Would You Rather Have (1) $30,000 Comic or (300) $100 Comics 8 8

[Dr. Balls]

On 1/14/2023 at 4:41 PM, LadyDeath said:

Yeah I see that now! At least it's a Schomburg cover.  But man, these people on Heritage are something else.

I was guessing (and it was a pretty uneducated guess - since I have very limited experience watching that book) that it was going to go a little higher than $15k. Yowza. However, the guy who had $25k to throw at that book? Congrats - that's one of the coolest covers in Golden Age.

[Savoyard23]

I'll take the 300 $100 books.  I like variety.

[mtracy64]

I'll take the best pre-Robin TEC $30K can buy.

[shadroch]

Depends.

I'd rather have a BB28 than an entire run of Justice League books, but if I was trying to make money, I'd go with with the boxes of $10 books.

Edited January 15, 2023 by shadroch

[KirbyJack]

As asked, I’d take the single $30k book. 
I like the 3 $10k option the most, tho.

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 1/14/2023 at 8:05 PM, KirbyJack said:

I like the 3 $10k option the most, tho.

[Chief1332]

On 1/14/2023 at 5:26 PM, KCOComics said:

1 $30k book. 

Books you really want worth around $100, you can pretty much buy at any time. A $30k Hulk 1, you can't. Give me the Hulk 1 

Maybe it depends on the stage/level of the collector, or how long a person wants to go between buying comics.  I'm in the Still Having Fun or Just Getting Started stage of the hobby.

[musicmeta]

Take the 30K book.  

[Poekaymon]

There aren't even 100 $100 books that I want, so I will take the 30k.  In fact, I'd take a single 25k over 30k in 100s.

[Lazyboy]

On 1/14/2023 at 5:33 PM, Dr. Balls said:

What about 30,000 $1 comics?

 

I was on board... until I saw the picture.

Did you mean 300,000 $0.10 books?

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 1/15/2023 at 3:31 PM, Poekaymon said:

There aren't even 100 $100 books that I want, so I will take the 30k.  In fact, I'd take a single 25k over 30k in 100s.

$100 doesn’t buy much these days. I could make 60 $500 books work though 

[PeterPark]

How about 15 $2000 books? You can make a very fun pile outta that...

[CGC Mike]

Lets not post screenshots of auctions for competitors books.  

[s-man]

On 1/14/2023 at 6:33 PM, Dr. Balls said:

What about 30,000 $1 comics?

 

Or 60,000 fitty centers 

[Cat]

For reading purposes clearly the bulk would be better. For collecting purposes I'd go with the one book. 

[universal soldier]

Best AF #15 I can get for that $$. No brainer for me.

[Artboy99]

On 1/14/2023 at 4:33 PM, Dr. Balls said:

What about 30,000 $1 comics?

 

I already have that thanks.

[Artboy99]

On 1/15/2023 at 3:33 PM, Lazyboy said:

I was on board... until I saw the picture.

Did you mean 300,000 $0.10 books?

already have that too 

Edited January 16, 2023 by Artboy99

[batman_fan]

I would go for the $30k book because

1.  Less room needed to store it

2.  $30k buys a lot of keys, Spiderman 1 mid grade, Daredevil 1 high grade, FF1 and Hulk 1 low grade, etc.

[D2]

I like this question, but it goes against what I believe is good collecting mentality. 
 

Not to take this into a serious direction with legitimately funny replies…

But I tried collecting for money/investing. 
I tried collecting, strictly with what I like, dispelling any monetary influences (which is near difficult for me). 

I am still a strong believer in: collect what you love. but. you are best off collecting what you like, in CGC graded books, in the hopes that if you DO plan on selling anything off, then at least you’ll get a fair market price for them. 

In respect to OP’s topic, prices go up and prices go down. If I bought a book for 30k and the price dropped down to 25k, I’d be stressed. So even though I’d love a 30k book, in my heart of hearts, I’d struggle with the pressure of it.