@@joeydrakeward4077 I agree. The collections history should have no bearing on the purchase unless it was bought on the blind which Gary would have to own so either way.....Gary stop the whining! It's in poor taste. It comes off like you were embarrassed by the purchase. It's okay to foul a ball off.
Gary Great fun video as always. I think you got a great deal for the price. Should have another video What else was in the other boxes? Was there a lot of duplicates? I have been buying for over 35 years and do a local show for 10 years. Surprisingly not everyone is looking for the keys. Looking forward to your next video
your videos kept me sane while having covid alone in a room for two weeks ..thank you for your vids i appreciate them. im ok now and back to the real world . keep it comic brother !
I’d kill to find a score even half as good as this in Australia. This was easily worth 1500, if you ever sell x men 32 I’d be interested. One of the few I need to complete a full x men run 1-544
Less than $2 a book overall with some 8.0+ keys and you'll make most of the $1,500 (or all +, depending on the grades) back on just the ASM 37 and 129. Great pick up and no way you did overpay, in spite of the volume of garbage in there. Book to send: SW 8, ASM 252, Batman 457, X-Men 129 and ASM 300.
Hey Gary, Looking like a nice fine so far, I am 6 mins in and looks like a bit of a time capsule with the Wolverine mini, X-Factor 1/2's etc, First Bishop etc. looking forward to the rest of vid... Some pretty weird condition issues, maybe on where they have been stored over the years. :D Greetings from Scotland
A lot of books for sure... $price seems ok but you have a very sharp eye...Asm129, Asm300, MshSW8, Nm98 Xmen &Batman books 👍all the best for New Years.. cheers and stay safe..
Nice video ,my choice = the Batman Tim drake issue, X-men 129, asm300, Wolverine #1, X-men #142...just going with my gut ...& think that it’s a no brained towards selling , someone will need/ want any one of these books ...but like you don’t know that already. Great to see ya with another collection...means future videos. Thanks for all the hard work that goes with making these videos ...always impressed by the great content.
Great video, After cgc costs and new bags and boards, time in for cleaning and pressing... you'll make your money plus profit... don't know if it will be a lot of profit. But I'd be down for buying some of those. Lol
Gary, to be brutally honest, the condition of the books and the price you paid, made me weep. I think you were very generous with your offer, but hopefully you won't lose money. My choices to send are: Brave and the Bold # 200, Batman # 357, Uncanny X-Men # 142, Secret Wars # 8 and New Mutants # 98.
Those waves on so many comics, isn't that moisture damage? I'd guess they were bag'n'boarded later, after the comics were sitting on a shelf in the basement a few years.
It's been 30 years since you could wander into a garage and find a box of comics that the person had no idea what they could possibly have. You are very lucky my friend? Absolute envy understates watching you flip thru that trove wtg
Just getting into collecting from a local lcs, setting up pull lists, emailing about variant covers before foc, and now am looking at buying lots/collections. This video just gets me hyped that there collections like this out there to find, the books aren’t pristine, but I’d rather find coveted books in a downgrade, then meh in a 9.8. I feel like a asm 300 or secret wars will only grow in value
Yay, you found another collection. I understand your disappointment for the condition of the books, being that they were from a LCS. Save as many as you can. ASM 252,300. Batman 457. SW 8. NM 98. Keep it comics.
Wolverine #1, Batman #357, X-Men #129, DD #168, Hulk 271 Love it when you let us “watch over your shoulder” as you look through those collections. Good luck with those CGC’s...
First of all, I feel you are very fair to these sellers who have very questionable mid to high grade books. Right away my picks are Secret Wars 8, ASM 299+300, Batman 357 and 457 (New Mutant 1 came close for my fifth pick! Enjoyed your video!
The Old Man picks Brave & Bold 200, Bats 457, Omega Men 3, DD 168, and Sec Wars 8. Good luck moving those X-Men & X-Force 1’s. When I ran a shop called Comics America back in the 90’s, we used them for door prizes at any special event we held.
