Dark Knight

Pshhh and no picture!? How can anyone ask that much without pictures. Besides, the book is restored so the value is not anywhere near that

Yes, he wanted half a mill, but got https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/red-raven-comics-1-mile-high-pedigree-timely-1940-cgc-vf-nm-90-white-pages/a/7039-91022.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 The Billy Wright 9.0 copy sold last year for less at $57,600. Considering the MH copy sold for more back in 2011, seemed like a fair price at that time?

I read an article that Chuck bought the collection for just $1,800, which is equivalent to around $8,540 in today's money . Yeah he should've waited until now to sell the collection.

Agreed 100%. Might as well put VHS collecting into the fold

Well, I had two favorite pick-ups. I picked up an ungraded copy of Legend of Kage and a high graded copy of Bionic Commando. I enjoyed playing both as a kid. The Bionic Commando though was very challenging and only got so far in the game.

Agreed 100% on the bolded. Prices back in July 2021 were artificially raised and yeah didn't make any sense. Mostly any consignor who consigned their games that month made out like bandit with huge gains. Now, prices are still high compared to pre-covid levels, but a little more reasonable I guess. The n64 games and newer like PS and XBOX climbed way to high and I knew it wasn't going to last. Those who paid those prices last year are left holding a huge bag. My main focus is also on NES and SNES. Those are the games I grew up playing as a kid and the ones that interest me the most. I was highlighting a few of the n64 games as examples that these shot up rather too high and fast and there was no way it would be sustainable in the long run. I know for a fact that you are the video game expert on here so my observations can be off at times without having prior knowledge and years of experience. I only got into this 3 years ago before the huge spike up in prices. Glad I was able to buy some games back in 2019.

Of course there were some games that sold higher, but overall, it wasn't as strong as sales from last year collectively. The games you consigned, were they mostly if not all pop 1's at that grade and/or only a few copies graded in the pop report? If so, then I can see why your consignments did well. A few of the games that most collectors were shocked at were the chrono trigger 9.6, TMNT turtles in time 9.8, the VGA 95 of the Super Mario Land trio set, Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario 64 9.6's, Sonic 9.8, and Halo NFR 9.8 version, just to name a few all underperformed greatly compared to previous sales. These are pretty big titles in the gaming collecting community. Sure, I saw some that sold higher than expected, but the sentimental feeling of that auction this time around was overall a letdown. I knew that once the WATA pop reports are released, a number of these high profiled games would take a hit, especially those games that were made in the mid-late 90's and newer. I think NES games have the better "investment" value in the long term.

It is indeed possible. I personally don't know who these buyers are spending 6-7 figures on sealed games. The consignor who sold the Mario 64 game for $1.5 mil is a respectable collector in the hobby and he did indeed got paid. I also recently just found out who the buyer was. We'll see if the comic book market will be sustainable at these price levels. So far all the collectible markets I'm familiar with spiked up practically overnight and have tanked after a year or two. Comic books are the last one that I know that have not taken a nosedive.

Agreed, totally different collectibles and market but it seems that a lot of these collectors/investors who spend big money are buying comics, video games, cards, etc whatever they want to spend their $ on. I see it all the time on social media posting their prized collectibles whatever it may be. Also what about these fractional shares companies like Otis and Rally who buys different collectibless to and sell shares for each one. They are indeed major players that's driving up the market too.

Yep!!! It's been the word in the streets lately

I think that's a record price for a 2.5 publicly?

The Supes 1 had a $1 million price tag when it was displayed at WonderCon. Let's see if it meets the price in auction.

It sure affected a lot of the video games from this weekend's signature auction. Most sold for around half off from all time highs last year.

Nah Chuck sold too prematurely. He should've waited this year to sell the collection.

I'm pre-ordering

Looks like it's time for me to sell my kitchen sink to be able to afford thar book. Glad I waited this long.

And the "S" above Invisible Woman's head is fitting. I guess it stands for Sue

I'll one up you. I'd suck two on the street before selling that beauty

If it's a strawberry shortcake #1 then deal

I don't believe you

Whatever imaginary item you got in your head, I have it!

In the 80s ever Dealer in the SF bay area thought Chuck was a nut asking 3 times guide and 3 times guide was 1000-2000-3000 back than for the top books that shows how old I am man those were great times Damn.. You are old

Was this before or after our resident fellow boardie trillionaire, Mr. Tim Frommelt himself, arrived on the scene throwing bags of imaginery money around for the best of the best? Hey if people throw bags of money into imaginary stuff, why can't imaginary money be a thing now I think Tim F. is certainly onto something big here

Strong sale! I believe the last 7.5 sold for $300k recently too

And I thought this was the Davis Crippen "D" copy