Popular Post Pirate Posted August 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2018 Good to see all the backroom lawyers and expert security professionals in this thread. Do everyone a favor and just be on the lookout. I doubt the OP needs all this "advice" atm. Foolkiller, Bomber-Bob, Transplant and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoWitHurts Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, Pirate said: Good to see all the backroom lawyers and expert security professionals in this thread. Do everyone a favor and just be on the lookout. I doubt the OP needs all this "advice" atm. ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, Pirate said: Good to see all the backroom lawyers and expert security professionals in this thread. Do everyone a favor and just be on the lookout. I doubt the OP needs all this "advice" atm. I agree. Leroy is one of the good guys. He works hard for his inventory and doesn't deserve to have this happen to him. I sure he is feeling terrible right now. While I think there are some really good security related comments in this thread, I just don't think he is interested in reading them at the moment. Perhaps another thread would be the best approach. jsilverjanet and lhcomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoWitHurts Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 33 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said: I agree. Leroy is one of the good guys. He works hard for his inventory and doesn't deserve to have this happen to him. I sure he is feeling terrible right now. While I think there are some really good security related comments in this thread, I just don't think he is interested in reading them at the moment. Perhaps another thread would be the best approach. The longer this tread stays active the more users see it and are made aware of the theft. I doubt OP has been keeping tabs. As far as people injecting their opinions well, it's the users prerogative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 29 minutes ago, WoWitHurts said: The longer this tread stays active the more users see it and are made aware of the theft. I doubt OP has been keeping tabs. As far as people injecting their opinions well, it's the users prerogative. You are correct about keeping this thread active to make others aware of the theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miraclemet Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 23 hours ago, kav said: a close up of the corner and staple wear areas is like a fingerprint. Yeah that top staple area will be a dead giveaway. lhcomics and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmakt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I was hoping to get to the end of this thread and see that the book was found :-/ Way out of my price range, but I'll keep my eyes open too... Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENRYSPENCER Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, miraclemet said: Yeah that top staple area will be a dead giveaway. Since it's stolen, he could try to sell it coverless. Coverless copies still command a lot of money. Mystafo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Arigato Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 hours ago, HENRYSPENCER said: I liked it better before you edited it. lhcomics, lighthouse, Not A Clone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Thiefs look around like crazy before they snatch. Be alert to guy looking at wall then looking around repeatedly. It would be sweet if someone filming con on phone caught dude in the act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rein2222 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 the guy was clearly waiting and watching for someone to step away for lunch or whatever. He will strike again. If i had that kind of inventory i would have go pros on tripods covering all the angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 This is worse than grand theft auto? ComicConnoisseur and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBRobin Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Pirate said: Good to see all the backroom lawyers and expert security professionals in this thread. Do everyone a favor and just be on the lookout. I doubt the OP needs all this "advice" atm. Isn't discussion what you do on a discussion forum? ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Buzzetta said: There was one dealer at NYCC that had photocopies of the good stuff in binders. If you asked you could see one or two books at the same time after you pointed them out in the binder. I am probably wrong but I think John Verzyl's booth did that as I believe that was how I bought my ASM 3. Pretty sure this was Verzyl, I remember flipping through the books at a WW Chicago. Buzzetta and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 7 hours ago, SteppinRazor said: What's the likelihood of selling an AF15 or Hulk 181 at a convention? If the book is there for attraction/marketing purposes only, a back wall could be designed out of steel or aluminum, with angle iron/angle AL at the top and bottom on the books, so one would have to slide all the slabs up to the AF15 out of the rack at the side to get it out. I bought one of my AF15's at NYCC. SteppinRazor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Pirate said: I doubt the OP needs all this "advice" atm. And I have no doubt that he and many others do need it. The very fact that this thread exists and that a thief was able to walk away with this is solid evidence of that. Most theft are crimes of opportunity. Many times not even planned until the opportunity presents itself. If you don't dangle a carrot in the first place, there's no chance a horse may grab it. Most are woefully ignorant to what can provide an incentive for a crime. And what can be done to de-incentivize, eliminating that opportunity. Security professionals point these things out and suggest pre-emptive steps. And I don't think it's a waste of time to discuss what can be done to prevent theft at shows while we're trying to help Leroy reclaim what was taken. Maybe if some of these suggestions presented in this thread are initiated, there will be 10 less threads like this by the end of the year that we'll never know about because they didn't happen, right? SBRobin, The Lions Den and D84 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hope you get your book back. lhcomics, Larryw7 and The Lions Den 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lhcomics Posted August 28, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement and well wishes. I'll even take the advice on how others would handle their expensive comics if they were selling at shows. I was thinking on taking off next year from selling at Cons and trying to boost my eBay store and auctions. Well this theft helped me make my mind up so Baltimore will be my last show this year and maybe forever. I'll reevaluate after 2019 and see if I want to jump back into conventions in 2020. I have a lot of great customers that I enjoy seeing every year and I'll miss them as well as the dealers I call friends. Don't take for granted the dealers that do this convention grind will do so forever. It is most certainly a grind and expensive to do the major shows. Tell your favorite dealer you appreciate that they continue to setup at shows and spend money with them even if it's over GPA. Hopefully the word gets out as I feel it has and when the thief tries to sell he'll get busted. If anything good happens I'll be sure to post it here. Leroy Edited August 28, 2018 by lhcomics comicquant, tv horror, 1Cool and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 5 hours ago, HENRYSPENCER said: Since it's stolen, he could try to sell it coverless. Coverless copies still command a lot of money. And you've touched on something here that is very pertinent. While I doubt that the thief is going to go as far as taking the cover off, thus throwing out a potential $40,000 along with the cover, let's not be oblivious to the possibility that this book may be presented for sale out of the slab and in a modified state! This is why I asked for more photos, all the better if raw, in pre-slab state, and if that's not available, a back cover picture. Now rather than rip the cover off and destroy 98% of the value, he might add defects, or write a name on the cover, or date it, i.e. deface it slightly in some way to promote it being overlooked by those keeping an eye out for it, so if we're going to stand a chance of sleuthing this book out and having it find it's way back to Leroy, we're going to have to remain open to possibilities, really study the image and still take a good look at any AF 15s offered for sale as a possible match, though now altered for distraction! Meaning, if you see an AF 15 for sale, and the name, "John Smith" is written in a childlike penmanship across the cover, still scrutinize it because it can be this book but now augmented for disguise. thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Really hoping you get your book back. Makes me sick to think about it. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
