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Ok, I actually won this book with one of those tracking bids you use on clink to follow lots. I have to say I'm pleased with price!

yea I was hoping to "steal" a FF 5 in that sun HA auction. no luck

I actually wish the big three of HA, clink and cc would slightly slow down the auction cadence this year. There's just too much inventory offered at auction at this time.

That's the best 52 Mantle I've seen in that grade. Really nice centering and color.

Gold should be higher than $1500 an ounce in my opinion. It was selling at those levels before this pandemic started. I think a lot of people need access to cash and are selling precious metals and other assets as a result. People might sell comic books or graded Pokemon cards or sealed WATA games or whatever to raise cash at this time, I don't know. I'm buying less books right now and being a bit more deliberate in what I pick up. There's some stuff on the SA key side that I quite like that I may take the opportunity to pickup as prices seems to be around -10% gpa. gl out there

nice books. What types of payment do you accept?

take with the 10% off (right?)

Ok cool, appreciate this perspective. I don't know where things will go.

Let's talk about the elephant in the room. Prices I expect to be soft for collectables across the board given what's happening in the world. I'm being way more selective on purchases right now.

Highly recommended and very fast on communication for the transaction.

sure I'll take the Katy Keene lot for $30 why not

Hulk 181 showing some good strength in 2020 - a good sign. In tonight's HA Sun auction the 9.8 went for $37,200 and the 9.0 for $5,750. If I was the consignor I wouldn't want that book sold while a lot of people are watching the super bowl but that's a good price realized. https://comics.ha.com/itm/bronze-age-1970-1979-/superhero/the-incredible-hulk-181-marvel-1974-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/122005-11292.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

I'll take the Pep 155 - sorry accidentally copy and pasted the whole thread.

Glad this discussion can happen in the open. I had some concerns that due to the fact the boards is also a marketplace where there's sellers and dealers, it would mostly be bullish sentiment. What I've read have been some real good insights and candor. I personally want prices to go up as I've collected somewhat extensively but also want to make informed decisions on picking good moments to buy more.

So I've noticed as I sift through GPA that prices seem to have been soft for alot of SA keys towards the end of 2019 and a bit of that trend carrying into 2020. Not one particular book per say, but really quite a few keys. I've heard a variety of theories and none of them totally resonate with me so I thought I would take the boards. Feel free to challenge that they are not dropping, it's just been my observation. Some theories I've heard are: various end of the world/economic panic type scenarios and collectors getting spooked on buying books some collectors are buying retro video games instead books being taxed at various auction sites a bit of hangover after the culmination of the Avengers movies a correction was due after tons of growth The Titans almost making it to the Superbowl w Ryan Tannehill at QB (see end of the world theory)

take per PM

I agree in general yes, but I've seen Bats 1 trending down slightly in some recent GPA sales - unless those copies were outliers due to something beyond the technical grade.

prices are retreating almost across the board for Silver Marvel keys, will GA correct a bit in 2020? I'm cautious to be a buyer right now of any big books.

I'll take it. God save the Queen

Howdy folks. I saw another member post about their youtube channel on this forum so thought it would be ok to follow suit. Recently I launched a comic related youtube channel and hope you enjoy. Focus will be on GA and SA books from a collecting and investing perspective. On this episode I talk PCH and showcase some books in my collection. Yes, I wear a cowboy hat but I don't collect Western books https://youtu.be/GdjMpKlk9OU

filled in a big gap in my X-Men collection with this pickup off clink. The 9.4 copy in the auction sold less expensively than I thought. As far as 9.0's go, I'm very happy with this copy.

fresh in from CGC. Was stoked to get the 3.0 as the seller listed it as Fair condition on the Bay when I picked it up in raw state. One of my top 5 favorite covers of the era.