PKJ

On 7/7/2023 at 8:27 AM, spreads said:

I mentioned several times these prices were due to correct hard....it's not rocket science with the inverse relationship of interest rates, that pretty much all assets classes and rare collectibles especially would be hit hard.....it was really only that one guy pumping the prices of books hard that refused to listen.

He did not refuse, he kept doing it until he sold his copies. We can't say his name any longer since he was removed from the Matrix. On a side note I did buy a 8.5 Jordan RC for pre covid levels.

On 2/9/2021 at 9:45 AM, Dark Knight said:

Yeah I remember seeing something similar several years ago where the same card just all of a sudden jumped up in value and then in less than a year dropped back down to earth. Some say it was due to some "buyer's group" that artificially were pumping up the price. So yeah I know that a bottom is coming. What goes up, must come down with practically every single investment type I've seen.

I was looking at buying back in on a few items we were discussing and you called the fall back to earth.

On 7/5/2023 at 5:53 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Oh they are metal? With the dirt, I originally maybe thought wood, but that worked out!

Yes sir they are metal. 

On 6/25/2023 at 11:22 PM, BGPhilbiln said:

Are these yours? Those could be restored with a bit of elbow grease.

Not mine, I ran across them in another group. They are in Westville Illinois, owner doesn't want to ship them so I am looking into shipping options. 

On 6/26/2023 at 9:29 AM, Robot Man said:

What a cool find! I have a different version of the Dell one. Would love an Archie one to go with it.

Thanks, I thought they were super cool. Long road trip for me though.

On 2/10/2014 at 9:20 AM, 143ksk said:

This one doesn't spin, but I like it a lot

 

 

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On 6/18/2023 at 12:30 PM, FlyingDonut said:

VG/F copy of Archie Comics 56. Tough early Archie. $75

On 6/18/2023 at 1:09 PM, FlyingDonut said:

VG- copy of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 111. Carl Barks artwork. $15

Take please 

On 5/29/2023 at 11:43 AM, fishbone said:

That dude had a real love of comics clearly      sell, and then "Why would I come on here anymore".........  so he had like 2 SA comics only - nothing else ?, sold them, and since he has no books left, he's out? And he will stay "private" with regards to his GA books ?

Weird 

Bye Bye

And several called out this over and over  and he was defended over and over.

 He had other books, nearly all had the same MO, jumped in the thread and boosted up recent auction results then listed. Cerebus 1 comes to mind. 

On 5/21/2023 at 2:58 PM, Cushing Fan said:

I would be just as happy to own my AF15 if it was only worth $100 and the the thousands I paid for it. An incredible book with the introduction of in my opinion the most significant comic book superhero of all. 

Agree 100%. I have been happy with mine but did want to upgrade right before the run up. Now it looks like I can upgrade and keep the undercopy.

2023 may prove to be tough in landing books for me. Have a move out of state coming with a new role so spare time will be at a premium I am afraid. 2022 was the first year in several that I did not hit a single show so hoping to get back to Baltimore and Charlotte at least this year.

Big Key   

Fantastic Four 1 (Upgrade)
Albedo 2                                                                                                                     

Tales Of Suspense 39
Hulk 181 Upgrade                                                                                                                               
Strange Tales 89
Stretch
Incredible Hulk 2 

Incredible Hulk 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Vampirella 1                                                                                                                                 
Brave Bold 28
Showcase 22
Standard
Golden Record FF1 Record
GRR ASM 1 set
GRR JIM 83 set
GRR AV4 set
X-Men 50
X-Men 101
Amazing Spiderman 121 (upgrade)
Amazing Spiderman 122 (upgrade)
Flash 106
GI Joe 21 CPV
GI Joe 155 Direct 
Transformers 80
A Team 1
Air Pirates Funnies 1
Shield 2
Shield 3
 

On 9/2/2022 at 7:31 PM, PKJ said:

How has everyone faired this year? I was just updating my list and noticed I have sorta been focused on the list.

