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As much as I like the Big Red Cheese, I do think that your point is valid. It may be that older collectors are the ones keeping the prices for the book elevated. Younger collectors may have limited interest. It may not be a top 20 book or even a top 50 book a generation from now. We may get to the point where the only GA books being widely collected are ones that tie in with the current Marvel and DC universes. That will be a sad day for the hobby. For better or worse, some hobbies do fade over time. We can't predict what hobbies will be popular in fifty years. Fifty years ago, how many people would have predicted that collecting tennis shoes would become a major hobby? Maybe collecting COVID masks will be next. That will be what kids of a certain generation will remember most about their childhoods. (There are quite a few different designs out there; I'll bet some people are already collecting them.)
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Are there any Keys that are just 'Blah' to you?
jimbo_7071 replied to grendelbo's topic in Comics General
I would have to say that most GA keys fall into that category for me. I couldn't care less about first appearances. I collect comics primarily for the cover art, and few GA keys have above-average cover art. -
WORST film you witnessed or heard of (comic book or otherwise)
jimbo_7071 replied to Bosco685's topic in The Movie Forum
You both loved it??? I could not even imagine hating a movie more than I hated that one. It had the most inane plot of any movie I have EVER seen, and I can watch almost anything. Different strokes is right, I guess.- 436 replies
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WORST film you witnessed or heard of (comic book or otherwise)
jimbo_7071 replied to Bosco685's topic in The Movie Forum
To me, the worst thing that a movie can be is boring. The most boring movie I've ever seen is Shoot 'Em Up (2007). I wanted to walk out, but I couldn't because I had gone to see it with two of my roommates. Another incredibly bad movie was The Human Centipede. Some movies are so bad that they're good. The Doom Generation was so bad that I was laughing at parts that weren't supposed to be funny—so I got quite a bit of entertainment value from it.- 436 replies
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Freckle-faced brat to same.
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Post your Promise Collection wins!
jimbo_7071 replied to GreatCaesarsGhost's topic in Golden & atomic age comic books
The most obnoxious part is the virtual auctioneer who—is a virtual auctioneer a who?—who always says, "YOU'VE been outbid!" in a tone of voice that sounds like, "Nyah-nyah-nuh-nyah-nyah!" At the same time, the words "YOU ARE NO LONGER WINNING. YOU'VE BEEN OUTBID." show up on the screen (in bold, red letters in all caps, as shown). And at the very same time, the words "ITEM ENDING" are flashing on the screen, and you have about three seconds to decide whether to bid again and be a "winner," or to not bid and be a "loser," forever mocked by the virtual auctioneer. To answer your question, it doesn't matter when you put your proxy bid in, but you might as well wait till the last day in order to reduce the likelihood of being outbid. If you must win a book no matter what, meaning that you're willing to pay $5,000 for a $250 book so that you feel like a "winner," then you should bid live. But if you put in a proxy bid, you run the risk of being outbid by another bidder who is willing to pay $5,000 for a $250 book so that he can feel like a "winner." -
Promise Collection / Heritage
jimbo_7071 replied to ChillMan's topic in Golden & atomic age comic books
Shill bidding is legal in Texas, but shill bidding in an online auction is a federal crime (wire fraud). I don't doubt that some sellers attempt to place shill bids, the law be damned. -
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Promise Collection / Heritage
jimbo_7071 replied to ChillMan's topic in Golden & atomic age comic books
There are plenty of individual collectors and dealers out there trying to manipulate the prices on particular books and runs. HA doesn't have to bother. -
Pain in the neck to pain in the neck.
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Gabriele & Klein Subby to Gabriele solo Subby.
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Smoke to fire.
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Green to green.
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Lively redhead to sleeping redhead; plain 'ol Black Cat to Black Cat Mystery.
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I think it's technically a 5.5, but I'd expect it to sell at a discount to the typical 5.5 because of the tanning.
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Nov.–Dec. to Dec.–Jan.
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Welcoming committe of 2 XL to welcoming committee of 6 XS.
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L. B. Cole Christmas to L. B. Cole Christmas.