Did I Overpay for this Comic Book Collection?
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- I purchased a decent collection, but did I overpay for it?
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As someone new to collecting comics I appreciate you telling us what the books are worth. It can be a bit overwhelming with how many books there are
That Slabbed Star Wars 46 has skyrocketed!! First appearance of Boba Fett, Dengar, Bossk, etc
Love your videos! The mix between showing the books before, the keys, and how you take the time and discuss the costs! Great video
Honestly been waiting for an in depth with the costs associated to your collection purchases for so long. FINALLY thank you hahahaha
I appreciate you taking us along this process. I just bought a $600 collection and am also looking to make my money back using CGC. This is my first time intentionally buying with the goal of flipping for a profit, and you've really inspired this. Thanks for taking us a long the way. Even if you just break even, you probably learned a lot and that has value too.
Using CGC locks in the grade and therefore the price for that book. The chances people are going to "overpay" for a comic goes down if they know the exact grade. If Gary's Walking Dead #1 wasn't graded, who knows how much somebody would pay. Then again, you have the chance of hitting a home run if the grade is really good because most of the premium sales are CGC sales.
@Steve F . I think you answered your own question regarding "who knows what someone is would pay". The answer is less than a CGC copy. There is a premium built into CGC pricing as it eliminates uncertainty. CGC maximizes the price at a given grade.
Sure I guess you could have a guy could think your copy is a few grades higher than it is, or at least enough difference to cover the premium cost and then some, but that would require a significant and substantial difference in their subjective grading versus CGCs grading.
I just bought my first comic in 10 years, venom 26. Thank you Gary, your vids gave me motivation to start reading them again
Thank you. Wish I had the time to read more. Enjoy!
Great video as always! I love how real and honest you are. Stay happy and healthy
New Subscriber here! Awesome purchase! You are definitely my new favorite channel! Take care sir!
So here I am, sitting around waiting for another awesome VeryGary hunt video, unboxing video, hell I'd watch a VeryGary putting his bandana on video hahaha. But seriously man, let's go!!! Love the channel my guy.
Great video Gary. These collection videos are killin it.
Hey Gary, maybe consider a "deep dive" long-form video on the remainder boxes, that would be cool to see the lower-end depth of the collection. Still, very good video and insight. My mind was borderline 3K on the collection but I think with a few quick flips, you're solid. MAJOR THUMBS UP on the content man. Keep up the good work!
Great video! Love the inner workings of the struggle.
I used to run the biggest comic book store on the west coast in the 80's and 90's and we loved buying people's collections, it was always an adventure plus we had same philosophy as you to turn those books as fast as possible to avoid having dead inventory. I think you didn't over pay to much, but best way to get the $ back fast is to take all the crap books nd have a blowout sale over the weekend 2 for a dollar. Send out invites to your clients and they will come. I have been out of the biz for 2 decade's and no longer collect, but I'm fasinated by how changed the industry is. I just signed up for your channel, look forward to newer content.
This was a good find. You definitely did not over pay for this collection. You're the guru! Keep it comics good sir
One of the best collections I've seen in a long time. $4500 isn't an overpay. I'd say good deal. Books like Miles Morales ultimate spider-man 1 variant in a 9.8 are going to go for high prices. Congrats Gary!
👍✌👍 Very Cool Gary Thanks for taking us with you on the Ride my friend, hope it all works out for you Brother look forward to the updates, I dont think you spent too much just think its gonna take some extra time to get to the other side on this one 👍✌👍 keep up the GREAT work Brother 👍
Awesome books buddy and awesome job
I like that you give info on the books and the collection
Thanks for sharing the experience 👍 appreciate the thought process at work.. cheers and stay safe.. I’m thinking you did good..
Great video, and thanks for the content. This video really puts things in perspective when comparing to my collection. I have similar things in mine but not nearly as many slabs. I'm sure if you run another 6 hour auction you'd see a return, hahaha.
You're right...having a great video content for your channel (because it's a business for you) is just as important. Love it so keep it up! I think you made out decently. As you said, might be a slow move but you will turn a profit.👍
Good luck man. Everyone always thinks these things are a sure thing but thank you for being honest and shedding light that it's not as easy as it looks.
