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2 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

If you'd just been content to sleep in your car parked behind your store, you could have kept the book. :)

Or "In a van down by the river"...

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21 hours ago, adamstrange said:

How nice was the Great 3? :popcorn:

Hi Alan.  My notes say, "FAIR - cover dust shadows, insides brown, bottom right corner of cover off."  Sounds pretty rough for a Windy City...

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10 hours ago, october said:

Too bad you didn't keep these Gary. If you had, you could retire, play golf all the time, and be a successful part time comic dealer. 

Hi Andy.  You're so right.  Today the Cap 1 is a 8.5.  The Marvel 1 is a 9.0.  I don't know about the other keys... 

So I'm forced to toil away at a mindless job with co-workers I hate...Waitaminnit - I am retired, play golf all the time, and have a blast selling comics part time! 

Life is good!

 

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21 minutes ago, Moondog said:

Hi Bob.  Yep.  Amazing that these books walked into my shop the first day I was open on September 16, 1978.

That was a while ago...... but even in 1978, that most have been  into 6 figures, quite a wind(y)fall.......GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)(thumbsu

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3 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

That was a while ago...... but even in 1978, that most have been  into 6 figures, quite a wind(y)fall.......GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)(thumbsu

Cost Of Living 1978

How Much things cost in 1978
Yearly Inflation Rate USA7.62% 
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average  805 
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve  11.75%  
Average Cost of new house  $54,800.00 
Average Income per year $17,000.00  
Average Monthly Rent  $260.00  
Cost of a gallon of Gas 63 cents 

 

A few More Examples 
1LB of Bacon$1.20 
Dozen Eggs 48 Cents
Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Computer $399.00 
8 Track Player $169.00 
Land O Lakes Butter Lb $1.33 
New York Strip Steaks Lb $2.39 
Ladies Corduroy Overalls $22.00 
Star Wars Family Pajamas $6.49 - $11.99 


Marion, Ohio Ranch Home, 3 beds , den, 1 1/2 baths, double detached garage $24,500

 

6 figures was a new car back then...

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