Have you ever found a comic you once owned? 4 4

[JazzMan]

And I don't mean flipping books, which I've seen happen to quite a few.  But have you ever sold, traded or lost a book that you later find? 

[kav]

I did once order a comic from across the country and it had the Beers Books stamp on it, where we used to go to laugh at their prices when I was a teen.
The guy never figured why any of the comics never sold-he was using the price guide and listing everything at mint prices like youre supposed to-

Edited April 6, 2021 by kav

[followtheleader]

Funny, I planned to start the same thread.  Mine wasn't comics, but rather non sports cards.

I had tons from the 70s and 80s.  TV shows, Aliens, Superman, ET, and so on.  I sold them about 10 years prior.  One day on Craigslist, I see a post and think about buying.  Then I notice the card box has my handwriting on it and the contents are the same!!!  Couldnt believe it.  Wonder how many hands it passed thru.

Patrick

[musicmeta]

Yes I have.  I sold it and bought it back on ComicLink.  I was happy to get it back.

[Get Marwood & I]

I used to collect Amazing Spideys with Mark Jeweler inserts for which I made custom labels like so:

I sold a good chunk of them to one grateful collector. Years later, at the London Comic Fair, I found a group of them for sale in the boxes of a well known dealer. Like meeting an old friend it was. "What are these labels?" I asked him. "Oh, they show that the issue has an insert in them - no idea why the owner did that" he said, with a 'he must have been a loon' look on his face. "Oh" I said, "Right....."

[boatfund]

Well I found a comic that belonged to someone else before...

I found a Superman comic book from the mid-60s that had Shelton Drum written in the top margin.  I emailed him at Heroes (I think I had taken a scan of his name in it) and asked if he wanted it back, he said he would like it so at the Heroes Con that year (probably sometime early 2000s) I found him and gave it back to him.  Only about 35-40 years since he wrote his name in it.

I wish I had found one of mine from the 60s, I traded enough off when I was young. 

[Aman619]

I traded a bunch of comics to a dealer to purchase a comic years ago.  Last year a friend texted me an estate sale that said they had comics.  Going through the boxes I came across a run of those same books, Still had the dealer stickers I never took off the mylars!  It was a cool weird feeling seeing them again.  I bought them of course!  dollar a piece... way less than I sold them for. 

[KCOComics]

My local comic shop, Uncle Fred's, is owned by a guy named Fred...  Who is probably an uncle. 

As a kid, he would write his name on all his comics. Someone in NYC bought a Journey into mystery with his name on it, found him and mailed it back to him.  

He proudly displays it on his wall! 

[aszumilo]

I sold a Daredevil #1 CGC 1.8 to a guy in Thailand.  Saw it pop up on E-Bay about a year or so later.  Tried to buy it back, but, got sniped at the end.  Sold for less than I sold it for.

[BanjerD]

I found this book raw back in 2018 in Japan.  I sold it graded on ComicLink which was bought by Monkeyman here on the boards, he put it up for auction (on ComicLink) so I bought it back.  And then again I recently sold it to Dover here on the boards.

I will certainly buy it again if it becomes available !

Edited April 7, 2021 by BanjerD

[143ksk]

Sold a nice Pep 30 at a Chicago ComiCon in the mid '80s. Bought it back on eBay about 10 years later.

[kav]

I'm always hopin to stumble across my original copy of Woodgod-

[OtherEric]

Sold most of my EC collection (maybe 20 books at that point) to pay rent about 15 years ago.  The issue I came to regret getting rid of the most was the beat up Weird Science #18, which was either my first or second EC ever.  Found it in a box at ECCC a few years ago, and recognized it.  Very happy to have it back in my collection, I think I actually paid less for it the second time!

[OtherEric]

And, not something I had twice, but how I wound up getting a book back to the son of the original owner:

 

[porcupine48]

8 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I used to collect Amazing Spideys with Mark Jeweler inserts for which I made custom labels like so:

I sold a good chunk of them to one grateful collector. Years later, at the London Comic Fair, I found a group of them for sale in the boxes of a well known dealer. Like meeting an old friend it was. "What are these labels?" I asked him. "Oh, they show that the issue has an insert in them - no idea why the owner did that" he said, with a 'he must have been a loon' look on his face. "Oh" I said, "Right....."

Did you repurchase for oldtimesake?

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

2 hours ago, kav said:

I'm always hopin to stumble across my original copy of Woodgod-

Sticky Pages Pedigree.  

[Get Marwood & I]

45 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Did you repurchase for oldtimesake?

I wanted to Jim, yes. But it was one of those dealers who adopted the 'priced to never sell' approach to selling comics, alas.

[porcupine48]

7 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I wanted to Jim, yes. But it was one of those dealers who adopted the 'priced to never sell' approach to selling comics, alas.

Mad react.Oh well,shoulda swiped them.Or said-och,this is from my stolen collection!I'll give you ten percent of ask and not call the fuzz.

PS-I have a DPV to show you tomorrah.It should be fifteenbut it says twenty aiiiii-eeeeee

[porcupine48]

PPS-I'm not advocating swiping comics folk,put away the pitchforks and enema bags!🎃

Edited April 7, 2021 by porcupine48
i'm mot telling.Jimmers for guy of the always!

[porcupine48]

1 hour ago, OtherEric said:

And, not something I had twice, but how I wound up getting a book back to the son of the original owner:

 

I loved watching this unfold,and such a cool story.