Are prices still climbing or have they eased up a bit??? 43 43

[musicmeta]

On 1/26/2022 at 6:19 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Low to no feedback bidders.

  Chances are who ever wins will not pay. Probably just more attempts to push things like GPA up and make those others look like a good buy.

My 

Yeah,  that makes a little more sense why the price is that high..Low feedback bidders don't care how high it goes if they have no intentions of paying..but Hey we all started out with zero feedback on ebay when we started.  Maybe
the winning bidder will come thru and pay for it.  Time will tell.

[chrisco37]

On 1/25/2022 at 8:05 PM, Singh Capital said:

The comic scene is wild right now…I am a crypto guy, new to this world. Thinking of diversifying into CGC comics but do you guys see the market cooling down anytime soon? Books like Punisher limited 1 and his first appearance in Spider-Man have gone insane. Not to mention ghost rider, hulk 181 and others. 
 

Personally I have been sitting on the sidelines too long watching the prices go up. In my opinion I think things could get even crazier especially if eBay integrates comics into their collections feature. It would be really nice if we had tools like the ones offered on GoCollect baked right into eBay. These kind of things are inevitable and will only serve to help push this space forward. 

Welcome to the Boards.  Hulk 181 has proven (time & time again) it’s “worth” as an investment.  Buying & holding will always work out.  It’s a blue-chip book.

ASM129 is a solid bet too.  Limited Series is a cool book (with a great cover), but I can see that one dropping back down a bit from the crazy heights.  It wasn’t long ago you could pick up HG raws for $25.  I’d be wary of “common copper” that has shot up just because everything else is crazy.

Stick with the blue chips & hold for 5+ Years has almost always been a good bet.
 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 1/26/2022 at 6:55 PM, musicmeta said:

Yeah,  that makes a little more sense why the price is that high..Low feedback bidders don't care how high it goes if they have no intentions of paying..but Hey we all started out with zero feedback on ebay when we started.  Maybe
the winning bidder will come thru and pay for it.  Time will tell.

This is why I said probably.  There is still a sucker born every minute.  Also the price can jump and if it does sell the others may bump their price. 

I would still bet this is not one of those instances.  

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:50 PM, musicmeta said:

I'm having a hard time accepting Moon Knight #1 valued this high.  I have a 9.8 copy and I'm happy for it but this is a 1980's book...9.8 copies everywhere.  I can't help but feel this book will drop like a rock once the Moon Knight series comes out.   Yes, why not save about $300 and take the BIN one at $1025...I guess they must really like the $1325 one.  Prices are insane on this book.   Tempted to sell mine but I have all 38 issues in 9.8 white and would hate to break up the run.
I could buy the #1 back later on though.  

List the complete run as a single lot 

[musicmeta]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:08 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

List the complete run as a single lot 

Knowing my luck. If I ever list the full run as a single lot...the value will drop 80%.  

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:13 PM, musicmeta said:

Knowing my luck. If I ever list the full run as a single lot...the value will drop 80%.  

80% off? 

[VintageComics]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:08 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

And the cosmic nature of their story, allows them to literally blast off right out the gate 

Maybe it could be a  series rather than a movie at first.   Then once the world falls in love with the FF family, it jumps to the big screen with the introduction of Galactus.

I would love to see a time 60's piece ala X-men: Days Of Future Past with an FF #1 reboot, with a Thing that looks like the early Thing, pre rocks.

They can always have him evolve later. Not much gets me excited these days about movies, but that throwback piece would make me melt. 

On 1/26/2022 at 7:41 PM, Poekaymon said:

1. Daredevil.  One of my two favorites as a kid.  Really didn't like the actor.  Pretty sure he sniveled and moped through every episode of every season.

I thought this was BY FAR the best of the Netflix shows. I couldn't get into any of the others. 

[lizards2]

On 1/26/2022 at 5:02 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

There is still a sucker born every minute. 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 1/26/2022 at 10:26 PM, lizards2 said:

On 1/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

There is still a sucker born every minute. 

[lou_fine]

On 1/25/2022 at 9:53 PM, Terry JSA said:

But 4 years later, everything’s even more money. I promise you we’re gonna look the market again from this point on only for it to be even more money in a couple of years.

