Picker's Pocket Guide – Comic Books: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro - Softcover

Tosh, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440244987 ISBN 13: 9781440244988

Publisher: Krause Publications, 2015

Synopsis

COMICS PACK PUNCH!

Comic book values are soaring. Superman's debut, Action Comics #1, sold for $3.2 million. The first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics #27 fetched $1 million. Exceptional examples? Certainly, but you don't need X-ray vision to see everyone from collectors to savvy investors covets vintage comic books. Discover for yourself what insiders have long known with this hands-on, how-to guide to picking comic books.

You'll uncover:

• The best comics to hunt, from the 1930s-1980s and beyond
• Where to find hidden treasures
• Practical strategies for buying and selling comic books
• How to flip comics for profit and fun
• Common reprints and facsimiles
• Restoration and repair

Whether for pleasure or profit, the Picker's Pocket Guide is a real find.

About this title

About the Author

A staff writer and collectibles specialist for Heritage Auctions since 2003, David has had articles published in a number of magazines over the past 10 years, including Goldmine and Intelligent Collector, and was recently quoted by CNN concerning Action Comics #1 $3.2 Million Superman and also by the Wall Street Journal and others over the past few years.
He has appeared as a voice-over on American Pickers, Season 1 Episode 10 (he’s the one Mike calls about a group of “Harold Gray” drawings), recently wrote introductions for two books on comics published by PS Artbooks in the UK: Black Cat Mystery Vol. 4, and Adventures Into the Unknown Vol. 6 (both 2014), and he edited and wrote the introduction for the Fantagraphics book Henry Speaks For Himself (2014). He is also the publisher/writer of the fanzine Mumbo beginning in 1999, with 10 issues plus several specials released.
Besides comic books, David’s other specialties are comic art, animation art, and 1960s rock posters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440244987
• ISBN 13: 9781440244988
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208