valiantman

Each generation's "this is neat but I'm going to throw it away when I'm done with it" becomes the next generation's collectibles.

Except on outliers a 9.4 on a 1992 book is pointless for ROI. perhaps even 9.6 as well. But yeah the math is fine for X axis but Y needs to be pointed to desirability Beyond me though on how to arrive at that number You'll need to want the book for your collection first. Nothing in what I posted is about ROI.

The episode detail in the IMDB is correct. Episode 1 ("Part One: Master and Apprentice") was 56 minutes (including all the credits).

About 1-in-16 different books (17,800+) graded by CGC have no art notes and no content notes on the label. (66,000+ slabs)

What is considered a "top all-time 9.8"? If it's based on sale prices, my site doesn't have any dollar amounts, just CGC census data.

My name's Teefs ... is a fun way to break awkward silences, unless you happen to be lying on the floor.

Springsteen concerts

But you aren't trying to trick people into overpaying.

This is what I think as well. If the human race needs to develop a computer to do the thinking for us and do it faster, doesn't that say a lot about how we've lost the handle on managing ourselves as a species? It really gets into some philosophical (and possibly even religious) thinking, when you start asking these kinds of questions. There are eight billion people on the planet, how many know how to find food continuously without stores or restaurants? How many would have clean water for months if it didn't come through their pipes? We can drive thousands of miles from home without any knowledge of how the engine works except "put gas in when the line points towards E". We don't actually understand how the internet works, except how to turn the router off and back on. In each case, there are only a few humans who control the things I've listed for the billions of others who hope those few humans will always be there doing those things. AI seems to freak people out because they think the number of humans in charge would drop to almost zero. Compared to eight billion people alive right now, the number of humans who know how things actually work in our lifetimes has always been almost zero. But, by all means, let's freak out about computers that still put six fingers on the hands of a drawing in a computer-generated graphic novel about... some fiction something.

So, if it's PG13, it's probably good to watch, but PG is kinda lame? If the seller uses NM- to indicate everything below NM qualifies for their grading, yes, they are less than 13 years old mentally and very lame.

It should be really simple, especially if thousands of copies of each card have been seen by the data driving the AI. You would be able to determine angles on corners, width, length, centering, quality of print, etc., and even include percentiles automatically. This card is at the 50th percentile on centering and angle of corners, in the top 10% on the number of printing defects, however, the width is in the bottom 3% and the card has likely been trimmed.

“It’s Near Mint MINUS, you know - just a few defects.” NM- is similar to 13+ on movie ratings... >13 and <NM Everything above 13 qualifies for the movie, and everything below NM qualifies for the grade.

Disney has caused people to think their favorite characters from Marvel and Star Wars are raccoons and whales. I don't even recognize my childhood anymore. Get off my lawn. "In my day, the best people in comics and science fiction movies were still people, and weeeeeeeee liked it!"

Calculators allow someone with C- math skills to correctly determine that 345 times 678 is 233,910, and the square root of 233,910 is 483.64243. What happened to all those hard-working professionals who had to do those kinds of calculations by hand? They lost their jobs. No one does math anymore. It's impossible to come up with anything new in math because calculators took 'er jerbs.

I'm not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or just one that most people have never thought about... The average grade for surviving raw (and graded) comic books from 1933 to 1999 is nearly always the year divided by 10 (or lower). Surviving comics from 1938 always average 3.8 or lower. Surviving comics from 1965 always average 6.5 or lower. Surviving comics from 1979 are always 7.9 or lower. Surviving comics from 1992 always average 9.2 or lower. It doesn't seem like that would be true because calculated CGC averages are often higher, but CGC grading is only done with copies "worth sending to CGC"... not every surviving copy. Generally speaking, if you want an above average book in your collection, just get one that's higher grade than the year. (Higher than 3.8 for 1938, higher than 6.5 for 1965, higher than 9.2 for 1992, etc.)

Abbbb...soooooo... lutely.

I'm saying that it's fantastic for the hobby when something that was once worthless becomes a collectible. Every single Golden Age comic was once worthless. Most Silver Age books were once worthless. Bronze Age 30 and 35 cent variants were once "no different" than their regular price counterparts. Second, third, fourth, fifth print Copper books were worthless. Baseball cards were put in bicycle spokes, Star Wars toys were passed down, Lego sets were always opened, video games were sold for almost nothing in garage sales, VHS tapes were clearance items. These examples are all collectible many years after they were deemed worthless. Meanwhile, there are $1,000 brand new comics. There are $500 brand new packs of baseball cards. The most valuable sportscards of all time include cards printed since 2000. It's possible to "manufacture" any new collectible at whatever value (or limited quantity) you want it to have, but these are manipulations of the original hobby. Collectibles worth having were once worthless.

This is from 2017... I think variant fatigue was already in full effect by 2005.

This is not possible considering any stuff which the original value is really expensive. Like you would say that there is an instant where have a Ferrari Collection in your garage was worth nothing at a given moment? I can't picture a shelf with a dozen slabbed Ferraris.

UNPOPULAR OPINION: All collectibles worth owning have a period of time when they were considered worthless.

The numbers will tell the story. All our anecdotes about "perfect newsstands" and "destroyed direct editions" won't mean squat if the availability consistently tells a different story. So far, it's pretty clear... except for books where the direct edition collectors raided the newsstands (ASM #252, #361, Thor #337-#339), there just aren't a ton of high grade newsstands to be had. If they exist, they're not making their way to CGC. If they're not making their way to CGC, they may not exist. When there are 10 times more of A than B, is it crazy to think that B should sell for 2 times the price of A? Some of you guys get your undies in a knot when things that are 20 times less common sell for a 20% premium. Math doesn't care about feelings.

I've given it more thought and I've decided that this topic is too "the sky is falling" for me. There are hundreds of ways to prepare beef. Fast food hamburger is #1... no creativity. What's that you're eating in that bowl? Rice? Noodles? Wow, that's incredible variety. Every year, new designs for clothing are showcased on runways. But T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, polos, and dress shirts/blouses are 99% of what people wear... no creativity. Thousands of home designs exist, but most neighborhoods/apartments offer about five floorplans... no creativity. That covers food, clothing, and shelter... actual necessities for life. There's little or no creativity whatsoever in what's necessary for the survival of billions of people. A.I. wasn't even needed. We did it to ourselves. What was this topic about again? How does it matter more than food, clothing, or shelter?

Unpopular opinion? Barcodes are BEAUTIFUL Barcodes declare for all to see, "THIS COMIC PROBABLY HAD IT ROUGH EVERY DAY OF ITS LIFE, MANY OTHERS LIKE IT HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER, BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, THIS ONE SURVIVED!" Direct editions boldly scream, "THIS COMIC AND EVERY OTHER COPY LIKE IT HAS BEEN HANDLED LIKE PURE GOLD SINCE THE MOMENT IT WAS PRINTED, THEY'RE ALL HIGH GRADE, SO YOU'VE FOUND HAY IN A HAYSTACK, WHOOP-DEE-DOO!"