paul | January 23, 2012
Joe and I have been busy picking up some back issues of late. Shortly, more incredibly discounted sets and runs will be added to the bins from a large collection Joe purchased. Processing has been slow. Look in the showcases and bins directly across from the register and you’ll spy a lot of “NOS” – [...]
paul | January 15, 2012
Whew! I got out of there just in time! From Monday, December 26th to January 2nd, a large contingent of my family and I spent a great week in Key West, Florida. Sunny every day with the temps in the high 70s and a nice breeze, but that was going to change as a cold [...]
paul | October 21, 2011
…and other things you’ll never hear me say…like “I think I’ll ask Harold Camping for what he believes the next Powerball numbers will be.” or “Hey, this year’s Mensa Bracket Challenge is a piece-o-cake!” For those scratching their head as to how or why certain “inventions” were included in the field of 64, webmaster Dave [...]
paul | October 13, 2011
Millions, nay, billions of people have been enduring this for centuries in silence. Such an ugly, unspeakable form of discrimination that people haven’t been speaking about it–until now, that is! Mothers and fathers, you may want to send the children out of the room. To the ultra “PC” persons or squeamish, just click the red [...]
paul | September 23, 2011
Recently, during a 12 day stretch, I attended 10 auctions. That’s actually pretty easy to do – just go to auctionzip.com and the home page will give a default mileage of 30 miles from whatever zip code you type in the blank. You can widen your circle and/or narrow the field by putting in key [...]
paul | September 15, 2011
It happened at our Labor Day Auction! More on “how” later. Overall, I would call our first auction in quite a while a big success! Only 4 people put in absentee bids and the turn-out on a major holiday seemed rather sparse in the beginning, making me a little nervous, but things changed. We were [...]
paul | August 24, 2011
First, a short PSA – My wife receives alerts from police agencies regarding email scams (why these aren’t published in the newspaper is beyond me). The most recent one warns against opening any email that alleges it is from New York City and that you have a traffic ticket. Do not open it! I probably [...]
paul | August 17, 2011
Yes, after a long hiatus, we are having another live auction at the shop. When? Monday, September 5th. Hey, ain’t that Labor Day? Yep, we wanted to have something special for those looking for something to do on the holiday; but don’t worry you folks with plans, we have ya covered. Read on: Starting tomorrow, [...]
paul | August 11, 2011
Several weeks after hossing 50 plus long boxes of comics up and down the driveway two times each, my back is finally feeling better. For those who missed a previous blog, I had a two day yard sale and all-in-all, it went fairly well. One gentleman showed up with his family on Saturday morning and [...]
paul | July 24, 2011
The Overstreet’s here! The Overstreet’s here! Like Steve Martin in one of the best comedies ever, the yearly arrival of the Overstreet Price Guide is a major event day for me and, as the title suggests, it came right after I purchased a huge collection. Last Wednesday, I was the first to inspect a collection [...]
kita | June 20, 2011
Time: Monday, July 4 ยท 9:00am – 2:00pm Location: Captain Blue Hen Comics In the parking lot at 280 East Main Street, Newark, Delaware More Info: 4th of July Supersale and Flea Market! One Day Supersale! What’s on sale? You’ll have to come to find out, but better bring a wheelbarrow for all the bargains! [...]
paul | June 7, 2011
DC Comics’ announcement that they are going to re-number 52 titles starting August 31st has some predicting the doom to comics. An e-newsletter that I subscribe to has some dealers seeing this as a “jumping OFF” point, not a “jumping ON” point that DC hopes will be the case. Personally, I’m with DC on this [...]
paul | May 21, 2011
Valued at $450 in “Near Mint”, 9.2 grade, Hulk 102 is actually a #1. Previously, it was titled Tales To Astonish, where the Hulk and Giant Man (formerly, the Ant Man) shared billing. This young comics fan scored himself a copy of this key issue when he put a mere 4 quarters in the Gacha [...]
paul | May 13, 2011
Similar to the recent resurfacing of Nicholas Cage‘s copy of Action Comics #1 after 10 years, an even more impressive collection of Golden Age comics has been found in the back room of Captain Blue Hen Comics!! It’s been almost 10 years since Joe bought the shop from Paul and he got everything that was [...]
paul | April 19, 2011
Yep, supposedly, someone recently paid 150 grand for a 9.9 graded copy of Hulk 181, the first full appearance of Wolverine! The finest known copy, I guess. We had a decent copy of it in the showcase for a mere $675 and several people said they were going to buy it. Well, you’re all too [...]