 

Big Key
Showcase 4
Stretch                           
Incredible Hulk 3
Primer 2  
Standard
Spawn 174
Iron Man 55
Conan 1
Ewoks 1
Showcase 27
Wonder Woman 200
Brave and Bold 57
Transformers 8
Shield 1

I have several books that will rollover into 2023 but was able to knock several off the list this year. The second half of the year was much easier to land a few more books.

Big Key
Showcase 4
Stretch 
Incredible Hulk 3
Incredible Hulk 4 
Action 252
Flash 123
Primer 2
Standard
Spawn 174
Iron Man 55
Conan 1
Ewoks 1
Showcase 27
Wonder Woman 200
Brave and Bold 57
Transformers 8
Shield 1

Fantastic show, typically plenty to chose from.

The new date this year is a conflict to a little get together in Jacksonville so I will miss this year.

On 10/7/2022 at 5:18 PM, NoMan said:

Is yours a newsstand? 

They were all newsstand then. 

On 10/6/2022 at 5:24 PM, Buzzetta said:

Won two books… value combined slightly over $1,200.  
 

Shipping $50 ?  Express $65 ?

At that point they should just personally drive them to Long Island and hand deliver them 😂. 

Next post… apparently I am bidding and buying in my sleep. 🤦🏻‍♂️ 

 

 

By the time  they process mine after the check clears express is pointless. 

I figured I was being punished for winning a Fish police book with the rest of the books.

Not sure if any of you ever scroll back through CL auctions but I was looking for a price paid on a couple books to update my records and while some are shocking in regards to what the price was in a say 2013, this book stood out as one that pretty much just holds the price on CL in 4.0 or 5.0. 

On 10/4/2022 at 3:08 PM, DocSaum said:

They charged you almost $200 to ship two books?? Are they shipping separately and do they come with fifty dollars bills in the packing box? 

I should have clarified, it was 13 total books. In the past I have had over 20 books not be that much, I thought it was an error and connected with them, apparently rates were raised based off of what they shared, the last 3 auctions were not nearly as high though.

On 10/2/2022 at 12:21 AM, alexgross.com said:

the one time i sent them pics of a book i was considering selling, they ignored me. this was around 6 months ago. their loss, as i just sold it for 30k. i won't bother with them again. but some friends have also recommended them. guess it depends on the day of the week. 

Had the exact same thing happen, both trying to buy and sell, although I did not send pics and it was not a flavor of the month book.

On 9/24/2022 at 3:26 PM, DC# said:

Part of my addiction is I just love the smell of those 70s and 80s books…..just a huge sensory memory.   Yes - you might catch me with a literal nose in the book from time to time 

I tell my wife the story of my first LCS and how specific the smell was, it had a ton of old paperbacks as well so you picked it up when you stepped up to the sidewalk. It is a timewarp for sure.

As for the current market, I am picking up DC books that didn't really jump all that much in the past couple years and now a few are cheaper than before (Showcase 4 was not the case for me).  I pulled up just a little short on a Showcase 22 thinking a couple more months may be a better buying time for it.

 I tried to avoid any of the hype books last year but did buy a few keys I needed like Hulk 1 that I was happy with the price at the time. I also spent time last year filling in DC books I have been wanting since everyone was focused on which spec book would hit. I sold WWBN32 and MS5 when they started to skyrocket to help fund a few books and never looked back, in hindsight there are a couple more books like those in my collection I should have sold when they peaked but that window closed looking at current sales. 

 I will keep buying the books I want to collect with not as much of a focus on gathering inventory. There was a time I was buying IH181 and ASM129 with intent to flip later, those all got out of hand and just did not seem like good buys for multiples to sell later. I have a few runs that can take a priority while this settles down. 

 I was looking to grab an undercopy of AF15 since it has dipped a little but most of what is coming to market has more chipping than I would prefer. I think the big SA books will settle down long before the hype books do (AF15, FF1, JIM83 and IH1).

On 9/25/2022 at 11:44 AM, DC# said:

Here are some select Sept Comic Link Session 1 results.    

 

Made the list with a -26.8% buy! Next buying will be 25% below me.

I was actually curious what the Action 252's looked like in your matrix.

Thanks as always for keeping up with this.