1 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:15,400 I was a kid who loved comic books. We got Spider -Man, Daredevil, Mystery, 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,760 Mystery, Nelly, Joker, Genie, Willy. 3 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:22,100 I brought you Bob Hope, his original comic from 1950. 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,640 Oh, that's pretty cool. 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,960 Do you know who Bob Hope is? The price is right. 6 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,940 We're talking minimum $20 ,000. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,360 When did you become an expert on comic books? 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,220 Dracula. I know you've heard of Dracula. 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:37,960 Lord of the Vampire. 10 00:00:38,940 --> 00:00:39,940 Theodore Bailey. 11 00:00:40,150 --> 00:00:40,929 Yes, sir. 12 00:00:40,930 --> 00:00:42,370 Where in the world did you get this? 13 00:00:42,570 --> 00:00:44,070 It looks like a bunch of paper to me. 14 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:45,670 Have you ever heard of Dr. Strange? 15 00:00:46,130 --> 00:00:47,390 No, but I'm looking at Strange. 16 00:00:47,790 --> 00:00:49,110 Watch. You just watch. 17 00:01:00,470 --> 00:01:01,409 How are you? 18 00:01:01,410 --> 00:01:02,410 Pretty good. What do we got here? 19 00:01:02,650 --> 00:01:06,990 So this is the, I think the first print Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic. 20 00:01:07,510 --> 00:01:08,510 Ninja Turtles? 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,260 So you're talking the very first Ninja Turtles? I'm pretty sure this is the one 22 00:01:12,260 --> 00:01:15,300 I had when I was a kid. My mom kept it, so this is the very first one. 23 00:01:15,820 --> 00:01:18,320 84 is when it came out. Who was your favorite Ninja Turtle? 24 00:01:19,220 --> 00:01:22,440 There was Raphael, Michelangelo. You know who you remind me of? 25 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:24,420 Master Splinter. 26 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:28,140 He was like the rat ninja boss teacher. 27 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:31,220 Yeah, just like you, the rat ninja boss teacher. 28 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:33,640 I love the Ninja Turtles. 29 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,200 So you had it signed, or? 30 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:37,860 My mom got it signed. 31 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,760 Kevin Eastman drew on it and signed it, so it's got to be him. I can't think of 32 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,020 anyone else that would sign this book. 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,840 Well, it looks pretty cool. I don't want to finger it all up because with 34 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:49,960 comics, it's all about the grade. 35 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,060 Okay, so tell me, how much do you want for it? 36 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:56,020 Well, I saw somewhere that one of these went for $50 ,000. 37 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,380 Okay, so how much do you want for it? 38 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:02,700 $60 ,000. 39 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,080 So more than they went for. It's just a sign. Okay. I know there's big money 40 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,840 here. If it's a first edition and it's in great shape. 41 00:02:10,139 --> 00:02:11,980 You know, I don't know what a signature looks like. 42 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:14,560 I mean, it looks like a Ninja Turtle. 43 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,860 I know someone who will definitely know about this. 44 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:20,440 Okay. I am going to go call him and see if I can get a hold of him. Come down 45 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,100 here and take a look at it. Okay. All right? 46 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:23,980 I'm going to go look for some pizza while you're gone. 47 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,720 Help customers. 48 00:02:27,540 --> 00:02:29,300 You know what? Pizza does sound kind of good. 49 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:40,410 How's it going? What do we got? Good. I've got a rare historical comic for 50 00:02:40,910 --> 00:02:44,750 Yeah, it's the first comic book in history that has an Archie magazine 51 00:02:45,050 --> 00:02:50,410 Okay, so it's Archie magazine. Who is Wilbur? Yeah, Wilbur's one of Archie's 52 00:02:50,410 --> 00:02:51,410 main buddies. 53 00:02:51,530 --> 00:02:53,150 That's a horrible name for a kid. 54 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:58,390 Definitely really cool. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I mean, it was basically 55 00:02:58,390 --> 00:03:00,010 just teenage life, right? 56 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:01,270 Correct. 57 00:03:01,590 --> 00:03:03,010 In the 40s, I mean. 58 00:03:03,430 --> 00:03:07,170 Archie, like the main character, there was Jughead. I want to say her name was 59 00:03:07,170 --> 00:03:09,350 Veronica, something like that. 60 00:03:09,650 --> 00:03:11,730 Didn't Jughead eat a lot of hamburgers or something? 61 00:03:12,110 --> 00:03:15,250 I think they all ate a lot of hamburgers. Something like that. 62 00:03:15,970 --> 00:03:19,430 So tell me about where you got it. Yeah, so I got it online a couple years ago. 63 00:03:19,910 --> 00:03:24,890 To me, being the first Archie magazine, logo, I believe it holds a lot of 64 00:03:24,890 --> 00:03:26,730 historical significance for our pop culture. 65 00:03:27,450 --> 00:03:30,550 Okay, I mean, so I'm assuming you want to sell it. What are you looking to get 66 00:03:30,550 --> 00:03:33,390 out of it? I'm looking to sell the comic for $12 ,500 today. 67 00:03:34,370 --> 00:03:39,250 Okay. I don't know much about the logo thing or anything like that. 68 00:03:39,790 --> 00:03:46,050 My concern is the 5 .5. It goes up to 10. I mean, so it's pretty down there. 69 00:03:46,570 --> 00:03:49,550 CGC put the important historical... 70 00:03:49,870 --> 00:03:54,730 First brand emblem of Archie and the first in Archie magazine actually on the 71 00:03:54,730 --> 00:03:59,730 label. So being a 5 .5 grade might not be high, but only 17 copies in the 72 00:03:59,810 --> 00:04:02,850 There's one that is a 9 .2 grade. 73 00:04:03,450 --> 00:04:07,510 I think the second highest after that is an 8th grade. So even though this is a 74 00:04:07,510 --> 00:04:12,510 5 .5, only 17 copies. Yeah, I mean, if there's 17, they all can't be 10s. I get 75 00:04:12,510 --> 00:04:13,510 it. 76 00:04:13,610 --> 00:04:16,010 I got a buddy named Steve. He's my comic book guy. 77 00:04:16,329 --> 00:04:18,769 If you don't mind, I'd like to call him and get him down here. 78 00:04:19,130 --> 00:04:21,570 That's great. Just go ahead and hang out for a minute. I'll be right back, okay? 79 00:04:21,829 --> 00:04:22,830 Appreciate it. 80 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:27,690 Like I said, I've met this guy a couple times. He was gracious enough to come 81 00:04:27,690 --> 00:04:28,690 down. 82 00:04:28,990 --> 00:04:29,990 Kevin Eastman. 83 00:04:30,090 --> 00:04:33,150 Hey, Chun -Li. Pleasure to meet you. I'm sorry you're friends with Rick. 84 00:04:33,810 --> 00:04:35,050 Let me get around there. Hey. 85 00:04:35,390 --> 00:04:38,670 Oh, nice to meet you. I love your work. Thank you. Is this your work? Yeah. Oh, 86 00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:39,670 fantastic. Wow. 87 00:04:40,370 --> 00:04:43,270 So I've heard the stories, but I might as well hear it from the horse's mouth. 88 00:04:43,670 --> 00:04:48,250 How did this comic actually come about? It really came out of a complete joke. 89 00:04:48,970 --> 00:04:51,990 Both Peter Laird and myself wanted to be Jack Kirby when we grew up. We wanted 90 00:04:51,990 --> 00:04:54,930 to write and draw comic books for a living. I was a huge fan of Bruce Lee, 91 00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:57,570 figured if Bruce Lee was an animal, what would be the stupidest animal? 92 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:03,090 I had this idea, did this sketch, turtle in a kung fu pose, mask on, nunchucks 93 00:05:03,090 --> 00:05:06,190 wrapped around his arm, and I put it on Pete's desk and I said, this is going to 94 00:05:06,190 --> 00:05:09,610 be the next big thing. He got a laugh, I drew four turtles, these were different 95 00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:12,370 weapons, and we said, this is the dumbest thing we've ever seen. 96 00:05:14,590 --> 00:05:18,230 We borrowed money from our uncle. We had enough money to print 3 ,000 copies. We 97 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:20,510 figured maybe if we sold a couple hundred, we could pay him back at least 98 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:23,130 something. Okay, so how did you first sell it? Did you put it in comic book 99 00:05:23,130 --> 00:05:27,690 stores? Pete had this idea. He said, let's put out a news story that says, 100 00:05:27,690 --> 00:05:31,630 arrived. And I said, that's stupid. Nobody's going to buy into this. And he 101 00:05:31,630 --> 00:05:34,570 it out, and AP picked it up, and pretty much all over the country, they started 102 00:05:34,570 --> 00:05:37,990 doing news articles about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So we sold out 103 00:05:37,990 --> 00:05:39,590 first press run in about two weeks. 