GermanFan

Thank you for the tip Robot Man, I just ordered the book. Not want to derail the thread but another fascinating read is: Billion Dollar Painter: The Triumph and Tragedy of Thomas Kinkade, the painter of light by Eric Kuskey

Was it in the David Lynch documentary "Crumb" when Crumb told that he collected old Blues records (from the 20s and 30s) and went to homes were Blacks lived and asked them if they had old Blues records? Thats the way of the hardcore collector.

50 -200 $ per book is my comfort zone too. Sometimes higher. But 1k was highest so far. I mostly never paid fmv. Finding deals is the thrill. Everybody can buy at full market price. I bought an Archie 50 in around vg for 1 $. A CSS the beheading cvr in gvg for 20 $. Thats the where the fun is. Besides that, I dont trust the "higher and higher" narrative. At all.

Right now vintage Lego is outperforming gold, vintage cars and stocks. Anyone who thinks this is normal and this could last should think again.

Besides Comics this is the end end of the Baby Boomer megacycle of the west, starting with the end of WW 2 (US Dollar/Oil , until 1971 secured with gold, based Bretton Woods 1944 currency system). The end was 2008, the beginning of the end 2001, maybe even 1987. Since then every trick has been played to prolonge the game. But I think we are now close to the end. What else can they do? Print even more money? Start a new war? The tricks get old. Will it affect vintage comics? I bet.

When bubbles pop like the stock markets in 2001 the good stuff is usually affected to. Its an exaggeration to the low. Moreover prices eventually have to come down because of demographics. How many new collectors (not short term "investors" or flippers) enter the hobby and how many old guys leave because they die or sell in order to prop up retirement. And moreover even more the world economy is severely damaged since the start of the odd situation and was in dire straits even before that. It has to come down. Its just a matter of when. Timing is everything.

In 1974 (8 yrs old) I saw this german ASM in a newspaper shop. I was fascinated instantly. Always loved Marvel Comics as a child. In Summer 1980 I bought Overstreet Number 10 with the Timely theme. I wasnt aware of Comics costing that much then.

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Thanks man. I am looking for a coverless copy for my incomplete book. Someone sold a cvrless book noted as BM 52, but it was another issue.

Can anybody post a picture of the first story page/ splash page?

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Here is a video about the Beanie Baby bubble of 1999. Of course this was a case of manufactured gold but when a market goes down it affects all areas, not only the obvious worthless parts. So the good stuff will be affected too.

Me too. After this the market will be devastated for years. Great times ahead for real collectors. All others will abandon ship.

Margin call.

Switching to the new boards was a traumatizing event. Not everybody could cope with it. I hardly did but made it eventually.

I look for the last 3 pages of Batman 52 (or a coverless copy).

Seems like the days UK and Australian vintage 50s and 60s US reprints available for a song are over.

I still miss the old boards.

@After the world economy didn't collapse in 2008 like is should have I've stopped looking towards past performance as an indicator of future performance. It did collapse in 2008/9. The incredible thing is they could prolong the Zombie until now. With printing money and lowering interest to zero. Bretton Woods, The Fiat dollar and Euro are in their ending days.

Bug, rat and mice chew.

$ 220 shipped.

Archie 50 vg for $ 1 about two years ago Hulk 1 1.0, unrestored for $ 360 about 2010

JiM 112, 5.0, $ 289 shipped.