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Still, that wouldn't impact how many copies of X-Men were sold the following month. Also, obviously if you blew your head off they would not have been able to conduct the interview so I would venture to say that they made a brain dead error in swapping out hand for head.

Correct.

And even if true that has nothing to do with why the circulation of a comic book is in decline.

Why... I know where this money could have been put to use! Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail What'd I say?

It's a page of art... so it might go to 3.5x. I know not what I am getting myself into

Pretty much ...Something that normally goes for "x" has been bid up to 1.5x by me because, I am fighting over it. If it goes to 2.5x I am probably out and that's that.

I am trying to drive up bidding on something over on ComicConnect as high as possible so I can see where everyone is to determine whether or not I want to pursue it or cut my losses early and bid on the thing I want second most in Comiclink. I have a feeling I am walking away completely empty handed but keeping my fingers crossed.

Ohhhh then delete my quote and I will delete my post. I spent like fifteen minutes going through threads looking for it.

They are some of the toughest athletes I have ever seen. Them and gymnasts. I swam and played water polo in high school and we knew we were in shape. But I will admit that I doubted the umm... manliness of the gymnasts because well... gymnastics. What did I know? I was in high school. Anyway, everyone who stayed after school for their respective sports programs would take the same bus back to their town. One day one of the larger football players started picking on one of the gymnasts and it led to a fight on the bus. Yes, there is something to be said for size and brute strength and the football player just tackle speared the gymnast once the gymnast started giving it back to the football player. Once the gymnast found the opening, the football player was just obliterated. Those jumps, twists, and everything else they do takes a lot of core strength and overall strength. My eyes were wide open that day watching it go down.

That $600 threshold goes toward the 2022 year as it goes into effect after 12/31/21. I don't think that the common flippers are going to realize what is going on until they get hit with their surprise after their 2023 returns come back with a love note. Then they will curb their activities in 2023 and definitely by 2024.

I have a suspicion that certain segments of the market will recede to a significant degree. I am mostly talking about moderns, their variants, and lower tier 1st appearance chase books. With the upcoming 2022 threshold of $600 on eBay and through PayPal, I suspect that you are going to see a decline in people speculating and flipping these books. This will remove a significant portion of buyers and sellers as a decent amount of the market has been supported by such speculation. I am figuring that this is felt around 2023 - 2024 to a noticeable degree. GA books and higher tier 1st appearances such as X-Men 1 and AF15 may experience a market correction but I do not see them suffering the decline that the moderns and the variants will. AF15 seems more for the long term collector while the Virgin Cover Gold Foil Variant of the Third Printing of Venom 284 are the books that are going to be left in the dust more often than not. Who knows... it's always a wait and see approach.

Maybe I am reading into what he is saying and I am wrong. But I think it would be best for him to clarify exactly what he is saying or implying. Until then, I stand by my response to him.

That means my 9.2 must be worth north of $32,000

To attach and relate the two further tries to justify his bias and agenda. Printed media has been in decline as technology continues to become more readily accessible, expansive and instantaneous. Why shop through a catalog when you can instantaneously access a website to order in real time reflective of the store's real time inventory? Why read about yesterday's news when you can see what is going on now? That's why your cable news networks experience growth while printed news falls into decline. Printed comics are in decline for a myriad of reasons but not because of his once again, old man shaking a fist at a cloud, archaic bias.

Whenever I see something like this my biggest concern is that there is a 9.8 out there that was robbed of their rightful grade because the book was switched in the labeling process with this one.

That's your misguided, inappropriate, ignorant, and reckless opinion.

There is a lot of great storytelling in moderns. People lose sight of a lot of those issues because every issue is published with 2-5 alternate covers and it is the variants that become the focus.

Boba Fett Funko Bobble Head - $12

Loose BB8 - Funko $3 Sold as part of a lot with others for $25

Obi-Wan Kenobi VC103 Vintage Collection Photo Real Face - Re-release $20

Star Wars - VC 166 - The Mandalorian $old

Imperial Combat Assault Tank - Opened for Display + Vintage Collection Imperial Combat Assault Tank Driver (Figure is HTF) - Set only - I will not sell just the driver. - $80. Sold for $90 elsewhere

Star Wars Barge Three Pack - $40 Vizam, Vedain, Brock Starsher all MOC