Mike's Rack Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I didn't see this happening. With a great reputation comes great auction results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanavekid Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I didn't see this happening. With a great reputation comes great auction results I lost an auction for this book the other day it went over $87 really solid copy. I couldn't justify paying almost $90 so I gave up http://www.ebay.com/itm/161219899983?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I didn't see this happening. With a great reputation comes great auction results I lost an auction for this book the other day it went over $87 really solid copy. I couldn't justify paying almost $90 so I gave up http://www.ebay.com/itm/161219899983?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649 I bought from that seller once, as in _once_. Returned the book. Grossly overgraded. Edited February 21, 2014 by DavidTheDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanavekid Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I didn't see this happening. With a great reputation comes great auction results I lost an auction for this book the other day it went over $87 really solid copy. I couldn't justify paying almost $90 so I gave up http://www.ebay.com/itm/161219899983?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649 I bought from that seller once, as in _once_. Returned the book. Grossly overgraded. I'll have to look at the 4 books I bought from him closely Thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey Kids, Comics! Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Why do people suddenly care about Brother Voodoo? I guess I'm out of the loop on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Why do people suddenly care about Brother Voodoo? I guess I'm out of the loop on this one. +1 Why are these books hot??? I haven't heard anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Probably an anomaly. People buy comics irrationally, sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Probably an anomaly. People buy comics irrationally, sometimes. Naw,the hell you say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Probably an anomaly. People buy comics irrationally, sometimes. Naw,the hell you say! I was hesitant to even tack on the "sometimes" on that sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Why are these books hot??? I haven't heard anything... No idea, but this is another one I would try to snag whenever I saw it (and it doesn't pop up often in NM) - it seems that any 20/25-cent "first appearance" is being mined hard by the speculators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Its not an anomoly. We are going to see more of this coming in the next year. My only hope is long time collectors realize its time to cash out their collection and do so in the next year. Valuations on books will be higher this year on types of books like the above for the next year or two. After that they will cycle down. Go out on top for once long time collectors its time to part out your high grade books over the next year or two. I could site a long list of books from Bronze and Copper to support this, but anyone here who is actively selling already knows this. Edited February 23, 2014 by Fastballspecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Probably an anomaly. People buy comics irrationally, sometimes. Could it have anything to do with this run being sandwiched between two hot runs right now, Doc Strange and Warlock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninanina Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I was thinking the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Its not an anomoly. We are going to see more of this coming in the next year. My only hope is long time collectors realize its time to cash out their collection and do so in the next year. Valuations on books will be higher this year on types of books like the above for the next year or two. After that they will cycle down. Go out on top for once long time collectors its time to part out your high grade books over the next year or two. I could site a long list of books from Bronze and Copper to support this, but anyone here who is actively selling already knows this. This. (except it's cite not site. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDonut Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Brother Voodoo would make a great movie. You could have all sorts of fun stuff in it - voodoo, zombies, HOT CHICKS IN BIKINIS, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Its not an anomoly. We are going to see more of this coming in the next year. My only hope is long time collectors realize its time to cash out their collection and do so in the next year. Valuations on books will be higher this year on types of books like the above for the next year or two. After that they will cycle down. Go out on top for once long time collectors its time to part out your high grade books over the next year or two. I could site a long list of books from Bronze and Copper to support this, but anyone here who is actively selling already knows this. This. I'm really curious about this. What market conditions are you seeing that make you think this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I have a ST #169 I got in a dollar box last year. It's actually a really solid story. I enjoyed it enough that I am on the look out for the rest of the run. You know, from dollar boxes. Let's not go crazy. But it's not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Its not an anomoly. We are going to see more of this coming in the next year. My only hope is long time collectors realize its time to cash out their collection and do so in the next year. Valuations on books will be higher this year on types of books like the above for the next year or two. After that they will cycle down. Go out on top for once long time collectors its time to part out your high grade books over the next year or two. I could site a long list of books from Bronze and Copper to support this, but anyone here who is actively selling already knows this. This. I'm really curious about this. What market conditions are you seeing that make you think this? Money from speculators and new collectors are pouring into our hobby in the last 2 years. They are switching from modern books to Silver/Bronze/Copper books now.(Why? because they arent making as much and the market is starting to slide downward.) Couple of websites that are almost entirely devouted to this now. Pressing, Restoration(Okay its not restoration), Movies, and Rule of 25 have all created a perfect storm for some books. They hunt high grade 1st appearances and buy them up which in turn raises the prices for these type of books as well as low grades which I think fall more under FD's Rule of 25. This is just my opinion and what I have seen this year in sales on ebay and at conventions. Movies and Disney are help driving it as well. We are in an upswing of the curve. IMHO I am just trying to point out for anyone on the fence about selling off a good portion of their collection. If its high grade now might be a time to consider in the next year or two. I think its on the upswing of the market curve. Id like to see collectors who grew up on comics like me make out like bandits since we supported this hobby for so long with not much payback. (thumbs u Edited February 24, 2014 by Fastballspecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The only point I would dispute above is the diminishing returns on modern speculation. I have been playing the spec game with moderns the since late 2012 and am nice returns that I pour into older keys/hot books. I am not the only one doing this. It is basically 1989 - 1993 all over again - I was in junior high and high school and too distracted by girls and sports to play that spec bubble right, but this time is a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopperMiner89 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The only point I would dispute above is the diminishing returns on modern speculation. I have been playing the spec game with moderns the since late 2012 and am nice returns that I pour into older keys/hot books. I am not the only one doing this. It is basically 1989 - 1993 all over again - I was in junior high and high school and too distracted by girls and sports to play that spec bubble right, but this time is a different story. Agree with you 100%. The profit margin for many is in more recent issues. I could list 10 copper books that can be found in dollar bins and then sold for $100+ in CGC 9.8 and if they aren't in 9.8 then a cheap pressing will make them so. They are MANY flippers doing this right now with copper and moderns and yes some are rolling the profits into older brronze and silver books that cannot be bought cheaply. I don't see this trend diminishing for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
