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Certainly a speculative factor. Is it its driving force? questionable

A current market being healthy is just that. No need to reiterate that its healthy. My discussion was about how the market nowadays has shifted towards newer books as opposed to older (silver or golden) with the given example of BP. then I went on to outlay how current marketing strategy and the grading system has helped inflate modern books prices (Im not knocking it down, just stating the facts) Obviously you'd be hard pressed to find a 9.9 or a 10.0 in a non modern/copper book. So likely that has given modern books a boost. Is it justified? Not sure, well find one way or another Im at work now, so dont have access to my older guide, but refresh my memory, how much was an IH181 going for in 1989? Im pretty sure it was close if not higher to a thousand? Again, not sure, but I clearly remember it jumping in price from 1987/88 by a few hundreds. At the time, you had moderns (now copper) books exploding in prices, but still not getting even remotely close to IH181.. With the exception of maybe TMNT 1 which was a 3-400 book. The average modern copper (for lack of better terms) was around $20-30 with a few $50-70 exceptions. The 90s did change all that but before you even noticed it everything went to doom and gloom. We are currently experiencing a renaissance with comics on all levels. All which may or may not explode tomorrow. But so far it is being a very healthy ride for those who are cashing in. Boomers or not

I dont remember a time where a modern would fetch over 5k in the same manner it does nowadays.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Danger-Girl-2-CGC-9-8-NM-RUBY-RED-Smoking-Gun-Variant-RARE-HTF-Image/232691269340?hash=item362d7afedc:g:jT0AAOSwKvJaoU-J Thousands of dollars for a non key book, because it was graded high? that didnt happen in the 90s (obviously) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rick-And-Morty-1-Justin-Roiland-Variant-CGC-9-8-April-15-1-50-HTF-SUPER-RARE-1D/182977389015?hash=item2a9a4d61d7:g:dRsAAOSwlptaPTwe Thousands of dollars for a variant which many here will argue is shilled? That didnt happen in the 90s either many many other examples that showcase how the modern market has taken off, mostly bcs of this new breed of collectors, but also bcs of new marketing and grading strategies. And thats not even factoring movie buzz/hype

Not really. 10K is 10K any way you slice it. Assuming both are of equal value: Would you prefer to invest 10k in a collectible with a history/legacy of X-Men #1 or 10k with the history of NM98?

You are correct sir. I sell more moderns/copper now than silver. Hands down its not even a debate. I think that is attributed to a shift in collecting, as well as collectors, not really boomers Only 5 years ago I used to list a random silver age book.. non key.. and would get anywhere from $10+ for a VG+ Nowadays I wouldnt even get a bite on those books on a 1 dollar auction at times.. Its true that movies have took comic books to new heights but with them came a new breed of speculators, those who buy "keys" that the same group of new breed of speculators hype to. That is why on a character like Black Panther for example you would see a HUGE increase with the more affordable copies of the character as opposed to the older ones. Someone mentioned BP #1 - perfect example.. Look at FF#52.. prices on that book have not increased significantly ever since the movie came out, in fact, an FF52 9.8 sold in 2016 for 55k, while another 9.8 sold recently for 51k While a BP#1 (1977) 9.8, which is much more common, sold for DOUBLE of what it sold within that time frame (1000>500) And thats not even mentioning the TONS of variants and modern BP books that outperform SA/BA BP books daily. Also look at a book like SA X-Men #1; A recent 7.0 sold for $9900.00. While a NM98 9.9 sold around the same time for $11700.00.. To me, that is insane! I wouldnt attribute any of these new trends to boomers, but more so to new collectors/speculators.

I dont know about yall but I really wish I was wolverine in this cover

Yup NY is a beast. I have my collection spread in 3 places now. Home, work and at a storage facility. I have a Ukrainian friend who buys antiques and sell them the day he gets them bcs of limited space (has a warehouse space in Jamaica queens). When he doesn't get a buyer soon enough, those gorgeous furnitures get put out. Hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars worth of goods he gets to throw bcs of lack of space. This wouldn't be a problem in rural America. But getting the goods and buyers probably would as he can't ship them

damn thats an awesome variant cover for one of my fave golden books

Found these 2 x-files 1 newsies today. How common are they?dunno.

That ::embossed:: paper stock looks like dried out soggy tissue paper really yuck

Yay my thread got Infinite'd

I don't think that much has changed other than awareness. Sellers are still selling, buyers/buying, and those innocent bystanders who revealed their uncle's lost collection are now wiser and either sell them online or get consumed offline so quick that neither you or I even hear about it

We live in great times for buyers/sellers is all I have to say I spend money buying collections and rare books both online and off and I do the same for selling. It used to be that I couldnt flip a long box of drek to save my life. Now with fb/IG/craigslist and sometimes eBay... I get up to $100 for said box... and usually on the same day of listing. Buying comics.. what can I say... just soooooo many venues to buy... endless! The hunger is real! comics, tpb, slabs, its not even about movies or your casual pump n dumper market anymore... people just buy buy buy I had a guy reach out to me through IG last night... 10:30pm to be exact... he saw a random signed Perez slab I had and asked me if i'd be willing to deliver it to him downtown Manhattan ... at first i thought... naaah, but then I said, shoot , why not.. 30 min later, hello $200 Im about to go drop off a long box in Brooklyn now for the same amount... Im just so overwhelmed by this sometimes

This nonsense has to stop.. I mean, I love JR, but WHAT IS THIS?!

Morbid innuendos aside.. this is probably the only cover I wouldn't mind having Stan defame

don't know how any artist or person for that matter would be comfortable with signing this book... and on the tombstone nonetheless ????

wait... You just saw this movie now???

Black Panther Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet topping the reordered TPB/GN chart with 8 other BP TPB following right behind it http://blog.comichron.com/2018/03/black-panther-continues-reorder-chart.html Black Panther's command of the reorder lists only increased last week, with nine softcover and hardcover books among the top books that comics shops reordered from Diamond Comic Distributors. That's up from seven the week before.

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Wow that is definitely the text book definition of worst cover if I ever heard one congrats. You made me a believer and I've added this book to my "must never own" list

Havent done one of these in awhile the 5 SW8 are all NM w a couple of 9.8 cand's.. I just went back and bought the rest The 107 will press to be an easy 8.0 maybe even higher... we'll see

In time people will start to realize that there are MCU movies and then there's Black Panther And I'm not saying that bcs I really enjoyed the movie. In fact it's probably 4th or 5th on my Marvel movies list. Its just a whole seperate movie both with story and with demographics

I thought it was pronounced like amberlamps