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likewise with all the DC sci fi books-used to be no one cared or paid attn to them. Those days are long gone and only getting goner. How about all of the so-called "girlie" books which nobody would even want to touch with a 10-foot pole in the old days, but would happily bid huge multiples to condition guide for them in today's much more red hot focused marketplace.

Hey Richard; Did you just picked up this book recently or has it been in your collection for awhile now? Either way, an absolutely gorgeous looking copy and never easy to find an early Fox in this kind of condition.

There is a weekly count released by CDC for the US. If you were to compare the flu to COVID-19, you would see more deaths from flu than there are cases of COVID-19. You must realize that the ease of availability for the general public to this information for the seasonal flu as compared to Covid-19 is like the difference between night and day. Of course the information is available for both in this day and age of the internet and social media. The only problem is that the count for the seasonal flu is only available on a weekly basis and then I imagine you would have to go searching for it on the CDC website. In comparison to the body count in terms of cases and deaths where they have an ongoing real time count which you see ALL THE TIME whenever you watch the news on TV, listen to it on the radio, or click onto any of the social media platforms. For the general public unlike you who appears to be in the medical field, there is a huge difference between information that is "out of sight, out of mind" (i.e. stats on seasonal flu), as opposed to infomation which is "right in your face" (i.e. stats on Covid-19) all the time no matter where you turn.

Well, I guess it's really a matter of whether a consignor is willing to pay for the CVA check or not then? I assume CL must be hoping that if books don't have it, then bidders will see them from a visual presentation point of view, similar to how bidders view raw books as compared to slabbed books from a grading condition point of view.

Well, it sounds as though somebody must have been paying atttention to you, as there are now 3 copies of this book in the census, with the following copy selling on CC for multiples to condition guide at a very strong final price point of $667: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/820335

Well, it's really rather simple as I've already mentioned here many times before. Since there's no ongoing real-time body count count that's being done around the world for these other much more common and also deadly seasonal contagions, than the true culprit here (i.e. the virus of fear and panic) does not rear its irrational ugly head to the same extent.

Only problem with eBay is that it's basically a BIN platform now with sellers pricing books at ridiculous amounts hoping to hook a sucker on their line. As a result, for every readily available common book that sells, there's probably a whole bunch more that can't find any buyers at that same price point.

Scooby Doo is like Spider-Man for the young generation. Flintstones = Superman Well, if that is indeed the case, then since Action 1 is still valued at a higher price point than 'Tec 27, shouldn't a book like Dell Giant #48 (i.e. 1st comic book appearance of The Flintstones) from 1961 be valued at a higher price point than the first comic book appearance of Scooby Doo in 1970?

Personally, if you gave me a choice, I would much rather go with Fred and Barney in terms of The Flintstones over something like Scooby Doo.

Well, did you use your money to put it back into some of your former Duck books, or did you expand your horizons to include turtles, aardvarks, and other forms of anthropomorphic animals?

With respect to the pricing trend for the Hulk 181's, copy that sold for $31,200 still within the average GPA range for a CGC 9.8 graded copy: https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/the-incredible-hulk-181-marvel-1974-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7224-91062.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Just wondering since I remember a copy going for $59K last year, but that one there was most definitely more of an outlier than anything else, as I believe prices have generally been in the low $30K to high $30K range for the Hulk 181's in this grade for the past year or so.

there has been a tremendous amount of cash sitting on the sidelines a lot longer than that. a lot longer. Yes, it seems that some investors were out way too soon as they left right after the bottom of the 2018 Christmas Eve crash and never got back in on time and hence missed the entire huge runup that took place in the markets during 2019.

Ahhhhh.................it would appear that our great sensei has heard our call for help and has now decided to enlightened us with his blessed words of wisdom below: ....Close. My argument, that I have repeatedly made a case for by showing actual comps, is that, much like whatever "PQ" CGC decides to put on a label, the sales data is also so random and inconsistent that no reasonable conclusion can be drawn or proven either way. It is all just anecdotal and guesswork and nobody can get inside the head of a buyer or know why he or she made a decision to pay "X" for a book. So what does it all mean ? It means nothing. -J.

