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Rezin1234

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  1. My unlimited value submission arrived Monday, showed as received on the Cgc tracking number list Tuesday. today it showed up in my submission and ended the day at gei. I assume everything is closed tomorrow and I won’t see anymore updates until Tuesday? Not angry as it’s the holidays and everyone should have time off. Just wondering if I should bother refreshing my page tomorrow
  2. I agree that the absolute best scenario is to double check but I’d think comic sellers are aware that media mail is not an allowable shipping method under usps rules, not to mention the increased chance of damage to the item.
  3. So not trying to stir any pots just was curious whether media mail was acceptable as a shipping method if exact method of shipping is not noted in a sales post? I know there is always the risk of having your purchase shipped via media mail on eBay but I was curious to see if there was any rules around it on here since I’m pretty sure everyone is well aware of it not being technically allowed.
  4. Since I will never own the full thing, I pulled the trigger and grabbed a piece of action comics 1. didn’t even think I’d own this.
  5. While I agree prices have softened it seems as though books that had a meteoric rise have retreated a bit. Books that didn’t explode but saw nice gains from beginning of the year haven’t really had much of a drop if at all. also it seems as Bronze Age is where most of the pain presently is. lastly I think part of the problem with the 181s that closed were they were all? Or mostly all ow/w pages. At 9.0 or above a lot of buyers only want white pages.
  6. Ahhh now it makes sense. I didn’t look at the 8.0 price but did see the 6.0 and I was shocked at the hammer price.
  7. Customer service doesn’t do any of the grading. They use to provide this service as of 2 weeks ago but they seemed to stop all of a sudden. Whether it hurts or not is irrelevant. I was asking if it happened to anyone else the way I see it they increased prices and yet are providing fewer services.
  8. Has anyone tried calling customer service when their books are at qc to be told they are no longer releasing grades until you can see it as shipped? in the past once it’s been slabbed and at qc they would be willing to give me the grades.
  9. Nice. Can you let us know when yours get shipped. I got my fingers crossed for you.
  10. I have a standard at sfg on April 23. I should be close then. good luck.
  11. What have recent sales been? Sorry I haven’t followed the prices much. I grabbed my 4.0 for $1300. Hopefully I did well
  12. Honestly I don’t complain about Cgc and I can understand their price increase even if I don’t like it. but this news release is beyond pathetic imo. To say the vast majority got their info in on time is ludicrous. How do they know how many didn’t? There are dozens and dozens of posts everywhere by different people saying they weren’t able to enter the info on time. Assuming the “vast majority” did in fact get them in, then what would be the net monetary loss by extending the online submission time by another week. since the so called “vast majority” got their info in then the website shouldn’t have any issues anymore and the last few stragglers will have a chance to get in as well. This would be viewed so positively and give tons of goodwill that people may actually not be as angry for the price increases. At least make factual statements Cgc instead of this.
  13. Oh man I love green lantern 10. I kept losing so many times I finally scored one last fall.
  14. Just added this golden age comic to the pc. Always loved the shadow after watching the 90s flick. Def a guilty pleasure film of mine. really happy to have had a chance to add a book that’s pretty uncommon.
  15. A week back marvel mystery comics 4, first cover appearance or namor in golden age sold at heritage auction for a huge amount. Well higher than everyone’s expectations. I think it’s triggering a run on namor stuff
  16. And just as an illustration here is an accredited investment fund that deals in investment level wine. https://www.sommeliercompany.com/investing-in-wine-investment-fund-asset-management-company Is this happening in comics. Who knows. Usually these funds are for investors with deep pockets. But wine, artwork and many other collectibles are respected investment classes that have seen tremendous returns all anyone knows is that far more money has been pouring into comics than out. Where the net increase is coming from is a guessing game at this time.
  17. I don’t think you quite grasp the way these funds work. The individual doesn’t own the actual asset. They own a percentage of everything in the fund. and yes as I said before the cards and comics were very limited to a select handful of them. Even before the craze of the last 2 years the prices of different collectibles have went up significantly. I never said they are out there buying an iron man 55 or ultimate fallout 4. Im saying they may be expanding the list of assets they are willing to look at. Just a guess on my part but historically that’s how these things go. and a Mickey mantle rookie card is quite liquid. You should see how many sell just on eBay each week.
  18. I can guarantee you that there are funds available for these types of investments. I have clients who are invested in some of these. Mind you historically the bulk of the money has gone towards artwork but the funds are diversified into other collectibles. have you seen the returns on owning a Picasso and other works of art. Same with honus Wagner t card.
  19. Action comics 1 and books of that caliber are held as an investment class by many. Similar to the rare honus Wagner. These specific assets are held in similar regards as far as investing as buying a painting etc. there are some unique alternative investment portfolios out there that allow you to pay into assets like this. The question really is whether it’s remained limited to just the action comics 1 or expanded to say amazing fantasy 15, fantastic four 1 etc. baseball cards have expanded over the decades, for example portfolio managers do not have an issue with money being put into the purchase of say a Mickey mantle rookie card. As I stated money is looking for new places to grow. There is concern the stock market is too frothy and not a great place to invest in at the moment. Collectibles have gained steam. The fact of the matter is a money manager could buy every amazing fantasy 15 on the market tomorrow and it would be a rounding error as far as portfolio exposure. The quantity is just so limited.
  20. It’s a multitude of factors. Lots of money sloshing around. Stock market is at an all time high and people are looking for different outlets. It’s why almost every alternative investment is hot right now. comics have the added issue that you take the top 20 comics from silver age and it’s just not many total copies. Take the top 20 baseball cards from the 1950s-1960s and the total quantity is astronomically more. Therefore comics can have a much faster jump than cards which are also sky high but on a more gradual basis. add to that the fact that almost everyone selling a book is reinvesting it in other books and as a result money isn’t exiting the hobby even on sales. The one big question mark is whether or not comics outside of the epic grails like ac1 are being viewed as investment assets by money managers. If that is the case you could see money really flocking towards the second tier golden age but more notably the first tier silver age like ff1 asm1 etc. also some speculate people whose jobs weren’t effected typically are well off people and due to inability to go out have more disposable income for online shopping. If this is the case then a drop could come once the world opens up again. many unknowns. I think the biggest risk is that anyone who recently put money in comics are seeing 100% success rates and think it’s a sure thing a la housing back in the mid 2000s. If a drop starts to occur it could turn into a full on significant unwinding of all the profits of the last 6 months. tons of unknowns. Question really is what timetable are people putting money into comics? What’s their risk tolerance? If we knew this we could really say where this is headed.