Awesome as always. I'd say ASM 300, Rocket Racoon and Deadpool. You're right about the condition, I'd expect better from a shop. With the amount of newsstand comics you showed you might be looking at the very picked over back issues that were left over when they closed. Just own it now - that strawberry shortcake is going in the personal collection
Gary you lucked out with that collection with some great keys for the price. Even with the condition of many of those books it’s hard to bargain with someone to get a price like that. For the books I’d like to see Batman 457, Omega Man 3, Uncanny X Men 129, Daredevil 168, ASM 300. Great video as always, happy holidays!!
That's so disappointing! The number of books that should be great are in bad condition. :-( I went to a comic shop close to an old job where the owner was old and nothing (and I mean nothing) was in very fine condition, let alone excellent. Here are the books I think you should send out: New Mutants 98, ASM 300, Secret Wars #8, Uncanny X-Men 242, and ASM 299. I think you will eventually make a profit from this collection, but it probably won't be much. Good luck and Happy New Year Gary!!!
Gary, you got tO go with all of the Symbiote books Spidey 252, 300, Secret wars 8. The 1st transformer and Wolverine 1. I think all solid books with potential to rise in value
First Jason Todd, Batman error book, first appearance of Lobo, the first Transformers, and the first appearance of hell fire club. That's so crazy how beat up those books are from a comic shop. I mean my 90s books are rough but I was 5,6,7 years old then too hahaha
My top five picks to go to CGC: 1. Wolverine #1 2. Batman #457 3. Secret Wars #8 4. Daredevil #168 5. X-Men #142 Cool review. And Happy New Year! And God bless.
Suggestion - uniquely label your bulk purchases. Call this one "Dec 2020 - 1" if this was your first purchase in Dec 2020 or something. You can then put that label in your titles so when you do follow ups on this exact collect, such as selecting the books to be sent off and/or when the come back, we could tie the vids together easily. This will also help viewers many months or even years from now. Anyways - just a suggestion. Cheers.
Continue to hold your ground on the conditions of modern (1980's books and up). It seems people are starting to give a pass to books from the 1980's....I have even seen some people saying "Oh...well...these books are 30-35 years old"...like they are silver age books. I think you need to address this Gary. There are A LOT of unscrupulous behaviors in comic collecting today. CGC grading has become a HUGE money maker and it's comic pros like you Gary that must hold the industry accountable. A golden or silver age (books from the late 70's and earlier) were produced during a time when there were VERY FEW direct outlets. Books had to survive life on a rack in a convenience or grocery store...being read by kids waiting on their mom to shop, rolled up in your back pocket and thrown in a toy drawer. My first Silver surfer number 1 ( a $40,000 plus book today) was read a million times and I used it to trace / learn to draw! An 8.5 and above from the 70's and earlier is literally a historical artifact. A golden age book? Worth the value of a car or more. Books from the mid 80's and up going for thousands of dollars when there were LITERALLY millions printed of some issues is freaking ridiculous and 8.5 or less from that era is like finding a penny in a swimming pool of pennies....meaning not hard at all. When a collector TRULY has a collection of 9.4 and above books from the mid 80's.....bagged/boarded and stored with care for over 30 years it seems people don't care other than "WHAT ARE THE KEYS!!!" and an allow 9.0's and 8.5's carry the same weight....no......not the same thing..... Sorry to rant but if we are going to keep collecting meaning ANYTHING and not let current collecting go the way of the 1990's and destroy the industry (it may be too late...look at D.C. imploding) then rarity and condition must mean something......
Batman 357, Omega Man 3, New Mutans 98, Secret Wars 8, X-Men 142. Hoping your Wolvy Mini Series where in good shape. Would have picked ASM 252 & ASM if they looked in better shape :) Thanks again for the awesome vid and GL in the wild. 1500 doesnt look too bad at all, just a lot of work to sell off some of the runs that you do not want to keep. Looks like a sound purchase to me just based on a few books. Greetings from Scotland
Even in lower grade some of those will exceed the $30 dollar average value tier slabbing and shipping fee from CGC. I’d send all the ones you showed us. Both first New Mutant Deadpool’s. Both the black suit spideys. The Lobo Omega men. I liked them all. Lol. Out of curiosity, what do you do with all the “fluff” as you call it. Haha.
