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    advice for new collectors

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

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    Ever since I started collecting comics,I have heard this kind of story over and over again...buy what you like and not for the investment and 893blahblah.gif Well,I like CGC slabbed scarce silver age in NM,I think Metropolis Comics has something like this on thier website...so why are they selling them for profit it,if they say collect to read and not for investment? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

     

    If you like to buy slabbed books for profit (IMO I call that investing not collecting) then that is fine. You are having fun doing that. Not to affend anyone (please don't take this personally), but I don't consider comic shop owners "collectors". They may be collectors on their own time but in the shop, they are running a business. Business is about profit. I don't think I could ever sell any of my books. I am sorry you feel like you have to mock me because of that.

     

    im not mocking you,i'm justing saying that what you are saying is a bit old don't you think? This "buy what you like and not for investment" type of advice is quite clitche'. don't you think?

     

    Does that mean that comic books have become a business for everyone instead of a hobby? I want to believe that is not true. I still have fun buying comic books and I am 29 years old. If that is cliche' then so be it.

     

    Gary

    advice for new collectors

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

    Posted

    Ever since I started collecting comics,I have heard this kind of story over and over again...buy what you like and not for the investment and 893blahblah.gif Well,I like CGC slabbed scarce silver age in NM,I think Metropolis Comics has something like this on thier website...so why are they selling them for profit it,if they say collect to read and not for investment? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

     

    If you like to buy slabbed books for profit (IMO I call that investing not collecting) then that is fine. You are having fun doing that. Not to affend anyone (please don't take this personally), but I don't consider comic shop owners "collectors". They may be collectors on their own time but in the shop, they are running a business. Business is about profit. I don't think I could ever sell any of my books. I am sorry you feel like you have to mock me because of that.

    advice for new collectors

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

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    I think the absolute most important advice for new colloctors is HAVE FUN! I have collected X-Men for 20 years now and I still get excited about seeing the next issue. I had no idea that the X-Men would get so popular. And to tell you the truth, when they started to get main stream, it kind of turned me off to them. The bottom line is buy comics because you like the stories, characters, art etc. Don't buy to get rich because you probably won't. Read your books, then take care of them. Bag, board and box your collection because they are valuable to you and you alone. Like I said, I have been collecting for 20 years but I have never been to a convention. I would recommend going though. It could open you up to a new title or even a new age of books. When I was a kid, I couldn't afford those silver age books, but now I enjoy those early X-Men stories. Anyway, to wrap things up, collect what you like not what may be worth something in a few years.

     

    Gary