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While less drastic looks pretty much like a bubble burst sales graphic. I for one I don't miss the "shallow and pedantic" flipper and speculator hype posting here

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Every comic book art piece for which I've ever overpaid now would sell for more or multiples of my over expenditure. I do however have many pieces that I paid market price that have not strayed too far from the cost. Like 1970's-1980 non-Disney Gold Key/Whitman Cartoon Character covers. Of course every one who collected published comic art back in the 2005 time frame probably has a small pile or more of them Thing is any piece I've ever overpaid for is one that I will always be revere so no I don't look at them any different.

March 1978 cover dated books would have first been on-sale in Dec 1977. Back then on-sale date was 3-3.5 months prior to cover date. Looks like a 8.5 or weak 9.0, with a quality pressing strong 9.0 or 9.2.

In current times is either Go or GPA even accurate? With the bubble burst data from as recently as Oct is pretty much worthless. IMHO the trend and other data is more suited to a somewhat stable market not to one in free-fall. Based on the writers plying their hack hyperbolic blogs/columns at Go, I'd probably avoid them. Today there they are trying yet again to prop up ASM361 as each of their writers must have a stack of 100 of them. Then again who doesn't P.S. See first line of my signature

me too. Would be great to be able to buy a car with 1 or 2 of my 290's pages but somehow I don't think it will happen.

Love Andru's 1973-1980 output at Marvel and DC, glad to see it getting some respect but that is TOO much respect.

Email is sent generally 6-10 Business days after your grades "pop"

Supply and demand. In published OA supply is limited to 1. Demand merely needs to be 2 and on vintage stuff stuff the number of interested folks could range from 10 to 100 on any given piece The basic math of it shields a high percentage of Published vintage mainstream superhero OA from negative economic factors.

Cash flow is key and king! Business 101

I don't see that happening with any decent published superhero art that is more than 35 years old, nor on any remotely semi-prime stuff that is newer. Best that can be hoped for is minor increases or periods of stabilization rather than large growth. Given the 1-of-a-kind nature of original art (published) if it has not happened already it will soon be a hobby mainly for the wealthy or those who got in early enough. Crash though is affecting many high CGC census population comics - so there's that. Please note the first line of my signature

Yeah agreed its easier when they are spaced apart especially with today prices. A long time back I learned when there were multiple items in an auction I sought, was to target only 1 of them and go all out. "Bird in hand" in effect.

That is fine and very welcome at times, in fact some of my best comic art hobby friends were met that way. What drove me away was far more than that with an "incident" at a con.

It may be more obvious on your gallery that you do not sell? Or simply luck.

Zero , but once upon a time I did have about 40% of my collection displayed in my now no longer available gallery. Back when I displayed I had occasions where folks did not understand nothing was for sale. It got "uncomfortable" one too many times for me.

Grundy enjoys a very strong following in OA for at least 15 years that I'm aware. One big name dealer in particular goes after all of them. The All Star Squadron Justice League preview page, a phenomenal page of Grundy fighting Green Lantern then head clocking Wonder Woman sold for 5K just a few minutes after the Showcase 55 pages. Rather strong showing for all the now 40 year old Squadron pages. No surprise as market on them seems to be cornered by 3 or 4 CAF members. I only wanted one of them sigh..oh well Adams Spectre cover surprised me at 50K I figured it would fetch 75K easy... The Aparo Spectre Ghosts cover at 10K - someone got a "steal" on that . I had it pegged as a 15-18K item. Congrats to all the winners wish, I had your dough

Yes, correct, White Mountain and others. Smell counts! As for me page quality* factors in but it is never the only factor *I avoid Cream even if I am big Jack Bruce fan

Ive heard on many Pedigrees that smell is most important. The nose knows when its a White Mountain. Page quality tells nothing.

More likely poorly funded and not staffed at proper levels! The parent company is CHEAP!!!

Right now DD1 copies sit ice cold and unsold on eBay at $500-$600 . My opinion is DD1 will nestle for the long haul in the $275-$350 range sometime in the next 12 months. Groo #1 I feel will settle in $140-$180 range. Investing in a property that has returned to its niche status I do not feel wise. A copy or so for a collector is great but as an investment it does not fit the bill. Learn from those who got stung on DD1 and spend the money on something with greater maximum upside than niche. The "rubes" "suckers" "fools" "mendicants" "moe rons" who spent 1k, 1.5k, 2k during the pandemic bubble + nothing burger animation exploration rights will not return to prop up the price of something that never should have approached $500 in the first place. Have money to spend on Groo think original art!

Silence is merely calm before storm.

No one statement for buying or selling Comics (or trading cards) covers everything. Generalizations are fine as long as all are aware exceptions, outliers, and logic defying items will always exist. The following statements apply in general only: - If selling Comics is your business then you need to continue to sell! Any with a modicum of business acumen understands the paramount importance of cash flow. Those with true business ability don't require a "hot" market to do well. - If you are a flipper know your Comic Book salad days (daze) of 2020-early 2022 of raking in easy fast cash across the board are not coming back for at least a decade or more. Have fun ruining other things. - If you are collector who purchases Comics when they at or near their hot highs let your personal fiscal needs dictate your actions, and know you will be burned over and over again. - If you are collector who is intelligent enough to never to buy a Comic when its hot then you really don't need any advice, you will be just fine. Please note first line of my signature!

Marvel D and sometimes F list-er = DC B list-er sometimes B+ list-er.

PLUSTEK OPTICPRO A320 CCD , so also does a nice job on slabs

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