104 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,420 Okay. We made enough money from that issue to pay our rent, eat all the 105 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:46,100 and cheese we want, and draw on comic books full -time, so we've become Jack 106 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:48,200 Kirby by the summer of 1985. 107 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:50,339 Turtle power. 108 00:05:50,340 --> 00:05:51,340 Turtle power. 109 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:53,500 All right. 110 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:57,660 So the big question is, is this a first printing? 111 00:05:58,060 --> 00:06:01,440 Yes, definitely a first printing. So what's the difference between the first 112 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,900 printing and the second printing? 113 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,420 The second printing was a little bit lighter, more of a pinkish tone to it, 114 00:06:06,420 --> 00:06:09,080 definitely know this is the first printing, just for the deep, rich 115 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,700 it. My signature is undeniable, because ever since the very, very beginning, I 116 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:15,440 always wanted to make it different than anybody else, the way they were found in 117 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,400 the comics, so I added a turtle head on each one, so this is definitely my 118 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,400 signature. All right. 119 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:20,680 Do you know what these things go for? 120 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,620 I've seen them range, you know, all over the map, price -wise. 121 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:25,840 You have no idea what it's worth? 122 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,040 No idea what it's worth. 123 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:28,300 All right. 124 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:29,419 But it's legit? 125 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:30,420 That's your signature? 126 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,620 Yes, 100%. Okay, at least we know that, and we'll figure out a price later. 127 00:06:33,820 --> 00:06:36,260 We'll have lunch soon, dude. I'll call somebody up, and we'll get this figured 128 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:37,980 out. I look forward to it. Thanks, guys. See you. 129 00:06:43,340 --> 00:06:46,300 A guy brought in a graded Wilbur comic book from 1945. 130 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,920 He's looking to get $12 ,500 for it. So Steve Houston is going to let me know if 131 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,280 it would be worth its price or if I would be a jughead to make an offer. 132 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:57,020 Steve, what's going on, buddy? Hey, Corey. 133 00:06:57,710 --> 00:06:59,090 How you doing, man? How are you doing? 134 00:07:00,230 --> 00:07:01,230 Nice to meet you. 135 00:07:01,730 --> 00:07:02,890 I'm perplexed, man. 136 00:07:03,170 --> 00:07:05,010 I just don't know that much about this, man. 137 00:07:05,310 --> 00:07:08,650 Well, The Will of Seven is part of the Archie Comics universe. 138 00:07:08,910 --> 00:07:12,110 Of course, you had Betty and Veronica, and you had the Archie comic. They all 139 00:07:12,110 --> 00:07:13,049 ran for years. 140 00:07:13,050 --> 00:07:17,370 The group of little friends that Archie had, they tried to segue off into their 141 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:18,770 own books for a while. 142 00:07:19,210 --> 00:07:20,950 1945 spinoffs. 143 00:07:21,810 --> 00:07:23,390 Yes. I got you. Okay. Yes. 144 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,240 The Wilbur wasn't as popular as the others, you know, because they quickly 145 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,760 out that the two girls were more popular than the guys. They didn't have, like, 146 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:34,460 a long shelf life or anything like that. And what was the price? 147 00:07:34,780 --> 00:07:35,780 $12 ,500. 148 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:37,440 Hmm. Interesting. 149 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,800 Okay, so he's talking about, I guess, the logo. I mean, is that a thing? 150 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,580 It isn't a thing yet. 151 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:50,700 There is actually a pedigree version of this. It's actually a 9 .2, and it sold 152 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:51,700 for $840. 153 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:59,980 The going rate on a 5 .5 right now, and the last book sold for about $396 154 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:06,020 for a 5 .5. It's not a very popular character. It's not a Spider -Man or a 155 00:08:06,020 --> 00:08:09,000 Batman or a Hulk. It's an obscure niche character. 156 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,920 As someone that eats, lives, and breathes this industry, at this current 157 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,440 I'm unaware of any... 158 00:08:18,780 --> 00:08:24,820 market forces pushing and asking for this right now. It may change. So all I 159 00:08:24,820 --> 00:08:29,200 give you right now is the specifics that I know. Steve, I appreciate you coming 160 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,320 down, man. My pleasure. 161 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,700 And a pleasure meeting you. Pleasure, brother. Thank you. 162 00:08:33,140 --> 00:08:36,840 So, I mean, I understand what you're saying. I understand what Steve's 163 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:39,120 As of right now, I'm just going to have to pass. 164 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,159 Thanks for bringing it in. Have a good day, man. 165 00:08:41,620 --> 00:08:46,160 Since I didn't sell the comic, I plan to hold on to it for a while and display 166 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,160 it in my living room. 167 00:08:51,150 --> 00:08:55,550 Earlier, I had a customer come in the shop with a first edition Teenage Mutant 168 00:08:55,550 --> 00:09:00,170 Ninja Turtles comic book. I called up co -creator Kevin Eastman to come down and 169 00:09:00,170 --> 00:09:03,770 check this thing out. He authenticated everything, but I'm going to have to 170 00:09:03,770 --> 00:09:05,570 up somebody else to figure out a value. 171 00:09:06,050 --> 00:09:07,230 So, what do we got here? 172 00:09:07,690 --> 00:09:12,710 A first edition, first printing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles signed by Kevin 173 00:09:12,710 --> 00:09:15,370 Eastman. You had this when you were a kid? When I was a kid, yeah. 174 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:17,070 It's my original comic book. 175 00:09:18,030 --> 00:09:19,490 I was there when this book came out. 176 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:20,980 I laughed at this book. 177 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:22,700 I didn't care about this book. 178 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:25,480 I didn't buy it. It became the biggest thing in the world. 179 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,180 There's only 3 ,000 of these things printed. 180 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,300 Just for some context, X -Men, 300 ,000 print run. 181 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:35,840 Spidey, 250 ,000 print run. 182 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:37,460 So it's super rare, then. 183 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,700 It is, but what we're going to have to do is we're going to have to take a look 184 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:41,700 at it first. 185 00:09:44,060 --> 00:09:45,840 Let's have a look at the condition of this book. 186 00:09:47,130 --> 00:09:49,150 You've got one little tiny ding there. 187 00:09:50,030 --> 00:09:51,490 And then, oh, what do we have here? 188 00:09:51,950 --> 00:09:53,590 A couple of little light stains. 189 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:59,290 Now, if you're aware of grading, it's usually like an 8 -0, which is called a 190 00:09:59,290 --> 00:10:00,310 VF, which is a very fine. 191 00:10:01,050 --> 00:10:03,770 From what I can see, this is a line 4. 