I have over 1500 books from 90’s and above . Non are CGC wife got subscription for Christmas this year. Anyway you can help determine which books should I do first. I have all my books login in CLZ.
I used to collect comics as a kid. All of this modern jargon is confusing. Lol. Was cool to see that I own a lot of those X-men comic books and will dig them out of my parents attic for my kids. Cool vid man. Just subbed.
It’s a nice collection. My votes Batman #357, The Uncanny X-Men #129, TASM #299, Omega #3 and The New Mutants although I would have liked to see some of that TMNT ship out. Thanks for sharing, enjoy your week.
O bought one stabbed book from eBay. My only other CGC book is a Gold CGC Signed (by Layman) issue Chew #1 i had him ink at the Denver ComicCon a few years ago.
It’s awesome to go through boxes of comics. That’s part of the fun. Here’s my vote, Batman 357, transformers 1, uncanny xmen 129, ASM 300 and daredevil 168. Good luck, man!
As a Brazillian that travelled very few times, Wolverine #1 (1988) in one of my most steemeed items in my collection. I truly love Buscema's run with the character. I have the first 4 or 5 issues of this series. So I'd vote for it along with the Secret Wars issue 8, Batman #357, The Brave and the Bold #200 and Batman #457. God bless!
It's a cool 90's time capsule. I get why the ASM 300 not being a 9+ is a bummer, but slabbed at even a 7.0 would pay off a decent chunk of that collection.
Thanks for the video, Gary. You were nice enough to give the guy a free comic when you under-paid maybe this guy will give you a free comic because you over-paid :). Hard to choose five but...Hulk 271, Secret Wars 8, ASM 299, Brave and the Bold 200 and Omega Men 3.
You have to grade a 300 pretty much all the way down to 5.0. Outside of that, the SW8, the 252, the NM98 and the Bats 457. Thats also considered the first Killer Croc.
It's rare that someone buys multiple copies of certain books, everything is bagged and boarded, and yet even the duplicates are not in good shape. Of course on video and in bags they all look good.
Asm 300, wolverine 1, secret wars 8, hulk 271, nm 98 - also will you be selling the other new mutants 98 - how much would you price an 8.0 or 9.0 at before press clean & grading ? Thanks again !
Hey Gary been watching the channel for about a year, love the content keep doing you my friend! I vote for Batman 457, ASM 300, ASM 252, Secret wars 8, ASM 299! You made this one hard, keep it comics!
Hey Gary, do you ever consider well centered early prints (deeper colors) when submitting. That would be important to me anyway. Also, any shop closure I've heard of was heavily cherry picked before the final dumping.
New bags and boards are telling me that collection wasn't bagged and boarded to start with. Still awesome books no less.. how many Deadpool " rookie " cards did you pull from those Xforce 1's ?
Batman 457 , Transformers #1 , Secret Wars 8, Hulk First Rocket , and New Mutants 98. How much would you be willing to let the second New Mutants 98 go for . I would be willing to pay for it to be graded too. As always another great video
gary can i do some sort of work for the thundercats #1. maybe to help discount the price or something. I couldn't afford that book outright in high grade. it would be a grail in my collection
Hey Gary, $1500 is pretty good for that collection...you will easily double your money I think with grading the keys. My vote-ASM 300, Deadpool, transformers, Batman 357 & 457, great video!
