dikran

So sorry to hear about his passing... he got me hooked on GA Disney and was a fountain of information in the short time I corresponded with him on the boards.

Has anyone from CGC made any acknowledgment about this situation? Haven’t had the patience to go through all 125 pages…

G.I. Joe and Transformers were probably the hottest selling toys and comics of my youth eclipsing all that stood in their way. The cartoons and comics were essentially the driving force to sell the toys, it was a brilliant strategy. Multi media cross promotion.

Finally upgraded

Weekend Heritage win. Never thought I’d ever own one of these, but at 40% down from last sale, I’ll take it. Tape or no tape.

Rocky Mountain, I think.

But it did… and a 9.2 for 10k.

Here’s a pretty uncommon SA key that did not do well at all last night…

Scrooge McDuck is probably the best example of a cartoon character who first appeared in a comic and went on to a storied run in both comics and TV afterwards.

I made a nice sale today. Not a record price but I paid 300$ plus grading pre COVID so I’m happy it found a new home.

I think it's more that the entire comic industry is based on emotion, not just individuals and their own books but the characters and creators that evoke those emotions. Collectors get emotional when they get the key they've wanted forever, run fillers when they finish a series, speculators when they flip for a profit, investors when a book increases over time... Without that emotion, the hobby crumbles.

They are the absolute worst to Canadians. I avoid them like the plague.

Some of the more modern Archie keys are also seeing renewed interest in my area especially early Cheryl Blossom appearances.

I only buy comics that spiked 99% so I should be good

Not all of us were born then to be buying Hulk 181s and GSX 1s off the rack

30¢ & 35¢ price variants?

Might have been a 3rd, I maxed out at 755$

Congrats, I was the underbidder

Also where are all these plentiful common raw 9.8 candidate SA BA books you guys keep harping about? Certainly not in any comic shops in Montreal Quebec Canada

If by stratified you guys mean the vintage 9.Xs selling for bajillions and everything else being dollar bin trash then yes, the market is stratified...

I think we’re comparing apples and oranges… The SA 9.X market is doing just fine and fetching multi thousands of dollars as evidenced by ComicLink results of the past week. Alas not all of us can play in such rarified air. The collapse is happening in the lower grades, where we plebes reside. Also modern spec books of the new characters are down massively from the highs and continue to go down with every subsequent sale. It really puts a damper on finally winning that first Shuri for a 3 year low price only for it go even lower the following day on MCS or Heritage or whatever. The people buying those first Riris and Kamalas today will hopefully be buying our Thor 126 9.6s in 15-20 years but not if they’re constantly getting hosed by market irrationality and never come back.

If you could bundle lesser graded books into one listing, might still be worth it over eBay. But I don't know if they do multi slab listings (they do for raws...)

Looks like next auction is 5% selling fee (5$ minimum) and no buyer premium... fun while it lasted... guess i gotta find a new outlet for blowing out my 8.0 modern slabs

Apologies, it’s the Monday 2 weeks after the end of the auction, so that should be next Monday not today.

The first payments go out 2 mondays after the end of the auction, so this upcoming monday (if all buyers paid on time...) if not they pay every monday once payment is received.