James, my first ever interaction with you was about two weeks ago when you messaged me on CAF introducing yourself and your gallery. I took a look and then politely expressed that you didn't have anything I wanted right now but I appreciated the introduction and would keep an eye out. The proper response to that would've been, "Thanks Jason! Please do keep an eye on what we are listing as we add new pieces all the time. In the meantime is it okay if I reach out to you occasionally if there's a piece I think fits your preferences?'
Instead this was your response:
Do you really think a passive aggressive response like that was going to make me do a 180 and say, "Oh that's right! I DO love Luke Cage and that means I will buy any page he's ever been on regardless of vintage, price or artist!'
Instead it put me off of doing business with you on the very first day you introduced yourself!
But here's the truth of it, if you had pages I coveted, I would still test you out and buy something even though you made a horrible first impression. But your inventory doesn't appeal to me.
You seem to be hung up on the idea that your prices are in line with prices for inventory pages at many other dealers. Well guess what? That's why there's no market for them! The Donnelleys have an insane collection but their prices all but guarantee they won't ever sell most of it. They don't really want to sell most of it. They only want to part ways with something if the buyer is willing to pay a price they literally can't fathom saying No to.
One of the biggest issues in OA collecting is stale inventory. 90% of what's at dealer sites is 100% known and frankly has no market at the listed prices. There are thousands of pages out there I would buy at a different price interval, and if a dealer ever feels the need to unload inventory aggressively many other buyers will be ready to spend. Until then, we wait and pick our spots when something comes to market that truly blows our socks off.