First Jason Todd, Batman error book, first appearance of lobo, the 2nd days of future past, and the first appearance of hell fire club. If you could do a once over of some of the books and explain how they grade and what you think the grade is. Would be cool to see the comparison. Also the Todd father books are good pics
Just discovered your channel Gary. For my money I would choose: 1. Secret Wars 8 2. Hulk 271 3. Daredevil 168 4. ASM 300 5. Wolverine 1 I would also consider the Claremont/Miller Wolverine issues. I think Deadpool is almost played out with the movies, so I dont see much more upside to that book. He may get another movie, but I don't see it going up from there. Anyone who wants the book has it already. Venom still has some potential, contingent on future movie tie-ins with the MCU, but its likely to be a while before that happens. Elektra has a lot of positives, again contingent on what they do with Daredevil, so its not a book thats going to explode anytime soon. The Transformers seem to have some nice momentum as they constantly seem to have new toys coming out. Its also a bit nice since the book came out in 1984, rather than the late 80s/early 90s when print runs were huge. The X-Men 142 is a nice steady book to own. There has almost always been a market for it. The same could be said for the 129, but I see the 129, which I see as a more important key, although the 142 has a more important story. I don't tend to see the collection as a bust, it just might take a little longer than you might like to get your money back out of it. If there are 3000 books, you are in it for about $0.50 per book. Take them to a con and list the non-keys for $2-3 per book and make a quick flip. Good Luck!!! Patrick
Gary, I was looking at buying my first collection and I was wondering your thoughts on this one detail. There are over 5500 books and the ask price is $2000 or BO. All the books are bagged but not boarded. Not being boarded leads me to believe there is probably lots of spine stress. Thoughts?
Even if they aren’t high grade those are still some great books
I’m blown away at how down he sounds on that collection.
@@joeydrakeward4077 I agree. The collections history should have no bearing on the purchase unless it was bought on the blind which Gary would have to own so either way.....Gary stop the whining! It's in poor taste. It comes off like you were embarrassed by the purchase. It's okay to foul a ball off.
He will make well over the $1500 he spent on that collection.
@@yodadeePS3 Yup and that complaining still seems to haunt us
Get that strawberry shortcake #1 graded stat
Gary
Great fun video as always.
I think you got a great deal for the price.
Should have another video
What else was in the other boxes?
Was there a lot of duplicates?
I have been buying for over 35 years and do a local show for 10 years.
Surprisingly not everyone is looking for the keys.
Looking forward to your next video
your videos kept me sane while having covid alone in a room for two weeks ..thank you for your vids i appreciate them. im ok now and back to the real world . keep it comic brother !
Thank you!
he picks up 8 long boxes in 1 day, that's my whole collection. and yes, i need a X-Force #1, good haul.
I’d kill to find a score even half as good as this in Australia. This was easily worth 1500, if you ever sell x men 32 I’d be interested. One of the few I need to complete a full x men run 1-544
Less than $2 a book overall with some 8.0+ keys and you'll make most of the $1,500 (or all +, depending on the grades) back on just the ASM 37 and 129. Great pick up and no way you did overpay, in spite of the volume of garbage in there.
Book to send: SW 8, ASM 252, Batman 457, X-Men 129 and ASM 300.
Hey Gary, Looking like a nice fine so far, I am 6 mins in and looks like a bit of a time capsule with the Wolverine mini, X-Factor 1/2's etc, First Bishop etc. looking forward to the rest of vid... Some pretty weird condition issues, maybe on where they have been stored over the years. :D Greetings from Scotland
Just found a batman457 myselfand sent off to CGC for my first ever submission. Thanks for all you videos and the knowledge you share
IF the 129 ASM was in that deal, I'd snap bought the lot of books for 15 hundy! EASY decision. THUMBS UP!
Spidy 299,300 SW8, New Mutants 98 & Transformers 1. Thanks for sharing your collection & knowledge with us. Great fun
A lot of books for sure... $price seems ok but you have a very sharp eye...Asm129, Asm300, MshSW8, Nm98 Xmen &Batman books 👍all the best for New Years.. cheers and stay safe..
I love the videos where you ask us to choose the books you send in to cgc. Keep up the good content
$1500 seems like a really good deal for 3000 books! Nice job!
Man, I really need to buy a collection. Great video Gary!!!
$1500 isn’t bad man. Not bad at all.
Nice video ,my choice = the Batman Tim drake issue, X-men 129, asm300, Wolverine #1, X-men #142...just going with my gut ...& think that it’s a no brained towards selling , someone will need/ want any one of these books ...but like you don’t know that already. Great to see ya with another collection...means future videos. Thanks for all the hard work that goes with making these videos ...always impressed by the great content.