Overall I don’t see this hobby getting weak for any reason and all I see is growth as there’s so many avenues people can use to get into comic collecting. 

Not sure if you are applying your conclusion here to books like Hulk 181 only, because it certainly doesn't apply in the case of overly hyped movie and TV related books that are readily available in grade and yet command out of this world prices before dropping back down to Earth to a significant extent when the movie or show comes out of has ended its run. 

Clearly a phenomenon which we have seen repeated countless times in the past, and really no reason why we would not expect it to continue, as per a couple of posts from other boardies here:    

On 1/26/2022 at 4:50 PM, musicmeta said:

I'm having a hard time accepting Moon Knight #1 valued this high.  I have a 9.8 copy and I'm happy for it but this is a 1980's book...9.8 copies everywhere.  I can't help but feel this book will drop like a rock once the Moon Knight series comes out.   

Prices are insane on this book. 
I could buy the #1 back later on though.  

 

On 1/26/2022 at 4:53 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Just like the stock market.  Sell high , buy low.. 

 

[Terry JSA]

On 1/27/2022 at 12:34 AM, lou_fine said:

Not sure if you are applying your conclusion here to books like Hulk 181 only, because it certainly doesn't apply in the case of overly hyped movie and TV related books that are readily available in grade and yet command out of this world prices before dropping back down to Earth to a significant extent when the movie or show comes out of has ended its run. 

Clearly a phenomenon which we have seen repeated countless times in the past, and really no reason why we would not expect it to continue, as per a couple of posts from other boardies here:    

All I’m saying is I don’t see the market slowing down as there’s gonna be plenty of room for growth in this hobby.

Yes, I know everything is going to fluctuate, all books do that. My point being is that as long as there’s movies or TV shows related to comic books constantly happening, we can expect a lot of newcomers to pour money into this hobby.

[lou_fine]

On 1/26/2022 at 10:29 PM, Terry JSA said:

Yes, I know everything is going to fluctuate, all books do that.

Fluctuation is definitely right when it comes to some of the readily available movie hyped books as some of them have dropped by anywhere from 50% to 70%+ from their recent peaks.  

Pretty much in line with some of the speculative growth equity stocks which are trading based upon multiples to sales as they still don't have any profits yet, as many of these have also dropped by anywhere from 50% to 80% from their recent highs during the past few months.  

[Beige]

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[lizards2]

[DC#]

Here are the first three days of Session 3 - since this session is so large thought I would break it up a bit.    Some very interesting numbers scattered about in here (check out that Iron Fist 14 9.8 result - and building on the Moon Knight comments above - really strong 9.8 sale).    As with Session 1 - results seem to be stronger than the Dec CL auction.     Several books that were 40-50% higher than the Dec results.  

Enjoy.   Will try to post the last of the Session 3 results after they close next week.    

 

[Sweet Lou 14]

I remember that DD #168 9.8 sale for $13,200 ... completely insane, makes no sense.

[DC#]

On 1/29/2022 at 10:22 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I remember that DD #168 9.8 sale for $13,200 ... completely insane, makes no sense.

I went back several times on some of these numbers to make sure I hadn't transposed something.     

[chrisco37]

That one was a big mover.  

[DC#]

Here is the last of Session 3 and Session 4 from the Jan CL Auction.   Across all sessions, the tracked titles were 3.5% higher than last GPA.

 

 

[DC#]

Here is my Dow 30 updated for January (I published an earlier version in this thread before the holidays).     As a reminder this is a quarterly snapshot so it is less sensitive to the monthly or weekly peaks and valleys.     In general, it seems like the market hit a plateau in Spring of 21 with many books bouncing around a tight range.    This combined with my casual observations of the CL results would seem to say that fear of "missing the boat" on many, many books may not be as warranted at this point.    Unless you are hunting an AF15 or whatever the latest speculation rush is - collectors (as opposed to a generic term "buyers" which may cover a host of people with very different purchasing objectives) probably have the luxury of time to find the right copy for themselves in these conditions.   

Silver was up 65% vs Jan 21

Bronze was up 73% vs Jan 21

Copper/Modern was up 48% vs Jan 21

In aggregate up 66%

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by DC#