kimik

The high prices being paid for Dave Stevens covers in 9.8 makes sense to me. They are not as easy to find in 9.8 as other 80s and 90s books that were considered more valuable for longer. There is a larger fan base for his work that most think, even with 20 something’s that have disposable cash. 

Classic and Good Girl covers in all genres have been seeing steady increases then popping. With the advent of slabbing the cover art becomes more important. This is not a new trend, there is just more money chasing them now.

On 4/20/2024 at 6:10 AM, Ryan. said:

Dealers have boxes of Stevens books that have been sitting in their back issue bins for decades. Now they've just graduated to being wall books. At the local convention I visited last weekend you could throw a dart and find whichever Stevens book you were looking for. 

Sounds like you are in a good market for them. There are two LCSs from the 80s still operating here.  They have/had cases of 80s and 90s Marvel and DC that they bring out regularly from storage, but not stuff like Eclipse. There was low demand for it then in our market so they unfortunately do not have any in storage. They rarely have them in back issue bins as well, and when they do they are FN to VF at best.

On 4/18/2024 at 7:11 AM, pmpknface said:

I hope Spawn is still selling.  I've got a run from 1-113 and other Spawn titles (Curse Of, Sam & Twitch, etc...) I'm looking to move!  

Greggy is always buying Spawn.

Fantastic. McFarlane is signing at the Calgary Expo next week. I have a couple of Spawn #1 newsstands that will be priced at market. Hopefully they sell.

On 4/13/2024 at 8:30 PM, MAR1979 said:

On 1/23/2024 at 9:22 AM, kimik said:

FWIW, it does make sense that the comic market is picking up with almost full employment, interest rates holding steady (and possibly being cut this year), and equities and cryptocurrencies hitting new highs. Let's hope things keep up for the entire year. 

Mid April 2024 update; nopes....

I am not sure what numbers you are looking at, but here are the numbers on on Jan 23 vs where things are now:

Dow - 4864.40 on Jan 23 vs 5123.41 yesterday (higher in April)

S&P - 37,905,45 on Jan 23 vs 37,983.24 yesterday (higher in April)

Nasdaq - 15,425.94  on Jan 23 vs 16,179.04 yesterday (higher in April)

Unemployment rate - 3.70 in Jan to 3.80 in March (so a smidge worse as of latest results)

Interest rate (Fed fund rate) - steady since January and not likely being cut until late in the year

Bitcoin - $40,245 on Jan 23 vs $67,170 yesterday

We should see a typical seasonal pullback in equities starting in May like usual, so things may change. However, interest rates are not likely going to see any changes until the late summer or fall when we may see an election inspired cut. I do not think it will be warranted as the US economy still has to work through the IRA and CHIPS stimulus packages and those dollars are just now being spent in earnest. The employment market will not see much change either if everything I am hearing from companies across a wide range of sectors continues - higher rates of retirement + more jobs being brought back to the USA should mean a tight labour market for the foreseeable future (the Canadian industry sectors we are involved in at work are already seeing employees leave to the USA and are worried it will increase). Unless we have a Black Swan event, 2024 should be another up year that likely accelerates into 2025 - it takes time to spend $800B in stimulus in the current environment (e.g. it is 8-12 months for major electrical infrastructure components now, the lack of skilled trades means construction delays, etc.). 

They will have to improve the roster significantly to stay in League One. It will fun to see how they do. It would be crazy if they could build a team in time that could make the Premier League. I would not put it past them based on Reynolds' business successes. He is quite the entrepreneur on the side.

On 4/13/2024 at 2:14 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Crazy money. Just crazy.

Definitely. They have earned it though through smart investing or successfully starting and building businesses.

On 4/13/2024 at 1:14 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Yeah but those people post HERE?

Some do. And there are plenty of boardies that have the means to chase these pieces as well. Whether they are willing to, or see it as a worthwhile ROI, is the bigger question.

On 4/13/2024 at 11:52 AM, BA773 said:

Huh... did i missed something? 

I mean its obviously the most valueless part of the whole batman modern run (400-700~) there is not even 1 issue over 10$, dont speak me about 497 LOL... 95% of this stuff is in the dollar bins...