192 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:06,410 So this is a special book. 193 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:10,550 I don't know how you kept it in this condition for so long. I don't know if 194 00:10:10,550 --> 00:10:12,490 had it in some weird room floating in the air. 195 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:13,870 You did a great job. 196 00:10:14,150 --> 00:10:15,430 Now, you want the good news. 197 00:10:16,350 --> 00:10:19,070 They can press that little floor out. Oh, wow. 198 00:10:19,570 --> 00:10:22,490 There's a possibility that you can get this book to a 9 -6. 199 00:10:22,770 --> 00:10:26,530 Oh, wow. Okay? Okay. So we need to take that into consideration. 200 00:10:27,590 --> 00:10:28,590 So what's it worth? 201 00:10:30,470 --> 00:10:34,290 A 9 -4 straight right now, 11K. 202 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:38,070 And that's including his signature? 203 00:10:38,310 --> 00:10:39,670 That's including the signature. Okay. 204 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:43,090 So how much more would this bring if it was a 9 -6? 205 00:10:44,590 --> 00:10:45,590 We're talking... 206 00:10:46,610 --> 00:10:47,610 Minimum, $20 ,000. 207 00:10:48,330 --> 00:10:49,330 Okay. 208 00:10:49,910 --> 00:10:52,850 But in current condition, retail value, $11 ,000. Yes. 209 00:10:53,230 --> 00:10:56,530 Okay. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. All right. Thank you very much. All right, 210 00:10:56,550 --> 00:10:57,550 guys. 211 00:10:57,630 --> 00:10:58,630 Okay. 212 00:10:59,290 --> 00:11:00,530 It'll retail for $11 ,000. 213 00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:02,730 I mean, I'll give you $8 ,000 for it. 214 00:11:03,050 --> 00:11:09,990 I mean, obviously, I wanted to go $60 ,000. I mean, would you go, like, $30 215 00:11:09,990 --> 00:11:12,550 ,000? The chance that it can still go to $20 ,000. 216 00:11:13,199 --> 00:11:17,980 Well, I guess that makes zero economic sense. All right. What about 15? 217 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,420 There's a chance you could make 20 off of it. 218 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,760 Yeah, no, no, no. I'm a businessman, not a gambler. 219 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,380 You know what? I think I'll just try to get it pressed and see what it comes 220 00:11:29,380 --> 00:11:31,120 back and then kind of go from there. 221 00:11:31,940 --> 00:11:34,160 Okay. But change your mind. 222 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:36,240 8 ,000. All right. Thanks. 223 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:39,940 Hey, how's it going? What do we have here? 224 00:11:40,590 --> 00:11:43,110 I've got a Beetle Bailey comic strip by artist Mort Walker. 225 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:44,649 Beetle Bailey? 226 00:11:44,650 --> 00:11:45,589 Yes, sir. 227 00:11:45,590 --> 00:11:47,090 Where in the world did you get this? 228 00:11:47,470 --> 00:11:49,590 Believe it or not, I got it from an old man in Arkansas. 229 00:11:50,230 --> 00:11:52,370 I traded a hunting dog for that. 230 00:11:53,370 --> 00:11:54,370 Kind of, right? 231 00:11:55,980 --> 00:12:01,440 I mean, it's cute stuff, and it fits the time, 1951. I mean, we were just, the 232 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,720 whole Korean War thing was starting up, and when it first came out, it was about 233 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,480 his college life, and no one really thought it was interesting because most 234 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,460 people didn't experience college life back then, so I thought it was a great 235 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:15,560 idea with the Korean War starting up to have Beatle accidentally join the Army, 236 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:18,340 and he's been in the Army for 60 -some years. 237 00:12:21,380 --> 00:12:24,140 So there's more underneath this plastic because it looks like they're stacked 238 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:26,960 up. Yes, sir. There's three more in there. Do you mind if I take these out 239 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:27,960 here? No, sir. 240 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:31,740 Yeah, we've got a lot of them in here. 241 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,040 No, you have a beetle being lazy. 242 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,800 And then you have some very pretty girls talking to the general. 243 00:12:40,980 --> 00:12:44,360 This one I really like because I liked peanuts when I was a kid. 244 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:46,560 Never really into Beetle Bailey, but it isn't the peanuts. 245 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,280 Yeah. So how much do you want for these? 246 00:12:49,579 --> 00:12:51,860 You know, I don't know. I think probably $400, something like that. 247 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:57,320 This was in thousands of newspapers, so they're not worth a whole lot of money. 248 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,620 Well, to get them all in one place like this, this is a nice collection. 249 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:02,300 I'll give you $75 for them. 250 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,860 This isn't the original art. The original art would go for a lot more 251 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:09,720 Well, true, but it's surely $250. 252 00:13:11,260 --> 00:13:15,020 It's not there. I mean, it's, you know, I'll probably get, you got four or five 253 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:16,480 of them here, I'll get $50 a piece for them. 254 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:19,660 I don't know, man. That dog I know is worth more than that. At least $100. 255 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,220 For my pride and dignity, you've got to give me $100, man. 256 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,360 What the hell? I'm sure I'll make money off him somehow or the other. 257 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:31,860 Come on over here. I'll do some paperwork with you. 258 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,660 I settled on $100 because, as you pointed out, there's quite a few in 259 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:38,200 circulation, and $100 is better than nothing. 260 00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:44,620 How are you doing today? 261 00:13:44,970 --> 00:13:49,950 I have Amazing Spider -Man number 16, the first meeting with Daredevil. Oh, 262 00:13:50,210 --> 00:13:52,150 This is definitely a cool comic book. 263 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:56,050 It's kind of cool to see Daredevil in this yellow suit, you know, especially 264 00:13:56,050 --> 00:13:57,910 the cover of an Amazing Spider -Man. 265 00:13:58,130 --> 00:13:59,510 And it's kind of like the dog on your hat. 266 00:13:59,790 --> 00:14:03,130 The dog on my hat's a little cooler than Daredevil. I don't know about that. 267 00:14:04,350 --> 00:14:05,770 I do love Spider -Man. 268 00:14:06,010 --> 00:14:10,270 There's been so many books and series and obviously movie after movie. 269 00:14:11,610 --> 00:14:16,050 Daredevil, though, is, you know, a lot more recent into the mainstream, but he 270 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:17,050 has a really cool lore. 271 00:14:17,230 --> 00:14:21,530 A blind guy who got his senses heightened when he had an accident by 272 00:14:21,530 --> 00:14:24,250 someone and kind of fell into a puddle of radioactive material. 273 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:27,950 It gave him this elite hearing. Even though he couldn't see, he could sense 274 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:29,770 things and kind of just know where they were at. 275 00:14:31,290 --> 00:14:34,590 Do you collect books, or do you just like to get them and read them? 276 00:14:34,930 --> 00:14:38,830 I have a huge collection of comic books, but I need to sell some because I have 277 00:14:38,830 --> 00:14:40,810 to pay for a really expensive project. 278 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:45,210 This is a good book, and it looks in good condition. Is there a reason it's 279 00:14:45,210 --> 00:14:49,030 graded? Just haven't gotten around to it. Okay. A book like this, I'm going to 280 00:14:49,030 --> 00:14:52,210 want to make sure that there's no restoration or anything like that, and I 281 00:14:52,210 --> 00:14:55,810 someone to make sure that it's in original condition before I purchase it. 282 00:14:55,810 --> 00:14:58,170 I'm sure you like your comic books. I 100 % understand. 283 00:14:58,790 --> 00:15:00,050 And do you have a price in mind? 284 00:15:00,310 --> 00:15:01,630 I'm asking $400. 285 00:15:02,790 --> 00:15:03,790 Okay. 286 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:07,370 I'm not sure, but that seems like a pretty reasonable price to me. 287 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,900 I still would like to have someone come down and look at it if you're okay with 288 00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:15,260 that. And although this copy isn't graded, people are still going to pay 289 00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:18,600 by what they determine the grade would be. So I just need to make sure that 290 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,120 we're following the correct value there. 