Action 1 Rocket Copy & Tec 27 CGC 4.5 6 6

[buttock]

On 1/22/2022 at 1:32 AM, Gotham Kid said:

An auction house buying form another auction house. How typical.

I'm going to guess that the majority of books sold in the last HA auction weren't bought by another auction house.

[10centcomics]

On 1/21/2022 at 4:11 PM, Dark Knight said:

Looks like the winner of the Action 1 rocket copy is publicly known: Owner of Goldin Auctions

I saw the pic he posted on IG with the book! Meanwhile average customers like myself are still waiting on books from the November signature auction!

[Bronty]

For all we know he flew to pick it up.
 

We can debate whether or not skipping the queue is fair or not when you spend 3 mil, but we don’t know the facts here.

Edited January 22, 2022 by Bronty

[Terry JSA]

On 1/22/2022 at 10:44 AM, Bronty said:

For all we know he flew to pick it up.
 

We can debate whether or not skipping the queue is fair or not when you spend 3 mil, but we don’t know the facts here.

Personally, if I were to spend $3M on a book, I wouldn’t mind flying to pick it up either. 

[Gotham Kid]

On 1/22/2022 at 3:44 PM, Bronty said:

For all we know he flew to pick it up.
 

We can debate whether or not skipping the queue is fair or not when you spend 3 mil, but we don’t know the facts here.

I would fly around the world to pick up a 3M book

[Gotham Kid]

On 1/22/2022 at 3:33 PM, 10centcomics said:

I saw the pic he posted on IG with the book!

Could you please share his IG handle ? Thanks.

[10centcomics]

On 1/22/2022 at 11:40 AM, Gotham Kid said:

Could you please share his IG handle ? Thanks.

@kengoldin 

[10centcomics]

On 1/22/2022 at 11:32 AM, Terry JSA said:

Personally, if I were to spend $3M on a book, I wouldn’t mind flying to pick it up either. 

Who's to say I didn't spend on a big book either? If I had the option, I'll fly economy to pick it up, save myself the anxiety of it getting lost in the mail, and visit my family in the area

[tth2]

On 1/22/2022 at 10:52 PM, Bronty said:

Frankly I don’t see anything wrong with it.    Whether he’s a fan or speculating or trying to get attention for his business or all three, his money is as good as anyone else’s.

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

[MrBedrock]

On 1/22/2022 at 11:39 AM, tth2 said:

On 1/22/2022 at 8:52 AM, Bronty said:

Frankly I don’t see anything wrong with it.    Whether he’s a fan or speculating or trying to get attention for his business or all three, his money is as good as anyone else’s.

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

But if one is a "collector" and simply buys what one likes and only at prices that are comfortable then what does it really matter how deep the market is or what might be happening in some remote area of the hobby that only a few play in?

[10centcomics]

On 1/22/2022 at 12:53 PM, szav said:

Maybe give them a call.  I won a book last Saturday, paid the next day, and it shipped out yesterday.  I'm for sure not an A-Lister with HA.

Oh wow, here I thought I was an A-lister because they send me their glossy catalogsI'll give them a call on Monday. 

[MyNameIsLegion]

On 1/22/2022 at 11:39 AM, tth2 said:

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

That more accurately describes the original comic art market. HA and Clink are just an accelerant that makes it happen faster.  

[Bronty]

On 1/22/2022 at 12:39 PM, tth2 said:

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

What can we really expect at 7 figure prices?   The air gets thin. 

[tth2]

On 1/23/2022 at 4:31 AM, Bronty said:

On 1/23/2022 at 1:39 AM, tth2 said:

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

What can we really expect at 7 figure prices?   The air gets thin. 

Yes, which makes it even more worrisome that the already thin air is even thinner than expected.

I fully expect that the niche titles in the Promise collection are going to people already in the hobby.  But I guess I had started to drink the kool aid in believing that the Big Liquid Books of the hobby might actually be going to new money.

[VintageComics]

On 1/22/2022 at 12:39 PM, tth2 said:

On 1/22/2022 at 9:52 AM, Bronty said:

Frankly I don’t see anything wrong with it.    Whether he’s a fan or speculating or trying to get attention for his business or all three, his money is as good as anyone else’s.

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

I don't understand this logic.

Nearly every dealer in the hobby with the exception of maybe a few isolated people either were or still are collectors. 

And nearly every collector is now a dealer. 

So your point doesn't make sense. 

[adamstrange]

On 1/22/2022 at 8:51 PM, VintageComics said:

I don't understand this logic.

Nearly every dealer in the hobby with the exception of maybe a few isolated people either were or still are collectors. 

And nearly every collector is now a dealer. 

We're all in on it!  

Only, someone forget to tell me. 

[VintageComics]

On 1/22/2022 at 9:38 PM, adamstrange said:

We're all in on it!  

Only, someone forget to tell me. 

Hence why I didn't say 'every'. You are always on my mind. 

[CycleGirl]

On 1/22/2022 at 10:22 AM, 10centcomics said:

Oh wow, here I thought I was an A-lister because they send me their glossy catalogsI'll give them a call on Monday. 

C-Lister here.  I guess once you buy a book or two from them, you get glossy catalogs for life because I'm sure it's been a while since I bought anything from there. It is fun looking at all of those beautiful books. 

Edited January 29, 2022 by CycleGirl

[lou_fine]

On 1/22/2022 at 9:39 AM, tth2 said:

It's just that it makes you wonder how deep and authentic the market really is, or if it's just a big shell game between a few deep pocketed players to create the appearance of ever increasing prices.

But hasn't this pretty much always been the case for seemingly decades now, as I remember the same comments being thrown around back in the 90's about the big time dealers and long before the comic specialty auction houses arrived on the scene.  

[Terry JSA]