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When will/will the WALKING DEAD bubble burst?
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Junkdrawer

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This likely sold around $3

 

Um.

 

No.

 

Not ever.

 

As in never, ever.

 

This likely sold around $3 as silver was in that range. It's 1995 8 years older, but demands numbers unrivaled by any comic dated similar.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1995-W-Proof-American-Silver-Eagle-PCGS-DCAM-PR70-ULTRA-RARE-COIN-/111148756113?pt=US_Bullion_Coins&hash=item19e0fb6c91

 

http://1995wproofsilvereagle.com/

 

Google is your friend.

I'm reckless, just thought I'd point out a badazz modern day monster. One the bubble won't burst.
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AlexanderM

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The Walking Dead books will ride the wave as long as the TV show keeps going (unless the show gets stale before it finishes its run.

What some people seem to forget was the Walking Dead #1 was hitting close to $800 before there ever was talk of a TV show, so this Walking Dead has been quite the anomaly.

 

I'd suggest people keep on forgetting this as it's not true :lol:

 

 

Such an annoying reason hm

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comix4fun

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I had hoped the bubble would have burst on Mystery Tales 40, the comic book that was featured on LOST. While that IS an atomic era Atlas book and probably in shorter supply than WD key issues, that book has maintained its value three years after the show has ended.

 

 

 

Have you seen many at all of this book? I saw one a couple months ago on Ebay but that's a scarce book.

 

There must have been hundreds of WD #1's for sale, unsold and sold, in the same three month time period.

 

On the Mystery Tales the census shows 3 graded copies, total, compared to Walking Dead #1 1st print's 1700+ and climbing.

 

On the Mystery Tales we haven't reached the point where there less buyers than sellers.

 

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Junkdrawer

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See if this sold

http://www.ebay.com/itm/03-04-LEBRON-JAMES-EXQUISITE-LIMITED-LOGO-AUTO-PATCH-RC-BGS-9-5-10-ROOKIE-/400304902817?pt=US_Basketball&hash=item5d340812a1

 

Or this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-04-Topps-Chrome-LeBron-James-RC-Gold-Refractor-BGS-9-5-ROOKIE-50-/151138832181?pt=US_Basketball&hash=item2330938f35

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I had hoped the bubble would have burst on Mystery Tales 40, the comic book that was featured on LOST. While that IS an atomic era Atlas book and probably in shorter supply than WD key issues, that book has maintained its value three years after the show has ended.

 

 

 

Have you seen many at all of this book? I saw one a couple months ago on Ebay but that's a scarce book.

 

There must have been hundreds of WD #1's for sale, unsold and sold, in the same three month time period.

 

On the Mystery Tales the census shows 3 graded copies, total, compared to Walking Dead #1 1st print's 1700+ and climbing.

 

On the Mystery Tales we haven't reached the point where there less buyers than sellers.

 

I lost the one on eBay the other night. They pop up from time to time. Obviously they are less obtainable than a WD 1 9.8. But you have to keep in mind that no one cared about this book until Richard Alpert asked a young John Locke which of the items (including the comic) were "his". The book went from being a $100 book in lower mid grade (like any other atlas sci fi mystery book of the time) to a $1100+ lower mid grade raw book almost overnight.

 

The book was featured in one scene as a prop.

 

Walking Dead has turned into a franchise.

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The Walking Dead books will ride the wave as long as the TV show keeps going (unless the show gets stale before it finishes its run.

What some people seem to forget was the Walking Dead #1 was hitting close to $800 before there ever was talk of a TV show, so this Walking Dead has been quite the anomaly. In fact it is not just an anomaly in the comic book market, but in the overall collectibles market as well. I challenge anyone to name me one collectible that has come out post 2003 that is worth over $1000 raw after being under $3 retail. You won`t find another collectible in sports cards, coins, action figures, video games, Magic the Gathering, Hot Wheels or whatever else collectible field that has jumped in price like that. Again I challenge anyone to prove me wrong post-2003. :)

Next I don`t get why people are so concerned about the Walking Dead. It`s not a fad, and now is the modern age holy grail of comic books. I would be more concerned about if Hulk #181,ASM #300 New Mutants #98,Saga #1 or Peter Panzer Faust #1 bubbles popping more then Walking Dead`s bubble popping! lol

Next part 2. I was looking at the videogame charts, and we now find the Walking Dead videogames have now sold in the millions, so let`s put this Walking Dead bubble bursting to rest. Game is now over, as now it is a video game blockbuster! Yes there might be a market correction, but to think one will find the first 60 issues in the quarter bins is :screwy:

 

Speculative bubbles are usually defined by a massive price increase followed by mass hysteria with an eventual correction of some kind. Notice I did not or have hardly ever used the term 'crash.' That would be incorrect. If something goes from $3.99 to $100 to $500 to $1000 to $3000 and back down to $1000; why does everyone forget about the speculators who were foolish enough to buy the item at $3000? The point I am trying to make is that assuming that this item will not drop in price or only continue to increase in value is incorrect. It will eventually fall at some point. I do not see this being a book anything near the same level as Batman or Spider-Man. Heck, I don't even see this being on par with TMNT that benefited from a new generation of enthusiasts.