Now, that's an absolutely stunning copy to get relative to the assigned CGC grade. I always love these nicely presenting copies where you can get tyhem for a bargain of a price simply because of the one major defect which knocks the grade right down to much more afforadable levels.

It is also important that a lot of this money sitting on the sidelines is smart money that is waiting for the markets to hit a bottom and then see signs of a turnaround before buying back in at much lower prices. Especially since unlike other stock market crashes, there were lots of time (actually nearly 4 full weeks) for investors to get out since the whole Coronavirus news came out around January 21st or thereabouts and then the North American markets simply ignored all of the huge waving red flags and went on their merry way setting record highs for another 3 weeks plus while this VIRUS OF FEAR AND PANIC (which is much deadlier than the actual Covid-19 virus itself) was spreading.

Just a guess do not panic. I could have easily said 46k or whatever was to prove a point that paper quality matters. And for all of us know nothing boardies here, I believe this is where we need to call in our resident PQ valuation expert @Jaydogrules to school us once again on the very complicated and confusing intricacies of PQ.

I can see the rule of 25 applying. Millions and millions of kids and young adults saw and loved those movies and shows. They also know the toys, the video games, and all the other merch. They get older, they have cash to spare, and the idea of having the first Black Panther appearance is suddenly very appealing. Well, if you are referring to the first appearance of Black Panther in FF 52, then I guess you must really be talking about the Rule of 50 because FF 52 came out in 1966. Not sure if even the Black Panther can buck the normal pricing trend for movie hyped related comic books. Especially since I believe the price of the book peaked in 2016 with CGC 9.8 graded sales of something like $83K+ and $90K for the Curator pedigree copy, which were then followed by a downward trend in the price of the book right through to the release of the movie in 2018 and thereafter.

You already own the highest graded copies of all of the Frazetta Famous Funnies..................why, you little hoarder.

This just looks so much better when you have a picture and a link to go with it: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/four-color-9-donald-duck-file-copy-dell-1942-cgc-nm-94-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/7224-91060.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-ArchiveSearchResults-012417&lotPosition=0|0 And absolutely no surprise that this copy with the C/OW pages would have sold for more than the OW pages copy from 12 years ago, because as jaydog has told us naysayers repeatedly over the years that books with better PQ (i.e. less white pages) will always sell for more than books with whiter pages.

I need to check which highest grade JLAs I still own! I thought these 2 JLA's were surely copies already owned by you and you just hit the jackpot. Did you forget to turn your "Make Crazy Offer to Owner" button on in your Heritage account?

They are not the same bidder. The person that won the 215 did not bid on the 214. Hey Richard; Congrats on being able to win this CGC highest graded copy of Famous Funnies 215. Are you now thinking of taking your copy of Famous Funnies 214 and trying to bump it up to become the single highest graded copy which should then pushed it into the 5-figure territory rather easily?

Well, if it's a Gold Key run you are looking at, the one that I would go after would be the Total War / M.A.R.S. Patrol run. Fantastic storyline and I am actually surprised that they haven't turned that one into a si-fi TV series or something along that line. Well, here's always hoping!!!

Absolutely no surprise here and in fact, totally expected as this movie/TV related hyped valuation trend has now been in play for well over a full decade already. As we all know, the biggest price movements is when the movie or TV show is first announced, and the downward price movement is usually already in place by the time the movie hits the theatres. From there, with very few exceptions if any at all, we all know which way the prices are going to go after that.

But different price by just a slight tad, I would imagine.

Well, since it was apparently CGC themselves who had posted this little video, I am quite sure they did not in any way saw this as potentially damaging the book. Like others have posted here, this is probably just par for the course in terms of counting pages, given the defects that were on the book already. Although this rather cavalier approach to counting pages might not have impacted the final grade, it would be impossible for the actual graders to even know since the actual grading of the book is done further along in the process while the page count is apparently done in one of the earlier stages of the submission process. All I can say for sure is that this is 100% definitely not good from a PR point of view and might leave the OCD submittors with the feeling that lower than expected graded books might be due in part to how CGC employees handle their books during the whole grading and slabbing process.