291 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,420 That sounds good. Thanks, brother. All right. I'll be right back. 292 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,720 Steve. Chum. How you doing? Excellent, excellent. 293 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:30,700 Nice to meet you. You too, sir. 294 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,240 This young man has an amazing book here. 295 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:35,500 Ah, yes. 296 00:15:35,870 --> 00:15:38,570 I haven't taken it out yet because I figured the pro can do it. 297 00:15:38,970 --> 00:15:41,190 It's a beautiful book, Amazing Spider -Man 16. 298 00:15:41,790 --> 00:15:43,090 Definitely a historical book. 299 00:15:43,430 --> 00:15:47,190 And then, of course, this is the era where Marvel were beginning to do their 300 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:51,230 crossovers. And, of course, they're going to have them fight because in 301 00:15:51,230 --> 00:15:54,010 lore, whenever heroes met, they had a little fight first. 302 00:15:54,290 --> 00:15:57,270 It takes a little while for people to become friends. It looks like a pretty 303 00:15:57,270 --> 00:16:01,450 nice copy. I'm hoping it all checks out because I'd want to grade it if I ended 304 00:16:01,450 --> 00:16:02,450 up buying it. 305 00:16:02,710 --> 00:16:04,530 All right. So do you mind if I take a look at it? 306 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:06,960 All right. 307 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:10,560 The first thing that I'm noticing right away is the color luster. 308 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:12,640 This book has nice color. 309 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:14,760 Now let's get to the important bit. 310 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,540 Hmm. I don't like that staple. 311 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,020 Is there a reason? 312 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,720 As you can see, it's a completely different color to the bottom staple 313 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,140 This is nice and silver, and this is dull. 314 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,260 I just like my staples to be the same color. 315 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,980 I always get a little bit wary, like my own personal spider sense goes off. 316 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:38,120 So say I just wanted to sell this raw. What would I expect to get for it? 317 00:16:38,340 --> 00:16:39,620 Between $500 and $600. 318 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,840 All right. Well, I appreciate you coming in. 319 00:16:43,380 --> 00:16:46,780 Thank you. Thanks, Chum. Thanks. And pleasure meeting you. You too, sir. Nice 320 00:16:46,780 --> 00:16:47,780 book. Thank you. 321 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,940 All right. Well, you got a beautiful copy here. 322 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,640 Steve is slightly worried about the staple, but I'm kind of willing to take 323 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,160 chance on it because the pages are so white. Would you consider maybe $350? 324 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:03,500 No, I would just be at the $400 because of what it is. 325 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:07,829 All right, well, if you'll take the $400 for a steal, I'm happy to pay for it. 326 00:17:07,950 --> 00:17:10,750 All right, let's do it. All right, meet me at the counter right here. Okay. 327 00:17:18,530 --> 00:17:19,750 Okay, quite the collection. 328 00:17:20,010 --> 00:17:21,010 So what do you got here? 329 00:17:21,050 --> 00:17:26,270 What I have is some historical brand emblems from Marvel Comics. We got 330 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:30,970 -Man, Daredevil, Mystery, Mystery, Nelly, Joker, Genie, Willy. I was a kid 331 00:17:30,970 --> 00:17:31,970 loved comic books. 332 00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:33,050 Didn't save one of them. 333 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,940 I think it's kind of cool. And these are all Marvel? 334 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,540 Yes, these are the first eight Marvel logos in order from first. 335 00:17:43,180 --> 00:17:47,920 to eighth and this comic book willy comics number five showcases the first 336 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,000 marvel magazine logo from marvel comics from 1946. 337 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,120 you're saying the cool thing about this collection is this was the first 338 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:57,720 appearance of this marvel logo first appearance for this marvel logo correct 339 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,520 okay and there's only four sets of these put together in the world a lot of 340 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,400 these comics just got thrown away which is why they're so rare like willy comic 341 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:11,640 number five there's only 12 copies in the world graded by cgc okay 342 00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:17,270 So this would be like the Silver Age or the Golden Age? Golden Age, definitely. 343 00:18:17,390 --> 00:18:22,250 The Golden Age is roughly from 1937 until 1950. 344 00:18:22,690 --> 00:18:24,250 And this is more like the Silver Age, right? 345 00:18:24,550 --> 00:18:29,670 Correct. The Silver Age is the 50s through like the 60s, and then you have 346 00:18:29,670 --> 00:18:31,050 70s onward. 347 00:18:31,850 --> 00:18:32,890 So where did you get them? 348 00:18:33,330 --> 00:18:38,270 I got them at various places, auction houses, online, and garage sales. 349 00:18:38,590 --> 00:18:41,970 And you got them all graded. They're all CGC, which is cool. 350 00:18:42,250 --> 00:18:47,750 Okay, so, like, I mean, these are all fives, and you got a six, which is kind 351 00:18:47,750 --> 00:18:49,250 a low grade. I mean, the perfect is a ten. 352 00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,470 Collectors usually look for higher grades than this. 353 00:18:52,850 --> 00:18:56,130 What? If they're rare comic books, they'll be worth something, even at a 354 00:18:56,130 --> 00:18:58,210 grade. How much were you looking to get out of these? 355 00:18:58,670 --> 00:18:59,930 I'm looking to get $50 ,000. 356 00:19:00,390 --> 00:19:01,390 Well, that's a big number. 357 00:19:02,130 --> 00:19:04,250 Okay, let me get my buddy. Let me go give him a call. 358 00:19:04,450 --> 00:19:07,090 He'll take a look at all these things, and we'll go from there. 359 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:08,089 Sounds great. 360 00:19:08,090 --> 00:19:09,090 Okay. Appreciate it. 361 00:19:14,410 --> 00:19:15,770 Hello. Hey. 362 00:19:16,550 --> 00:19:17,550 What do you got here? 363 00:19:17,950 --> 00:19:20,710 I have my uncle's comic book collection. 364 00:19:20,970 --> 00:19:23,850 He passed away and this was handed down to me. 365 00:19:24,090 --> 00:19:25,210 They're all comic books? 366 00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:26,530 All comic books. 367 00:19:26,870 --> 00:19:28,050 This is pretty cool. 368 00:19:28,370 --> 00:19:30,490 Is there anything good in here? I have no idea. 369 00:19:31,130 --> 00:19:33,050 All right, how many boxes do we have here? 370 00:19:33,270 --> 00:19:36,130 I have seven. This is actually only half of his collection. 371 00:19:36,350 --> 00:19:38,010 My brother inherited the other half. 372 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:40,290 Well, hopefully you got the good half. I hope so. 373 00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:46,770 Okay, there's some pretty cool stuff in here. Dracula. I know you've heard of 374 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:48,970 Dracula. Lord of the Vampires. 375 00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:52,570 The Avengers are so hot right now. They have so many movies. 376 00:19:52,770 --> 00:19:55,730 I think this is the first one that Rogue made an appearance in. It's pretty 377 00:19:55,730 --> 00:19:57,830 cool. It looks like a bunch of paper to me. 378 00:19:58,350 --> 00:20:00,630 What do you mean, bro? Have you ever heard of Doctor Strange? 379 00:20:01,070 --> 00:20:02,370 No, but I'm looking at Strange. 380 00:20:02,690 --> 00:20:06,110 Well, Doctor Strange should be worth a few hundred bucks on its own. Let me 381 00:20:06,110 --> 00:20:07,110 what else you got in here. 382 00:20:07,870 --> 00:20:10,270 Oh, the X -Force. 383 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:16,210 Issue 2. This is like one of the first couple times Deadpool made an appearance 384 00:20:16,210 --> 00:20:17,209 in a comic book. 385 00:20:17,210 --> 00:20:19,070 So you're acting like you're an expert in this. 386 00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:21,710 Whatever, bro. 387 00:20:22,110 --> 00:20:24,910 You better get somebody down here that knows what they're talking about. 