Beastfeast

4/10 Modern slow w/ pressing came back about 3 weeks ago.  

Feb 2021 submissions should be heading back in a week 

It's a great time to be buying collections, bad time to be buying into hype, and as good as any to buy things for the PC.

Ya'll are giving me hope for my Feb '21 books.  It's taken so long, I've moved twice.  

Yo LA people! Having a 30+ long box sale today starting at 8am and going until 12. 
 

There’s going to be a ton of good filler books and long runs of major titles. There’s very little image and indie y clutter things up. 
 

books are $2 each or 50/$1 or fill a long for $150. 
 

come dig and hang out! At 5333 Russell Ave 90027 

On 11/12/2022 at 10:45 PM, Lazyboy said:

"Rare" () variants and popular covers do not make keys. Though they could be part of keys.

When does a popular cover become a classic cover?  When CGC designates it?  Not being snarky...I'm curious what ya'll think?  

Edit: And when does a classic cover become a key?

On 10/23/2022 at 10:14 PM, littledoom said:

How many longboxes is that? I can fit 12 in my car lol.

47 longs, 1 short, and maybe 20 random xerox and banker boxes packed full. 
 

Half stored at my boss’s house and half living in closets and under beds. 
 

I already regret this 😵‍💫

On 10/10/2022 at 2:07 AM, Beige said:

Probably happily offering $1750 

At the price you paid the dealer is an insufficiently_thoughtful_person.

completely agree with that and I'm gonna miss the east coast.  Fingers crossed that guy is still in business when I head back around Christmas.  

I'm still confused by that guys pricing.  When he had a flea market booth years ago, it was even more all over the place.  It's always nice when you can buy a stack of good comics AND a cast iron skillet at the same place.  

On 10/8/2022 at 5:09 PM, Beige said:

So this 'dealer' priced these books at $1

For NM #87, Darkhawk #1 etc etc.

 

Was he wearing sunnies and carrying a white stick?

Easy $1500 worth of books there. 

$1500?   Man, where were you when most of these were sold.  Would have happily taken a cool 1k.  

On 8/29/2022 at 12:21 PM, littledoom said:

I need to move to where you live lol. On Saturday I went to a yard sale before the local show. There was no signs of life so I left. I went again after the show and they were packing up.. just my luck lol. you should post this in the adventures in the dollar box thread

That N Hollywood show? Tried to make it out but the chaos of moving won. 

On 8/11/2022 at 7:37 PM, aardvark88 said:

eBay auction of UF 4 C2E2 Black Flag acetate variant that should have been green label Cgc grade. At least $10k for this one (1) hot and hard acetate cover will go towards a military CHARITY:

 

This is a perfect example of why YouTube is so bad, lately.  The thumbnail hits every bingo square of click-bait tropes.  Nevermind that the title is  and you can rest assured whatever the dude's take is is terrible.  Don't click the link and give him views.  

On 8/11/2022 at 3:55 PM, Dr. Balls said:

So if you’re buying a variant for $500 (for example) do you look at the scarcity/availability of it? Does that factor in when you buy a book you think will gain value down the line? Or are you looking at things like cover art, hype, collector excitement, etc. (I’m not trying to trap you into an explanation - I’m just curious)

I remembered I also spent $500 on a platinum Spiderman 1 that was for my PC.  So Reason A, also.  

To answer your question, there was no thought behind it except if I was able to sell it quickly or not.  I mean, it has to fall into the collector excitement/collectability category.  I also am almost never holding variants long term (unless I bought them for myself) because I don't want to be holding the bag if it drops.  Keep in mind I've spent that much maybe 3 times ever?  Mostly, I'm a $1/$5 bin bandit.  

EDIT: But someone who actually buys and collects variants will obviously be a better data point.  The point of even posting was that people buy variants for lots of reasons.  I think it's nuts to spend $500 on something like this but to someone who doesn't collect comics, they'd think you were crazy for spending $500 on any book.  

On 8/11/2022 at 3:50 PM, kav said:

I'm not the droid youre looking for.  Find someone else to buzz around.

On 8/11/2022 at 3:46 PM, kav said:

Then, you agree with me.  people are buying this book because they expect it to rise in value as it has been doing.
we're done here.

Glad you're able to extrapolate what I've spent on how all variant collectors spend.  Again, reductive as always.  

Apologies for the edit on the first post but I explain why it's perfectly reasonable for someone to chase variants - even expensive ones.  I would never do it (unless I REALLY wanted it) but it's insane to me that you can't imagine a world in which someone would spend money on something they like.  

Also, an amendment to the time I spend money on a variant.  Spent $500 on platinum Spidey 1 for personal collection.  Does that count? 

On 8/11/2022 at 3:44 PM, kav said:

Do you spend $500 for a variant for reasons A, B, C?

I have for reason B.  

On 8/11/2022 at 3:38 PM, kav said:

it is a real answer-people are buying this book because they expect it to rise in value as it has been doing.

Reductive, as always.  

I don't buy variants with any regularity but here's my experience for when I do:

A) I like the cover and it's a title/character I collect and it gets put in the PC.  This happens pretty rarely because I never know when variants are coming out because I don't follow them carefully.  
B) I buy the variant because I know I'll be able to flip it and buy a book I actually want.  I think I've done this with a new Wednesday books once, ever.  It's usually old stock or back issues.  
C) I buy it because a friend collects that character/title.  

Granted, I only buy maybe 5-10 variants a year and they're always impulse buys.  

I do have friends that are crazy completionists and will buy ANYTHING in a title.  Or for a character like Miles, they'll buy literally every cover that is an homage or a variant.  This is really common with ASM 300 and iconic covers like that. The UF4 creature falls into that category, easily.  I can see why people want it. 

A lot of y'all, "I'm not influenced by anything" folks are probably some of the easiest to actually influence 

On 8/10/2022 at 9:51 PM, Ninja0215 said:

I still don't know how I feel about all of this.  I just watched the live stream on jernous comi s pop culture YouTube channel and there were a lot of good points made there. 

That guy is a  insufficiently_thoughtful_person. 

On 8/10/2022 at 11:45 AM, Old Fashion PB and J said:

 And I suppose that's what I was getting at with the "destroying" part. I am familiar with all of those other things you mentioned, but do they have the direct effect on the monetary side of the hobby like these people do?

They probably do through Patreon, Twitch subs, donations, merch, buying over-priced product so they can be named during an opening/unboxing.  But not in the same way as comics - you're right.  There's way more money at stake in comics, potentially.  

On 8/10/2022 at 11:33 AM, justafan said:

very interesting indeed....perhaps a little less oversight and a little more opportunity for bribes occurring with the on-site convention CGC grading team than when in Sarasota?

Again - They were NOT graded on-site.