Would love to have that bronze Silver Surfer! Good haul brother.
I've been collecting comics here in the UK for about 35 years, but to nowhere near the extent that you do it, mate! I've been watching your videos for a couple of weeks now, and I must say I'm incredibly impressed with your amazing, encyclopaedic knowledge of key issues, first appearances and the like. I'm certainly no expert, however, but I'd say you didn't overpay for this collection, I mean, how much is a slabbed Walking Dead #1? That alone must go for megabucks, no? Anyway, thanks for all the great videos!
What’s up Gary?!? Super excited, checking out my first collection in the wild tomorrow! Wish me luck !
Good luck
Man gary, my first time in the wild and it was a bust...nothing but Blackhawk comics issue 200 and up...was a good experience though
Great information on this subject. I have juggling the idea myself. Can wait to see the follow up video!
Its already out
The plastic boxes are $500 if you sold them.
True
Yep they are pricey
Yea I just bought 2 last week they’re between 25 and 30 on amazon right now
Hi Gary - thanks for taking us on these trips and for sharing the experience. The price, potential sales and anticipated profit analysis is great (love this format). Good luck with this collection and as always "keep it comics".
I think this is one of the best videos you done it shows the real risk of buying collections.
Its not always buying low selling high and making thousands in profit.
I think you did good even if you hold on to inventory till the next con your creating content keeping the the action going keep doing what you doing love your channel @verygarycomics plus you got some nice short boxes
That ultimate spiderman 1, first Miles Variant is massive find now!
Dude, don’t worry. You have auctions with a HUGE Inventory to back it ALL up. You’ll never run out of money man! Haha Don’t borrow trouble.
Edit: Not to mention 400 people now watching on average. You are blessed🤣
That Ultimate Spider-man Miles morales Variant Taxi cab 9.8 alone 1000$-1500$ and rapidly climbing.
It’s a fun collection to find in the wild, but $4,500 is closer to a collector rather than retailer price. The time, effort and money involved here to make a return is going to be significant.
agree, i love finding big collections and this one is fun but i def dont think its the best flipping collection ive seen especially at that price. video was awesome i just remember thinking to myself while watching when he was explaining the math at the end "i like this collection but theres no way i'd undertake something like this, unless i really just wanted most of it for myself and sell a few things to lighten the blow"
Love those storage boxes
It’s crazy to watch these older vids and see how much the values of these books has changed. DV 3 is so crazy now
Wow that collection had bits of everything in it that's awesome
I think it was a great deal
Found the channel recently and am loving the content
Thanks John!
❤️Yes! Mel with the vehicle-swap-assist! ❤️💎
That miles morales Spider-man 1 9.8 is $700+ alone really nice buy im sure with everything else. Really Like that Immortal Hulk 1 16 bit by Waite.
Gary,
First off, loving your content, keep up the good work.
I’m finding your transparency refreshing and it’s always good to see and hear the actual work and risk that goes into acquiring a large collection with the intent to flip it and keep a hobby going. One of these days I may look into learning how to press my books. 🤷🏽♂️
Holy shit $4,000. My boy Gary is Ballin. 🤘
Stop right there! Your wife actually helps you with your comics???!!! My wife barely TOLERATES my comic collection. You’re a very lucky man!
Like how you've said how much you've paid, expectations and general thought process around what needs to happen next.
It'll be worth it in the long run for sure, and those minor keys will add up. thanks again for another awesome haul video!
Damn, seems like a lot of work but might just be worth it. Good luck with it, Gary!
thanks for telling us what you paid for the collection.it sounds like a good deal for that collection. i think you will make some money when it' all said and done.i cant wait to see what the star wars #1 comes back from cgc. great video gary ,take care and have a wonderful day
Some of those books look familiar like they were in an auction or something
Better than the collections I've looked at here locally.
Amazing calculated “risk”; I can only imagine the amount of knowledge firing at the same time. Based on what I saw you made out huge especially 2021 fiscal year. I expect shopping online to be at all time high this coming holidays in the fall.