 

As for ASM 300, this book once sold or close to $1000. There are a ton of these books at there. This too will fall, but I would venture to say that there is an equilibrium point where this book will always have a buyer; as will most books of this nature. That does not make it a good long term investment. Books like ASM 300, NM 98, Wolverine LS 1; are all common as day. Why would you buy a book like this for investment when any comic book web site is going to have it readily available at any time? As a dealer in the antiques trade I like to have sought after in demand items with little supply. I make money on Tiffany Glass because there aren't a whole lot of quality pieces out there and if you want one in mint condition and an example that is scarce, the price of admission can be high...but so can the returns.

 

In conclusion, and I said this in other threads; the more I encounter common as day comic books the less I want them. Auction companies are starting to cannibalize their own markets. This is why I don't speculate on too many mass produced items. If I put a Lego set from 1999 on eBay how many people am I competing against, fifty, one hundred? This is why scarcity will always matter in the collectibles market as long as there is demand.

 

 

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Heh - and the GL/Flash "Faster Friends" book later shown in LOST was hot for a short time (I remember making good $ on eBay with those) and now are back to dollar-bin books.

 

 

 

-slym

 

I think because of the content of the book. While the Faster Friends book featured a polar bear it did not seem to have a "spiritual connection to the island" it turned out to be a matter of coincidence. The Mystery Tales issue seemed to represent a part of the mystique of the island as it was included with a bottle of sand, a compass, a knife and I forget what else.

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That jersey patch only went for that much because it was used to wipe away authentic tears.

 

4qnb6.jpg

 

 

What's odd though is, finding his tears on a jersey isn't all that rare. lol

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The Walking Dead books will ride the wave as long as the TV show keeps going (unless the show gets stale before it finishes its run.

What some people seem to forget was the Walking Dead #1 was hitting close to $800 before there ever was talk of a TV show, so this Walking Dead has been quite the anomaly. In fact it is not just an anomaly in the comic book market, but in the overall collectibles market as well. I challenge anyone to name me one collectible that has come out post 2003 that is worth over $1000 raw after being under $3 retail. You won`t find another collectible in sports cards, coins, action figures, video games, Magic the Gathering, Hot Wheels or whatever else collectible field that has jumped in price like that. Again I challenge anyone to prove me wrong post-2003. :)

Next I don`t get why people are so concerned about the Walking Dead. It`s not a fad, and now is the modern age holy grail of comic books. I would be more concerned about if Hulk #181,ASM #300 New Mutants #98,Saga #1 or Peter Panzer Faust #1 bubbles popping more then Walking Dead`s bubble popping! lol

Next part 2. I was looking at the videogame charts, and we now find the Walking Dead videogames have now sold in the millions, so let`s put this Walking Dead bubble bursting to rest. Game is now over, as now it is a video game blockbuster! Yes there might be a market correction, but to think one will find the first 60 issues in the quarter bins is :screwy:

 

Speculative bubbles are usually defined by a massive price increase followed by mass hysteria with an eventual correction of some kind. Notice I did not or have hardly ever used the term 'crash.' That would be incorrect. If something goes from $3.99 to $100 to $500 to $1000 to $3000 and back down to $1000; why does everyone forget about the speculators who were foolish enough to buy the item at $3000? The point I am trying to make is that assuming that this item will not drop in price or only continue to increase in value is incorrect. It will eventually fall at some point. I do not see this being a book anything near the same level as Batman or Spider-Man. Heck, I don't even see this being on par with TMNT that benefited from a new generation of enthusiasts.

 

As for ASM 300, this book once sold or close to $1000. There are a ton of these books at there. This too will fall, but I would venture to say that there is an equilibrium point where this book will always have a buyer; as will most books of this nature. That does not make it a good long term investment. Books like ASM 300, NM 98, Wolverine LS 1; are all common as day. Why would you buy a book like this for investment when any comic book web site is going to have it readily available at any time? As a dealer in the antiques trade I like to have sought after in demand items with little supply. I make money on Tiffany Glass because there aren't a whole lot of quality pieces out there and if you want one in mint condition and an example that is scarce, the price of admission can be high...but so can the returns.

 

In conclusion, and I said this in other threads; the more I encounter common as day comic books the less I want them. Auction companies are starting to cannibalize their own markets. This is why I don't speculate on too many mass produced items. If I put a Lego set from 1999 on eBay how many people am I competing against, fifty, one hundred? This is why scarcity will always matter in the collectibles market as long as there is demand.

 

Very good points. (thumbs u

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Junkdrawer

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Lebron = WD

hm

So the next questions should be

What is the better investment Lebron cards or Walking Dead comics?

What bubble will burst first Lebron cards or Walking Dead?

