Iceman399

Hopefully they never do DC labels the sooner CGC stops selling out like a gimmick cash grab the better.

Who is going to be running your booth the rest of the time All kidding aside hopefully we do.

Maybe they just didn't know them. It's a common problem these days.

It's very common unfortunately.

We're ready! With a whack of new books, new slabs and some discount bins. Time to kick off 2020!

I agree. They definitely won't sit idle. I don't expect them to come out with a MASSIVE 22 movie series that all "ties" into a massive story again per say, but they'll keep pumping out movies and will do more characters that aren't their bread and butter. Guardians of the Galaxy was a nothing set...the pulled them out and it turned into a loveable trash panda. Will we see the core again? Of course but it will be like Batman and or Spidey and get new actors and new stories.

It's almost the perfect storm to see a pullback in sales: End of an "era" with the MCU - almost impossible to refute how much the MCU and for lesser part the DCCU impacted prices. Sales tax - I've talked about this with a lot of Canadian collectors and it was like when our dollar was at parity back in 2012/2013 when all of a sudden it tanked and we were hit with a "25%" increase in prices. Many stopped buying nearly as much. It took about 6 months for us to realize yup it's here to "stay" so might as well bite the bullet and get to it. Calendar - as many have said the winter season is typically the slowest, between holidays and commitments a lot of books slip through the cracks and cripple the 90day gpa on the less commonly sold books (get 2 sales for $600 and all of a sudden the 5 sale GPA is almost cut in half if it was trending at $900). Video games - I don't think there is that much money leaving the hobby for video games. We've seen how pumped that market is by "THE" company and their investors pushing the agenda, the same company that auctioned off the big game, is investors of the company and also bought the game. All they did was take money out of the left pocket and put it in the right pocket. Several early spenders are getting absolutely hammered the second time a similar copy comes to market. Video games aren't new and instead we are just being pushed it by a very select to look at me and the price this copy sold for. All of that said in the last week we've noticed an uptick in sales and inquiries, is that a sign things are turning around? I can't say yes, but it's a positive sign. Can't always have positive gains but I don't think it's a downward spiral.

@lhcomics reunion?

I don't think I'll be able to squeeze it in

Of course they don't add value, don't move the goalposts. It doesn't change the fact that IT IS a cost to the book. Everyone wants more information. Just like on GPA would you not feel more informed if that book you were looking at was selling (all in at $121 and the con dealer has a copy available for $120) or GPA showing it's selling at $100 and all of a sudden that dirty dealer is asking 20% more than GPA ? I guess the cost of owning a car is just the cost of the car, not the fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs.

@Deadpoolica how can you say taxes and shipping don't count towards what the cost of the book is? 1. Book is $100 shipping is $10 and taxes are 10% = $121 2. Book is $110, free shipping taxes are 10% = $121 3. Book is $121, local pick up in a tax free state = $121 4. Book is $10, shipping is $100, taxes are 10% = $121 (you can't tell me the book is only $10 if it cost you $121 to get it). Each time the buyer paid $121. The cost of the book is $121.

@Guardian Comics

Sorry guys was out for the night Tried to invite the seller to the thread but mods deleted it. It's in low grade comics on FB. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1263408677013075?view=permalink&id=2892094684144458

Not sure which of you is lying but funnily enough they've posted their side of the story on FB.

From just a couple days ago

One of my old copies

It's back on our show schedule since it's not with Fan Expo Canada

Thanks for this info BK. Get well soon Buddy!

It's gone they got wind of whatever you were pointing out.

@joeypost you better not use this as an excuse to come out and see us.

Appreciate the insight. How is the show for slabs? (Silver-copper). We often hit up motor city and enjoy it but imagine this one is smaller

will have to see if we can swing it. Especially with C2E2 the following week.

Or are most GPA sales light as it doesn't count shipping/taxes/duties/import fees . When people stop treating GPA like gospel it shows a lot more information than a sale. Unrelated it seems like it's a data scrape issue with ebay as GoCollect also has the sale listed at 100k. I remember a while back if the seller, sent it as an offer to the buyer the incorrect price was recorded on GPA/GC however if the Buyer offered to the seller the correct price was recorded.

@chezmtghut See above. Even if it did sell for 100k that doesn't mean the market is 100k...unless we are going to try and continue to say that a TMNT 1 in 9.8 is worth 90k...It's an outlier sale at best.

Any idea where this sale took place? Looks like an outlier as all sales on either side are 1600-1900. Though I won't be surprised to see the book fall a bit more from the average right now.