Aman619

This is what I have to do too. Safari on desktop and iPhone, iPad. I’m getting used to it, but still a drag. Used to be easier

You wrote: “Not sure I need the auction houses and GPA in order to properly price and sell books. ”. even with your years of experience, don’t you want access to as many sales prices that have occurred in a readily accessible format? When you price a book and you know it to be worth 1000 from your sales, GPA, ebay, whatever, but didn’t notice, or track, or hear about Comiclink selling that same comic and grade for 1700 recently, and you go ahead and price it at 1200 and sell it for 1100…. Well, you left 500 bucks on the table. That’s going to add up, and it’s no way to run an airline. That’s my logic. as for the rest about a “lot more” and eBay sellers prices, well, that’s all beside the point of accurate sales data being better for everyone. If buyers knew about the 1700 sale and see your 1200 Sticker sure it’s a fast sale for you… but I don’t think you are or want to be really a discount seller. Just a fair and savvy one not looking to gouge or overprice and have books sit unsold. but in the long run with prices increasing, maybe dealers taking sabbaticals would be profitable nowadays.

Got to eat your vegetables if you want dessert! Basically though, the Batman run has lots more key books, Joker and villain covers etc. Superman is 97% turnips, and a bushel of yellow veggies….. 1, 14, 24, and maybe a few more stand out but aren’t big keys…

I agree... although a Dealer will argue that their sales data is their competitive advantage and it's proprietary. Thats true, but for the greater good of the hobby -- and theirs as well -- transparent and full access to all sales data helps the market. Even their clients who bid in their auctions. Why limit your bids to whatever you can see on GPA when knowing same issue sold for twice that somewhere else that doesn't share data with GPA? The big advantage of knowing what an issue has sold for BOOSTS bids and sales prices. The only way it hurts is if youre asking for a lot more than the data reveals, hence trying to take advantage of buyers LACK of knowledge. Aren't we trying for those days to be over?

Seems though a lot of people here are doing similar stuff… maybe a crowdsource solution by pooling data? Maybe Blackstone would see a value in hosting something price wise?

Yes. By and large The only way to assemble comics sales data today is by painstaking copy paste grunt work. We don’t have websites that make it easy, yet. Let’s hope someday people will throw money at guys like DC# to do it for a public or even paid website! Of course, if Comiclink prices are used look out for the cease and desist letter. And we are left with just GPA (no Comiclink and other sales) or GoCollect.

aint that the truth! and it will set you free!

I wonder if this is how Van Gogh/Impressionist collectors felt in the late 1800s as the prices rose out of their reach! and they had to share their hobby with ... those people who have no love for the ART. Healots!

I liked my microtek scanners. But they don’t do as good a job on the new slabs. I think the conic is further from the scan bed perhaps. does this scanner get crisp scans of the new CGC slabs? The examples on that blog are too low res to judge. They look great but zooming in there’s little detail. I’m not saying the scanner can’t up the resolution of course, just that These scans don’t display any hi res

Maybe, but I guess it would be more due to life event decisions like Berk, and a bit of luck to get to pull the trigger in a hot market. But Even if you consign today, it could cool off before the gavel hits.

Right. But step back a bit… with a collection of 100K or so, sure from that perspective anyone with 5M should cash in now rather than risk losing their gains, that from !the 100K perspective, look too good to pass up. But that 5M guy is just like you on a higher rung of the ladder. His collection was already worth millions when this run up started… so he’s sticking around, same as you Absent a life changing event, opting to sell “at the top” is never obvious till later. So while his losses will be greater than yours, they will still be manageable ~ and recoupable, assuming he has the right books and didn’t overpay or borrow money to buy them.

haha. you nailed it! but we really want the new money to be buying smart right? and stick around. If they are just content to splash cash around on any high grade comic, without a clue to their place in the scheme of things, well, it might not be the best thing for us long timers.

so who is fighting to win at these prices (15 - 20K each) for the Supermans in the 30s, 40s and 50s issues??

I wish I took them seriously years ago, Im loving these covers now...

... and its in your closet...?

you mean there are 2 better collections? wow.

the Black Cat comics now selling are from the the top 3 collection? overall or just for the genre?

right. that big rectangle south of the 10 freeway. They rebuilt the area of downtown just north of the freeway, with a convention center and arena, right?

ha. didnt realize the Staples Center was that recent. Where did the Lakers play before that?

I get that the youngsters get to change everything in their image, but why the Kobe Center? No Kareem? Magic? Shaq? Lakers have been a winning franchise for decades. Its like changing Yankee Stadium to "The House That Jeter Built!" of course maybe one could argue maybe that Jeter DID build the NEW stadium...

I always thought that that those ubiquitous AOL floppy disks everyone used to get every week or so and were for free on checkout counters everywhere that came in hundreds (thousands) of different configurations and designs would be popular collectibles for the same reason…. So far nothing… maybe generations need to have positive memories for an object to become collectible later on..

This is done by the way as a way to use the same film/plates … they just matte out the lowest number for each subsequent printing… everything else remains identical in each printing…

or not. To me its sole avenue for the kind of value increase you are suggesting is with the movies. And even then it gets into the conversation of top GA comic, but never attains it.

Quick answer today is Our Army at War 83. Used to be 81 until a decade ago… as the hobby settled on 83. DC war books were anthologies, 3 unrelated stories in each comic, with no repeat characters or continuity. Plus, the US defense dept coinage Able, Baker, Charlie divisions (Easy Company? Not sure if Easy was real or. made up…) led to a lot of stories of Easy Company featuring its sergeant. These have been considered “prototypes”. There are a lot of discussions here about the slight differences in 81, 82 and 83 as Sgt Rocky “coalesced” into one main character plus individual soldiers in Easy Company for the remainder of their adventures.

Figures. Every comic segment on that show is a setup. Always a known professional,dealer or collector. As if they’d ever really sell to a low bidding pawn shop setup.