KirbyJack Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 37 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Love the "Comic Land" poster. I believe that Robert Beerbong made those up years ago. Got it directly from him. He had a house a town or two away from Omaha he’d sell out of. Some great stuff in the early days. My comic room is called “Comic Land” because of it. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I guess I would like my collection to be around 10k books, I think that would be manageable enough. I would like to downsize my house but I just cant bring myself to part with any, so I am trapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Kevin.J said: I guess I would like my collection to be around 10k books, I think that would be manageable enough. I would like to downsize my house but I just cant bring myself to part with any, so I am trapped I think that's where I'm at in 10K-15K area. I'm a hopeless run collector. tv horror 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, oakman29 said: I think that's where I'm at in 10K-15K area. I'm a hopeless run collector. Yeah breaking my runs up would be a killer, I am at the 90k-100k level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kevin.J said: Yeah breaking my runs up would be a killer, I am at the 90k-100k level Whoa that's a helluva pile of comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 minute ago, oakman29 said: Whoa that's a helluva pile of comics. Yeah, getting rid of all the 90s rubbish would be a start ---and my duplicates would be good KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, oakman29 said: I think that's where I'm at in 10K-15K area. I'm a hopeless run collector. Admitting you have a problem is the 1st step to recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I’m actually going thru my collection trying to organize it right now. I have had my more expensive core runs in mylite2s and halfbacks for awhile, but my other stuff has been in a complete mishmash for decades. I had convention stock in the late 80s/early 90s that I’ve never really bothered to deal with. I finally went thru and bagged and boarded the quarter box stuff from then. A lot of it is still worth about that 🙂 Going thru it all got me nostalgic for all of that 80s drek though. I started digging through 3/$1 boxes and buying more of it. After buying a bunch of duplicates, I decided I should really organize things so I could properly inventory my collection. So I’ve started getting it in order. I’ve probably got about 1500 books that have some real value and about 2000 more that are pretty darn drekky. Why shouldn’t I own bunches of 80s Rom, Conans, New Mutants, X-Factor, West Coast Avengers, Punisher War Journal, etc? It’s not like it is going to be worth selling. I’m not bumping into space constraints, as we bought a big house and I’ve been given one of the extra bedrooms for the collection. So I’ll be buying some more drek to fill in those runs once I get them organized so I know which ones I’m missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 The perfect sized comic book collection is when you have all the comic books you want. oakman29, piper, BlowUpTheMoon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I’m currently at 5 CGC Boxes and 1 Long Box. It’s getting a bit unwieldy... batman_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Hamlet said: I’ve probably got about 1500 books that have some real value and about 2000 more that are pretty darn drekky. Why shouldn’t I own bunches of 80s Rom, Conans, New Mutants, X-Factor, West Coast Avengers, Punisher War Journal, etc? It’s not like it is going to be worth selling. I’m not bumping into space constraints, as we bought a big house and I’ve been given one of the extra bedrooms for the collection. I encountered the same thing. I've got stuff that isn't worth selling; Marvel 2in1, Alien Legion, reprints... My criterion to keep them was "will I ever read these again?". If the answer was no, out they'd go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 10 hours ago, speedcake said: The perfect sized comic book collection is when you have all the comic books you want. When does that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 15 hours ago, Hamlet said: I’m actually going thru my collection trying to organize it right now. I have had my more expensive core runs in mylite2s and halfbacks for awhile, but my other stuff has been in a complete mishmash for decades. I had convention stock in the late 80s/early 90s that I’ve never really bothered to deal with. I finally went thru and bagged and boarded the quarter box stuff from then. A lot of it is still worth about that 🙂 Going thru it all got me nostalgic for all of that 80s drek though. I started digging through 3/$1 boxes and buying more of it. After buying a bunch of duplicates, I decided I should really organize things so I could properly inventory my collection. So I’ve started getting it in order. I’ve probably got about 1500 books that have some real value and about 2000 more that are pretty darn drekky. Why shouldn’t I own bunches of 80s Rom, Conans, New Mutants, X-Factor, West Coast Avengers, Punisher War Journal, etc? It’s not like it is going to be worth selling. I’m not bumping into space constraints, as we bought a big house and I’ve been given one of the extra bedrooms for the collection. So I’ll be buying some more drek to fill in those runs once I get them organized so I know which ones I’m missing. I love it when I discover a key I didn’t realize was a key or that I even owned. “Hey, I wonder if MyComicShop will buy any of these random Valiants I found buried in one of my long boxes? Eternal Warriors 4 is consignable? First Bloodshot? Cool, adding it to my consign pile. I have absolutely no idea how I ended up with it. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Robot Man said: When does that happen? yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 9:16 PM, Kevin.J said: Yeah, getting rid of all the 90s rubbish would be a start ---and my duplicates would be good Dibs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunsicker Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 12:00 AM, speedcake said: The perfect sized comic book collection is when you have all the comic books. FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurosis138 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 4:18 PM, Robot Man said: Love the "Comic Land" poster. I believe that Robert Beerbong made those up years ago. Beerbong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
