Hypothetical question on cornering the market

[Dick Pontoon]

Yes, one of three (TOS 47, 48 and 49).

[Gotham Kid]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

[Johnny U]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

[shadroch]

Obviously he went to the Evelyn Woods school of speed reading.

[slym2none]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

 

Funny how shills either don't realise they are revealing so much, or don't care.

 

 

 

 

-slym

[Buzzetta]

Interesting as I have been thinking the same thing about a few of the Valiants.

 

I cite Eternal Warrior #4 as an example. For years no one paid attention to it. Then they redid Valiant. Many of the Valiant books were dumped into the quarter bin after the bubble burst. The remaining high grade copies were hoarded by a few of the major Valiant collectors.

 

When I purchased my copy of EW4 9.8 I was having a hell of a time because there were only 21 slabbed 9.8s out there. Since that time I have seen more copies added to the census but the available number of copies remain unchanged and with little to no price fluxuation indicating the possability that there are a small number controlling the supply.

 

Either way, I would say that TOS 48 is a great book to have and eventually people will wake up about it. I may pick up a copy myself.

[Calamerica]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

IN DEFENSE, only 3,000 HIGH-GRADE still in circulation.

 

Things never change.

 

CAL

[Calamerica]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

Must be ANOTHER ALIAS SHILL...

 

CAL

[musicmeta]

I think TOS 48 is an exception because the suit Tony wears in issues 39-47 is a world away from the one most people are familiar with.

 

In my opinion, Iron Man is going to be the star of the Marvel Universe for the next decade or so and TOS 48 will be regarded as a semi-key. It may be well off base here, but that's my feeling.

 

But for this discussion, we can substitute almost any early 1960s Marvel hero book with 100 or so slabbed HG copies.

 

I just have a graded 7.0 copy.

[John R]

Are there any other books that garner interest due to a costume change?

 

I'm seriously wracking my brain to think of one....

 

 

ASM 252

 

I KNEW there had to be another one....

 

anything else?

 

Im just thinking that part of why this isnt as highly regarded is that costume changes (typically) arent highly regarded...

 

Daredevil 7

[Logan510]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

Man are you slow, I knew who it was from the jump.

[FlyingDonut]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up unrestored copies. 18 9.8s, 65 9.6s, 1158 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

[seanfingh]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up copies. 18 9.8s, 68 9.6s, 171 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

Between 8-9k now.

[FlyingDonut]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up copies. 18 9.8s, 68 9.6s, 171 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

Between 8-9k now.

 

See, even better. You'd need to pay a premium to shake some out of a tree, but you could do it for $500K.

[Gotham Kid]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

Man are you slow, I knew who it was from the jump.

 

I'm happy for you. You should receive a medal or something...

[Gotham Kid]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up unrestored copies. 18 9.8s, 65 9.6s, 1158 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

A very good friend of mine in TX thought of just that. He owned 4 9.8s when there were only 7 9.8s graded.

[Park]

You should talk to Cal about how well it worked out for him when he tried to corner the IMSM #1 market

 

In his defense, that was when he thought there were only 3,000 copies of that book left in all of existence

 

You joined 6 days ago and already know that much about Cal

 

 

Funny how shills either don't realise they are revealing so much, or don't care.

 

 

 

 

-slym

 

It's Stu. He doesn't care. He is always completely obvious. He would use "It's Stu" in his username if he could. He is not going for subterfuge.

[Dr. Balls]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up copies. 18 9.8s, 68 9.6s, 171 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

Between 8-9k now.

 

See, even better. You'd need to pay a premium to shake some out of a tree, but you could do it for $500K.

 

So let's say you swoop them all up for $500k - what's the end game in this scenario? Re-sell them back over the span of a few years to make a profit? Or just to be a meglomaniacal douchenozzle and hoard them away?

[shadroch]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up copies. 18 9.8s, 68 9.6s, 171 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

Between 8-9k now.

 

See, even better. You'd need to pay a premium to shake some out of a tree, but you could do it for $500K.

 

You don't really need to shake all the ones that are in collections loose. The idea would be to dry up the supply available on the open market. You could treat ones in private collections as if they didn't exist.

So a syndicate fo five or six people investing 150K each could really make the market, it appears.

I'd still prefer a pre 1965 book to X-men 94 as the number of HG X-Men far exceeds the TOS, and the market for any thousand dollar book is very limited in the first place.

[Calamerica]

If you had the money, a book you could corner the market on is X-Men 94. For your same million dollars, you could buy all the 9.4 and up unrestored copies. 18 9.8s, 65 9.6s, 1158 9.4s. What does a 9.8 go for now? $25K?

 

I have done very well when I scarfed up those IMSM's for $10.00 - $50.00, and sold them for great coin.

 

Still have some left, but going to get out while the getting is this good...

 

CAL