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On 3/13/2023 at 9:15 AM, fastballspecial said:

On 3/13/2023 at 6:37 AM, jsilverjanet said:

while the con (and I'll argue that it's only some cons) market may be strong, the online market certainly has taken a hit, many books are nowhere near the value of the previous years and and increased number of sellers (seems many more are liquidating) has reduced the amount of cash available

has anyone seen consistent online sales in the past 6 months near the levels where they were?

It take at least a year for a recovery there. Covid money is that cause.

I'm in no rush.

On 3/6/2023 at 4:31 PM, Lazyboy said:

On 3/6/2023 at 3:35 PM, 500Club said:

Theoretically, the corner store reported unsold copies, got credit back, and disposed of the unsold copies.

Depending on the retailer and/or distributor, the distributor may have dealt with the unsold copies. Depending on the distributor, some of those copies may have never even made it to any retailer.

As far as BA and early CA, I can vouch for that - where I worked, we returned unsold magazines with high cover prices, but comics at 20 to 35 cents cover price? It would cost as much to return as the credit.  

On 3/6/2023 at 10:31 AM, Lazyboy said:

Exception is not the right word for that.

Newsstand copies were not actually returned in any time period relevant to this thread/forum. Unsold copies were supposed to be destroyed, but we know that did not always happen. The only real question is the actual quantities.

I agree, except for the one comment - newsstand issues were always subject to a return policy. That's the only reason non-comic stores would take them.

2nd page 

On 3/5/2023 at 5:43 PM, awakeintheashes said:

Getting them from eBay isn’t the issue. It’s the person who lists a newsstand with some incorrect print-run number and tacts on some obscure ratio for it. 

1:omfgthisSisReallyRare!!!!! L@@K 🔥 

Yeah, but we see right through that garbage    Hucksterism is rampant in all marketplaces. 

On 2/14/2023 at 6:11 AM, awakeintheashes said:

eBay hucksters

Though aside from buying collections, or cherry-picking them (which I detest), or the randomass estate sale, just plain luck, or paying obscene amounts for graded copies, do you know a better way to find HQ raw comics?

On 2/14/2023 at 7:12 AM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

Because regardless of the print numbers, unsold newsstand copies were sent back and destroyed.

You are aware of the Mile High II Collection are you not?

Excellent data, Greg - thanks for putting articles like this out there. Although I don't agree with some of the bases of the interpretations, I find the data analysis fascinating. 

On 2/14/2023 at 6:43 PM, valiantman said:

October 2021 analysis: https://comics.gpanalysis.com/news/2021/newsstand-direct-edition-data-where-gpanalysis-is-leading-the-way

But I can't get by their first "fact": "Before the introduction of the direct market in the late-1970s, every comic book was a newsstand edition." 

Late 1970's is the best they could do???

On 2/14/2023 at 4:23 PM, Lazyboy said:

unsold newsstand copies were sent back and destroyed.

or not. 

On 2/27/2023 at 7:59 AM, littledoom said:

I’ve sold that book many times for $30

Indeed! 

On 2/11/2023 at 8:42 AM, Brock said:

Here's the latest addition to my collection, from a seller in Oregon. Believe it or not, this is the only copy on the census.

Here's my copy . . . 

On 2/22/2023 at 9:55 AM, Pizza Boy said:

It is small, hard to see, and unobtrusive, so maybe a 9.6 without it?

No, no way.

More or less . . . but they'll put you behind bars for reselling it! 

Back on track? The last page or so is krapola. 

On 2/17/2023 at 12:34 PM, Gkt1181 said:

If a comic is found that has a signature on the splash page with no COA, will CGC verify and authenticate the signature through the grading process? I happened to find a Spider-Man issue with a Todd McFarlane signature. Thanks and I look forward to your replies.

No, but the open market will like it!

Hit the road Jack . . . 

On 2/16/2023 at 11:11 AM, Brock said:

On 2/16/2023 at 10:23 AM, FlyingDonut said:

Buy Uncle Scrooge 296 and 329. Note that they're exceptionally hard to find anyways but they're going to pop. Don Rosa is whining about this on Facebook and a bunch of other places.

All the eBay copies of both were snatched up on Tuesday.

Dang - My last issue is #254. 

 Mine are newsstands. 

It's all about the book (apparently). And the clean and press sure helped on the grade too! Congrats!

Yes.

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