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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 1:06:36 GMT -5
I am just curious, where do you sell your books? I have several acquaintances who are shop owners, con organizers and con dealers, so I contacted them to see who would be interested in what or on the whole thing. They'll take a loo at what I have and make an offer I can either accept or decline. I know most of them well enough that they will put me in touch with other dealers if I cannot come to an agreeable price. I have sold pieces off to fellow collectors who I know are looking for something I had as well, and I traded in some to a couple of dealers already for store credit to pick up some stuff I was actually looking for. I might trade in a few pieces to Lonestar to get some credit there as they have a few things I am looking for as well. But, I've spent a long time building relationships with dealers and creators in the area, many of whom are also fellow collectors/hobbyists and many of whom are also fellow small press folks or support the local small press scene. We look for stuff for each other, give heads up when we see things of interest that we cannot pull the trigger on broker deals for each other, etc. So when I decided I wanted to cull some stuff and my wife decided to part with her X-Men collection that has more than a handful of keys, I let them know, and they were all like let us know what we can do and when your ready we'll talk numbers. As long as you understand that they are dealers and have to make money on the stuff they buy from you and set your expectations accordingly, and both sides are comfortable walking away if it doesn't work, you can work things out pretty well and usually get a deal done that makes everyone happy. I took the time and did a few shows as a vendor the last time I sold stuff off, which was the origin point of a lot of these relationships, which I could do again if I wanted to maximize return, but it would also maximize effort on my part too, so I am willing to take less to get rid of the stuff. What you can't do is expect to sell your books at top guide prices to a dealer or expect to sell filler issues at anything other than bulk prices. When you go to show and see long boxes of $5 Silver and Bronze books for sale, you have to realize that they're not being bought at top dollar. Unless you have absolute high grade (9.6 or higher) Silver & Bronze filler, have keys of some sort, or high demand current books, you're going to be hard pressed to get anything but bulk prices for your stuff with the current market. It is relatively easy to sell, as long as you don't have unrealistic expectations going in. The problem is a lot of people have unrealistic expectations of what stuff is actually worth and what it is actually selling for in the wild. -M I in the market to buy some Marvel runs from the 60's and 70's. I was hoping you were adding the lot online somewhere
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 12, 2017 7:22:49 GMT -5
The great comics cull of 2017 is well underway. I only have 6 short boxes left to sort through of my stuff determining if it stays or goes. It looks like there will be 14-16 short boxes of stuff being sold off next month, plus the 2 short boxes of stuff I already traded off, and a partial short box of stuff that may be finding its way to fellow readers/collectors here on the CCF and elsewhere. I have about 2-3 short boxes of stuff I haven't decided if I want to keep or cull yet, but that I have sorted through. It looks like somewhere between 1/3 and one half of the books I had will be culled. Amy's stuff is another 8 short boxes of material going. Updating the computer files of what stays or goes is another aspect of this that is taking time. It's going slow and I have to still pace myself (weight lifting limits for my recovery go up next week to 50 lbs, so I will be able to move things around a little easier starting next weekend so that should speed things up a bit), but it is getting done. I am getting impatient to get the room done and get access to stuff to be able to read it and to have an accessible work space that is not a kitchen table again, but I need to get the comics out of the space before I can do a lot of the work up there, so one step at a time. There's a good chance some of the stuff in the keep piles may wind up going down the road too once I get a chance to read it, or sample it and decide I don't want to read it. I still have too many books and I may end up doing an even harsher round of culls come springtime once the comic room remodel is done and I know exactly how much storage and display space I will have. We'll see how it all goes. -M Don't forget me , mrp .
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 12, 2017 7:26:55 GMT -5
I find myself feeling guilty that my house and stuff is safe, while people in Houston and Florida are losing everything. I can't imagine losing my entire comic collection...
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Post by The Captain on Sept 12, 2017 7:35:21 GMT -5
I find myself feeling guilty that my house and stuff is safe, while people in Houston and Florida are losing everything. I can't imagine losing my entire comic collection... I know this feeling very well. We are scheduled to go to Disneyworld in less than a month, and it's going to be tough traveling through storm-ravaged towns while on our way to a vacation, knowing that our home and things are not in a frequent storm zone and we don't have to typically worry like these folks do. My wife and I have talked about it, and we're going to try to do something while we are down there to help, be it eating at local joints rather than chains along the way, maybe buying meals for folks at those places while we're eating, I don't know what exactly, but we feel we're being called by God to act while we're in the presence of such loss to show love for these people and to let them know they are cared for.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Sept 12, 2017 8:40:39 GMT -5
we feel we're being called by God to act while we're in the presence of such loss to show love for these people and to let them know they are cared for. My 75 year old uncle in Orlando posted that his roof collapsed onto his bed in the pre-dawn hours. He and my aunt were unhurt because, unable to sleep, they rose early and were watching storm coverage in the den. Mysterious ways, man.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 9:27:27 GMT -5
I in the market to buy some Marvel runs from the 60's and 70's. I was hoping you were adding the lot online somewhere If you have a want list, shoot me a PM and I will see if I can fill anything on it. Don't forget me , mrp . I haven't. The Bronze Age Superman stuff is in one of the 6 remaining boxes I have to go through. I'll send you a list of what's there once I get to it. Probably towards the weekend at this point. I have some Thor stuff too but it's probably stuff you already have. If you shoot me a want list of Thor issues (both the 1st and Heroes Return series) I can see if I have anything you need as well. -M
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Post by Confessor on Sept 12, 2017 12:51:20 GMT -5
I find myself feeling guilty that my house and stuff is safe, while people in Houston and Florida are losing everything. I can't imagine losing my entire comic collection... Empathising with those less fortunate than you is a perfectly natural response, of course, but you should feel thankful that you are OK, not guilty.
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Post by Confessor on Sept 12, 2017 13:00:09 GMT -5
By the way, my sister is pretty high up in the government's Department for International Development and she's been heavily involved with co-ordinating the aid that Britain is sending over to the U.S. for those affected by the storms in Houston and Florida. She's been super busy over the last week or so and, talking to her on the phone today, she sounds slightly delirious from lack of sleep. My whole family is very proud of her though and the work she's doing to help Americans in the effected areas.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 16:09:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 17:38:00 GMT -5
Regarding the Equifax breach discussed earlier, we checked and found we were luckily not among those whose data was breached. That's bullet dodged for now, but vigilance is still the rule of the day.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 17:58:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 19:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 21:02:54 GMT -5
It took about 70 years, but Apple announced today they have made Dick Tracy's wrist watch/phone a reality... Reuters article headline: New Apple Watch that makes calls turns comic book fantasy into reality from the article... -M
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 13, 2017 4:51:40 GMT -5
But I heard that you need to have a sharp nose in order to use it properly.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 13, 2017 14:46:19 GMT -5
But I heard that you need to have a sharp nose in order to use it properly. Talk about user profile!
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