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joe_collector

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I don't have an OSPG from the early 1990s, but I am pretty confident there weren't dealers suggesting you should invest in modern books over Bronze, Silver, and Golden Age back issues. sumo.gif

 

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You really can't be this stupid, can you?

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shadroch

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I don't have an OSPG from the early 1990s, but I am pretty confident there weren't dealers suggesting you should invest in modern books over Bronze, Silver, and Golden Age back issues. sumo.gif

 

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You really can't be this stupid, can you?

 

 

Is this a rhetorical question?

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OldSchoolTerry

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Come on JC. Show me the quotes to prove I am stupid.

 

So, just for the record, if I post such quotes, you'll admit you're stupid?

 

Can't you just hear the sound right now, of JC rummaging through his office, searching for an old OSPG?...... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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shadroch

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From its inception in the 30s until the mid 80s,investing in new comics was about as risk-free as you could get.Buy at 50% off,sell at either cover price or sell later for a premium over cover price.With few new titles coming out,it was fairly easy to make a good living doing this.A case or two of every X-Men and Spidey plus a couple of all the Marvel titles and you'd have a rate of return any stock would kill for.I'd set up at shows,flea markets,ect,ect with newsstand new copies of six month old 50cent cover books that had cost me a quarter and sell them for .75 to 1.00 allday long.I think the only book I took a real bath on back then was Dazzler#1.Maybe Devil Dinosaur.Blowing out your overstock at 3/$1.00 still allowed you a small profit.In fact,had I been more business astute back then,I could have sold all my .50 cent cover books three for a dollar and cleaned up with a larger volume.

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garthgantu

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Every single dealer who contributes to the OSPG is, bar none, biased against the notion of anything but perpetually-rising comic prices. It's only natural that they aren't going to predict, let alone publicize, a possible decline that could cause them real financial hardship.

 

So, when Harley Yee says, "2003 was a very good year for the comic book market and I expect 2004 to be even better" (page 101) he is talking strictly from a biased dealer's perspective only and not that of collectors/investors, huh?

 

Yep.

 

first time i've seen your name pop up in a while and all you have to say is yep??? grin.gif

 

Tryin' to cut down... on both posts and length of posts... This is not a "more is better" venue when it comes to discourse. As one illustration of that point, those who frequently just post graemlins and no words are among the most popular posters...

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garthgantu

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JC - -he has to agree to the terms, so stop rummaging till he replies!!

 

Hold on a minute - we now have to WAIT for stupid posters to acknowledge their stupidity? This could take longer than I thought.

 

It's a sad testament to these boards that we're even having this discussion with this poster. There's gotta be a more salient discussion to be found somewhere around here?!?

 

Let's allow this one to die a nominally dignified death, shall we?

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drice6900

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Tryin' to cut down... on both posts and length of posts... This is not a "more is better" venue when it comes to discourse. As one illustration of that point, those who frequently just post graemlins and no words are among the most popular posters...

 

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drbanner

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It's a sad testament to these boards that we're even having this discussion with this poster. There's gotta be a more salient discussion to be found somewhere around here?!?

 

Ok, here's one - you going to Wondercon to ask the tough questions that need to be asked? confused-smiley-013.gif

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FFB

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If he won't, I will (admit that he's stupid, I mean).

 

Come on JC. Show me the quotes to prove I am stupid.

 

So, just for the record, if I post such quotes, you'll admit you're stupid?

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Marvelous

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Come on JC. Show me the quotes to prove I am stupid.

 

So, just for the record, if I post such quotes, you'll admit you're stupid?

 

Yup. Give me some quotes from OSPG that show dealer's market reports urging people to invest in new comics because they are a better investment than GA, SA, and BA back issues. If you can't YOU have to admit you are stupid. I will be waiting.

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FFB

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Don't have any of the OSPGs from back then. I left the hobby in 1993/94, just as the last Great Crash was beginning. confused-smiley-013.gifflowerred.gif

 

Join Jock_Strap in the search numbnuts.
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