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My Interview with George Pantela of GPAnalysis

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iron maniac

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My recent interview with George Pantela of GPAnalysis is up now in my column the Iron Slab:

Click on the picture below to read it:

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If you want to, check out our forum boards while your over there with a full Professionally Graded Comic Section:http://forum.stlcomics.com/index.php

I will be doing more interviews with people involved with Professionally Graded Comic books. I would be happy to include you guys in the next interview if you are interested. Let me know if you are.

Also let me know what you think of the George Pantela interview.

Thanks guys,

Erik

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nice article, thanks for sharing the info and the link thumbsup2.gif

 

I'm especially intrigued on how a global system can be put in place to encompass non-dealer transactions.

Thanks for the feedback. thumbsup2.gif

I just wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to read it.

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I found this to be the most fascinating part of the interview:

 

CGC will remain the main (only?) professional certification service for comic books; although people point to coins and other collectibles, where a number of certification companies co-exist, I do not believe the overall market size for comics is conducive to further CGC-like services appearing. CGC also have a huge first-mover advantage and have established them squarely in the market place.

 

Is the market for comics that much smaller than the one for coins and cards? I hadn't really thought about it before... confused-smiley-013.gif893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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I found this to be the most fascinating part of the interview:

 

CGC will remain the main (only?) professional certification service for comic books; although people point to coins and other collectibles, where a number of certification companies co-exist, I do not believe the overall market size for comics is conducive to further CGC-like services appearing. CGC also have a huge first-mover advantage and have established them squarely in the market place.

 

Is the market for comics that much smaller than the one for coins and cards? I hadn't really thought about it before... confused-smiley-013.gif893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I don't think these coments take into consideration recent customer confidence issues CGC may have with SCS and inhouse pressing. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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I found this to be the most fascinating part of the interview:

 

CGC will remain the main (only?) professional certification service for comic books; although people point to coins and other collectibles, where a number of certification companies co-exist, I do not believe the overall market size for comics is conducive to further CGC-like services appearing. CGC also have a huge first-mover advantage and have established them squarely in the market place.

 

Is the market for comics that much smaller than the one for coins and cards? I hadn't really thought about it before... confused-smiley-013.gif893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I think it's a niche market. I guestimate that there are no more than 20,000 collectors, based on number of accounts at Heritage and subscriptions to other magazines and services. If I call CGC and they know me by name, then I suggest to you that the market is small.

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I found this to be the most fascinating part of the interview:

 

CGC will remain the main (only?) professional certification service for comic books; although people point to coins and other collectibles, where a number of certification companies co-exist, I do not believe the overall market size for comics is conducive to further CGC-like services appearing. CGC also have a huge first-mover advantage and have established them squarely in the market place.

 

Is the market for comics that much smaller than the one for coins and cards? I hadn't really thought about it before... confused-smiley-013.gif893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I think it's a niche market. I guestimate that there are no more than 20,000 collectors, based on number of accounts at Heritage and subscriptions to other magazines and services. If I call CGC and they know me by name, then I suggest to you that the market is small.

 

Interesting point. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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I worked in the coin business many moons ago - and ye sit is much much much bigger. So are cards. Comics are still, believe it or not, in their infancy as a collectible.

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Let's hope we don't get SIDS.

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