388 00:20:25,150 --> 00:20:27,090 Dude, I don't need Paul. He's got a comic book. 389 00:20:27,550 --> 00:20:28,690 He's a comic book expert. 390 00:20:29,550 --> 00:20:33,050 Enough of negative Nancy over there. I think you have a pretty cool collection. 391 00:20:33,390 --> 00:20:36,430 What exactly are you looking to get for him? I'd like to get $2 ,000. 392 00:20:39,190 --> 00:20:42,030 Well, I can tell you that ain't going to happen. 393 00:20:42,530 --> 00:20:45,990 Even if there's $2 ,000 worth of comics here, it's going to take a lot of time 394 00:20:45,990 --> 00:20:47,510 to go through all these boxes. 395 00:20:49,930 --> 00:20:51,690 I'm going to have to find that diamond in the rough. 396 00:20:51,970 --> 00:20:55,190 But with that being said, you know, I'm pretty sure I can. 397 00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:57,250 I'll give you $50 a box. 398 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:58,490 That's $350. 399 00:21:00,090 --> 00:21:01,170 Can you do $500? 400 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:07,570 Would you go $450 on them? 401 00:21:08,450 --> 00:21:10,310 $500 is going to be the lowest I can go. 402 00:21:10,550 --> 00:21:11,550 Oh, no. 403 00:21:11,950 --> 00:21:12,950 What do you think? 404 00:21:12,970 --> 00:21:15,430 I don't want no parts of this if you don't call Paul down here. 405 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,880 Life is about chances, and sometimes you just got to take them. I'm going to do 406 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:20,619 the $500. 407 00:21:20,620 --> 00:21:23,680 I'm going to show everyone what an expert I really am. I know there's going 408 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,140 be some good stuff in here. Meet you right over there to write it up. 409 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:27,479 Thank you. 410 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,640 I'm taking the $500 because I don't want to carry the comic books out of here. 411 00:21:30,820 --> 00:21:34,160 This is how you do it, Antoine. This is how you make a name for yourself in this 412 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,140 business. And when these are going to be worth $5 ,000, I'm going to be the one 413 00:21:37,140 --> 00:21:38,140 who gets the reward. 414 00:21:39,260 --> 00:21:40,260 What did you two buy? 415 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:41,640 I didn't buy anything. 416 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,100 Leave it up to your expert. I bought these comics for 500 bucks. When did you 417 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:47,540 become an expert on comic books? 418 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:51,080 I only worked at the pawn shop for almost 15 years. 419 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,740 Just do me a favor and do call someone who knows something about comic books 420 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:56,900 find out if I just lost money. 421 00:21:58,780 --> 00:21:59,800 Yeah, like Paul? 422 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,080 Watch. You just watch. 423 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:12,700 There's a seller in the shop who's brought in a set of comic books. 424 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:18,160 They have the first eight Marvel brand emblems from 1946 to 1967. 425 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:23,300 He's telling me this is a rarity to find, so he's asking $50 ,000 for the 426 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,600 collection. This is the first time I've heard about collecting based on logos 427 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,920 rather than issues. 428 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,720 So I have my comic book guru, Steve Houston, coming by to see if he can save 429 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,620 day and answer all the questions I have about these. 430 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,540 Steve! Hey, Rick. Hey, brother, what's up? How we doing? 431 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:45,020 This young man right here has a set of comic books. 432 00:22:45,340 --> 00:22:48,560 Yeah, but this is a set of the first eight Marvel logos. 433 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,500 First time I heard about, like, comics and logos. 434 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,340 So, that's why I called you, because you're the brain for the operation, I'm 435 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,299 just the pretty face. 436 00:22:56,300 --> 00:23:02,500 Okay, um... So, first things first, I'm unaware of a market for it, but I do 437 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,080 know the books. Of course, these books here... 438 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,560 are, you know, late 1940s, so they are scarce. 439 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,760 The grades are sort of pretty low, but on some of these issues, it can be 440 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:13,760 hard to find them. 441 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:19,660 Now, when it comes to these books here, these grades are very, very, very low 442 00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:24,660 for what these are. These books here should be at least 9 .2 or 9 .0 easily. 443 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,620 So, like, just for instance, what does a Willie No. 5 go for? 444 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:34,040 That book right there in that condition, you're looking at maybe 500, 600 bucks. 445 00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:39,380 Okay, and what about Genie? Again, that's probably about 300 bucks. 446 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,740 Okay. This guy's saying $50 ,000 for the set. 447 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,140 Okay, so this is a brand new thing. You've put together a set. 448 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,280 So are you saying that other people who build sets won't be able to do it? 449 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:59,100 That is correct. What makes this truly rare is the fact that this is the first 450 00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:01,120 set of eight Marvel logos. 451 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,040 Has there ever been a set that sold for crazy money? 452 00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:06,930 Uh, no. This is truly a new thing. 453 00:24:07,210 --> 00:24:11,170 Okay, so there's never been an auction to get, like, a real price on these. 454 00:24:11,170 --> 00:24:11,869 is correct. 455 00:24:11,870 --> 00:24:18,470 But if this became a popular theme, I can guarantee you that quite quickly 456 00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:22,610 you would see these books coming out of the woodwork because they do exist in 457 00:24:22,610 --> 00:24:26,290 raw condition. They just haven't been CGC'd yet. A note of caution. 458 00:24:26,550 --> 00:24:27,550 Okay. 459 00:24:28,470 --> 00:24:30,490 All right, so what do you think they're worth the way they sit? 460 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:34,050 Right here, just as they are right now, I could... 461 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,300 Probably pick these up for about $2 ,000. 462 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:39,180 Okay. That's what I wanted to hear. 463 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:40,880 Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Thank you. 464 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,400 Pleasure, brother. Thank you. 465 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:47,700 So I know you sort of got like a thing here, okay, but you're not going to – 466 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,920 there's no market for it yet. You're going to actually have to go to an 467 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,060 and see what they sell for. 468 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,860 If they're worth $2 ,000 now, that's what they're worth right now. 469 00:24:55,420 --> 00:24:59,080 Right. So obviously a deal's not going to happen. Thanks for bringing them in. 470 00:25:02,730 --> 00:25:04,690 I told you I was going to kill it. 471 00:25:04,990 --> 00:25:09,110 Comic books are an American pastime, and I'm really good at having pastimes. 472 00:25:09,430 --> 00:25:13,210 Therefore, I'm an expert, and you can't rush an expert in this process. 473 00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:16,030 So I'm going to take my time evaluating these comics. 474 00:25:16,810 --> 00:25:20,170 Now Rick's going to think I'm actually working, but all I'm doing is reading 475 00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:21,170 comics all day. 476 00:25:21,330 --> 00:25:22,330 Really? 477 00:25:24,230 --> 00:25:25,230 Oh, hey. 478 00:25:25,530 --> 00:25:26,670 What are you guys doing? 