I often follow the neatstuffcollectibles.com auctions, it comforts me in the fact that the seller reputation is a great factor on the price that people are ready to pay for books...

It makes sense to me in the current market. At less than $4/book, it is not a terrible overpay for a bulk lot providing that the grading is accurate. I guess they buyer is gambling on hitting some 9.8s?

Copper age books have started to pop, with more interest in 90s books as well. Another boardie (can't remember who) mentions the rule of 30 consistently, and these books are now hitting that age. I expect prices to continue to rise.

In addition, GA/SA/BA/early CA Batman have held their value well from the 2021/22 peak, with some starting to top those prices. While most titles have cratered, Batman and Tec have held up strong relatively speaking.

Just watched Episode 1 and it was fun. I appreciate them dropping 8 episodes at once. I will finish the rest over the weekend.

Good looking store. I wish them good luck and hope they do well.

It definitely was an event show each week. My wife does not care for most sci-fi shows, but this was one of the few she would look forward to in Season 1.

Thank you!

Agreed. Season 1 was brilliant. My wife and I enjoyed the entire run, season 1 was the best for both of us by far. Is there any place to stream it now?

I wonder if the crypto bros that were buying ASM 300 CGC 9.8s from a LCS owner friend for $10K at the peak are still holding them?

On 4/11/2024 at 10:51 AM, ygogolak said:

$5 cover. Set would be $25 retail.

 

 

I would expect that none of us posting here pay cover price?

Those prices are much higher than the last time I looked in early 2023. At the time it was $20-$25 per set, which is basically file level discount to full retail. As I have posted before, if you are buying bulk talk to your file store about a bigger discount. If they can't do better than a file level discount shop around for a store that will.

On 4/11/2024 at 10:29 AM, aardvark88 said:

I sold my Spawn 1 for $45. Folks don't want the ones signed by colorist Ken Steacy locally. Collectors want raw copies for the Todd-father's sig. U will do great at Calgary Expo as long as the Bank of greggy visits your team.

Nice price. Looks like I will pull out the copies I have and price them for the show. Newsstand copies will be $100+

The Bank of Greggy is too tight with moderns. We need the ToddFather fans to drop by.

Wow. I used to own a bunch of McFarlane DC pages and a couple of covers. One of the old school LCSs locally closed in the early 2000s and were selling off their backstock and OA for dirt cheap. I paid $10 per page and $40 for the covers. I promptly flipped them on eBay for a quick big win. I should have held onto a couple of the nicer ones.........

On 3/24/2024 at 7:47 PM, awakeintheashes said:

Miles Morales #6 (2023)

Thanks for the heads up on this. I did not realize I had a small bulk order on it. My file LCS owner must have added it based on his info. I love it when he does that. 

On 4/10/2024 at 9:19 PM, aardvark88 said:

Was wondering why several Spawn #1's were being snapped up at the past weekend's PNE Show in Vancouver, BC.

At what price? Stores here have them at $40. Not sure how they sell

Things have gotten mighty quiet here. I take it there are no really hot new releases this week?

I will admit that pricing out sets to take to the Calgary Expo I was surprised to see how high the Spider-Gwen Gwenverse #1-5 Land B cover set is going for, as well as the Batman Beyond Neo-Year #1-6. With Dunbar and Lanzing at the show I hope to be able to sell a bunch of the BBNY sets at the show to avoid eBay fees and time for packing to ship.

On 4/9/2024 at 8:43 PM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

but then all you need to hear is that one of them is going to be in a movie, and the book will explode

That is the hope with all of these Edge of Spiders/Gwens/Venoms type minis. I will admit I did 10 each of Death of Venomverse, but that was to chase the 1:10 Dell'Otto set.

Nice addition of the Toddfather as a Creator Guest today. I wonder who else he will bring with him?

On 4/9/2024 at 9:06 AM, Artboy99 said:

It is absolutely baffling how stupid they are. The solution is right in front of them: take the best stories as written in the comics and simply put that on the big screen. No need to change anything. I certainly don't need Disney to create something "new and fresh, that the fans have never seen before - Bob Iger" because they have already proven they can't do that.

If they are looking at best stories, then that is not the FF since 1965ish...............

Looking at the spine and back cover, I would be happy with a 6.5. It looks worse to me.