Great video, After cgc costs and new bags and boards, time in for cleaning and pressing... you'll make your money plus profit... don't know if it will be a lot of profit. But I'd be down for buying some of those. Lol
Great video, always great facts Gary. X-men 129, ASM 299, Hulk 271, Secret Wars 8. I had a buddy with zero comic knowledge pick his favorites 😁.
Hey Gary. Good vid mate.
I'm happy to buy the ASM BOOKS from you raw...
Gary, to be brutally honest, the condition of the books and the price you paid, made me weep.
I think you were very generous with your offer, but hopefully you won't lose money.
My choices to send are: Brave and the Bold # 200, Batman # 357, Uncanny X-Men # 142, Secret Wars # 8 and New Mutants # 98.
Those waves on so many comics, isn't that moisture damage? I'd guess they were bag'n'boarded later, after the comics were sitting on a shelf in the basement a few years.
Yeah, I was thinking the same. Also looks to me like someone had already cherry-picked all but the most damaged Silver Age comics.
Water damage could have happened after the sale but prior to being nagged and boarded.
@Tom Nordlie . Or they just bought silver books when they found them cheap, which often meant damaged.
@@robertt9342 Yeah, that's probably a more accurate explanation. A few of the older comics looked to be in okay-ish condition.
It's been 30 years since you could wander into a garage and find a box of comics that the person had no idea what they could possibly have. You are very lucky my friend? Absolute envy understates watching you flip thru that trove wtg
Just getting into collecting from a local lcs, setting up pull lists, emailing about variant covers before foc, and now am looking at buying lots/collections. This video just gets me hyped that there collections like this out there to find, the books aren’t pristine, but I’d rather find coveted books in a downgrade, then meh in a 9.8. I feel like a asm 300 or secret wars will only grow in value
Still a great collection dude! ASM 252, 298, 299, 300, SW8. Can’t wait for the follow up video!
ASM300, X129, Secret Wars 8, NM98 and ASM299 - Regarding price, wouldn't the ASM129 almost pay for the collection? Thanks for sharing. Thanks
Yay, you found another collection. I understand your disappointment for the condition of the books, being that they were from a LCS. Save as many as you can. ASM 252,300. Batman 457. SW 8. NM 98. Keep it comics.
At least this guy was able to look after these books and have them bagged & boarded.
Wolverine #1, Batman #357, X-Men #129, DD #168, Hulk 271
Love it when you let us “watch over your shoulder” as you look through those collections. Good luck with those CGC’s...
First of all, I feel you are very fair to these sellers who have very questionable mid to high grade books. Right away my picks are Secret Wars 8, ASM 299+300, Batman 357 and 457 (New Mutant 1 came close for my fifth pick! Enjoyed your video!
Turok 1 just paid for the whole collection.
LOL Stop.
The Old Man picks Brave & Bold 200, Bats 457, Omega Men 3, DD 168, and Sec Wars 8. Good luck moving those X-Men & X-Force 1’s. When I ran a shop called Comics America back in the 90’s, we used them for door prizes at any special event we held.
Awesome as always. I'd say ASM 300, Rocket Racoon and Deadpool. You're right about the condition, I'd expect better from a shop. With the amount of newsstand comics you showed you might be looking at the very picked over back issues that were left over when they closed. Just own it now - that strawberry shortcake is going in the personal collection
I always love to see someone going through a longbox of comics. You never know what might appear!
I’d give anything to find those ins any condition raw.. great find.... ams300, hulk, omegamen 3 , X-men 142& X-men 129... good luck.....
Sweet video. Really great info Gary. I would pick ASM 298 299, 300. Secret Wars 8, Transformers 1.
Gary you lucked out with that collection with some great keys for the price. Even with the condition of many of those books it’s hard to bargain with someone to get a price like that.
For the books I’d like to see Batman 457, Omega Man 3, Uncanny X Men 129, Daredevil 168, ASM 300. Great video as always, happy holidays!!
