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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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But then, I had my Albedo comics authenticated and they went for several
hundred dollars, so I suppose it’s all about money. :-)
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What kind of tulip madness was this? Are we talking “Samurai Bunny” comics?
Where, when, and why? Do they maintain this absurd value?
One of my better killings in comics -- of stuff with which I was actually
willing to part -- was for the Englehart/Rogers Batman “Detective Comics” run. I
had them all in duplicates, and a few oddities besides. The first Batman movie
had just come out and each issue was valued at around $50-75 each. This was in
and around Los Angeles, so that might figure into it.
Years later in Chicago, the same comics were going for mere dollars.
Gee look at this listing online:
http://newkadia.safeshopper.com/1080/11124.htm?282 That one’s supposed to be
THEE big deal. Still not bad up from $0.35, but it has not returned to the
prices I fetched for them.
Here’s the real killer of value -- ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2199211137&category=33808
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2199211130
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2199211121
Not the same issue, but the issues around it. No takers so far, not for any of
them...
All this collector stuff is crap -- esp. in comics. Overstreet makes for good if
rough toilet paper. Ebay has made everything collectable available! There is
no true scarcity - there is a near frictionless method to connect the buyer tot
he seller -- why pay a premium price?
Your assistant printed Ansel Adams prints approach scarcity, but then perhaps
only to you. This reminds me of my copies of Silver Surfer #1, and other related
stuff like Fantastic Four #s 48-50.
http://www.comicgems.com/fantastic-four-48-cgc-silver-surfer.htm
Ooooohhh, aaaaaaaaaaahhh...
Big deal. It’s an available comic in a mylar. This oft reprinted story is also
available in numerous other ways. What’s the big deal? I’d guess most people
might want a good reading copy -- FF #s 48-50 are seriously GOOD comics to read,
but I am not seeing the mylar container appeal. Kirby at his best if you are
actually going to crack open the mylar.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) Usagi Yojimbo. To address stuff you go into below regarding eBay, I noted that CGC graded comics went for considerably more than those that weren't graded, though the cost of grading meant you had to have a relatively expensive comic in the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Always a gray area. I have three Ansel Adams photos. Taken from his original negatives, printed by his assistant according to his instructions (Alan Ross, by the way, still the only person approved to make new prints), but they are not (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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