479 00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:30,990 Um, just going over the condition of these comics right here. 480 00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:32,250 Oh, you're doing research? 481 00:25:32,650 --> 00:25:33,830 Yeah, the man called Nova. 482 00:25:34,190 --> 00:25:36,290 Don't hold it like that. Come on, dude. 483 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:38,950 Oh, hey, what's up, Paul? 484 00:25:39,310 --> 00:25:40,189 What's up, man? 485 00:25:40,190 --> 00:25:41,470 This is the man I wanted to see. 486 00:25:42,450 --> 00:25:46,050 Help Paul put these in, like, the conference room so he can find out how 487 00:25:46,050 --> 00:25:47,050 money I lost. 488 00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:48,770 You didn't lose money, okay? 489 00:25:49,010 --> 00:25:50,310 There's some good stuff in here. 490 00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:52,410 It's just these three boxes? 491 00:25:52,970 --> 00:25:54,590 No, seven. 492 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:56,309 Oh, boy. 493 00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:58,690 Seven boxes, there's got to be a hidden gem in there. 494 00:26:00,450 --> 00:26:01,810 Get ready to have a lot of fun. 495 00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:03,270 All right, man. 496 00:26:03,470 --> 00:26:06,310 After this, you're going to decide after me to invest your money in the stock 497 00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:07,310 market. 498 00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:08,990 I'm sorry. 499 00:26:09,150 --> 00:26:12,830 Yes, I'll deal with it. I'll take a formally written apology. 500 00:26:20,970 --> 00:26:21,970 What do we got here? 501 00:26:22,410 --> 00:26:24,530 Got a pretty old comic book to show you. 502 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:27,120 Um, 1933? 503 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,140 It's definitely old because my kids think I'm really, really old. It's older 504 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:32,140 than me. 505 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,720 That's kind of cool. 506 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:35,300 Where did you get this? 507 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,100 Um, I do, like, shows and stuff, travel around. 508 00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:40,600 Um, and I buy collections now and then. 509 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:45,060 This has got to be one of the oldest comic books there is, right? Yes, the 510 00:26:45,060 --> 00:26:46,780 says it's the second comic book ever. 511 00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:51,160 I mean, like, I've never seen a comic book from 1933. I didn't even know comic 512 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,760 books were printed in 1933. 513 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,820 I wish I knew more about this. 514 00:26:56,340 --> 00:26:58,140 It predates everything. 515 00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:01,940 So how much do you want for it? I'm asking $1 ,000. 516 00:27:02,260 --> 00:27:03,260 Okay. 517 00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:06,240 And I have no idea if that's a good price. 518 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,500 Fair enough. Okay. 519 00:27:08,180 --> 00:27:11,820 But I have a buddy who I deal with all the time. I do a lot of business with 520 00:27:11,820 --> 00:27:13,920 him, and this is all he does is comic books. 521 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,180 Can you hang out for a while? Sure. All right. I'm going to go give him a call, 522 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:18,400 and I will be right back. 523 00:27:18,740 --> 00:27:19,740 Sounds good. 524 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,220 Did you at least buy Paul like lunch? Because he's been in there for over an 525 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:26,620 hour for the mess you made for him. 526 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,340 Look, he's a grown man. He knows how to order lunch. 527 00:27:29,780 --> 00:27:33,420 Earlier, I bought seven boxes of comic books that came into the shop. And based 528 00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:36,660 on my expertise, I'm 100 % sure they're worth a whole lot of money. 529 00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:43,840 Okay, maybe more like 80%. All right, guys. 530 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,320 All right. Hey, that's a nice little stack we got there. 531 00:27:49,020 --> 00:27:51,620 Yeah, I pulled about 18 books. 532 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,940 Some really cool stuff. 533 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:57,360 Yeah, duh. 534 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,960 You got First Taskmaster, First Nova, Red Hulk, some good stuff. There's 535 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:04,960 Strange in there. 536 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:06,540 Yeah, I'd say they're pretty good. 537 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,920 All right, the big question, what are they worth? 538 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:16,600 This stack I pulled is probably, you know, is about 200 bucks retail. 539 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,040 And the... 540 00:28:18,570 --> 00:28:20,730 Other couple hundred pounds of comic books are worth? 541 00:28:21,030 --> 00:28:23,770 About five cents a book if you're lucky. 542 00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:28,190 It's like it's common stuff. There's nothing high grade, nothing that's 543 00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:29,550 worth getting certified. 544 00:28:29,930 --> 00:28:30,930 How many of them are there? 545 00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:32,930 300 in a box, so 2 ,100. 546 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:35,390 2 ,100 nickels. 547 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:40,210 I'm not good at math, but it seems like it's more than 500. 548 00:28:40,550 --> 00:28:41,830 You spent 500 bucks. 549 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,980 On some comic books, I'll be lucky to get like $180 out of. 550 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:51,660 And seven boxes of recyclable paper. So they're basically worthless. 551 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,240 No, they're not worthless. 552 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,000 Thanks for stopping by, man. 553 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,820 Anytime. Appreciate it. All right. Take care. Thanks for the bad news. 554 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,680 I mean, you've got to find the silver lining here, Rick. 555 00:29:05,150 --> 00:29:08,530 We put a box of these on the floor, put like a dollar price tag on them, and 556 00:29:08,530 --> 00:29:11,470 parents buy them for their kids when they come in here to, you know, pawn 557 00:29:11,470 --> 00:29:13,990 something in. In a couple years, I might get my money back. 558 00:29:14,690 --> 00:29:18,650 Hey, sometimes investments are made over the long run. You kids these days want 559 00:29:18,650 --> 00:29:20,170 all this instant satisfaction. 560 00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:21,970 I need to go home. 561 00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:24,470 Chop. 562 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,140 Hey, how's it going? Good, man. How you doing? 563 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,500 So I have a collection of Incredible Hulk number one through six I'd like you 564 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:43,360 take a look at. Like the original number one? The Silver Age. 565 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:44,600 When it was gray. 566 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,000 And then he turned green. 567 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,340 From what I understand, Stan Lee couldn't get the ink to line him right 568 00:29:51,340 --> 00:29:55,240 different pieces of paper. So multiple times in his comic, he's a different 569 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:55,939 color gray. 570 00:29:55,940 --> 00:29:58,440 And to make it easier, he just turned him green. 571 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,760 But people go crazy to this. I mean... 572 00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:05,920 Stanley did Fantastic Four, and everybody liked the thing from Fantastic 573 00:30:06,020 --> 00:30:10,280 so we decided he'd make a whole storyline on a different thing -like 574 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,280 creature. 575 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,320 It's all in awesome shape, and it's Stanley's signature. 576 00:30:15,620 --> 00:30:19,620 Yeah, five years ago, I got a chance to meet Stanley in Chicago, and I had him 577 00:30:19,620 --> 00:30:20,239 sign it. 578 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,360 What I'm a little nervous about is I don't know if it devalued him by having 579 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,000 signed. I mean, Stan Lee signs a lot of stuff. 