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Post by james on May 17, 2022 12:38:55 GMT -5
Just for the hell of it Here are 3 books that in my mid 20's I sold and have never been able to get them since due to skyrocketing prices.
Incredible Hulk 181 FN-FN+ I got this from my best friend,( may he rest in peace) for 25.00 when I was about 20. At the time I remember he would always joke that I stole it from him when we looked at the Wizard price guide and saw that it crept to 200.00.
Amazing Spiderman 300 VF. Got it off the racks at the LCS in West Chester Pa at 19 years old. At the time I thought Todd McFarlane was the ultimate Spiderman artist. John Romita who? Venom was a bad ass back then.
Avengers 57 or issue 9 Again got these at the LCS and I was probably 16 or 17 and I had a gift certificate for my birthday. Vision and Wonderman were my favorite Avengers by far.
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Post by MDG on May 17, 2022 12:44:50 GMT -5
Never look back. You'll drive yourself crazy.
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Post by badwolf on May 17, 2022 12:56:20 GMT -5
Do you mean books that we wish we hadn't sold at all, or sold at the wrong time? 'Cos I got plenty of the latter.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 12:58:51 GMT -5
Never look back. You'll drive yourself crazy. I agree with this. It's also often a good reminder to enjoy my reprints more.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 13:04:43 GMT -5
Never look back. You'll drive yourself crazy. Exactly, while there are books I kind of would like to still have, the reasons I sold them were real and more important than owning a hobby piece, and I like having those things I used the resources I got from selling the book on being resolved more than I would ever enjoy still owning the book. And I can pretty much find a way to read any story in a book I sold in some format now, so the reasons to still own it are even less. -M
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Post by james on May 17, 2022 13:10:10 GMT -5
Those books have been gone for over 30 years so I don’t lose sleep over them. But I was thinking of my friend and that’s what made me think of this post.
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Post by james on May 17, 2022 13:11:01 GMT -5
Do you mean books that we wish we hadn't sold at all, or sold at the wrong time? 'Cos I got plenty of the latter. Either. Hulk 181 has more importantance because of how I got it than the price.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 13:41:09 GMT -5
One seller's remorse is usually another's buyer's delight....
I tend to be in the latter....
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Post by DubipR on May 17, 2022 13:57:31 GMT -5
Out of work for 16 months in 08 and 09, I had to sell some books to live. Regrets... a little but I rather have a roof over my head and food on the table. I did it to survive. But as MDG put it perfectly, never look back.
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Post by james on May 17, 2022 17:00:47 GMT -5
I should have specified. Not selling for food or family or anything like that. But just selling because, for Instance, at 27 I had no idea what they could be worth and 200.00 in my pocket was pretty sweet.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 17, 2022 17:05:41 GMT -5
I sold all my Byrne X-mens for food in the 2000’s. That’s life.
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Post by james on May 17, 2022 17:21:33 GMT -5
I sold all my Byrne X-mens for food I’m the 2000’s. That’s life. Yeah and accept those 3 I sold the Rest of my collection for rent. But those three I remember selling simply because I thought I was making a killing.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 17:57:11 GMT -5
Think of all those sellers who sold their Action Comics #1 before that entity called CGC came along....
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Post by speakerdad on May 17, 2022 22:51:12 GMT -5
Never look back. You'll drive yourself crazy. Seriously, MDG speaks the truth.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 22:56:03 GMT -5
Never look back. You'll drive yourself crazy.
If I look back, I don't go crazy about what I sold, but what I didn't buy when it was affordable.
Like Black Panther #1, which was chump change for years.....
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