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Does the World revolve around CGC?

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lighthouse

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My world revolves around CGC grin.gifforeheadslap.gif

 

It's a dirty job......... tongue.gif

 

Only when Steve has to handle Darths Cherry Poptart submissions... blush.gif

 

Yep. I make sure that Litch gets all my gay squirell porn submissions...

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I would venture to say that 99% of the comic books sold are not slabbed. I would also venture to guess that 90% of the dollar value of comics sold are slabbed. So, if you collect high-grade, high-dollar books then your collecting world revolves around CGC, if not, it doesn't. confused-smiley-013.gif

 

Interesting take... I think your estimates are pretty good, though I'm not sure that 90% of the $ spent on back issues is directly tied to CGCed books... when you add up all the unslabbed stuff on eBay, it's gotta come to $1 million a week, no? And of that, I'd guess that only 50-60% is from slabbed books. That's a total guess, mind you.

 

But more importantly, I think that CGC has had a huge effect on the overall market, both directly and indirectly. It's a bit like a black hole - even when you can't see its influence directly, it's "gravitational effect" on the rest of the market is there.

 

Observations based on eBay auctions:

A typical week has about 2700 CGC auctions with about 1500 receiving bids and 1400 meeting reserve for a total of about $200,000 on books actually sold.

 

A typical week also has roughly 100,000 non-cgc comics auctions. Sell-through percentages are similar to CGC books at about 50 percent so that makes roughly 50,000 non-cgc comics auctions sold per week. I haven't done any research recently on average prices of non-cgc comic auctions, but if we use an average of $4.00, that would give a similar $200,000 per week actually sold figure.

 

Big auctions from Heritage that are 'simulcast' on eBay can inflate the weekly CGC numbers on eBay by $600,000 or more.

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My world revolves around CGC grin.gifforeheadslap.gif

 

It's a dirty job......... tongue.gif

 

Only when Steve has to handle Darths Cherry Poptart submissions... blush.gif

 

Yep. I make sure that Litch gets all my gay squirell porn submissions...

 

Squirrel porn! thumbsup2.gif

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Where you been? The squirrels have been lonely! flowerred.gif

 

I could give a real answer to that question... but I am trying to avoid winning the Forum Drama Queen award...

 

But with a brand-new computer, a wife who finally saw the right endocrinologist (after 17 appts and eleven different meds), and a minor surgery scheduled for myself on Thursday, I am finally back to abnormal... sumo.gif

 

You should expect a copy of Associated Student Bodies #4 coming across your desk any time now... I know you can't wait to see what happened after the cliffhanger in issue 3... flowerred.gif

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... but I am trying to avoid winning the Forum Drama Queen award...

 

Didn't you already accept that award a couple months ago... 893whatthe.gif

 

Seriously though...good health to you and your wife... flowerred.gif

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I sell mostly raw books. I buy mostly raw books. Most of my collection is raw. confused-smiley-013.gif

I heard you liked things raw 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I like raw fish. thumbsup2.gif

 

Here. I'll just get it out of the way.

 

'If it smells like fish, eat it."

 

Now, everybody just get going with their lives. Move along citizen. Nothing to see here.

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I sell mostly raw books. I buy mostly raw books. Most of my collection is raw. confused-smiley-013.gif

I heard you liked things raw 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I like raw fish. thumbsup2.gif

 

Here. I'll just get it out of the way.

 

'If it smells like fish, eat it."

 

Now, everybody just get going with their lives. Move along citizen. Nothing to see here.

 

What's life without a few hanging curves? 27_laughing.gif

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