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Charlieinarizona private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm curious, how long have all of you been collecting? And how many comics do you have in your collection? | ||
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pouet private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Collecting for more than 25 years, about 19 000 total | ||
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conditionfreak private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Approximately 15,000 or so. Really don't have a clue. I have one large room that is absolutely full of long boxes, and I have an office with a very large fireproof safe full of books, and six short boxes full beside it. Plus two four drawer file cabinets full of books. I also have toys, hardback books, rolled up comic posters and framed comic posters all around the house. I even have some cardboard store displays from Wal-Mart and framed displays from Blockbuster when they went out of business. Heck, maybe twenty thousand books. Who the heck knows for sure. I ain't gonna count them. I have about 600 or so that I could not live without. The rest. Meh. I would forget them after a short mourning period, if I sold them. Anyone want to buy long boxes full of copper and modern books, all about 9.4/9.6, and bagged and boarded in mylites? Cheap if you pick them up in person.  |
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MetalPSI private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I've been lugging around 3 longboxes for 20 years. In the last 3 years alone I have filled up two more longboxes and over 100 slabs... | ||
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Domogotcomics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| About 800. Just started collecting again about three years ago since being a kid. | ||
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Oldbsturgeon private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Very little, only around 1 shortbox. I just don't want lots and lots of books. They take up so much room. I would be fine with another short box but that's about it |
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mystrymachine private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I started seriously collecting in 1978 but went through a few long breaks from the hobby. The last break lasted about 15 years thanks to all the 90's gimmicks that turned me away. I started collecting again around five years ago. I currently have about 3500 books. | ||
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BillsComics private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Started collecting in 1986 when i was 16 . I have 50,000 comics , about 200 long boxes . | ||
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southerncross private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Did have over 4000. But got married and my wife dragged me to live in the states. so I sold all my books but kept 300 books.the cream of my collection. I could only fit 300 books in 3 suitcases when I left Australia. Most books I sold were meh. But I did sell a lot that I may never replace.sniff | ||
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HOGLEG private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Probably had around 3000 when I was 20 yrs old, but sold them all. Started collecting again three years ago. I now have maybe 1200 raw books and 110 slabs. | ||
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Marc_1 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| If I counted, probably about 1,500. Not a ton by any comparison to some. | ||
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Treco private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by mystrymachine About the same time frame and story for me. I'd say I have around 2000 books. |
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conditionfreak private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Forgot to say that I started collecting in 1963. The perfect time to start collecting (except for 1939) But I slacked off when I was in the military from 1972 thru 1980. Then I started back up. Luckily my grandmother (who raised me), didn't throw my books away while I was gone. Unluckily, back in the 60's. I only cared about having a book. Not about condition.  |
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Futureflash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| About 5,000 for me. Started in 1985 and collected up to 2000. Then took a 14 year break and started back up in 2014. | ||
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RyanHicks private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have been collecting since the early 90's and I probably have around 10,000 books in my collection that I am slowly trimming down. I have 8 full slab boxes of yellow label CBCS and CGC slabs and 1 full box of blue label slabs all in my personal collection. | ||
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namvet private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I've been collecting for 62 years, but only have around 8,000 books | ||
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dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have a little bit under 1500 books. I haven't been collecting long and I tend to prefer to read collected editions so that's more where my focus is. | ||
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Bluespeyer private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I've only got around 50. Been collecting for decades and would have hundreds, but sold most of em over the years, keeping just the ones I adore because of their artwork, age, scarcity, whatever. The cream of the crop (around 30 of em) are graded and displayed on shelves in my house. I actually don't plan on acquiring too many more, cause I don't need something else that just sits around in a box. For me the pleasure is being able to admire em -- their covers, anyway -- every damn day. | ||
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Mio private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have less than 100, half of which are Warren magazines. I will probably not let the number get any higher than 150, due to space and cost (I am only collecting ECs and minor keys). | ||
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qube private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Maybe around 10,000 or so? Enough that I built an extra room on my new house with a closet custom built just to house comics. I underestimated how much junk I've collected though, and the closet isn't large enough...my wife is less than thrilled about it. I've been reading for almost 35 years now, with about a 10 year break in there which I refer to as my "twenties".  |
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techtre2003 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 3,712 (plus a handful I haven't logged yet). Collected modern books back in the early '90s as a kid and just back into the hobby a few years ago. | ||
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Comicbookzach private msg quote post Address this user | |
Right now I'm at 2186 comics, not including doubles. Out of those, 60 are slabs, mostly CBCS. I have been collecting for about 3 years seriously. I also used to get my brother's doubles when I was a kid.   |
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Loiselle313 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| A shade over 700. I only started reading books about 3 years ago, and started to seriously collect about 6 months after that. Never read them as a kid. But here I am, loving this hobby! | ||
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Oxbladder private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Been collecting since 1979 with only a minor slowdown from 1987 to 1991 due to University and work away from any comic stores. I have between 12-14,000 comics, trades, and hard covers. I don't have any more really big ticket items as I have sold off most of them years ago as well as probably a few thousand others. If I had never sold anything I think I would be well over 20K. | ||
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Charlieinarizona private msg quote post Address this user | |
| This will sound weird, but I have exactly 18,352 comics! I use a program called ComicBase and it was a lifesaver. It took me nearly 4 months to get everything entered in, but now I have a complete list, with grades and values of all my books. I also purchased a bar code scanner and now when I buy new books I simply scan the bar code and the program updates everything. I also use Collection Drawers from a company out of Denver. No matter what box a book may be in, I can access it by sliding out the box. It really helped me get organized. In 50 years of collecting, this is the first time I am fully organized and know where everything is at and what I have!   |
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Rivermark private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I currently have 3,665 comics. | ||
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CatmanAmerica private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Not enough. | ||
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 You think I'm joking, I'm not.
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earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have alot of GA slabs | ||
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djpinkpanther67 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Too many, yet not enough |
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Iago19 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Charlieinarizona Congrats, very nice and organized. | ||
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