Send in the X-men 129, ASM 252, ASM 300, DD 168, and the NM 98, I think those are the best bang for your buck. Honorable mention, Transformers 1.
Great video as always! I vote for the ASM 252, 298, 299, 300 and the X-Men 129.
I would love to be able to buy a collection of this size.
The Fact that you find all these collections🤯 Word of Mouth Here I Come🗣🗣🗣🗣
I vote on the Batman Issue to send to CGC 👌🏽
AWESOME COLLECTION VIDEO
That's so disappointing! The number of books that should be great are in bad condition. :-( I went to a comic shop close to an old job where the owner was old and nothing (and I mean nothing) was in very fine condition, let alone excellent. Here are the books I think you should send out: New Mutants 98, ASM 300, Secret Wars #8, Uncanny X-Men 242, and ASM 299. I think you will eventually make a profit from this collection, but it probably won't be much. Good luck and Happy New Year Gary!!!
Gary, you got tO go with all of the Symbiote books Spidey 252, 300, Secret wars 8. The 1st transformer and Wolverine 1. I think all solid books with potential to rise in value
First Jason Todd, Batman error book, first appearance of Lobo, the first Transformers, and the first appearance of hell fire club. That's so crazy how beat up those books are from a comic shop. I mean my 90s books are rough but I was 5,6,7 years old then too hahaha
Hey Gary, Thanks foe the video. My picks for CGC are BatMan 457 - OmegaMen 3 - Uncanny X-Men 129 - Hulk 271 & ASM 300.
My top five picks to go to CGC:
1. Wolverine #1
2. Batman #457
3. Secret Wars #8
4. Daredevil #168
5. X-Men #142
Cool review. And Happy New Year! And God bless.
Are they cleanable and pressable I like Wolverine number one
Suggestion - uniquely label your bulk purchases. Call this one "Dec 2020 - 1" if this was your first purchase in Dec 2020 or something. You can then put that label in your titles so when you do follow ups on this exact collect, such as selecting the books to be sent off and/or when the come back, we could tie the vids together easily. This will also help viewers many months or even years from now. Anyways - just a suggestion. Cheers.
Continue to hold your ground on the conditions of modern (1980's books and up). It seems people are starting to give a pass to books from the 1980's....I have even seen some people saying "Oh...well...these books are 30-35 years old"...like they are silver age books. I think you need to address this Gary. There are A LOT of unscrupulous behaviors in comic collecting today. CGC grading has become a HUGE money maker and it's comic pros like you Gary that must hold the industry accountable.
A golden or silver age (books from the late 70's and earlier) were produced during a time when there were VERY FEW direct outlets. Books had to survive life on a rack in a convenience or grocery store...being read by kids waiting on their mom to shop, rolled up in your back pocket and thrown in a toy drawer. My first Silver surfer number 1 ( a $40,000 plus book today) was read a million times and I used it to trace / learn to draw!
An 8.5 and above from the 70's and earlier is literally a historical artifact. A golden age book? Worth the value of a car or more. Books from the mid 80's and up going for thousands of dollars when there were LITERALLY millions printed of some issues is freaking ridiculous and 8.5 or less from that era is like finding a penny in a swimming pool of pennies....meaning not hard at all.
When a collector TRULY has a collection of 9.4 and above books from the mid 80's.....bagged/boarded and stored with care for over 30 years it seems people don't care other than "WHAT ARE THE KEYS!!!" and an allow 9.0's and 8.5's carry the same weight....no......not the same thing.....
Sorry to rant but if we are going to keep collecting meaning ANYTHING and not let current collecting go the way of the 1990's and destroy the industry (it may be too late...look at D.C. imploding) then rarity and condition must mean something......
damn fine haul. well done
Batman 357, Omega Man 3, New Mutans 98, Secret Wars 8, X-Men 142. Hoping your Wolvy Mini Series where in good shape. Would have picked ASM 252 & ASM if they looked in better shape :) Thanks again for the awesome vid and GL in the wild. 1500 doesnt look too bad at all, just a lot of work to sell off some of the runs that you do not want to keep. Looks like a sound purchase to me just based on a few books. Greetings from Scotland
Even in lower grade some of those will exceed the $30 dollar average value tier slabbing and shipping fee from CGC. I’d send all the ones you showed us. Both first New Mutant Deadpool’s. Both the black suit spideys. The Lobo Omega men. I liked them all. Lol. Out of curiosity, what do you do with all the “fluff” as you call it. Haha.