580 00:30:27,220 --> 00:30:31,320 I mean, he's at every Comic -Con there is, signing stuff all the time. And when 581 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,980 people buy these, you know, pure collectors, they want the actual perfect 582 00:30:35,340 --> 00:30:39,040 So I don't know if him signing it is going to be a good thing or a bad thing. 583 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,100 You ever have him appraised or have any idea what you're looking to get for him? 584 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,620 I'd like to get $40 ,000. 585 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:48,300 $40 ,000. 586 00:30:49,620 --> 00:30:52,280 Seems awfully high for comic books that were... 587 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:57,280 12 cents back in the day but yeah i mean i'm not a huge collector and i'm not a 588 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,500 big comic book store but i know a guy i can have come down and take a look at 589 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:03,840 them i don't know if they're going to be valued at 40 grand all right that'll be 590 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,900 great cory says you're going to call in an expert and i'm excited to hear what 591 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:11,140 the expert has to say i'm pretty sure that these books are going to be special 592 00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:12,220 and worth a lot of money 593 00:31:18,090 --> 00:31:23,110 There's a guy in the shop with an issue of the 1933 comic book Famous Buddies. 594 00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:27,470 He claims this is the second comic book to ever be produced, and he wants $1 595 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:32,070 ,000. I need to know more about this comic before I make an offer, so I have 596 00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:35,730 Steve Houston coming down to check it out. He will know if this asking price 597 00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:37,050 good or just laughable. 598 00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:41,450 Todd, good to see you. All right, you guys know each other? 599 00:31:41,670 --> 00:31:44,770 Yes, yes. Well, the comic world's quite small. 600 00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:46,290 It's like the palm business. 601 00:31:46,330 --> 00:31:53,110 All right. So this young man has apparently the second comic book ever 602 00:31:53,930 --> 00:31:54,930 Wow. 603 00:31:56,010 --> 00:31:59,030 Nice book top. Famous funniest carnival of comics. 604 00:31:59,950 --> 00:32:02,070 This book was a giveaway. 605 00:32:02,330 --> 00:32:07,550 The way you got it was you had to tear the top off a cereal box and sent it all 606 00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:09,510 the way into a little company in Chicago. 607 00:32:09,790 --> 00:32:13,530 And then you would get this book. As you can see, it's 1933. 608 00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:14,950 So we know. 609 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:20,940 It's right there at the cusp. So this here is the beginnings of the entire 610 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,480 industry right here in our hands. 611 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,580 And is that the second comic book? 612 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:30,140 Amongst the comic nerds, they often discuss whether it's the first or 613 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:37,100 because this is the first book of this format, 36 pages with the full pages of 614 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:41,680 art. This was basically a test to see if anyone would be interested in this. 615 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:46,460 So after all these people, all these kids went to the trouble of sending all 616 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:51,120 after that, they said, well, I think maybe we can make some money doing this. 617 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,380 in 1934, when Famous Funnies came out, they actually sold it for 10 cents. 618 00:32:55,660 --> 00:32:58,860 And that's when the entire business does this. 619 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:03,140 So this here is definitely a wonderful piece of history. 620 00:33:03,460 --> 00:33:04,460 All right. 621 00:33:04,820 --> 00:33:06,740 The big question. 622 00:33:07,630 --> 00:33:09,130 He wants $1 ,000 for it. 623 00:33:11,110 --> 00:33:13,050 That's actually not a bad price. 624 00:33:13,630 --> 00:33:15,750 Okay. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Thank you. 625 00:33:16,010 --> 00:33:18,670 Todd. Thank you, Steve. I appreciate it. 626 00:33:19,710 --> 00:33:23,110 Okay. I mean, we have the rare occasion where someone comes in and asks a 627 00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:24,110 reasonable price. 628 00:33:24,330 --> 00:33:25,570 I appreciate that. 629 00:33:26,850 --> 00:33:29,350 I'll give you $1 ,000 for it. Okay. Deal. $1 ,000. 630 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:32,290 Thank you. All right. I'll meet you right over there, and I'll get you paid. 631 00:33:32,450 --> 00:33:33,450 Thank you. 632 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,600 A guy came into the pawn shop with a set of incredible Hulk comics, and he's 633 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,720 asking $40 ,000 for the collection. 634 00:33:39,940 --> 00:33:43,800 I've got to have somebody come down and help me out with this, because I'm not 635 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,360 that great at grading comic books. 636 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,060 Luckily, my friend Paul is. 637 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,080 Wow. Hulk 1 through 6. 638 00:33:50,340 --> 00:33:51,340 The whole run. 639 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:53,480 Signed by Stan. That's nice. 640 00:33:54,180 --> 00:33:56,860 I mean, I know most collectors, they want these things pristine. 641 00:33:57,260 --> 00:33:59,680 Does the signature value the comic book? 642 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,580 It depends on who you're selling to. 643 00:34:01,980 --> 00:34:05,940 But for the most part, people are going to love that Stanley signed these. 644 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,280 You mind if I take a look? Go ahead. All right. 645 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:12,880 The Hulk 1, you got a little tear with some creases up there. 646 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,080 Let's see if it's complete. 647 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:21,679 Eight pages to the centerfold where the staples are, and eight pages after. 648 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:28,170 So normally you might find a book like The Incredible Hulk 1 in like a really 649 00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:33,050 low grade, really beat up, ratty. But this is a nice copy. It's complete. It's 650 00:34:33,050 --> 00:34:35,429 solid. Strike on the ink is nice. 651 00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:37,250 The signature placement's good. 652 00:34:37,989 --> 00:34:41,630 This would be the big book. The rest is icing. 653 00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:43,330 Okay, what's it worth? 654 00:34:43,550 --> 00:34:48,469 The Hulk 1 in like a 9 .2 or a 9 .4, like really high grade, would be like 655 00:34:48,469 --> 00:34:51,350 $375 ,000. 656 00:34:51,650 --> 00:34:52,650 Really? 657 00:34:52,770 --> 00:34:54,130 I'm just dumbfounded. 658 00:34:54,449 --> 00:34:57,370 So it's probably around a fine, like a 6 .0. 659 00:34:57,870 --> 00:35:03,610 So all said and done, I think if I did my math right, probably puts you at 660 00:35:03,610 --> 00:35:04,710 $36 ,000. 661 00:35:05,230 --> 00:35:06,930 I wish I would have collected my comics. 662 00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:08,450 Yeah, welcome to my world. 663 00:35:08,690 --> 00:35:11,570 Take care, man. Good to see you, Corey. Good luck. Take care. 664 00:35:11,850 --> 00:35:12,850 Yeah, it's great. 665 00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:14,250 For you. 666 00:35:14,750 --> 00:35:15,810 Yeah, that's right. 667 00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:18,770 You know I can't pay you $36 ,000 for them. 668 00:35:19,770 --> 00:35:20,770 I've got to make money. 669 00:35:22,129 --> 00:35:23,330 I was looking to get 40. 670 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:29,970 My guy said they'd book out at 36, and I'd have to cut that in half. 671 00:35:30,350 --> 00:35:33,050 The last offer that I got was at 35. 672 00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:34,750 I would run and go grab it. 673 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:39,490 Paying for all these things that close to retail, it's never going to happen 674 00:35:39,490 --> 00:35:40,530 me. I understand. 