Auctions are hit and miss. It all depends on who’s there and what they’re willing to pay. A book can sell at one auction for $2,000 and then be sold again at another auction for $2800. I agree that presentation is extremely important, especially with keys. Early Batman comics are always great buys. I picked up a Batman #5 CGC 4.5 for only $2,200. I think I got a great deal. These early Golden Age comics are not common!
Great post... Not surprised for some of these books where people slightly overpaid... There are so few sales of each of these books at that specific grade, especially the BatMan golden age keys. Im sure people with a short wish list were zeroing in on specific books and willing to pay a few extra to get now vs. hope they come up again in a month or 2, if ever... I also feel there is more bottoming out overall and people are being more selective vs. spray and pray.
Like high grade CGC books when prices are lower. At some point, they will go back up in price. Plus they look better. Ex: Silver Surfer 4. Looks flawless. 🤩
Hey Lawrence, good morning I picked up amazing Spider-Man 121 9.8 White pages on eBay a few years ago for $3600. Gwen Stacy is my favorite female character at the same time. Basically I picked up amazing Spider-Man 122 for only $2000 9.8 at the New York comic con.. yes 121 sold for over $7000 not that long ago on Comic Link 9.8.. with the auctions you never know what the hell you are getting into. As you know, I was the owner of the superman 1 5.0 moderate professional restoration, no trimming the only sold for $40,000 last week heritage auctions. Of course I’m never going to get over that. I was devastated watching the sale.. mainly because on Comic Link last month Superman 1 4.5 restored lots of trimming sold for more than $60,000.🤯🤯🤯
eBay is the king of prices... since i have no idea what GPA or Key Collector use for their data honestly. If i want to know how much a comic is going for, ebay is first. Those apps may use ebay idk. I don't know about using ebay for huge expensive keys since i don't have the money for that sort of stuff... $600 + etc
I’d take a silver age major key. First appearance of a A lister or top comic X men. Thor. Iron man. Avengers 1. FF1. Even take it in low grade for the history
ASM 121 9.8 census shows 89 copies - not scarce in grade. Great book, story and cover - that said I’d rather spend $275 for a 7.0 and use the $5,225 difference to step into a golden age book
Mark my words...with PSA getting into the comic grading space they will strike a deal with eBay to be the comic book authenticator just like they are with cards.
First off I’m a strong believer on collect what you love so I’m going to buck the trend since I grew up in the Bronze Age. I would rather have the high grade not necessarily a 9.8 especially if it’s a 1.0 silver and I’m going to have to hold and look at it long term! Thinking silver is the better investment not always the case! Take for instance spider man 1 vs spider man 194. Compare a 6.0 number 1 vs a 9.8 194. In the comic boom a 6.0 made it to 45,000 while a 194 just under 6000. Now we’re looking at 15.000 vs 2,000. Pick these grades because on the census both around 600 at these two grades. Both lost comparable percentages but I would take the 4k hit much better than the 30k! I’m an avid believer that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket and to diversify! Works for stocks and maybe should be applied to comics!
Very cool. Congrats on 10k
I’d rather spend $5k on whatever book won’t be $3k the next year lol
Auctions are hit and miss. It all depends on who’s there and what they’re willing to pay. A book can sell at one auction for $2,000 and then be sold again at another auction for $2800. I agree that presentation is extremely important, especially with keys. Early Batman comics are always great buys. I picked up a Batman #5 CGC 4.5 for only $2,200. I think I got a great deal. These early Golden Age comics are not common!
Great post... Not surprised for some of these books where people slightly overpaid... There are so few sales of each of these books at that specific grade, especially the BatMan golden age keys. Im sure people with a short wish list were zeroing in on specific books and willing to pay a few extra to get now vs. hope they come up again in a month or 2, if ever... I also feel there is more bottoming out overall and people are being more selective vs. spray and pray.
Like high grade CGC books when prices are lower. At some point, they will go back up in price. Plus they look better. Ex: Silver Surfer 4. Looks flawless. 🤩
5K on a golden age comic with a low census 👍
Hey Lawrence, good morning I picked up amazing Spider-Man 121 9.8 White pages on eBay a few years ago for $3600. Gwen Stacy is my favorite female character at the same time. Basically I picked up amazing Spider-Man 122 for only $2000 9.8 at the New York comic con.. yes 121 sold for over $7000 not that long ago on Comic Link 9.8.. with the auctions you never know what the hell you are getting into. As you know, I was the owner of the superman 1 5.0 moderate professional restoration, no trimming the only sold for $40,000 last week heritage auctions. Of course I’m never going to get over that. I was devastated watching the sale.. mainly because on Comic Link last month Superman 1 4.5 restored lots of trimming sold for more than $60,000.🤯🤯🤯
Not all copies are created equal
I'd buy golden age keys. See you at KingKon.
Excellent video with great market information and insights - these help with decision making and research on purchasing books. Much appreciated
eBay is the king of prices... since i have no idea what GPA or Key Collector use for their data honestly. If i want to know how much a comic is going for, ebay is first. Those apps may use ebay idk. I don't know about using ebay for huge expensive keys since i don't have the money for that sort of stuff... $600 + etc
@@BigMoneyGripMCV gpa records all sales besides Instagram, comic link and few others. But all sales are reported to gpa from eBay.
Definitely would go with a low grade key over a high grade mid book.
Thanks for another great video. I would rather have a low grade Gold or Silver age comic vs a high grade Modern comic any day. 😎
I’d take a silver age major key. First appearance of a A lister or top comic
X men. Thor. Iron man. Avengers 1. FF1. Even take it in low grade for the history
ASM 121 9.8 census shows 89 copies - not scarce in grade. Great book, story and cover - that said I’d rather spend $275 for a 7.0 and use the $5,225 difference to step into a golden age book
Mark my words...with PSA getting into the comic grading space they will strike a deal with eBay to be the comic book authenticator just like they are with cards.
First off I’m a strong believer on collect what you love so I’m going to buck the trend since I grew up in the Bronze Age. I would rather have the high grade not necessarily a 9.8 especially if it’s a 1.0 silver and I’m going to have to hold and look at it long term! Thinking silver is the better investment not always the case! Take for instance spider man 1 vs spider man 194. Compare a 6.0 number 1 vs a 9.8 194. In the comic boom a 6.0 made it to 45,000 while a 194 just under 6000. Now we’re looking at 15.000 vs 2,000. Pick these grades because on the census both around 600 at these two grades. Both lost comparable percentages but I would take the 4k hit much better than the 30k! I’m an avid believer that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket and to diversify! Works for stocks and maybe should be applied to comics!
Inflation is not going away the "any-asset" bubble will continue.
Thanks for the video like to be updated with this keys
Where is Donna 😂😂😂
@@Dragomo-David she’s coming back after NycC
I own one of those 8000 ff48..coincidentally in 4.0
Lower Grade Older Key For Sure 🤘🏼
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The quality of books have gone down on ebay but ya popular books are going up i think but I've got some deals for some80sdark horse comics
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if i had it i would spend that money for death of Gwen Stacy. a 9.8 on a book that is 51 years old!? Fuggetaboutit