I have over 1500 books from 90’s and above . Non are CGC wife got subscription for Christmas this year. Anyway you can help determine which books should I do first. I have all my books login in CLZ.
I would have liked to see how you graded the comics but that's because I'm trying to learn how to grade and what to look for. :)
I used to collect comics as a kid. All of this modern jargon is confusing. Lol. Was cool to see that I own a lot of those X-men comic books and will dig them out of my parents attic for my kids. Cool vid man. Just subbed.
Thank you
Here are the 5 picks: X-Men 129, New Mutants 98, ASM 252, ASM 298, ASM 300.
Good luck on the grades, you will need it. Great video Gary! 👍🏻
awesome work mate
It’s a nice collection. My votes Batman #357, The Uncanny X-Men #129, TASM #299, Omega #3 and The New Mutants although I would have liked to see some of that TMNT ship out. Thanks for sharing, enjoy your week.
O bought one stabbed book from eBay. My only other CGC book is a Gold CGC Signed (by Layman) issue Chew #1 i had him ink at the Denver ComicCon a few years ago.
It’s awesome to go through boxes of comics. That’s part of the fun. Here’s my vote, Batman 357, transformers 1, uncanny xmen 129, ASM 300 and daredevil 168. Good luck, man!
So many books turned in by you. That bill must add up.
As a Brazillian that travelled very few times, Wolverine #1 (1988) in one of my most steemeed items in my collection. I truly love Buscema's run with the character. I have the first 4 or 5 issues of this series. So I'd vote for it along with the Secret Wars issue 8, Batman #357, The Brave and the Bold #200 and Batman #457. God bless!
It's a cool 90's time capsule. I get why the ASM 300 not being a 9+ is a bummer, but slabbed at even a 7.0 would pay off a decent chunk of that collection.
Thanks for the video, Gary. You were nice enough to give the guy a free comic when you under-paid maybe this guy will give you a free comic because you over-paid :).
Hard to choose five but...Hulk 271, Secret Wars 8, ASM 299, Brave and the Bold 200 and Omega Men 3.
You have to grade a 300 pretty much all the way down to 5.0. Outside of that, the SW8, the 252, the NM98 and the Bats 457. Thats also considered the first Killer Croc.
awesome collection
Great collection
You must have gotten the other half that had all of the keys off the one I just bought. About 3/4 of mine are at least NM though
The 90's X-Men #1 Wolverine and Gambit variant is the best one to have because of the 1st Omega Red Poster in the centerfold.
At $.50/book you did really well. Those few keys will easily pay the total cost.
There were a few gems in that collection. I’d vote for ASM 252 and 300, Secret Wars 8, Transformers 1, and X-Men 129.
The first time i watched you flip through a box i couldn't keep up
I would send ASM 252, 299, 300, the error book, and the NM98.
Hope you can clean and press a few of those keys and get them in a little higher grade!
It's rare that someone buys multiple copies of certain books, everything is bagged and boarded, and yet even the duplicates are not in good shape. Of course on video and in bags they all look good.
Asm 300, wolverine 1, secret wars 8, hulk 271, nm 98 - also will you be selling the other new mutants 98 - how much would you price an 8.0 or 9.0 at before press clean & grading ? Thanks again !
Hey Gary been watching the channel for about a year, love the content keep doing you my friend! I vote for Batman 457, ASM 300,
ASM 252, Secret wars 8, ASM 299! You made this one hard, keep it comics!
Some great books, such a shame on the condition. Check the Uncanny X-Men 212 for a double cover. Got two of them back in the day.
