American Pickers: Superman #9 and Amazing Fantasy #15 2 2

[JollyComics]

We had Storage Wars (Action Comics #1 is real. LAPD confiscated it. The guy who found it committed suicide), Pawn Stars (Greg Reece was in that show - I am sure it is staged) and now American Pickers.

[Lucky Baru]

On 7/26/2018 at 1:37 PM, tv horror said:

I thought they looked like Kane and Lynch

[FSF]

Like others here, I'm also a HUGE fan of the show.  In fact, since Mad Men went off the air, it is easily my favorite show.  I have seen each episode on average probably more than 10 times.  While I'm sure some things are staged, edited out of context, etc., I think American Pickers is probably one of the most legitimate "reality" shows in existence.  I doubt that they actually "freestyle" as that would take way too long and it just doesn't jive with a production schedule.  Also, I don't believe Danielle really works for Antique Archaelogy and Frank is not business partners (at least the store) with Mike.  Having said that, I do believe that the picks you see are real, that the sellers are real, that money is exchanging hands and that their interactions with the sellers is not staged.  I also believe that Mike and Frank are lifelong friends.  I'm quite fond of both Mike and Frank and think that the chemistry between the two works really well.

 

[FSF]

On 7/18/2017 at 10:26 AM, Mystafo said:

Maybe it was just me, but I would've been pretty peeved if I just hooked a guy up with a deal for way more money than the was asking and then he had the gall to give me a price of 750 on the Batman when the comic guy said it was worth 850.

Thanks a lot pal...a whole hundo.....maaaaybe.  .

Superman bro.  Get your superheroes straight!

[tv horror]

19 minutes ago, FSF said:

Superman bro.  Get your superheroes straight!

If you put MAN in the title you'll always be half right.

[SteppinRazor]

1 hour ago, tv horror said:

If you put MAN in the title you'll always be half right.

Unless you're talking about when Marvel tried to fix that

[r100comics]

On 7/26/2018 at 6:43 PM, Robot Man said:

I wouldn't use the term "glamorous". It is often, hard, dirty work often VERY early in the morning. I have picked rat/raccoon poop houses, garages and buildings full of spiders and "critters". Dusty and dirty. Cat pee smell and stuff damaged by the elements. Many times finding very little. But every once in a while...the gods smile down upon me and reward me for my efforts. Those are the ones you remember. The more you do it, the more "smiles" you get.

I'm sure the same can be done where you are, if you are dedicated. Trouble is, it would be stuff mostly from your country not the US. 

We don't have the space in the UK that you have in the U.S.

It's unusual for people here to have acres of land full of out-buildings (unless they're farmers and then the out-buildings are probably for agricultural use not for storing antiques).

Most people have a garage, a shed and that's about it, so there's a limit to what you can find.

[tv horror]

7 hours ago, SteppinRazor said:

Unless you're talking about when Marvel tried to fix that

Then it was WOMAN that was half right!

[comicwiz]

19 hours ago, JollyComics said:

We had Storage Wars (Action Comics #1 is real. LAPD confiscated it. The guy who found it committed suicide

The guy who found it (only known as "Sylvester" and wanted to remain anonymous) reached out first to Dan Dotson, who then contacted Mark Balelo, in an attempt to confirm it was authentic. Subsequently, Metro's Fishler was contacted, and upon confirming it was Nic Cage's stolen copy, it led to the book being confiscated. Mark Balelo did commit suicide, but wasn't the person who found the Action #1.

Edited July 28, 2018 by comicwiz

[JollyComics]

3 hours ago, comicwiz said:

The guy who found it (only known as "Sylvester" and wanted to remain anonymous) reached out first to Dan Dotson, who then contacted Mark Balelo, in an attempt to confirm it was authentic. Subsequently, Metro's Fishler was contacted, and upon confirming it was Nic Cage's stolen copy, it led to the book being confiscated. Mark Balelo did commit suicide, but wasn't the person who found the Action #1.

Interesting!  Just wondered why Mark killed himself?

[JollyComics]

Nicholas Cage's three stolen treasured comic books were covered by the insurance company but I tried to find who claimed Action Comics #1 after ComicConnect confirmed Cage's book. I found nothing. Do you have any idea of who claimed the book before it was sold on ComicConnect few years ago?

Edited July 29, 2018 by JollyComics

[Robot Man]

6 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Nicholas Cage's three stolen treasured comic books were covered by the insurance company but I tried to find who claimed Action Comics #1 after ComicConnect confirmed Cage's book. I found nothing. Do you have any idea of who claimed the book before it was sold on ComicConnect few years ago?

Nicholas Cage I believe.

[JollyComics]

5 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Nicholas Cage I believe.

Maybe his insurance company claimed it.  Nicholas bought it for only $10,000!!!

Edited July 29, 2018 by JollyComics

[01TheDude]

On 7/28/2018 at 12:01 PM, comicwiz said:

The guy who found it (only known as "Sylvester" and wanted to remain anonymous) reached out first to Dan Dotson, who then contacted Mark Balelo, in an attempt to confirm it was authentic. Subsequently, Metro's Fishler was contacted, and upon confirming it was Nic Cage's stolen copy, it led to the book being confiscated. Mark Balelo did commit suicide, but wasn't the person who found the Action #1.

[comicdonna]

33 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Maybe his insurance company claimed it.  Nicholas bought it for only $10,000!!!

If the insurance company paid him for it, I'm pretty sure it's their book.  

[comicwiz]

 

29 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Maybe his insurance company claimed it.  Nicholas bought it for only $10,000!!!

It had to be acquired from the insurer, as the stolen property (under normal circumstaces) is their's after a claim is paid out. I'm not sure what the amount he paid to get the book's title of ownership transferred back to his name, but I'd imagine it was more than just $10K.

[comicwiz]

1 minute ago, comicdonna said:

If the insurance company paid him for it, I'm pretty sure it's their book.  

There was an article (at the time the stolen property was recovered) describing how Nic Cage got it back from them.

[comicdonna]

1 minute ago, comicwiz said:

There was an article (at the time the stolen property was recovered) describing how Nic Cage got it back from them.

I can see it now.

Nic Cage:  I'm not gonna pay a lot for this muffler.

Insurance company:  Yes you are.  

[Truly Loved Comics]

Hi, I am new to comics. My brother asked me to help database his 6000+ 1950s to 1990s collection. Please excuse my ignorance, What is an AF? 

[comicdonna]

21 hours ago, Truly Loved Comics said:

Hi, I am new to comics. My brother asked me to help database his 6000+ 1950s to 1990s collection. Please excuse my ignorance, What is an AF? 

Amazing Fantasy #15  Origin and 1st app of Spiderman.