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1 minute ago, Angel of Death said:
"Rare" is an interesting term. The only thing that I can say for sure is that 1st Appearance or "Key" comics have generally risen in price over time. I wouldn't consider them "rare", though. You can find them for sale all of the time. Low print runs? Are they in-demand? They may be more "rare", but are they harder to find? You can see how jumping down this rabbit hole makes answering these questions more difficult.
I can answer the 3rd question: I don't see the collection community growing. People who actually enjoy comic books appears to be decreasing, in general, from my perspective.
Thank you so much I really appreciate you taking the time to answer and ask questions to help!
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1 minute ago, Angel of Death said:
I still don't understand the first question. So, I guess I'll pass.
The second question is still far too vague, because there are tons of variables. Golden Age? Silver Age? Horror? Sci-Fi?
What kind of people are we talking about? Actual collectors, or are you including speculators?
You are totally right! Sorry they were the questions I was given I just didn't think enough to specify enough. The first I can probably find through researching numbers more. As for the second I guess probably Marvel and DC genres and maybe past issues, not current ones. Like more rare types! If that helps? And the third I am only referring to actual collectors! I wanna get deep into those who truly are passionate about it!
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1 minute ago, Ryan. said:
Since this appears to be for an interview I recommend narrowing your questions to be as specific as possible. Asking an interviewee broad questions is going to generate broad answers.
As far as researching for this project, unfortunately you are going to have to put in the time and really dig in to what exactly you want to know and search based on that specific criteria. These boards contain many, many (perhaps too many) ongoing threads related to comic values and related interest so you can start by reading through those threads.
Okay, thank you, that helps a lot! I have started reading through a lot already!:)
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41 minutes ago, Angel of Death said:
Well, to start, I'm not sure how interest rates are involved with comic books. Are you asking for those who borrowed money to buy comic books?
It's disingenuous to try assessing all comic books across all time, wouldn't you say? If we talk about Golden Age books, and how much they're worth today, I would guess that they're generally worth more now than back then. How many Silver Age books are worth less today than their cover price in the 70's?
I'm not quite sure about the final question, either. Are you asking if more people will collect comics going forward? Are we including speculators who don't care about the comic books, and just look at them like another form of currency?
For all the questions, I am asking about the comic book collecting community specifically!:) I know it's hard to access all across time. The first I was referring to the amount of interest in the community in terms of percent or like how many have been interested over time. The second I just meant how has the community grown and changed in terms of cost of issues! The final question is like a question of whether to community will continue to collect in the future or if it may be thought that it will decline because of money issues over covid or anything like that? I assume it will because comics are awesome, but I just have to answer that one and was looking for some input!
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28 minutes ago, revat said:
I don't understand why we're limiting the question to comic books.
Why not all books? Why not other stuff like jackets? or Cereal? or my hair.?
I mean I'm not saying comic books are all one should collect, it's just the topic I chose for my project!:)
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2 minutes ago, Angel of Death said:
These vague questions do not have blanket answers.
How can I be more specific to help answer? I didn't mean to be vague!:)
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Hey guys! I am researching for a comic books collection project interview and wanted to know if anyone could answer these questions as a comic book collector?
I am only referring to comic book collectors who are truly passionate. Not speculators. I also am probably gonna focus on superheroes, like Marvel and DC!
Have comics gone up or down in value over time? (How does the value of comics change? What is the average price range in certain time brackets? In your time collecting how have prices changed?)
Do you see comic book collecting going up or declining in the future? (Will the market for comics be effected by Covid or will it continue to be something people still do? Will it get more or less popular and why?)
I can also include any extra information or cool stories and credit on the project! Thank you ahead of time!
Questions For Comic Interview Project HELP PLEASE!!
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Thanks! This is really good info, I really appreciate it! I definitely wanna include that!