Do SA movie-Hype books cool off? Or just stop climbing?

[miraclemet]

I'm actually not all together sure that the hype behind the book is all movie based. The Sinister Six was a pretty cool idea to pull off. Ditko's pencils are top notch in the book, with the various splash pages being pretty much without peer. Great, classic cover to boot.

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really?

 

here's a snapshot of GPA for 2013 and 2014 for a 9.0

 

 

know what happened between the Nov 2013 sale and the Jan 2014 sale happened?

 

this trailer came out (on december 5 to be exact)

 

which featured the hints towards the appearance of the Sinister 6 in the ASM movie franchise,,,

 

seems like they had a pretty direct relation.

 

I stand corrected. Although I wasn't discounting the movie bump in an absolute manner. I was simply stating that I wasn't sure that ALL of the hype was based on movie hype/anticipation. It's a great book for what would seem to be many reasons.

 

Thanks for posting the data.

 

 

And I agree, I thought a few years back that ASM Annual 1 was undervalued, so I dont discount that some of the price "awakening" was just realization coming on the heels of the movie-hype that the book WAS important... not direct hype/speculation...

[rob_react]

They all retreat, but never to their all time norms. A lot of times the buyers just refuse to take a 50% hit on a book and rather keep it which keeps supply in check with demand.

 

Never say never ASM 14, for example (12-13 years later,) can sell for 50% of the price (in 9.4) during original Spider-Man movie hype.

[paul747]

Lets see what happens to Hawkman #4 1st Zatanna.. It was going thru the roof with speculation on a Justice league dark film . Looks like that movie is off the calender. I bet it will hold some of the price increase because it is slightly undervalued but 500-1000 times guide i think not.

[rob_react]

Another, more recent example, is Avengers 4 in 9.4/9.6 which has cratered.

 

9.6 has sold for as high as $69,500. The last one sold for $19,120

 

9.4 has sold for as high as $30,000 the last one sold for $11,353

[Jaydogrules]

Another, more recent example, is Avengers 4 in 9.4/9.6 which has cratered.

 

9.6 has sold for as high as $69,500. The last one sold for $19,120

 

9.4 has sold for as high as $30,000 the last one sold for $11,353

 

Those books went down for different reasons though, having nothing to do with "movie hype".

 

-J.

[miraclemet]

Another, more recent example, is Avengers 4 in 9.4/9.6 which has cratered.

 

9.6 has sold for as high as $69,500. The last one sold for $19,120

 

9.4 has sold for as high as $30,000 the last one sold for $11,353

 

looking at top grades on SA keys means

 

1) you are dealing with very few data points (maybe 2-3 sales in a year)

2) you are also having to contend with the impact of newly graded copies coming onto the market and affecting the other grades. Maybe that first 9.6 sold roe $70k when there was only 1 or two on census, but since that time additional copies showed up, decreasing its rarity, and the market adjusted.

 

Look at the 8.0 (lots more sales)

 

It was a $1000-$1500 book thru 2008 (with modest increase from 1000 to 1500 over the years).

 

which is interesting because they announced the movie mid-2008, and the book didnt start breaking $2k until almost a year later (Feb 2009)

 

From 2009 to the beginning of 2012 (or the end of 2011 if you prefer) the book had strong success staying over $2k and almost reaching $3k with the movie's release.

 

Since then it hasnt hit those highs, but has remained in the over $2k range, so it hasnt plummeted or receded back to pre-movie levels.

[ShawnDeath]

Spidey Annual #1 has always seemed like a book that should be worth more than it goes for. It won't keep all of the increase but I'd look for it to hold a bit more of it's value than the typical hype book.