Wreck-It Ralph

I put my WTB post up and put a wants list with some of the recommended dealers, I checked out Instagram and Facebook and could not find anything so will have to see what happens but my gut feeling is I will end up buying through an auction as that is the only place with physical stock.

Sorry I just realised this is in the wrong section, I am such a dumb bum! Sorry can’t find a way to delete it.

I am hoping to buy a AF15 5.0-6.0 as soon as possible how much does the Marvel chipping affect the price on a graded AF15?

Nice profile picture is that a 930 on the left, what’s in the middle 328, 348, 355?

This is a real possibility as if you are a pure investor and don’t care what you buy: Comics, Sports Cards, Pokemon Cards as you are just looking for capital appreciation then you will disengage from comics if there are none available to buy.

Not my favourite pre war cover but the only one I believe to have Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini on at the same time.

I have tried Instagram as well now but could not find anything on there. I will try a WTB if you think it is worth it.

My two copies, hoping to upgrade my 8.5 to a 9.2 or better in the future if the opportunity presents itself.

I have looked at comic link, comic connect and Heritage but Heritage has a big buyers commission, not sure about CL and CC but all of them have stuff I want. I looked at the WTB on the forum but noticed that many of the WTB’s did not receive any replies so it didn’t look that productive. I live in the UK but as I collect cents copies I am happy to deal with people in the States. Would it be anymore complicated buying from Canada and shipping to the UK?

Makes Sense.

I am not having much success finding what I want but then I have only been looking for a week and I am not sure how long it usually takes.

I can’t seem to find any of the key comics I want with any of the dealers or Facebook pages I am on but I have not tried Instagram yet, would you suggest waiting or try my luck in the Auctions?

I just went on EBay and there is a Pokemon card for 365,000 now that’s crazy not an X Men selling for 20K!

In Action Figures that would be classed as a factory defect and therefore should not affect the grade!

I got into comics as I bought a X Men 1 back in 2015 as I loved the film X Men First Class, I also unsuccessfully tried to buy TOS39 at the time in an 8.0 as I also love the Ironman film and the not buying of that book has been a thorn in my side since. I saw both books increase in price and became more interested in comics and started buying a few, 40 or so, some valuable some not, a couple of years ago. I got back into it recently after someone mentioned on Facebook or a Star Wars forum how buoyant the Comic book market was. I have a display hallway in my house that leads to my Games Room on the left and Cinema on the right in the hallway I have four wall vaults the two on the right contain Palitoy 12,20 & 30 Back MOC’s my primary focus and the two on the left contain comics so I am looking to buy some more keys for my display which I should have done before but I had an expensive year last year with MOC’s so that kept me occupied. if you are looking for a reason why prices are going up then I would look at the Pandemic, Interest rates are at the lowest point in history with the possibility in going negative and the Travel and Hospitality industry in many countries are in a temporary hibernation that equals millions of people with more disposable income amounting to billions and fortunately or unfortunately some of it has trickled into comics. Ask yourself what percentage of your income was spent on Travel and Hospitality, 20-30% maybe, multiply that by hundreds of millions or possibly even billions of people, there is a tsunami of disposable income in the marketplace with bank interest at its lowest point ever, it’s a Perfect Storm and there is no escaping it!

OK, well thanks for all the questions you did answer as they were very helpful.

OK.

I think Someone showed me Newton Rings at a show once are they compression rings that appear on the grade case? i don’t know what Distribution Overspray is? Would either of these things affect the value of the comic or the grade?

“Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk”

So what does Qualified mean? Sorry about all the questions.

What are they?

What is a Green Label?

I agree I can’t see someone spending 20K on a a comic and then selling it on after for 15K because the market goes into reverse which I can’t see happening. If this is a bubble it’s a pretty big one as it includes Action Figures, Comics, Pokemon, Sports Cards, Watches, houses and vast array of other things which means a lot of people would have to stop spending for the bubble to pop. If the Pandemic ends then people’s spending may change as they will start spending more on travel and hospitality so I would expect growth to slow but I would be suprised if it stopped dead or went into reverse. Weather people like it or not we are in a Bull Market at the moment and there isn’t a Bear in site.

Thanks for clarifying, I understand now.

So Universal Grade and Raw mean the same thing?