The Madness of not being able to find that one comic you know you have 3 3

[Ares]

This is driving me nuts.  I have been going through my collection in order to get it in order to see them. 

(I have books that no longer fit in my collection) 

There is one book I know I have (Eternals number 1) but I cant find it anywhere.

On the other hand while looking for that book I found others that I did not think I had anymore. 

 

Has this ever happened to anymore else?

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, Ares said:

This is driving me nuts.  I have been going through my collection in order to get it in order to see them. 

(I have books that no longer fit in my collection) 

There is one book I know I have (Eternals number 1) but I cant find it anywhere.

On the other hand while looking for that book I found others that I did not think I had anymore. 

 

Has this ever happened to anymore else?

 

Yes, often. I often am convinced that I still have books that my records subsequently show that I sold or gave away at some point. And sometimes they show up, misfiled, in ways that - as an organised person - I can't fathom. Hope it surfaces 

[bobotski]

Did you ever have a roommate or a shady family member? They sometimes steal stuff, you know 

[theCapraAegagrus]

Yes. I have spent literally hours looking for a collectible that I knew I had. I had to go through my entire collection in all storage areas to find it.

[Bronty]

I know I have a minty new mutants 98.   I also know I haven't seen it in maybe 10 years.   gah!

I had contempt for the book, so I hid it from myself so that I wouldn't sell it because I figured the value would go up.    I think it was worth maybe 150 at the time.

Only I hid it so well I don't know where it is.

Edited October 5, 2020 by Bronty

[Ares]

8 minutes ago, bobotski said:

Did you ever have a roommate or a shady family member? They sometimes steal stuff, you know 

None of that.  

Family stays away. While looking for it I found to more books I thought I got rid of (Incredible Hulk 449 and Ultimate FF 21) so value wise it balances out but its driving me nuts

[ThothAmon]

Feel your pain. Unfortunately I’m missing a sweet Harley Quinn drawing by Bruce Timm. Think one of my kids friends took it but c’est la vie. I’ve bought and sold so many books over the years that I just pretend I still own them all. 

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 hour ago, Ares said:

This is driving me nuts.  I have been going through my collection in order to get it in order to see them. 

(I have books that no longer fit in my collection) 

There is one book I know I have (Eternals number 1) but I cant find it anywhere.

On the other hand while looking for that book I found others that I did not think I had anymore. 

 

Has this ever happened to anymore else?

 

When Eternals popped I knew I had 6 copies of #1( I have scans uploaded to my image host).  Was stoked that they were now worth something and went to my storage unit to find them.

Nowhere to be found....

Edited October 5, 2020 by THE_BEYONDER

[THE_BEYONDER]

33 minutes ago, Bronty said:

I know I have a minty new mutants 98.   I also know I haven't seen it in maybe 10 years.   gah!

I had contempt for the book, so I hid it from myself so that I wouldn't sell it because I figured the value would go up.    I think it was worth maybe 150 at the time.

Only I hid it so well I don't know where it is.

I have a HFH 1 that a tucked away for a later date.   That was years ago.  Still haven’t found it . 

[comicginger1789]

What confuses me is books I have in my "to sell" boxes and books in my PC. A couple times I have though "oh I have that" when really I don't but I have sold it. And vice versa.

 

 

[comicginger1789]

I think the best thing for me is organization. My storing of books is finally organized thanks to some of the time the pandemic provided. I also have started taking photos of every comic I own so I have a digital library at all times with me on my phone  Helps greatly when I buying and I can reference my copy to ones I am potentially interested in for an upgrade (or to double check if I own it in general). 

[KirbyJack]

We moved into a new house over a year ago and I sold tons of stuff to do it. I’ve been bragging ever since about my new, lean, mean collection and how I can find everything now. 
So I was very surprised when my Strange Tales 115 disappeared. I looked through literally every comic box I have to no avail. I eventually admitted defeat and bought a replacement. When I received the new copy I decided to take a picture of early Spidey appearances, so I got out my mylite bagged Strange Tales annual 2 and Fantastic Four annual 1.

Clinging to the back of my FF was the lost ST115. I had just missed it when I went thru that box. Mylites are sticky.

[ThothAmon]

35 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said:

What confuses me is books I have in my "to sell" boxes and books in my PC. A couple times I have though "oh I have that" when really I don't but I have sold it. And vice versa.

 

 

The worst is when you sell it again... 

[OtherEric]

I feel your pain.  One of these years I am going to get books out of storage and go through every single one and find my All-Star Western #10; I know I have it.

On the up side, I know exactly where my Eternals run is!

Edited October 5, 2020 by OtherEric

[csaag]

Going thru this now.    I know I have a New Mutants 1; I remember bagging/boarding it last year when I bought new bags/boards.   I have it in my spreadsheet as in box X and not marked sold.  I certainly don't remember selling it.  I've gone thru all my boxes now 3 times and no sign of it.  I'm determined to keep going thru them until I somehow find it.    Not worried about the value of it  - more for just peace of mind.

[mrwoogieman]

I lost a poster in my home office for about 2-3 years. I knew it was there but I didn't know where. Finally, I found it one day doing another sweep - it was in a keeper magazine box in my closet but it was in a cardboard sandwich and the sandwich was at the end of the box and I obviously kept passing over it thinking it was just the end of the box!

 

 

[shadroch]

I once spent most of a weekend looking for a small item I'd sold on ebay for $8. It caused me to upgrade my oorganization.

Where I used to be a three or four out of one hundred,  I'm now at least a nine, maybe even a ten. 

[Artboy99]

often. Generally it is a sign that I have too many books and I need to sell.

I have 2 magazines that I recently found going through some boxes 2 weeks ago. I set them aside knowing i wanted to bag and board them. Yesterday I grabbed magazine bags and boards for them and I cant find the magazines. I cant remember where i put them. Clearly it would be somewhere convenient as i knew i was going to bag and board them, but i cant find them.

[Morganmi]

I recently got back into comics after a 25 year hiatus.  Had my boxes stored in a couple different places but finally went through them all and organized and catalogued them with an App. So I know exactly what I have now.

Seem to be missing a box though because there are few books that I know I had but never showed up in any of them. O' Curtis Planet of the Apes Mags where art thou! 

[piper]

15 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

often. Generally it is a sign that I have too many books and I need to sell.

 

Astute observation!