@Tom The Fish you sir are knowledgeable
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼👍🏼broke down what you paid. I appreciate that
Good video keep doing your thang
Money comes and money goes but the HUNT continues
Can’t wait to see the video of the books you get back from CGC good luck!
Good investment collection will maybe take so time but will be rewarding in the long term
Don’t forget those BCW boxes used for for min $20 a pop so you got some scratch back right there
I know this is an old video, great content. I don't know that you overpaid but the Cost of collection + CGC + sweat equity, your time is worth at least $10 an hour pressing, cleaning packaging shipping listing a few hundred $10 - $20 books. Definitely not a home run, call it a solid single with a chance to steal second.
I LOVE those collection vids!! Keep them coming! I call 21 9.8! ;)
I'm starting to learn things...keep those videos coming Gary!
That’s a huge haul man! Interested to see the unboxing video for these being sent off.
I know you said you like to turn around and make your money back quickly, but some of those (Silk ones for sure) I would sit on for a little bit and see what Sony does with the character on the big screen.
$4500 seems steep until you hear the story behind this collection, it was some collector who passed away makes you start to respect his picks, you'll definitely make double or triple your money back but like you said you gotta work for it, that 1st Carnage isn't going nowhere but to the top when they drop the Venom 2 movie
Ul make good profit Gary. Good score.Best of luck in the grades!! 👌
What's the most common reason you hear from people as to why they're selling their whole collection?
Alot of people move and don't want to take it. Some people want the space back in their house
@@VeryGaryComics Can't imagine parting with my collection. I want a booby trapped tomb to store it in when I go! 🤣
The three ‘D’s of selling a collection? Death, Debt, and Divorce.
Although I plan to put mine in a completely airtight time capsule to be buried with me. 😉
Ive been trying to sell mine because times are tough and in the last two years we had to move six times.My wife is literally ready to burn them all. Currently they are just in a shipping container with all my Art Books. I dont have that many but my collecting started when i was 8 in 1994 and I stopped in about 2003 its all mainly Marvel alot of Captain America. The oldest comic was from my Grandma and its from the 1940s of Mighty Mouse in the Worlds 1st 3D comic.
Cool video, up here in french speaking Canada not too many comics yet alone collection can be found in the wild.
Great video, I like how you told us how much you paid and outlined the thinking on how you were gonna make it back + profit.
Would love to see that continue to happen on the Collection purchases, I find it very interesting.
Also that TWD1 should definitely cut nearly in half already. I think it was worth it but like you said will take work/time.
Love the video! I wish I had that many 😪
Some investments are just long term until you can start making profit, I am sure if the conventions were still running today where you could sell those books you would not think twice about buying this collection.
The 25 x BCW bins alone are worth $500-600+ :)
Great video as always sir. I think the price was a bit high for you to have a good profit margin but I feel you’ll make money on this one.
Some of those look familiar to the auction 😁😁
Before I watch your key pulls portion, I gotta say I think you got one heck of a deal. $4500 is a price that allows your profit margin to reflect the amount of time and effort you will put into these!
Great video and pretty good collection. You’ll make a profit but it will take time and some work. Thx.
Ebay is the best way to get the best money for it but true ebay also takes alot of your money away lol
Looks like a nice buy. Looked like some solid stuff to haul around to shows.
Your comment about hoping the grader "falls asleep at the wheel" (yes I know you were kidding) is the big problem I have with all the 9.8 grading hysteria. The difference between a 9.6 and 9.8 is typically like one flaw. One tiny thing that may or may not triple the value of a book. And it feels like a total crapshoot. If 3 professionals look at every book that goes through CGC there should be irrefutable proof that a book is a 9.8 or higher. They could back that up with grader notes but as we know, CGC hides them behind a paywall and even then they're sketchy at best. Basically if someone is negligent in their duties as a grader, we should be upset. But instead, everyone is stoked that their book just tripled in value. It's creating this bubble in the comic market that will eventually burst. We're already flooded with 9.8s of several bronze/copper key books. When those start to decline in value, because there's literally thousands of them, I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more 9.9s and 10s pop up so CGC can maintain their street cred as the go to grading company.
