Overstreet 43 out tomorrow. Predictions?

[CKB]

Prediction? PAIN.

 

[Johnny U]

Prediction? PAIN.

[lhcomics]

Overstreet is out today for special people.

 

Now I can see what my comics are worth.

 

 

Seriously I can remember before the internet when I would look at the color comic covers for hours.

 

 

 

[kimik]

I buy one every year............so I can use it to set values for keys when buying collections and keys locally!

[Not*Sure*]

I predict my husband will be longing for an overstreet..

 

I wish I could get him one..

[Mark 1]

I've bought them in the 70s - 80s...then picked up a few the past few years.

 

I used to love them but I do admit the values are off and not reflective of market value for many books. I probably won't buy one this year.

 

I wish they would adopt a GPA style way of tracking raw sales of comics but apparently it's easier to do the same old way and make money...

[zosocane]

I'm done with Overstreet -- it's history by the time it reaches shelves. By contrast, each day is a brand new day on GPA.

[Larryw7]

I get it every year. It's not perfect, but I like reading the market reports and just enjoy paging through it.

[Sqeggs]

I buy it every year. Just did the pre-order on Amazon. Granted their prices are not always reflective of the market, but a surprising number of books go on a little run and then float back to the Overstreet level.

 

Try checking the results from a Heritage GA auction against Overstreet some time. There is some divergence here and there, but a substantial majority of prices are pretty close to Overstreet.

[Mark 1]

All comic shops have them to use when pricing books so that's my route this year.

[kagemusha7s]

Overstreet is out today for special people.

 

Now I can see what my comics are worth.

 

 

Seriously I can remember before the internet when I would look at the color comic covers for hours.

 

 

 

nice books

 

Our Army at War 83

 

 

[Flatliner1313]

All the locals shops and dealers at shows here break out their overstreet when you ask them the price of something. I ordered one, and hopefully I can find some edge between that and the "Real world value".

 

 

[dupont2005]

I predict many comics will be overvalued, and the rest will be undervalued.

[skypinkblu]

I buy it every year. Just did the pre-order on Amazon. Granted their prices are not always reflective of the market, but a surprising number of books go on a little run and then float back to the Overstreet level.

 

Try checking the results from a Heritage GA auction against Overstreet some time. There is some divergence here and there, but a substantial majority of prices are pretty close to Overstreet.

 

I usually buy mine on the boards, but didn't see anyone selling them this year. Where is the "Amazon" pesell? I'm not getting that when I do a search, unless it's for the paperback.

[Norrin_Radd]

I predict my nearly 20 year streak of not buying the new Guide will remain unbroken...

Nearly 10 years for me. (thumbs u

 

However, I wouldn't mind reading some of the articles from previous Overstreets if they were available online (for free).

[Ares]

I will buy the Limited edition HERO hardcover

[Aces]

If any of you are upgrading to the new guide and have the hardcover 42 (Catwoman cover only) I'd be willing to take it off your hands.

 

New in wrap they are going low-mid $20 on eBay: Here

 

Price will probably drop a tad when the new one is out.

I'd go $20 shipped new...

$15 shipped for a gently used copy (VF-NM).

Or there abouts...

PM if there's any interest.

 

[MrDeafComics]

I will be buying one since I buy in small bulks and enjoy the process of looking up the books. Its a guideline for me to sort them then I check ebay/ha for current going $$.

 

Too many books for me to memorize and I do not go through enough books to remember them all!!

[BarryAllen]

All comic shops have them to use when pricing books so that's my route this year.

 

It is a necessary evil in a comic shop.

 

 

Like every other comic pricing tool, dealers use it only to their advantage...

 

 

[cloudofwit]

I'm still blown away that these guys haven't put together some kind of Digital model yet.

 

"These guys" still wield their own kind of power...in their Print Age kind of way. Their model, since 1970, is far from irrelevant. The whole cliche of it's only "a Guide" is something worth pondering. GPA. eBay. ComicLink. Heritage. Overstreet. Comic cons. Local. National. All tools of the trade.

 

Overstreet will likely go digital one of these days--and maybe they'll go gangbusters or go broke--but I strongly sense rumors of Gutenberg's demise have been largely overblown or misunderstood.