Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:30:36 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
MoonChild wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0293015845

1 Sealed Solar A&O & One Opened, both with posters for 4 bucks
Smokin' deal on that.

Yea, the VF book is clean too just a scratch on the back.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:36:15 am

went back to the bookstore yesterday after they sorted down more comics

got 2 vvss related xo 1/2 s
2 more deathmate golds
cd deathmate
and around 200 more indies for 20

the biggest indie was invincible 1

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:06:45 pm

superman-prime wrote:went back to the bookstore yesterday after they sorted down more comics

got 2 vvss related xo 1/2 s
2 more deathmate golds
cd deathmate
and around 200 more indies for 20

the biggest indie was invincible 1

Good stuff, especially the Invincible book.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:11:23 pm

ya i did not know how much it was worth jut that it was a rarity

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:29:59 pm

superman-prime wrote:went back to the bookstore yesterday after they sorted down more comics

got 2 vvss related xo 1/2 s
2 more deathmate golds
cd deathmate
and around 200 more indies for 20

the biggest indie was invincible 1

No frickin way? It was included in the $20? Let me know if you want to sell it. Were there any more Invincibles?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:43:52 pm

Im heading back in town today as they break down more of the stuff ill pick up more

childres · Post by **childres** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:04:29 am

Was planning on going to KC for the con later this month, but spent my cash on a nice little collection (2 long boxes) I found instead. Spent $250 on the following, listed in no particular order.

Valiant:
Harbinger 0,6,41, Har. Files 2 , Solar 1-8,10 (2nd), Magnus 1-9
Shadowman 1, Valiant Free View, Rai 1,2,5

Everything else (mostly bronze age)
Iron Fist 1-15, Champions 1-17, Nova 1-25, Wolverine 1-10
Spider Woman 1,2, Secret Wars 1-12, Marvel Team-up 1-20,65, 150
The Cat 1-4, Marvel Feature 1-3, Defenders 1-18, KS An. 1
Transformers 1-10, Trans. the movie 1, Trans. Head Masters 1
GI Joe & the Trans. 1, Hero for Hire ( Luke Cage) 1,4,6-15,17,18
Man Thing 1-9, GS 1-3,5, Avengers 195,196,200
Werewolf by Night 1-43 (doubles on 27-29, 41-43), GS 1-3,5
Incredible Hulk 108,117-119,121-124,134,138,141,142,149,166-180, 182-201,340,GS1,An 5
Hulk & Wolverine 1, Captain America 165-218 (extra 182),332,333
She Hulk 1-3, Strange Tales 176, Marv. Double Feature 1,2
Marv. Creatures on the Loose 14,27,29, CS Creatures 1, Kazar 3,4,12,13
Web of Spiderman 1-3,18,31,32, Marv. Premeire 4,5,15-25,44
Marv. Chillers 7, Tomb of Dracula 10, Jungle Action 7,8, Human Torch 1
Monsters on the Prowl 15, Alpha Flight 1,51(2x), Warlock 8,9
X Men Heros for Hope 1, Conan KS 1, AN4, Punisher War Journal 7(x5)
Super Villian Team-up 2, GS1, Thing 1, Marv. Two in One AN 1,2
Devil Dino. 1, Ms. Marvel 9,11-18, New Mutants 87, X-Factor 1
Machine Man 1, Journey into Mystery 113, Marv. Comics Presents 1
Spec. Marvel Ed. 15, Spiderman vs Wolverine 1, Capt. Marvel 31,32,34
Spec Spiderman KS An 1, Gargoyle 1, Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 1-6
Longshot 1-6, What If 17,39,58,59, Marv. Classic Comics 1,2, X-Force 1
Fantastic Four 101,102,105,109,110,114,115,117-119,124,127, 129-157,200,KS An 11(x2), GS3, Amazing Adventures 24,29,
Jack of Hearts 1, Marv. Spotlight 13,17,23,24,30
Robin 2 Limited Boxed Set, Simpsons Illustrated Spring 91 (x3)
King Kong 1, The Maze Agency 1, Nexus 1 (Capital)
Ultrverse Premeire 0 (x2), Ultraverse Premiere 1 ( Ultra 5000)
Extreme 0 (signed Liefeld),

Mags:
Death of Capt. Marvel, The New Mutants, Conan of the Isles
Marv. Super Special Kiss (2nd one), Bizarre Adventures 27
Marvel Preview 4

I also got mini comics that looked like they came with dvd's
(from Dark Horse ): AV2, Hellboy Phantom LImbs, Hellboy The Black Wedding, Hellboy The Yearning, (from Marvel): Doc. Strange The Sorcerers Apprentice, The New Avengers Illuminati

Also the following DVD's : Batman Animated Series, Season 1,2,3, & 4
Superman Animated Series Season 1,2, & 3, Justice League Seasons 1 &2
Justice League Unlimited Seasons 1 & 2, Batman Beyond Seasons 1,2,& 3
Fant. Four The Comp. 94-95 series, Fant. Four Worlds greatest heroes Vol 1&2

Plus 2 framed posters: Marvel, Marvel Universe

As for the condition of everything...... FF 101 had a 1 inch sq. cut out of the cover, The Cat 1 was only in good cond. Everything else appears to be in at least FN with most much higher. VF seems the avg. Many would be nice slab contenders. The Iron Fist 14 looks like a probable 9.6 for instance. The DVD's had not even been watched. The previous owner was definately a collector & not a reader or viewer.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:54:44 am

Fables vol. 1 TPB 3.00gbp

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:51:14 am

great pickup childres

childres · Post by **childres** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:22:05 am

superman-prime wrote:great pickup childres

Thanks! I was really pleased with finding these.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:47:32 pm

seems to be lots of goodies out there

childres · Post by **childres** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:17:27 pm

Lots of people are needing money & are turning loose parts of their collections if not everything. At least thats what I've been seeing. When things start showing up in my area ( the Sahara Desert of comics) its a pretty good sign that people are going through their garage, attic, strorage building or basement looking for things they can part with. Theres a lot of comics that have not seen the light of day for years that are starting to find their way into garage sales, auctions, and radio and newspaper ads.

