Artboy99 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 this was made for me as I collect these magazines and horror in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 love Buscema art. This is a wonderful book. Unca Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Artboy99 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 this is a beautiful book and makes this Dave Stevens fan very happy! deadleg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fastballspecial Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ah I thought it was in hand much earlier I should have read closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1webslinger Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 hours ago, thehumantorch said: Shirts I was at the comics and fantasy fair in Atlanta, I used to have that t-shirt , thehumantorch and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Never get tired of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Artboy99 said: We have not owned this collection all that long. We bought it on April 25th. We picked up about 50 boxes of the collection and a whole bunch of prints/ art in large cardboard holders while on our way to the Calgary Comic Expo. We brought those boxes to the Calgary Expo and we brought in about 20 of them and placed them on the floor under our tables unsearched and unpriced ( we didnt have time since we picked it up on route! ) It was a feeding frenzy. We sold what I would say was 4 boxes full of magazines/ books/ fanzines /prints at the show to various buyers. We still have about 150 full boxes We have yet to process this collection, for now we have finally just picked it all up as Dave picked up to remaining 100 boxes on Friday. The original owner a fellow collector he knew that if he ever sold his collection that he would get first crack at several items so we are trying to honor that. I spent about 5 hours digging some of the boxes at the storage unit today to fulfill the buyers list of items. As we took the first batch of boxes to the Calgary Expo we may have sold some of those items as we got the guys list after the Calgary show. This was a collection that we did look at last year but his price was too high. Took more than 6 months for the owner to come down to a price we could live with. When buying a collection this big you’d better double or triple your cost as it’s a lot of work. And yes, will take years to sell it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 11 hours ago, thehumantorch said: Sorry Chip, not sure. I will check when I get a chance. There's so much I don't really know where to start, guess that's a good thing but right now it's a challenge.. Pretty sure it's just the oversized hardcover that collects just FF #1. But REALLY oversized. I've never seen it in person, so I don't know if we're merely talking Absolute size, but I always assumed bigger than even that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spreads Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, thehumantorch said: This was a collection that we did look at last year but his price was too high. Took more than 6 months for the owner to come down to a price we could live with. When buying a collection this big you’d better double or triple your cost as it’s a lot of work. And yes, will take years to sell it all I can only imagine the time commitment...I purchased a 20 box collection and helped a friend go through a 30k comic collection; end-to-end we're talking hundreds of hours. I think it's important for people to realize these type of collections have an 'endless' goal to them. There will be a long stretch of time when all your free time is devoted on this, dealers don't talk about the affect this has on their lifestyles. So for people reading this thread and thinking how much fun/work it might be, you need to have a family environment that's conducive or willing to handle the stress and rigors of acquiring and processing this. We need to go beyond simple cost and sales... Edited May 21, 2018 by spreads Pirate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spreads Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 16 hours ago, thehumantorch said: I see those French heritage books here often, they're pretty common here and don't have much value but maybe out West it's a bit more of a novelty. Are those prices original prices the buyer paid for some of those items? That Dell book is sharp but $350 at god knows how long ago....eiip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocomonkey Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 19 hours ago, thehumantorch said: Books Nice! I've been looking for one of these to go with my Marvel one. Is the timeline still in it also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocomonkey Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Also, what's with the random issue of Swank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
