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Wall Of Flash . . . .

Yeah, if you can press an extra .2 out of a book and flip it, your money machine is working -- for now.

The small sampling of data I provided shows a downward trend for a book that can not get a .2 bump after it has been pressed and flipped.

I collect GA comics because I like to read them. I'm a collector, not a dealer. OK, end of disclaimer.

My opinion of the SA market is that the rush to market of all the pressed 9.8 copies is a tell that the market is peaking at a Ponce like parabolical rate.

According to Pedigree Comics’ President and CEO, Doug Schmell: “The (July Grand) auction was a phenomenal success" -- http://comics.gpanalysis.com/gpaforcomics_newsfeed_article.asp?id=3958

Oh really??

Comparing a few of the items auctioned, If Pedigree couldn't press an extra .2 out of the comic, he lost money (one exception noted).

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 3 9.4 - 22,705 (Twin Cities) 05/11

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 3 9.4 - 20,751 (Twin Cities) 07/11

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 10 9.6 - 7,767 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 10 9.8 - 18,001 (Twin Cities) PRESSED

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 14 9.4 - 14,340 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 14 9.6 - 22,000 (Twin Cities) PRESSED

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 21 9.6 - 7,767 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 21 9.6 - 7,100 (Twin Cities)

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 25 9.4 - 3,346 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 25 9.4 - 2,910 (Twin Cities)

HA.com -- Amazing Spider-Man 27 9.4 - 2,868 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Amazing Spider-Man 27 9.4 - 2,400 (Twin Cities)

HA.com -- Avengers 10 9.4 - 1,912 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Avengers 10 9.4 - 1,869 (Twin Cities)

HA.com -- Daredevil 1 9.4 - 17,925 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Daredevil 1 9.6 - 31,501 (Twin Cities) PRESSED

HA.com -- Tales of Suspense 40 9.4 - 15,535 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Tales of Suspense 40 9.4 - 16,185 (Twin Cities) EXCEPTION

HA.com -- Avengers 13 9.8 - 5,975 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Avengers 13 9.8 - 4,700 (Twin Cities)

HA.com -- Fantastic Four 17 9.4 - 5,078 (Twin Cities)

Pedigree Comics' -- Fantastic Four 17 9.6 - 9,500 (Twin Cities) PRESSED

This type of market activity brings back unpleasant memories of the Nasdaq, March 2000.

Ask Gator . . .

What impact, if any, does Green Lantern the Movie has on the value of GA Green Lantern Comics?

if there isn't any objections . . .

This is my 3 year old helping me with work in the basement.

Available in the Sales Thread.

tier 2...books that I love to collect, but that are priced for . . . . keeping (in the collection).

I think that is an accurate statement for the majority of the books being posted in the "Forum Only Selling Area". Fishing expedition.

My track record on finding a comic book for sale in the selling area that I think is a good value and I bite is 1 per year (2009-10 -- made the quota).

do NOT pull that chain.

unsolicited tip of the cap to Slab-Pro

opps . . . this GA lurker made his very first BRONZE post

Got lucky at a recent antique show . . .

Am I the only one that actually buys and reads these on here?

The dcbs.com store is 1 mile from my house. I go in there about 2 times a month. After spending nearly an hour browsing everything in the store, I'm always swayed by the GA stories.

Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 (1933-1935)

I just picked up Roy Cranes "Captain Easy" yesterday at dcbs.com.

Predating the DC line of adventure stories by four years, it is fascinating to see how the genre evolved.

http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1716&category_id=628&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62

. . . . I am impressed with the legacy Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and MANY GHOSTS ARTISTS AND WRITERS left behind with these glorious early adventures.

Back in February I was watching the Philip Wiess auction of Eldon Dedini Detective Comics with great interest. It is a fair assumption that Heritage bought #1 and #2.

PW price:

#1 $28250

#2 $19210

HA:

Let's assume a private collector purchased the DC#2 on-line or via telephone at the PW auction for $19210. I don't know how the HA auction price of $26290 gets reduced down to a net check to the seller of the PW item. Using 20% as a guide, that comes to $21032. That's a lot of risk put on the table for a very marginal return. Then again, assuming HA purchased the Dedini collection, they made a nice 30% return in a few months time in a tight market.

August Signature Auction:

HA also has the Action Comics #19 from the collection being offered in the August Auction.

With apologies to the memory of Mr. Flessel . . . .

It was also noted in the Foreword that it wasn't until about #9 that reader mail came in requesting that the cover art be related to the stories inside.

[font:Comic Sans MS]The contagion is spreading . . . .

thanks to spideyincases, vtcomics, and now october for adding fuel to the fever.[/font]

Before the scourge of the nazi fifth column, or nips . . . the hob-goblin came in the form of chinamen.

I've always thought of the cover of DC#1 as a veiled reference to the first story. When the sick were thrown overboard and mysteriously washing up to shore; Speed Saunders uncovering a chinamen slave trade on board one of the ships.

Taking a peek within the pages of #6 . . . .

Taking a peek within the pages of #6 . . . .

Taking a peek within the pages of #6 . . . .

the pre-incarnate Clark and Lois . . . .