G.A.tor

you seem to be the only person talking gloom and doom? Not sure I've seen anyone else post that except you?

22,25&26 are more difficult imo. 17 was just the last I needed.

one a day...one ....a....day grasshopper

Amazing man 17 This was the last aman I needed to complete this title

guessing we can see this in a higher numbered slab sooner or later

arithmetic (slow and steady) growth is good for our hobby...overhyped and often misplaced exponential growth is typically not good for any hobby or market...that was my only point...we cannot continue exponential growth without some sort of market correction or reprocussions.... I definitely do not adhere to any doom or gloom scenario...our hobby is very strong right now and supported with mass media, social media and Hollywood...future can still be bright, but a correction will occur at some point (it has too, or we will defy all economic premises)

its the ole "catch a falling dagar" adage... there's nothing wrong with being a fanboy, our hobby is comprised of all types of collectors...making inaccurate or just wrong assertions, well, it is what it is...

I don't know of a single dealer that ever hopes the comic market crashes...keep in mind, virtually every dealer purchases inventory at what they hope is their desired profit margin below what they feel is FMV/they can sell for... if a market crashes, it would devalue said inventory to such an extent that probably no amount of books they could buy in the crash, would offset those losses...and, in the case of comics, if we enter into a really bad crash, we probably go the way of the stamp or pulp market and don't ever fully come back...so I have to whole heartedly disagree with that sentiment... I also don't know of any book collector that cares of about the value of their collection, that wants the market to crash...sure, they might get to buy a desired book cheaper, but same principle, the rest of their collection is likely devalued to the point that it is not a desirable "hope"... now, bargain only collectors, or collectors that truly don't care about monetary value, might delight in a market crash, but unlikely anyone else would (or should)... just my 40 years in this hobby opinion, both as a reader/collector and reseller of comics... I truly hope that the market only continues to go up, but my basic understanding of markets and economics preclude me from that kind of hope, given the way our market has exponentially, and many times artificially, increased in value over too short of a period of time (ie "bubble")... and a comment about "all those millionaires and billionaires"... they've always been part of our market...and for every Ayman Hariri that enters, there's a Marc Lasry that exits...so, I don't think we can look at the outliers as indicators of market strength, as by very definition that data shouldn't be included in assessment of the strength or weakness of a cyclical market...

Amazing man 16 Interesting color usage on cover

i agree. The day of the run builder seems numbered for sure (always exceptions). Likewise, exponential run up in prices for a myriad of reasons, is also not sustainable indefinitely. That's my main point.

Well, rinse and repeat. This time, it's again a handful of Star and Star Rangers, including some of the HTF early oversized issues in the upcoming CC Event Auction. This time though, the pages would appear to be much nicer as they are not Slightly Brittle like the last set in the CL auction. im fortunate enough to own a bunch of the lost valley copies of the early oversized. But several of mine have the SB pq ...maybe I can upgrade a few

If you want to see a good picture of the cover check out my Centaur a day thread as I will be getting to amazing mystery funnies shortly

Here's a little mini group shot of some junky comics

nice

you will recognize several that came from you !

Amazing man 15 Another relatively "easy" centaur (if there is such a thing )

Are you in a buying mode right now Gator (buy cheap sell high.....it's all garbage aka doom and gloom when buying but when the time comes to sell it back it becomes pure gold....a must have no matter the price) lolllll just pulling your tail!! be careful. Tail pulling can get your hand bit off

there is a difference in having an opinion and having an opinion based on understanding market dynamics... markets (virtually all markets), are cyclical in nature...comics included... there are indicators and there are forces in play that dictate the direction a market takes... understanding the market is key to being able to speculate about the future of said market... peace...

I was going to mention that. When Metro's 'prices paid' want list was still valid, the Heritage 9.4 went for what Metro was willing to pay for it. $450K is a lot of scratch for a 9.2 (I was offered one for a customer and he turned it down - money wasn't an issue) so someone must have really wanted this one bad. I don't feel the same way as you do I see AF15 in CGC 9.2 as a 1$ million dollar book in 5 years from now. Whoever got this 9.2 will be very happy if he holds on to it for 5 to 10 years (even more so if longer). I figure once Action Comics 1 hits 5$ million dollars in 9.0 we will see AF15 in 9.2 at 1$ million dollars. When people see AC 1 sell for so much 1$ million won't seem much after that for the King of SA books in 9.2. I would not be surprised to see AF15 in 9.2 go as high as 3$ million to 4$ million dollars in my life time (I am in my mid 30's). and I feel just he opposite. I think there will be some market correction/retraction 5-10 years. But what do I know

Amazing man 14 These middle issues are generally more "generic" John Aman stories. They do feather Glanzman and a Frank Thomas story, but overall, they are my least favorite post Everett issues...they generally are more readily available in the market.

there were three of them last time I checked?...might push 7 figs again

Amazing man 13

can you separate the bottom corner enough to remove and insert a book?

from Columbia comics sales thread here on the boards, I suspect

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