The Official 2011 Overstreet discussion thread

[warlocke]

Actually, with respect to charts and graphs, the ones below which AJD had posted in the Gold Forum are a lot more informative and representative since they are indexed against inflation, includes not just the top of guide price which is often misleading, covers a much broader spectrum of books beyond just the usual Top 5 keys, and is also measured against a leading financial indicator: (thumbs u

 

 

I'm home sick today, so I had the chance to update the data in my spreadsheets of comic prices. Since Mitch has been banging the drum for investing in Gold (comics) I thought this was relevant.

 

Notes:

 

(1) all prices were converted into today's dollars before the index was calculated. This includes the Dow values.

(2) comic prices are Overstreets with all of the limitations of that - and the jump at the end was Bob being dragged kicking and screaming into realism with the million dollar sales of Action 1 and Tec 27

(3) all of the other caveats already mentioned in this thread still apply

(4) my economist friend has changed his tune - he says now that this is a good time to be holding cash assets, bullion or fine collectables.

 

First up, the 9.2 prices

 

 

And now the 6.0

 

 

The 'dud' of the big 4 is Marvel #1 - but even in mid grade still gives the Dow a run for its money.

 

Of course, the trick to this sort of analysis is to work out where the graphs go from here. If I could do that I'd probably own the big 4.

 

Edit: For the comic investor with a diverse portfolio, here's the Overstreet top 100 GA books index as well:

 

 

If only we could retrospectively MANNUP!

 

 

I hope AJD continues to maintain these charts for us here on the boards!

 

These look eerily like the NASDAQ did from 1995 through 2001.

 

I don't mean to be negative but my paranoid side hears the sound of a bubble popping sometime in the future...

 

Apples and oranges.

[warlocke]

What were some of the surprises that people found?

 

I was stunned to see ASM 2 in the top SA 20 but then again

Vulture or not - I'm sure for a good bit of folks that can't afford a decent AF15

or ASM 1 then the next in line is this book.

 

 

 

 

Why were you stunned to see ASM 2 in the top 20 SA books? It was there in previous years, fell off the list last year (or perhaps the year before), and is now back on the list.

 

well just put it this way, I know people aren't excited about the Vulture

so I am sure it is because of spidey's third appearance.

 

 

What's wrong with the Vulture? Everyone loves a mean old geezer with wings.

[warlocke]

Actually, with respect to charts and graphs, the ones below which AJD had posted in the Gold Forum are a lot more informative and representative since they are indexed against inflation, includes not just the top of guide price which is often misleading, covers a much broader spectrum of books beyond just the usual Top 5 keys, and is also measured against a leading financial indicator: (thumbs u

 

 

I'm home sick today, so I had the chance to update the data in my spreadsheets of comic prices. Since Mitch has been banging the drum for investing in Gold (comics) I thought this was relevant.

 

Notes:

 

(1) all prices were converted into today's dollars before the index was calculated. This includes the Dow values.

(2) comic prices are Overstreets with all of the limitations of that - and the jump at the end was Bob being dragged kicking and screaming into realism with the million dollar sales of Action 1 and Tec 27

(3) all of the other caveats already mentioned in this thread still apply

(4) my economist friend has changed his tune - he says now that this is a good time to be holding cash assets, bullion or fine collectables.

 

First up, the 9.2 prices

 

 

And now the 6.0

 

 

The 'dud' of the big 4 is Marvel #1 - but even in mid grade still gives the Dow a run for its money.

 

Of course, the trick to this sort of analysis is to work out where the graphs go from here. If I could do that I'd probably own the big 4.

 

Edit: For the comic investor with a diverse portfolio, here's the Overstreet top 100 GA books index as well:

 

 

If only we could retrospectively MANNUP!

 

 

I hope AJD continues to maintain these charts for us here on the boards!

 

These look eerily like the NASDAQ did from 1995 through 2001.

 

I don't mean to be negative but my paranoid side hears the sound of a bubble popping sometime in the future...

 

 

its not really correct to draw conclusion about the comic market from Overstreet price guide data because these are just numbers he "makes up" that are NOT directly derived from actual day to day sales data. I also believe that comparisons to hugely scaled markets like say Nasdaq to theincredibly tiny comics market that this chart illustrates is a very flimsy correlation.

 

Are we nearing a bubble pop? maybe. But not because Overstreet's prices charts into an alarmingly familiar looking graph. And not because it means millions of sheep are buying and trading stocks wildly based on widely published bullish financial reports that scream "get in now!". Our comic market (at this high end) just reflects the excited competition for the very few available existing copies of these few books.... by a small handful of well-heeled boys who love them.

 

If there's a bubble forming it might IMO come from a last gasp burst of buying by aging boomers who will exit the market sooner than later leaving no buyers. But again, for the few books in these charts I feel safe that there will be enough well off younger guys happy to buy them when the time comes.

 

You better believe it.

[warlocke]

Debating on whether or not I want to get this edition. I really don't have a lot of books so this is just curious reading for me. I think the last one I got was back in '81 (or even earlier) when I was actually collecting for real. Any negatives about getting the downloadable version over the traditional trade paperback or hardcover?

 

 

I almost bought the download one yesterday. I have a question. They are charging 30 bucks for the downloaded one. Aint that full price? Your getting nothing but the info to your computer...no book costs, no nothing....SO why is it still 30 bucks? I came to my sences and ordered one from Amazon for 19 bucks...And I am getting the real book.

 

As to your question...You cant read the downloaded one on the can...Which is the main place I read mine. .

 

Actually, I take my laptop to the can. In fact, I've bought a lot of comics on the can. That probably explains why my collection looks the way it does, though.