Oh, back to the bragging thread. Today, I bought a Haier 65 pint dehumidifier still in the box for $40 (Sells at Wal-Mart for around $200). I know its not comics, but its great to protect collections if you live in a humid area. I've got a 50 pint Frigidaire in my main comic room that works great. It usually draws around 25-30 pints out of the room every day. I'm going to put the new one in my smaller comic room. I wasn't planning on buying another dehumidifier, but the price was great.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:19:43 am

wow smoking and you can water your grass with it

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:47:43 pm

childres wrote:Lots of people are needing money & are turning loose parts of their collections if not everything. At least thats what I've been seeing. When things start showing up in my area ( the Sahara Desert of comics) its a pretty good sign that people are going through their garage, attic, strorage building or basement looking for things they can part with. Theres a lot of comics that have not seen the light of day for years that are starting to find their way into garage sales, auctions, and radio and newspaper ads.

Oh, back to the bragging thread. Today, I bought a Haier 65 pint dehumidifier still in the box for $40 (Sells at Wal-Mart for around $200). I know its not comics, but its great to protect collections if you live in a humid area. I've got a 50 pint Frigidaire in my main comic room that works great. It usually draws around 25-30 pints out of the room every day. I'm going to put the new one in my smaller comic room. I wasn't planning on buying another dehumidifier, but the price was great.

Holy cow, can you just squeeze water out of the air with your hands?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:48:23 pm

i was impressed as well

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:23:22 am

superman-prime wrote:i was impressed as well

Yeah. It reminds me of when I locked my silver coins into an air-tight container after putting them in air-tight holders. And then, I put them in the dark so they would not "age".

childres · Post by **childres** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:08:21 am

Chiclo wrote:
childres wrote:Lots of people are needing money & are turning loose parts of their collections if not everything. At least thats what I've been seeing. When things start showing up in my area ( the Sahara Desert of comics) its a pretty good sign that people are going through their garage, attic, strorage building or basement looking for things they can part with. Theres a lot of comics that have not seen the light of day for years that are starting to find their way into garage sales, auctions, and radio and newspaper ads.

Oh, back to the bragging thread. Today, I bought a Haier 65 pint dehumidifier still in the box for $40 (Sells at Wal-Mart for around $200). I know its not comics, but its great to protect collections if you live in a humid area. I've got a 50 pint Frigidaire in my main comic room that works great. It usually draws around 25-30 pints out of the room every day. I'm going to put the new one in my smaller comic room. I wasn't planning on buying another dehumidifier, but the price was great.
Holy cow, can you just squeeze water out of the air with your hands?

Felt like I could today when a front went through.

For those of you who live in a lot less humid climates, its hard to imagine just how moist the air gets, and Arkansas is less humid than some of our neighboring states. I never really considered how much water is in the air here until my wife bought the 50 pint dehumidifier from Lowes for my comic room. While my rooms are in the basement, I've never thought of them as really damp. Its not a true basement in that its a walkout. 2 sides look like its a true 2 storied house. Only the other 2 sides are underground. There has never been standing water and the walls do not fill damp. When I hooked the dehumidifier up, I figured I would empty out a few pints a day at the most. Was I wrong! The "bucket" holds 25 pints according to the instruction manual. It fills up everday within 24 hours. Sometimes in around 20 hours. It depends on the weather conditions. It has done this everday since Christmas. I've been meaning to hook a direct line outside, but I've not drilled through the wall yet. I've got to get a longer bit. I have noticed a lot of difference in the temp. Its a lot warmer now, and I no longer have to run an electric heater. For those of you who live in humid areas, I Highly recommend you look into getting a dehumidifier if you have a large, costly, or treasured comic collection.

-Joe

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:13:03 am

I have a window-unit AC in my room (also where the "good" comic boxes are stored) and for 8 or 9 moths out of the year, it pulls enough moisture out of my room so that I had to put a drainage pan below it so the water wouldn't have any chance of hurting the foundation.

-slym

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:43:27 am

I can only imagine the amount of water that a dehumidifier would pull out of my apartment. I live in Tallahassee, FL and we have gotten over 9 inches of rain this week

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:36:26 am

JustCallMeAric wrote:I can only imagine the amount of water that a dehumidifier would pull out of my apartment. I live in Tallahassee, FL and we have gotten over 9 inches of rain this week

Yikes.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:10:06 pm

thats like 3 years here

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:09:46 pm

I believe we have had 28 inches of rain here in central NC this year already.

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:06:22 pm

Man, that's a lotta rain.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:44:02 pm

I'm in NC with slym and I got puddles in my puddles.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:06:09 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:I can only imagine the amount of water that a dehumidifier would pull out of my apartment. I live in Tallahassee, FL and we have gotten over 9 inches of rain this week

I heard you guys got slammed. In Tampa, we got very little rain, but crazy wind.

Don't think about opening a comic book outside in Florida to look at, read or whatever. The covers will crinkle up as soon as you take them out of the bag.