rsouxlja7

It was to pay for the handouts to the wealthy in the form of PPP loans. Gotta shakedown the working class to pay for it.

Correct, if your marginal rate is lower it won't be taxed @ 28%.

Capital gains are taxed at the lesser of 28% or your marginal rate for collectibles (note: has to be long term, can’t be a comic you bought and sold in less than a year). If you put your sales on a Schedule C you'll be at your marginal rate + self employment taxes (~15%) but you have a lot more options when it comes to claiming expenses that you don't have with capital gains, such as claiming your cell phone, internet, QBI deduction, etc. There's also the ability to lower your taxes with the Sch C by utilizing a self-employed IRA. You don’t need to set up an LLC or anything to do this, by the way. Run the numbers both ways and see which way turns out better.

If I post ads wanting to buy Pokemon cards I'll get a lead every couple of days. Still has a little traffic but 99% of it has dried up

Anyone still source collections from Craigslist? I had one purchase from CL in 2022. I still post wanted ads since it only takes 30 seconds but just curious if anyone still gets consistent hits from CL.

Are prices still easing or have they climbed up a bit

Depends on what your goal is for the money. Do you want to use it for another book? Is that book also down X% from its peak? Do you want to put it in stocks? Are those stocks also down X%?

Just updated my collection spreadsheet (around 80 books: mainly golden age Batman, silver age Spider-Man and Batman, bronze age Batman and X-Men, only copper is TMNT). Down 25% since January, right in line with my stock portfolio.

I'm beginning to think prices may have eased up a bit.

It means buy the dip.

Obtained this book in 2017ish

X-Men 1 5.0 for $3600ish in 2016

That totally depends on which books you're tracking (and their grades) and your definition of "huge". Some of my blue chip bronze age are down around 10-20% from their highs while many of my golden/silver age are higher now than they were at any point in 2021 (Daredevil 1, ASM1, AF15, FF5, etc for some examples).

Doesn't seem like it. Bitcoin is down nearly 60% since November's high and has been on a downward trend since.

I don't have a pic of the BC handy but there's no missing pieces. I think the big hit is for staining and spine splits.

Thanks guys. I had actually just started looking for a copy when this one went to auction in 2017. I was really lucky with the timing of it all, although I did overpay a bit for it at the time. That worked out pretty well though...

One of the books I will always keep

Which collection is his Superman 1 from? Anyone know an estimated grade?

I really don't get how registered mail gets routed to the wrong post office in a completely different state. This is annoying.

They never got scanned as out for delivery or anything?

If the budget is a few thousand I think GSX1, Hulk 181, and maybe X-Men 4 have room to grow before the X-Men hit the MCU.

Marked shipped by CGC on the 18th, didn't get picked up by USPS until 21st, and just arrived at a regional sorting facility on the 27th. Hoping to get it by Saturday. I'm sure your's will start scanning again, they are just slooow.

Might need to make a current turnaround rates at USPS thread.

USPS return shipping is so sloooow

My submission went into "shipped" status on the 17th but the book hasn't been picked up by USPS yet according to the tracking. Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat. Might be getting a bit impatient here