Looks almost like they got rained on at an outdoor flea market since many are waved on the top
Hey Gary, do you ever consider well centered early prints (deeper colors) when submitting. That would be important to me anyway. Also, any shop closure I've heard of was heavily cherry picked before the final dumping.
i love the x-men box! that gonna be my next collection . i strictly collect incredible hulk, venom, and wolverine and old asm
That asm 300 graded will get a bunch of your money back. I think you should do ok for $1500. Great video Gary
New bags and boards are telling me that collection wasn't bagged and boarded to start with. Still awesome books no less.. how many Deadpool " rookie " cards did you pull from those Xforce 1's ?
None yet. Haven't even opened any
@@VeryGaryComics a PSA 9 Deadpool card sold on eBay last week for $299. Someone must have really wanted that card.. lol 😂
At least there was an ASM #300 in there.
Thundercats 1 newsstand. Star comic newsstand's are pretty hard to find. In the wild.
Looks like those books were pinned on the wall as you can see the pin holes on each comic.
Awesome collection!
It is weird that they were in that sort of condition. Maybe all the better conditioned stuff was already picked through?
I believe I saw a Turok 1 in the box, I vote for that and 4 X-force 1s.... no brainer.
Batman 457 , Transformers #1 , Secret Wars 8, Hulk First Rocket , and New Mutants 98. How much would you be willing to let the second New Mutants 98 go for . I would be willing to pay for it to be graded too. As always another great video
I have a few questions. Where do you find these deals ? How do you afford them ? How can I get key issues without taking out a loan? Thanks
Did you notice all the tack holes in the Uncanny books' boards? They probably got poorly displayed as wall books.
Yes. They were definitely hanging
1st Rocket
1st Jason Todd
ASM 301
ASM 252
1st Tim Drake
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I vote for NM 98, Secret Wars 8, X-Men 129, Hulk 271, and X-Men 142. Great pick up. Based on just what you’ve shown, you’ll be okay.
i like asm 252, secret wars 8, daredevil 168, batman 357, and hulk 271. good luck!
gary can i do some sort of work for the thundercats #1. maybe to help discount the price or something. I couldn't afford that book outright in high grade. it would be a grail in my collection
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Hey Gary, $1500 is pretty good for that collection...you will easily double your money I think with grading the keys.
My vote-ASM 300, Deadpool, transformers, Batman 357 & 457, great video!
First Jason Todd, Batman error book, first appearance of lobo, the 2nd days of future past, and the first appearance of hell fire club. If you could do a once over of some of the books and explain how they grade and what you think the grade is. Would be cool to see the comparison.
Also the Todd father books are good pics
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For my money I would choose:
1. Secret Wars 8
2. Hulk 271
3. Daredevil 168
4. ASM 300
5. Wolverine 1
I would also consider the Claremont/Miller Wolverine issues.
I think Deadpool is almost played out with the movies, so I dont see much more upside to that book. He may get another movie, but I don't see it going up from there. Anyone who wants the book has it already.
Venom still has some potential, contingent on future movie tie-ins with the MCU, but its likely to be a while before that happens.
Elektra has a lot of positives, again contingent on what they do with Daredevil, so its not a book thats going to explode anytime soon.
The Transformers seem to have some nice momentum as they constantly seem to have new toys coming out. Its also a bit nice since the book came out in 1984, rather than the late 80s/early 90s when print runs were huge.
The X-Men 142 is a nice steady book to own. There has almost always been a market for it. The same could be said for the 129, but I see the 129, which I see as a more important key, although the 142 has a more important story.
I don't tend to see the collection as a bust, it just might take a little longer than you might like to get your money back out of it. If there are 3000 books, you are in it for about $0.50 per book. Take them to a con and list the non-keys for $2-3 per book and make a quick flip.
Good Luck!!!
Patrick
Gary, I was looking at buying my first collection and I was wondering your thoughts on this one detail. There are over 5500 books and the ask price is $2000 or BO. All the books are bagged but not boarded. Not being boarded leads me to believe there is probably lots of spine stress. Thoughts?
ASM 300 , SW 8 , OM 3 , NM 98 & the Jason Todd.P.S. great video good luck on the 25 9.8’s