I just looked for the first time ever on ebay today for 2003 (same year as WD) cards. Noticed as I typed highest that there are quite a bunch of Lebron cards listed at over 100K, means nothing I know, but they are obviously selling some in the 1000s as I have found some links to sales. Lebron looks more solid down the road to me. Guys like that dont come around for years and he is setting the bar high for the next coming.
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I had hoped the bubble would have burst on Mystery Tales 40, the comic book that was featured on LOST. While that IS an atomic era Atlas book and probably in shorter supply than WD key issues, that book has maintained its value three years after the show has ended.

 

 

 

Have you seen many at all of this book? I saw one a couple months ago on Ebay but that's a scarce book.

 

There must have been hundreds of WD #1's for sale, unsold and sold, in the same three month time period.

 

On the Mystery Tales the census shows 3 graded copies, total, compared to Walking Dead #1 1st print's 1700+ and climbing.

 

On the Mystery Tales we haven't reached the point where there less buyers than sellers.

 

I lost the one on eBay the other night. They pop up from time to time. Obviously they are less obtainable than a WD 1 9.8. But you have to keep in mind that no one cared about this book until Richard Alpert asked a young John Locke which of the items (including the comic) were "his". The book went from being a $100 book in lower mid grade (like any other atlas sci fi mystery book of the time) to a $1100+ lower mid grade raw book almost overnight.

 

The book was featured in one scene as a prop.

 

Walking Dead has turned into a franchise.

 

The makers of Lost had to pick not just an unattainable Atlas book, but one from that title, which is notorious for the demand it has gained in the last eighteen months (as mentioned often enough in the GA section).

 

And it was a blink and you'll miss it appearance. :tonofbricks:

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The Walking Dead books will ride the wave as long as the TV show keeps going (unless the show gets stale before it finishes its run.

What some people seem to forget was the Walking Dead #1 was hitting close to $800 before there ever was talk of a TV show, so this Walking Dead has been quite the anomaly. In fact it is not just an anomaly in the comic book market, but in the overall collectibles market as well. I challenge anyone to name me one collectible that has come out post 2003 that is worth over $1000 raw after being under $3 retail. You won`t find another collectible in sports cards, coins, action figures, video games, Magic the Gathering, Hot Wheels or whatever else collectible field that has jumped in price like that. Again I challenge anyone to prove me wrong post-2003. :)

Next I don`t get why people are so concerned about the Walking Dead. It`s not a fad, and now is the modern age holy grail of comic books. I would be more concerned about if Hulk #181,ASM #300 New Mutants #98,Saga #1 or Peter Panzer Faust #1 bubbles popping more then Walking Dead`s bubble popping! lol

Next part 2. I was looking at the videogame charts, and we now find the Walking Dead videogames have now sold in the millions, so let`s put this Walking Dead bubble bursting to rest. Game is now over, as now it is a video game blockbuster! Yes there might be a market correction, but to think one will find the first 60 issues in the quarter bins is :screwy:

 

Speculative bubbles are usually defined by a massive price increase followed by mass hysteria with an eventual correction of some kind. Notice I did not or have hardly ever used the term 'crash.' That would be incorrect. If something goes from $3.99 to $100 to $500 to $1000 to $3000 and back down to $1000; why does everyone forget about the speculators who were foolish enough to buy the item at $3000? The point I am trying to make is that assuming that this item will not drop in price or only continue to increase in value is incorrect. It will eventually fall at some point. I do not see this being a book anything near the same level as Batman or Spider-Man. Heck, I don't even see this being on par with TMNT that benefited from a new generation of enthusiasts.

 

As for ASM 300, this book once sold or close to $1000. There are a ton of these books at there. This too will fall, but I would venture to say that there is an equilibrium point where this book will always have a buyer; as will most books of this nature. That does not make it a good long term investment. Books like ASM 300, NM 98, Wolverine LS 1; are all common as day. Why would you buy a book like this for investment when any comic book web site is going to have it readily available at any time? As a dealer in the antiques trade I like to have sought after in demand items with little supply. I make money on Tiffany Glass because there aren't a whole lot of quality pieces out there and if you want one in mint condition and an example that is scarce, the price of admission can be high...but so can the returns.

 

In conclusion, and I said this in other threads; the more I encounter common as day comic books the less I want them. Auction companies are starting to cannibalize their own markets. This is why I don't speculate on too many mass produced items. If I put a Lego set from 1999 on eBay how many people am I competing against, fifty, one hundred? This is why scarcity will always matter in the collectibles market as long as there is demand.

 

 

With ASM, even one as plentiful as 300, I believe you will always have a market, the price craziness may wear off and the value will stabilize and increase, perhaps slowly, over time.

 

The question then is perhaps at what level will TWD stabilise, will say a #1 9.8 settle at $500 before taking on a gradual growth, or lower, or no growth?

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Do people sell #1's outside the US and Canada? I wonder if selling to other countries would help increase the supply and demand, if the supply isn't local anymore.

 

It's difficult picking one up because it's so expensive in local currency, and the shipping with insurance adds a lot...but there is definitely a demand albeit small

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