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On 4/28/2024 at 3:49 PM, jimbo_7071 said:
People can do what they want. I see comics as carrying too much long-term risk to be a safe investment because I don't think that demographics favor the growth of the hobby over the long haul. I think that demand could go down as the Boomers and Gen-Xers age out of the hobby. Still, I'm sure it could be a good way to invest if you have a knack for picking the right books and selling them at the right time. I wouldn't recommend dumping everything you have into comics and holding them for thirty years. Guys could get away with that thirty years ago because the Boomers and Gen-Xers who dominated the hobby then and still dominate it now have seen their wealth and discretionary income increase dramatically during that time period. Because of that scenario, virtually everything has gone up in value exponentially.
The same thing could happen with Millenials and Zoomers, but I don't think that those generations will ever participate in the hobby at the same level as the Boomers and Gen-Xers. We older guys who grew up riding our bikes to the corner store to buy comic books off of the spinner racks carry a passion for the hobby that few of the younger guys will share—note that I didn't say none, I said few. There will continue to be passionate collectors, but I don't think that there will be enough of them to sustain the sort of prices that we see today.
As a gen X'er I can get behind this theory. I myself have drastically cut back on purchases and even sold off a good amount of books as of late.
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I find dragon ink comics more entertaining. Not only can I get updates on comics, but a years worth of identity transformation in real time
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On 3/21/2024 at 7:28 PM, lou_fine said:
Like the example posted above, I think it should be pretty obvious that similar to the Heritage auctions, the bids DURING and prior to the end of the auctions are the hammer bids only and DO NOT include the 15% BP juice and 20% BP juice in the case of the Heritage lots.
After the auctions are over, the winning bids for BOTH HA and CC do include the BP juice as you really cannot bid by anything less than whole dollars:
All you need to do is to simply divide the posted winning bid of $1,726.15 by 1.15 to come up with the winning hammer bid of $1,501 for this copy of Funny Pages 7. Not sure why you would need to know the intermediate hammer bid though since it really doesn't mean much after the auction is over.
jeepers! I just wanted to know what the books were going for in the end. Tough crowd
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again, if its not too much trouble, is the hammer price shown include the 15% juice?
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very very strong results.22 blows me away. great cover and tough book, but 2.5....damnnnn
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attempted to submit just now....."Your order cannot be submitted at this time. Please try again later."
ugh! never mind, just checked packing slips and now it shows multiple orders of the times attempted to submit...4 in total. oh well, at least it technically worked
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On 1/12/2024 at 4:23 PM, buttock said:
Heritage sends a check 45 days after the auction ends like clockwork. They list my stuff ASAP. This just isn't true.
Relax Francis, results may vary from person to person. Read carefully....if u submit signature auction books and that action isn't for say 4 months, and payout isn't for roughly 45 days as u say, in my book, thats nearly 6 months. you must be selling low end Sunday auction funny books
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MCS. has the fastest payout of any auction venue I've used, I just wasn't all that impressed with the final sold results.
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CGC is simply incentivizing bad behavior and unfortunately I don't see CGC stepping up and saying this practice will no longer be encouraged. But hey! I've been wrong before
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On 1/9/2024 at 6:00 PM, clarkkentdds said:I don't understand how "color touch removal" is anything less than just tearing or scraping the color out? How can CGC be ok with this? I understand how pressing can be given a pass, but this is next level...
I mentioned this a few months ago, when the Sup#1 3.0 was sold at HA, but I've seen other blue chip books since then that have suffered the same fate.
I don't understand how buyers aren't noticing this? It is obvious and ludicrous. I hope the market recognizes this.
Profit above historical importance seems to be the norm in the modern era. Most removal ends up making the book look like krap in many cases
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On 12/16/2023 at 6:42 PM, VintageComics said:I've argued for over 15 years that the purple label has created a distaste for that label, which created a strong public aversion to slabbed Restored books causing them too sell to cheap and prevent people from trying to understand restored books better.
That's the main reason they're so affordable and why the price gap is large enough for people to profit in between.
And I agree. As long as I know what I'm getting, for some pieces I don't mind restored.
I only own one purple. I own an All American 19 restored. I have always wanted that book, but I have zero desire to drop 10k on a blue in the same grade, hence I'm satisfied despite what the haters think. So eat my shorts u naysayers
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Ordering from Highgradecomics' online store is a little wonkey
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while his website can be annoying, he's a legit as they come and yes, I've purchased a few times and no problem to report