Sorry, end of rant. I think you made a good purchase.
Agree. Used to be upset when I got a 9.6 without graders notes but I’d rather see very selective 9.8’s otherwise we will wind up with any grade below 9.8 in modern and Copper being worth nothing.
Thanks for sharing the price I don't know how many "I just body collection" videos where they won't tell you what they paid.... as someone who wants to buy collections it's very valuable information.
Looks like you had fun doing it.
I think you're right in the ballpark. Dont think you overpaid. That Spider Men 1 book was perfect timing and probably makes the collection worth buying at that price. Good job bud
You’ll be just fine on that collection. There were enough decent slabs to pay most of it off.
"Were not jumping up and down" speak for yourself man. haha. I love Teen Titans 44.
I think you'll get your money... some of those slabs might be worth busting, clean/press and re-submit.
You definitely didn't overpay. Even if you somewhat under price the slabs as is and sell those used plastic boxes, your looking at a good chunk back right there. Also, if he didn't clean and press some of those 9.2 - 9.6 slabs, you might be able to get a bump depending on the grader notes.
The greatest find i ever had was this time i was helping my aunts elderly friend clean her attic out and in the corner of it i found a box filled with comics of various titles with there ages going from 1974 and a few from 1945 which is crazy because that was during WW2. Alot of comics from that era did not survive due to the government's campaign asking people to send in all the scrap paper they could to help with the war so most moms would donate the kids comic books making comic books from that time very rare. I had asked the lady about the box fearing she would want to throw it away and she recognized the box and said it belonged to her deceased husband he had been a comic book fan and later on during the 70's there son also use to store his comic books in the box but he was also now deceased and she had not seen the box for many years. I asked her what she wanted me to do with the box and she said she would give it to me as payment for cleaning her attic out and at first i refused and said you must have relatives or grandkids who would want this but she said she did not and she could tell i would take care of them and that her son probably would have wanted someone who appreciated them to have them. Yeah that was a good day.
Good luck on the 20 out of 25 Gary
Maybe an overpay if you're looking for a quick flip, but long term it's gotta be worth it!
Nice finds.
Solid collection - those ASM 4's look familiar! haha
That was a great find you did not overpay at all
I would be able to flip all of those books pretty steady for at least on average $500 a day just pushing raw copies not counting the graded books and the major keys that you found. Easily worth double and then some. You made a great decision.
It just takes time, you know you got this so long as you keep sellin!
Awesome work mate
Interesting purchase. I like your plan the long play for return on investment. Look forward to seeing that cgc 20 out of 25 9.8 return.
Damn fine collection
I think over the long term it will be a positive gain,im assuming most of the other books are fillers looking at that 2- 10 dollar range so it will be a slow grind since knowone puts in orders for fillers.Most of the keys you showed seem to be those 2nd tier but a few were up there depending on grade.Gary i hope you make it up tenfold ur one of the good guys.
Ah the famous marker book from the auction lol. That ASM #4 Silk variant jumped after the auction. Not a bad collection in all.
Gary....you may have already covered this on previous videos so I apologize if I am going over ground already covered. Getting back into comics at age 68 after collecting since the 60’s but new to the technology involved in grading. Can you address what cleaning and pressing involves, the cost, and where you recommend us going to? Thanks so much!!!
Check out today's video for a suggested presser
You did good Gary. Not all buys are homeruns but with time and patience you’ll make some good money off this
I don’t think you overpaid at all, but like you said, it will take more time with this one to recoup your expenses. I would have paid that price too man. Great vid as always, Gary! Looking forward to seeing the prescreen one soon!
Who cares what people think. It's your money. I think its a great buy with all those slabs and raw keys. Great job Gary.
I never understood the point of slabbing comics. They were made to be read: why seal them in plastic cases?
Protects them. Also gives them a definitive value.
Also the option of witnessed artwork or signatures. Don’t worry. No one will force you to slab a book.
High grade book for investment. Lower grade books to read.
Excellent/exciting collection for the average collector. Not so much for the professional collector. Can't turn a good slab down 👍