Silver Age Comic Book Prices 2002 to 2006

[CycleGirl]

Thanks to sckao for setting up comicpriceindex.com . The first report shows silver age comic book value growth of 39% from 2002 to 2006.

 

The SCPI is the Silver-Age Comic Price Index. It is a composite of prices for 32 frequently traded key Silver-Age books.

 

 

From 2002 through 2006, the SCPI grew 388 points or 38.8% This is an average of approximately 9% per year. The period from 2002 through 2004 saw growth of 295 points, while the period from 2004 to 2006 accounted for only 93 points. In other words, prices rose steeply for the first two years, then grew slowly for the next two years. Note: in another post I will show that 2007 is looking strong so far.

 

To read the article, go to comicpriceindex.com

 

After you've seen the article, please let me know what you think by taking the quick poll below.

 

If you have suggestions or comments, you can post them in this thread where sckao and I will see them.

 

In a few days, I will be adding a report on price performance for 2007 January through September.

 

 

 

 

[kc120us]

As usual, nice work Rhonda. (thumbs u

[DrWatson]

Voted. Your effort is appreciated. (thumbs u

[CAP Freak]

Voted. Great Graph and report Let the SA Parade rock on

[Mac Man]

I think despite all of the random threads we have floating around on the forum, these is one of those rare gems that is really noteworthy and useful for collectors. Kudos to the both of you for putting this together. With as many OSPG advisors present on this forum, I'm surprised something like this doesn't garner a nod come May.

 

I also appreciated seeing a healthy representation of books in your survey. While I wonder if it is possible to compare books of different grades, the fact you keep in mind the vast majority of us who don't collect the ultra high grades is definitely noticed and I think realistic. I know a number of us were jawing back and forth in the SA Forum about whether low-grade comics are a good investment idea... here's to hoping for a definitive answer

 

Keep up the great work, and will continue to look forward to the updates!

[FlyingDonut]

Excellent work. The CAGR is 8.54%, not 9%, but that's relatively inconsequential.

 

 

[CycleGirl]

Excellent work. The CAGR is 8.54%, not 9%, but that's relatively inconsequential.

 

 

Thanks for the clarification, Donut. I didn't want to make an error on the calculation, so I just used simple ROI, not annualized. 1.388^(0.25) Got it now. I'll use CAGR in the future.

 

 

[CycleGirl]

Thanks for the encouragement Jim, Casey, Connor and Mac.

 

Hang on to those JIMs, Capp, that title is on FIRE!

[piper]

 

I'd be interested in hearing more about the data set you used (i.e. data sources, number of data points). I'm looking forward to your future articles!

 

 

[flatrock02]

[djpinkpanther67]

[skypinkblu]

Excellent work, thank you...I never bought low grade as an investment, I bought them to read, and because I could afford them without hocking the house...but I have a good friend who is a math professor, who has been touting LG for years...he feels the base able to afford the books is greater...something I always thought made some sense.I found this very helpful, sometimes I find myself in High grade Envy... now I can use this to validate some of my purchases...(besides the fact I love the covers..

 

[Ghost Town]

Nice work. Thanks for posting it.

[Calamerica]

Nice work. Thanks for posting it.

 

keep up the good work!

 

CAL

[szelim]

Nice work, you make a pretty good case for the appreciation of the major SA titles. Comparing the majors to blue chip companies is a pretty good analogy, as is the rotation of investments from overbought books to lesser keys and grades.

 

One thing that jumps out from the table of selected titles is the almost complete absence of DC titles - it begs the question as to how the top SA DC books performed over the same period.

 

[bhhooks22]

Awesome job ! ,..CycleGirl..KUDOS..........Very interesting for sure........THX.again..........Maybe next ?..Bronze age ........BH...........

[Ringfinger]

Stocks are still a better investment. ;-)

[MutantKeys]

Great stuff, Rhonda

[CycleGirl]

Great stuff, Rhonda

 

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone.

 

The poll results were interesting. I'm definitely going to pull in some data for non-key books and also some lower value books. Perhaps some books in the $100 range. Also, I'll be creating some title-specific indexes.

 

Expect the 2007 year to date report in about a week. The other stuff will come later in November and December.

 

Rhonda

[Fazybones]

Great thread Rhonda!! (thumbs u

 

 

Very interesting information and thanks to you and Shin for

your hard work.

 

I know it's not work to you, but fun.