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On 8/30/2022 at 3:17 AM, tth2 said:

Where's the freaking crash?!

Crypto down, stock market down, cards down (supposedly), real estate down (supposedly). 

But comics up.  Like always. 

Most books did well; some went down.

Note the cut of the top edge, the red streaks near the initial "C" in "Comics", and the minor staple tear. This appears to be the same copy that sold back in May for $6,951, newly graded (and presumably pressed) but with the same grade and page quality. This time around it sold for $5,115. The $5,115 was still a healthy price for a 9.0; $6,951 was a staggering price. I guess someone mistakenly thought that it could be pressed for an upgrade.

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The Captain Science #2 sold last night for $2,321. The same copy sold on HA last November for $3,120. Again, it's down, but it's down from what was a ridiculously high price. (Who pays that kind of a price for a book he's going to sell nine months later? I've paid extremely strong prices before but only for books that are meant to be part of my permanent collection.) The $2,321 still seems high to me considering how common the book is, but the price was probably buoyed by that insanely high price from last November.

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On 8/30/2022 at 9:21 AM, Robot Man said:

I have collected comics for over 50 years. If you told me when I started, or all along the way they would be worth what they are today, I would have said you were crazy.

I have always bought what I liked and could afford with a minimal interest in value. And I kept most of them. Was I smart? Lucky? Maybe a little of both. I still love my books a lot more than a pile of cash though. The only thing money means to me at this point is the ability to buy more…:devil:

What is your exit plan? Do you have one?

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On 8/30/2022 at 9:11 AM, ThothAmon said:

The Archie’s definitely did well so it’s a little surprising the relatively low hammer for those two beauties. I put in some punishment bids on all the Archie’s I need but only won 2 of the later ones. 
 

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You just don't see Archie's in these conditions out in the wild.  They're like freaks of nature. Great pick-ups! (thumbsu

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On 8/30/2022 at 5:42 PM, pickycollector said:

Wow, I thought I would finally complete my JIM/Thor and did bid very aggressively on the JIM 85 CGC 7.5 but still finished second, I guess somebody wanted it more than me :frown:

JIM 85 7.5

That is the power of the movie train. What used to be a $400 +/- book now $17K+. :p

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On 8/30/2022 at 7:45 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Well, like 10 mins left and not seeing any activity on two of my high grade strange adventures. Guess we’ll see if there’s like last second bidding, but right now they’re both still pretty low 😬

I was shocked at the final hammer, especially the Mile High.  Someone got a great gorilla cover Mile High for a bargain.

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On 8/30/2022 at 8:03 PM, batman_fan said:

I was shocked at the final hammer, especially the Mile High.  Someone got a great gorilla cover Mile High for a bargain.

Yeah tell me about it lol. I thought when I saw this hammer recently I had a solid sale coming. But nope 🤷‍♂️. Considering there’s an 8.0 sitting on eBay at $600, less than the 7.0 sale, just makes me wonder if that was even a legit sale.

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Hi everyone. I just snagged the Fantucchio X-Men 1 5.0. Pretty stoked right now. This link that some awesome person put together of Silver Age key pedigrees, do you think it's up to date? Comments are from 2011 but I'm pretty sure the Fantucchio pedigree wasn't graded until around 2016/17 . I know it's the GA section but this is the only Comiclink thread I know. Thanks:peace:

https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2022aug%26pg%3D7%23Item_1598839&id=1598839&itemType=0

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On 8/30/2022 at 9:51 PM, LDarkseid1 said:

Yeah tell me about it lol. I thought when I saw this hammer recently I had a solid sale coming. But nope 🤷‍♂️. Considering there’s an 8.0 sitting on eBay at $600, less than the 7.0 sale, just makes me wonder if that was even a legit sale.

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It is so hard to know what the results are going to be in the auctions.  I was watching some of the results tonights and thought the results were varied, some real strong ones and some soft ones.

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On 8/30/2022 at 9:55 PM, Professor K said:

Hi everyone. I just snagged the Fantucchio X-Men 1 5.0. Pretty stoked right now. This link that some awesome person put together of Silver Age key pedigrees, do you think it's up to date? Comments are from 2011 but I'm pretty sure the Fantucchio pedigree wasn't graded until around 2016/17 . I know it's the GA section but this is the only Comiclink thread I know. Thanks:peace:

https://itsalljustcomics.com/existence-and-grades-of-silver-age-key-books-from-the-major-pedigree-collections/

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2022aug%26pg%3D7%23Item_1598839&id=1598839&itemType=0

Great pick-up

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On 8/31/2022 at 12:21 AM, Robot Man said:

The only thing money means to me at this point is the ability to buy more…:devil:

Well yeah, which is why I keep wondering where the crash is.

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On 8/30/2022 at 8:42 PM, pickycollector said:

Wow, I thought I would finally complete my JIM/Thor and did bid very aggressively on the JIM 85 CGC 7.5 but still finished second, I guess somebody wanted it more than me :frown:

JIM 85 7.5

Now you know what it feels like when a quarterback throws a Hail Mary that doesn’t quite make the end zone. In all seriousness we’ve all felt that pain. The good news is in all likelihood another nice 85 will be for sale before you know it. 

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