cheetah Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I saw this on YouTube. It is a collection of mainly westerns, Dells and Gold Keys our of Canada. Trigger warning - the value of the collection fell by 15% the moment the buyer began manhandling the books. bc, 1950's war comics, JollyComics and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azkaban Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Near Mint cheetah and silverseeker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Thanks for sharing @cheetah! Even with your trigger warning, this video gave me PTSD flashbacks of when I set up conventions back in the day. Every once in a while, you'd get somebody going through your boxes like this and the whole time inside I'd be thinking "Do. Not. Bend. The. Comics!!!" Always tough watching some guy who knows nothing about comics buy a large collection like this. cheetah, D84 and silverseeker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Wonder if the original collector was the older gentleman who bought 2 crates of Dell and Gold Key Westerns from me on the last day of 2.5 day Edmonton con 30 years ago? Sad to see an estate wholesaled like this. VF? ha ha. waaaghboss and cheetah 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Randall Dowling said: "Do. Not. Bend. The. Comics!!!" Yeah I was watching and cringing too. Someone had taken quite a bit of care protecting those books. And I had no idea there was an Oral Roberts published comic. cheetah and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 It always makes me sad to see somebody's collection bulked out like this (as I'm sure it was). I can appreciate the bind the family is in, but the whole pennies-on-the-dollar received for a collection that took all those many hours to assemble and curate... well, as I said, it's an oft inevitable dose of reality that makes me sad. silverseeker, Randall Dowling, David-Lance Roten and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, PopKulture said: It always makes me sad to see somebody's collection bulked out like this (as I'm sure it was). I can appreciate the bind the family is in, but the whole pennies-on-the-dollar received for a collection that took all those many hours to assemble and curate... well, as I said, it's an oft inevitable dose of reality that makes me sad. True. I assume the buyer will want Overstreet NM prices for the westerns, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, cheetah said: True. I assume the buyer will want Overstreet NM prices for the westerns, too. He will be parking his car outside for a long time if that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 even though there are no superhero comics it's still a neat collection FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Probably worth $100,000 if there are 10,000 pieces worth 10 bucks a piece on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 10,000 pieces of unsellable junk. Hawt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 40 minutes ago, Timely said: Probably worth $100,000 if there are 10,000 pieces worth 10 bucks a piece on average. Unfortunately, as I've said a few times in the past already...............in today's red hot robust vintage collectible comic book marketplace, it's a whole lot harder to sell a thousand $10 books, as opposed to selling just one $10,000 comic book. silverseeker, D2 and Jordysnordy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 57 minutes ago, Bronty said: 10,000 pieces of unsellable junk. Antique shop should be able to double his money at antique and collectible shows once they start up in 2022. Until then, it is off to eBay, Kijiji and trying to swap them out by the pound for other antiques like once hot Tarzan comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Just think if it was all pre-code horror instead of westerns. He could sell them on the boards and retire. Edited September 13, 2020 by cheetah Hutch88, silverseeker and 1950's war comics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 hours ago, 1950's war comics said: even though there are no superhero comics it's still a neat collection Guess that is why about 10 comic and toy shops in closer Calgary, AB all said, 'No thanks' to the skids full of cowboy comics. Antique dealer drove 6 hours round trip for this 'treasure.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Just now, aardvark88 said: Guess that is why about 10 comic and toy shops in closer Calgary, AB all said, 'No thanks' to the skids full of cowboy comics. Antique dealer drove 6 hours round trip for this 'treasure.' not valuable, little or no demand for these type comics . just a neat collection !! FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Curious what he paid, interesting collection but will be tough to sell most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Hap Hazard said: interesting collection but will be tough to sell most of it. I have a skid of vintage 1993-94 Image, Valiant, Wizard mags and b/w's all in unread gem mint condition to sell, if he is still buying to flip. Too bad AB has been in a provincial recession for the last 4 years b4 Covid hit. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Hap Hazard said: Curious what he paid, interesting collection but will be tough to sell most of it. Unless of course there's a bunch of Rifleman #10s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 The buyer's store is literally 9 blocks from my home. His prices are always high. He can't grade comics, and it was difficult to watch him jam the books back into the boxes. D2, piper and silverseeker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
