Registered: 05/09/07
Posts: 12820
Loc: Southern California
Dave/Brian/Artboy Fantastic thread! You've really plugged us in to your experience and the camaraderie you shared with fellow collectors and boardies! Thanks for the great post/thread!
Dave...gonna have to have talk soon...I'll give you a call again when I get the chance...
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AVID SILVER AGE MARVEL COLLECTOR! Many times I've wondered...how much there is to know... R. Plant/J. Page March 1973
Artboy99Artboy99
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Registered: 11/25/04
Posts: 3980
Loc: Edmonton, AB , Canada
Originally Posted By: trmoore54
Dave/Brian/Artboy Fantastic thread! You've really plugged us in to your experience and the camaraderie you shared with fellow collectors and boardies! Thanks for the great post/thread!
Registered: 03/23/05
Posts: 19458
Loc: Alberta Canada
Originally Posted By: trmoore54
Dave/Brian/Artboy Fantastic thread! You've really plugged us in to your experience and the camaraderie you shared with fellow collectors and boardies! Thanks for the great post/thread!
Dave...gonna have to have talk soon...I'll give you a call again when I get the chance...
Thanks Tom, it would be nice to talk over the phone.
I had hoped that this con report would accurately describe the phenomenal growth of this con, the headaches that the growth created for the organizers and our experiences as collectors imitating dealers.
Dealing comics is a brutal business and I can't imagine how any make a living from it. It seems like everyone wants a deal, or worse gives you a low ball offer or beats your inventory to a pulp rifling through it or waving it around. The time it takes to page count, accurately grade, price, bag and board is killer. Add in the booth costs, hotel, food and beer (not in that order), travel costs, etc and there is no wonder why there are so few decent back issue stores or full time dealers left.
I must say I wanted to strangle the fool who offered me $200 for my Avengers 1 and when I said 'absolutely not, not in a million years' he offered to bundle it with some other keys like that would make selling keys at 50% off more tempting.
Registered: 05/09/07
Posts: 12820
Loc: Southern California
Originally Posted By: thehumantorch
Originally Posted By: trmoore54
Dave/Brian/Artboy Fantastic thread! You've really plugged us in to your experience and the camaraderie you shared with fellow collectors and boardies! Thanks for the great post/thread!
Dave...gonna have to have talk soon...I'll give you a call again when I get the chance...
Thanks Tom, it would be nice to talk over the phone.
I had hoped that this con report would accurately describe the phenomenal growth of this con, the headaches that the growth created for the organizers and our experiences as collectors imitating dealers.
Dealing comics is a brutal business and I can't imagine how any make a living from it. It seems like everyone wants a deal, or worse gives you a low ball offer or beats your inventory to a pulp rifling through it or waving it around. The time it takes to page count, accurately grade, price, bag and board is killer. Add in the booth costs, hotel, food and beer (not in that order), travel costs, etc and there is no wonder why there are so few decent back issue stores or full time dealers left.
I must say I wanted to strangle the fool who offered me $200 for my Avengers 1 and when I said 'absolutely not, not in a million years' he offered to bundle it with some other keys like that would make selling keys at 50% off more tempting.
Yeah I can only imagine how exhausting it is...I've often entertained the idea of setting up a booth to display my personal collection with no price tags and tell everyone who came by (a) they're not for sale...I'm just showing them off and (b) no, you CANNOT handle the book!
It's like that scene in Spinal Tap where the band member tells the other guy "don't even touch my guitars!" and then..."don't even look at them!"
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AVID SILVER AGE MARVEL COLLECTOR! Many times I've wondered...how much there is to know... R. Plant/J. Page March 1973
Artboy99Artboy99
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
Registered: 11/25/04
Posts: 3980
Loc: Edmonton, AB , Canada
Originally Posted By: thehumantorch
Originally Posted By: trmoore54
Dave/Brian/Artboy Fantastic thread! You've really plugged us in to your experience and the camaraderie you shared with fellow collectors and boardies! Thanks for the great post/thread!
Dave...gonna have to have talk soon...I'll give you a call again when I get the chance...
Thanks Tom, it would be nice to talk over the phone.
I had hoped that this con report would accurately describe the phenomenal growth of this con, the headaches that the growth created for the organizers and our experiences as collectors imitating dealers.
Dealing comics is a brutal business and I can't imagine how any make a living from it. It seems like everyone wants a deal, or worse gives you a low ball offer or beats your inventory to a pulp rifling through it or waving it around. The time it takes to page count, accurately grade, price, bag and board is killer. Add in the booth costs, hotel, food and beer (not in that order), travel costs, etc and there is no wonder why there are so few decent back issue stores or full time dealers left.
I must say I wanted to strangle the fool who offered me $200 for my Avengers 1 and when I said 'absolutely not, not in a million years' he offered to bundle it with some other keys like that would make selling keys at 50% off more tempting.
I have told people mishandling my books to leave my stuff. They give you this surprised / bewildered look, then I repeat myself, "you are done. You can go now." I was very tired after the show, and Monday slept alot to recover. But I admit even today I am still tired. I can not imagine doing this on a full time basis every week.
