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[Artboy99]

Yes great looking books. I really appreciate that you made a great first impression and he remembered you and made the effort to find you again.

Well done.

 

PS. I am jealous of your find. I am weary of seeing collections locally that have 90's drek. "Sorry, no I don't want to buy your Image Comics Supreme #1"

Looking at a collection Monday, here is hoping I find something cool.

Edited May 25, 2019 by Artboy99

[gadzukes]

8 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Those books look really nice.  White pages?

No, not white.  I wish.  But the covers are very nice with surprisingly nice spines.

[gadzukes]

7 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

This was a post from Gary Dolgoff awhile back that I always thought was helpful-

 

I think this is my favorite post on a "method" to use when buying a collection.  Thanks for sharing.

[gadzukes]

4 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

I really appreciate that you made a great first impression and he remembered you and made the effort to find you again.

Well done.

I know I spent over $10,000 on his comics a decade ago.  So he knew I was a serious buyer.  I'm SO glad he found me again.

[bababooey]

8 hours ago, BCarter27 said:

This was a post from Gary Dolgoff awhile back that I always thought was helpful-

Moondog is not Gary Dolgoff, he's Gary Colabuono.

[wolverine180]

Congratulations on your purchase. Those look fantastic.  I hope you are able to get the rest asap. Look forward to seeing the results. Congrats again.

[gadzukes]

On 5/25/2019 at 4:22 PM, Artboy99 said:

Looking at a collection Monday, here is hoping I find something cool.

Did you look at the collection?

[Artboy99]

1 hour ago, gadzukes said:

Did you look at the collection?

yes.

I was supposed to be looking at 11 longs of books.

It went from 11 longs to 3 as the seller thought all the longs were comics but most were books.

Once at the seller's house I quickly scanned the contents and it was very low grade books. Goods to VG and while there was some 10C covers they were very low grade and not desirable titles. Dells, Disney, Classics Illustrated, Charltons and lots of low grade Westerns.

To sell them I would have to heavily discount and most go directly into the dollar bins.

I passed.

[gadzukes]

5 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

yes.

I was supposed to be looking at 11 longs of books.

It went from 11 longs to 3 as the seller thought all the longs were comics but most were books.

Once at the seller's house I quickly scanned the contents and it was very low grade books. Goods to VG and while there was some 10C covers they were very low grade and not desirable titles. Dells, Disney, Classics Illustrated, Charltons and lots of low grade Westerns.

To sell them I would have to heavily discount and most go directly into the dollar bins.

I passed.

I've saw plenty of that sort when I was answering Craigslist ads.  I also once drove 4 hours to look at a "mint" (his words) collection.  The comic were brittle.  I've never seen so many brittle comics.

[gadzukes]

I just got back from Round 2 of buying this collection.

This time I spent about $5000 and brought back 5 long boxes of comics.

He still has about 6 long boxes at his house and I told him I could probably buy all of those on my next visit (I don't think they're anything too special so they shouldn't cost too much).

When I told him I'd pick those up on my next visit he said, "Do you want me to bring some more of the collection from storage for you to look at next time?".  I was under the impression that this was it at his house right now.  I asked him how many more boxes were in storage, and he said 17!!!!!!  OMG, this is turning into a GREAT find!

I thought I'd post some of the treasure I brought back today.

[Bird]

[gadzukes]

I just went thru the Flash comics.  Around 90 comics.  Pretty much every issue between 108 - 208.  Some higher grade, some lower grade, but mostly mid grades.

Here's some of the good stuff...

The 123 has a spine curl, but once it's pressed out should be about a 4.5

After pressing the 137 is probably 8.0, the 139 is 7.0, the 147 is 6.5, the 119 is 5.0, and the rest are 4.0 and lower.

The bottom photo is all very low grade

Edited May 31, 2019 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

There's about 150 spideys in these boxes from 31-300 some are in really nice shape.  Unfortunately the keys (50, 129, etc) were picked out, but there's still some great spideys here.

Here's a small sampling...

After a press 300 will be in the high 9s (I don't see any spine tics), the rest should grade in the 7.0-9.0 range.  33 is the only one with MC

Edited May 31, 2019 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

X-men 21-88 many of which are in really nice shape

[gadzukes]

There's a long box filled with Sgt Fury (over 100 issues), Nick Fury Shield, and Capt Savage.  Again, all in great shape.

Here's the Sgt Fury 13

 

[gadzukes]

Last box I bought today has a run of 100 Supermans and bunch of assorted titles.  They're all pretty low grade.  Some cool stuff.

The Superman 123 is a Supergirl tryout issue.  I wish it was in better shape.  The Strange Adventures 117 is the 1st Atomic Knights

[Artboy99]

yes a great find indeed!

Congrats.

[speedcake]

[thehumantorch]

On 5/31/2019 at 4:53 PM, gadzukes said:

There's a long box filled with Sgt Fury (over 100 issues), Nick Fury Shield, and Capt Savage.  Again, all in great shape.

Here's the Sgt Fury 13

 

[gadzukes]

Made my 3rd trip to go through this collection.

Came back with 7 long boxes.  No high grade silver age like I was seeing in previous boxes.  3 boxes had water damage at the bottom 

Still, there were lots of nice runs and a few keys.

It seems like the more boxes I go thru the lesser the quality is.

He says he still has about 10 long boxes in storage.  There's bound to be some really good stuff.

Best books I got today..... 2 copies of GL 76 one 7.0 & one 3.0, JLA 1-50 (all have some water damage), Luke cage 1 7.0, Marvel Premiere 15 7.0, Lois Lane 1 coverless, silver runs of WW, JLA, GL, Superboy, Challengers, lots of Bronze marvel.

No Mega keys though (I think they were cherry picked)

I'm happy though.... there's a lot of money in these boxes.   I'm about $11k out of pocket into this collection now... I need to find some time to sell now.

Edited June 8, 2019 by gadzukes