me at any time I would give him all his money back and I

told her to contact me if they ever had any questions.

 

The whole time that kid had a silly, happy, I'm in heaven look. He was

totally digging comics and the show and our discussion and he'll be a

comic collector and fan for a long, long time - unless they chain him to

a cow.

 

Terrific story that I really enjoyed reading! :)

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My one big purchase from the show. Thanks podboy, love it.

 

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......when you get back into comics....you GET BACK INTO COMICS. ......nice. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

Saw this book and held in hand. What you can't see in this photo is the outstanding gloss it has. Really is a sweet book. Grats Dave

 

+1 :applause:

+2

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:applause:

 

A 7 foot Wolverine!

 

I prefer the girl on the right, she is dressed as Babydoll from Sucker Punch, she was fun to talk to and bought a few 25 cent cover price Amazing Spideys off of me.

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500club/brian put this together. It sets up quite quickly, is light, shelves are adjustable. It isn't the most stable of racks but hasn't failed us in four years of shows. We use plastic ties where each shelf meets the vertical supports to stabilize .

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Golly Karl, you're a one track mind. Get your mind off girls and spend some time thinking about productivity at work, tuna sandwiches, the poor in Africa and of course, comics.

 

'scuse me for not being dead below the waist...yet :baiting:

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500club/brian put this together. It sets up quite quickly, is light, shelves are adjustable. It isn't the most stable of racks but hasn't failed us in four years of shows. We use plastic ties where each shelf meets the vertical supports to stabilize .

 

Is a great display rack, and when put together properly is stable. The support is L bracket/"feet" on the bottom.

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