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13 hours ago, jpepx78 said:

If you have time check out the Cartoon Art Museum near Fisherman's Wharf. Featured current exhibit ending March 1 is pre-code horror original art from EC comics. 

https://www.cartoonart.org/visit

Awesome!  Thank you!

Oops.  Sorry to spam.  Thank you for the previous link.

I'm visiting San Francisco for a week (this Saturday).

Anyone have any good comic book store recommendations that (preferably) have a nice back issue selection?

I prefer Silver Age Spideys.

Thanks!

15 hours ago, Aman619 said:

Is there a version with Spidey on top and Spawn under the gargoyle.  That would be a nice variant. 

Yes.  Turn the book upside down.

4 hours ago, Brian48 said:

Well, it's certainly better an any of the covers they did for this year.

Where have you seen the other covers? I’ve been trying to find them.

35 minutes ago, TT44ly said:

FTFY

It also causes me anxiety.  

What part of your collection bothers your OCD the most? 

Mine is this set.  This entire series is at least a 9.6 EXCEPT my favorite cover.  I really want to trade it up to a 9.6 just to end the pain.

2 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

There is nothing in either of those spoiler tags... I am confused...

I mean, it's "okay" for buyers and sellers to do whatever. I wouldn't buy hype. I don't sell comics, either.

2 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Yes.

It was actually an accident, so I replied in white.  I’m an insufficiently_thoughtful_person.  

2 hours ago, Krismusic said:

oh man I click baited those boxes... they were empty.. 

it's perfectly ok to buy and sell hype it's all based on a transaction that both parties agree too. only time not cool if you force someone to do something they don't want to by holding hostage something or threatening them.. 

Some people like hype things, some don't either way it's all gravy baby... 

I like nostalgia and sometimes I buy the story with the item.

One isn’t empty

1 hour ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Basicallyyyyyyyy...

Don't buy hype.

But it's okay to sell hype, right ? 

12 hours ago, thunsicker said:

While I would be happy to share this information if I had it, there is none-the-less a corollary to this.  The minute enough people had this formula it would no longer work.  Let’s say you figure out the prices peaked two weeks before the reviews drop, or one week after wide release, or whatever the optimal time was.  If everyone started dumping at that point the peak price would suddenly be one week before everyone started dumping it.

9 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

Plus, it's not an exact science anyway. Some things get more attention at different times for various reasons.

I certainly agree with the overarching sentiment of both of your comments.  That being said, I would argue that every investment market has relatively "ballpark" trends that may be used as a guide for "purchase/sell" windows of opportunity.  Moreover, I would offer that nearly every other investment market has far more sophisticated and readily available data and reports to those participating in the field.   And, as far as I know, such data doesn't drastically impact those said markets to the point that they numbers no longer qualify.  

The most simple idea I can think of would be real estate.  This market, like comics, has trends and ups and downs.  But there are still readily available reports and guides on when to buy and sell a home (https://www.quickenloans.com/learn/best-time-to-buy-a-house).  While there is certainly a lot of variance in every market, there is enough similarity to make reports like these readily available and don't cause the market to bottom out simply because they are accessible to anyone taking the time to research.

We should also consider that the majority of comic sales are happening on places like Ebay where I'm doubting the average buyer would track down and visit this particular thread or any similar location where such a correlation guide may be shared.  

So perhaps this idea is still worth visiting?

11 hours ago, mattn792 said:

So you would like someone to do all the work for you, and then share that information for free?

Unfortunately I don't have a subscription to GPA.  I'm not a comic investor.  In fact, I own just 9 comics (all Spider-Man) that I bought because they are all of sentimental value to me, nothing more.  But, if I were someone who collected for investment purposes, I would look closely at any movie/media correlations to see if any exist.  So I posted this question because I was curious if some has done such a study.  I can't imagine it would take very long, but I'm unwilling to purchase a GPA subscription just for my own curiosity   

3 hours ago, Robot Man said:

We had a tree house in the back yard too. Had a small wooden box where we kept anything our parents objected to. Nudie mags, a small stack of ECs my uncle gave me and MAD magazines that my parents felt were “subversive”. 

When I turned 17, I moved out. My mom pitched our comic collection as well as the collections of friends in the neighborhood who parents didn’t want them having. All our toys, baseball cards and things she thought we had out grown. At the time, I was pretty much pizzed she did it without asking. Now, I am a little sick. (I grew up in the very dawn of the Marvel Age). 

When my dad sold the house, I went over and climbed up in the treehouse. Everything in the box was still there and same condition as I left it. In the basement were a few things like my Munsters lunch box with all my Monster and Mars Attacks cards and a few other things. Glad to have something left. 

Wow!  What an awesome story.

2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

The best time to buy is before anyone cares about them.

The best time to sell is when everyone cares about them.

I tend to do the reverse.

Yes, exactly.  So I guess to put my question more succinctly, when do statistics SHOW that people care?  I don't have a GPA subscription, but it would be interested to correlate monthly sales data with a movie's announcement, production, and release calendar.  And measure that across maybe the past 5 years worth of Marvel/DC movies and see if there is a correlation.  A lot of work, for sure.  But potentially worth it for those who have investment interests. 

For the past few years, we have seen a lot of activity with comics that have associated movies with them.  For example, we saw a lot of ASM 13 (Mysterio) issues around the time of Spider-Man: Far From Home and ASM 300 around the time of Venom.

The same with may be said for nearly every comic movie both released and in the works (Eternals, Sinister Six, etc).  The list goes on and on.

I'm curious if anyone has done any significant research to determine when an associated book becomes "hottest" as it relates to the movie release?  For example...does a book's value peak before the movie release as the hype grows, or is the value greatest after the movie has been released to the general public?  Does the value of the book fall after the movie goes away?

It would be interesting to track comics sales of something like ASM 13 from the announcement of Far From Home, through the release to see when the book peaked and how they relates to other similar issues like ASM 300 and Lethal Protector 1 (Venom) or Fantastic Four 52 (Black Panther) as they tracked from the announcement, through the release of their associated movies.

This way, for those who may be sitting on first appearances of rumored heroes or villains in upcoming movies, they may know best when to put them on the market or when those who may like to own them may determine the best time to make the purchases.

I was going to guess a 9.2.  Does anyone know what the GPA is on this book in that grade?

Areas of concern:

Trying to decide if I should slab this or not.  Will probably sell this year.  I'm not that good at grading, but I see two troublesome areas.  Please let me know what you think!

90 years young!

Cheers to my favorite Spider-Man artist!

I have bought a couple raw books from Comic Connect and they provide their own grade opinions.  I usually buy a couple decimal point grades up fro what I want, just in case CGC disagrees.  If I were after a 9.8, I would only buy that already slabbed.

You guys ever notice these similarities?