675 00:35:40,770 --> 00:35:42,790 You know, I'm really stuck at 40. Are you? 676 00:35:43,230 --> 00:35:46,510 Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to have to pass, man. But thanks for bringing him in. 677 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:47,530 I said, they are really cool. 678 00:35:47,890 --> 00:35:52,050 Appreciate it, man. Thanks, man. I'm not disappointed. I was excited to at least 679 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:53,930 have them evaluated by a professional. 680 00:35:54,190 --> 00:35:57,930 And probably just going to hold on to them for a little bit longer and tell 681 00:35:57,930 --> 00:35:58,930 when the time is right. 682 00:36:06,610 --> 00:36:07,610 What do you have here? 683 00:36:07,910 --> 00:36:11,130 I brought you Bob Hope, his original comic from 1950. 684 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:12,759 Hey, Rick. 685 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,420 What? Check this out. 686 00:36:14,860 --> 00:36:16,540 It's a Bob Hope comic book. 687 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:18,960 That's pretty cool. 688 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,260 Do you know who Bob Hope is? The Price is Right. 689 00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:26,140 No, that's Bob Barker. Bob Hope. 690 00:36:26,380 --> 00:36:27,460 Different old Bob. 691 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,660 You know, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, like Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. 692 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,960 Who? Like Harold and Kumar. 693 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,200 Okay. All right, okay. 694 00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:39,840 Bob Hope, he was a pretty amazing guy. 695 00:36:40,540 --> 00:36:43,380 He entertained troops in World War II, Korea, Vietnam. 696 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,120 He was the only honorary veteran in the United States because he did so much 697 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,180 stuff for the USO. Lived to be 100 years old. 698 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:50,860 100? 699 00:36:51,060 --> 00:36:53,220 Yep. When he was in a movie, it made money. 700 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,320 He was so popular, he had his own comic book. 701 00:36:55,620 --> 00:36:56,620 Three. 702 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,880 Bob Hope was an absolute Hollywood legend. 703 00:37:00,140 --> 00:37:04,440 He was in over 70 films, and he hosted the Academy Awards 19 times. 704 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:09,100 I'm just afraid anyone under the age of 50 doesn't really know who he is. 705 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,200 So, um, where did you get this? 706 00:37:12,780 --> 00:37:15,160 I actually got this on an online auction. 707 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,320 Okay, well, it looks in relatively good shape. I assume you want to sell it? 708 00:37:19,540 --> 00:37:20,540 Yes. 709 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,240 How much do you want for it? I believe it might be worth about $500. 710 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,080 I don't know how collectible Bob Hope is, to tell you the truth. I just have 711 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,800 idea what the demand would be for this, due to the fact that it's not an action 712 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,980 hero, it's Bob Hope. It's a little weird. Okay. 713 00:37:33,780 --> 00:37:35,600 Do you mind if I have someone look at it? That'd be great. 714 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:40,960 I have no idea what Bob Hope anything is going for these days, much less a comic 715 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,980 book. So I'm having my comic guy, Paul, come down, and hopefully he'll know. 716 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:47,120 Ah, a Bob Hope number one. 717 00:37:47,420 --> 00:37:51,760 I mean, the whole weird thing is it's Bob Hope. It's not like he's a 718 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:54,660 Yeah, in the 50s, superheroes were going down. 719 00:37:55,450 --> 00:38:00,050 They weren't as popular, and so what DC started to do is license celebrities. 720 00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:04,590 They did stories in here that would relate to some of the movies coming out, 721 00:38:04,590 --> 00:38:06,730 they kind of did some cross -marketing there. 722 00:38:07,170 --> 00:38:08,170 Okay. 723 00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:14,450 The Bob Hope comic ran from issue one from 1950 all the way to 1968. 724 00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:19,030 I mean, 18 years for a continual run on the comic is pretty great. 725 00:38:19,910 --> 00:38:21,370 So what's the grade on this thing? 726 00:38:21,730 --> 00:38:22,730 All right, well... 727 00:38:23,790 --> 00:38:26,170 It looks pretty nice. It's got a few creases. 728 00:38:27,170 --> 00:38:28,850 Tear along the spine there. 729 00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:31,230 Doesn't look restored at all. 730 00:38:32,670 --> 00:38:35,590 A little bit of tanning to chip out at the top right. 731 00:38:36,770 --> 00:38:40,810 You know, I think CGC would give it about a 6 -0. The big question is, 732 00:38:40,810 --> 00:38:46,650 worth? That would put a certified 6 -0 price at around $600. 733 00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:49,970 That's the price, but are they easy to sell? 734 00:38:50,210 --> 00:38:53,170 I mean, most people my age, we know Bob Barker. 735 00:38:53,660 --> 00:38:54,660 More than we know, Bob Hope. 736 00:38:54,980 --> 00:38:55,839 Told you. 737 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:56,860 So you're calling me old? 738 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,460 No, you are old. I'm just stating a fact. 739 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,760 Anyway, I think at $600, you can't go wrong. 740 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:09,320 Okay. Thanks, man. I really appreciate it. You got it, Rick. Anytime. 741 00:39:09,540 --> 00:39:11,400 All right. See you next time. Take care. 742 00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:16,580 People love first issues. Issue ones always are collectible. 743 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,060 How fast Rick will sell it, I really can't say. 744 00:39:20,260 --> 00:39:22,160 I know he gets a lot of foot traffic. 745 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,380 through the shop, and I think you should be able to move it. 746 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,100 So what's your best price of this? 747 00:39:28,260 --> 00:39:32,520 Well, if it's worth six and I'm only asking five, I hope that's a great deal 748 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,520 Bob. I think Bob would say the price is going to have to be right. 749 00:39:38,740 --> 00:39:41,780 I mean, your problem here is it's Bob Hope. 750 00:39:42,060 --> 00:39:46,740 I mean, unless you're over 50, no one really knows who Bob Hope is anymore. 751 00:39:47,020 --> 00:39:48,380 I think it's going to be a tough sell. 752 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,240 I'd give you $300 for it. 753 00:39:51,970 --> 00:39:53,090 How about $400? 754 00:39:55,130 --> 00:39:59,470 I'll give you $325, and I won't go up any more. I mean, that literally is it. 755 00:40:02,250 --> 00:40:05,210 Congratulations. Well, thanks, man. I appreciate it. The price is right. 756 00:40:07,430 --> 00:40:08,750 All right, let's go write it up. 757 00:40:08,970 --> 00:40:11,830 I believe it was a win -win for that particular price. 758 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:15,590 I'm going to give the money to my wife, and I have no idea what the hell she's 759 00:40:15,590 --> 00:40:16,590 going to do with it. 760 00:40:19,210 --> 00:40:20,250 What are you laughing at? 761 00:40:20,570 --> 00:40:21,570 This is Bob Hope comic. 762 00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:24,370 Bob Hope comic book. Yeah, you know Bob Hope. 763 00:40:25,450 --> 00:40:29,010 It's like did New Year's Eve for like years and years and years. Got the 764 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:30,310 named after him in California. 765 00:40:30,690 --> 00:40:32,790 It was Dick Clark's Rocking Eve. 766 00:40:33,870 --> 00:40:35,850 It's not Dick Clark International Airport. 767 00:40:36,370 --> 00:40:38,510 I know, it's Bob Hope International Airport. 768 00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:40,330 Never mind. 769 00:40:40,690 --> 00:40:44,470 I'm just telling you, those old comedians have nothing on the new wave 770 00:40:44,470 --> 00:40:47,870 comedians. Why is it that all you guys ever want to do is argue with me? 771 00:40:49,610 --> 00:40:52,990 You're always saying I refuse to learn anything. I learned that Bob Hope and 772 00:40:52,990 --> 00:40:55,090 Dick Clark aren't the same person. No kidding. 773 00:40:55,350 --> 00:40:58,890 Maybe you'll grow a brain one day. Tell me from the guy reading comics. 774 00:40:59,350 --> 00:41:00,890 Old Bob Hope comics.