Lol man I talk about what comic prices were years ago to “new collectors” and they always think I’m lying 🤦🏻‍♂️

@AmedeeBoulette

3 жыл бұрын

I remember all those #1 going for 125$ in 1984....

I was a huge X-men fan. Started back in 2015. I was pay check to pay check poor and couldn’t afford a GS X-men. I found a #94 though for $150 and that started my key collection. Recently had that signed by Claremont and graded. Came back an 8.5! Definitely worth more than the $150 now 😂

I’ve got $2k saved up for my first big key cgc…I’m trying to get a FF 5 🤞🤞

Man those Frank Miller wolverine set! That’s nice

Bangers on top of bangers covered by more bangers. It’s crazy how much these books are going for now.

its insane how much these books have gone up in value. Im planing on moving oversees and want to sell most of my collection and buy 1 or 2 key issues, but just thinking about current prices makes me a little light headed...

Damn that silver age F4 haul! Sheeesh! That shit would be nice to have

Man you were stacked with bangers when it came to your keys!!

Love that Fantastic Four #52! Classic Kirby. Silver Age FF and first appearance of T'Challa! Hits significant notes for me!

I wish more than anything I could pay below 1k for a hulk 181! That was one heck of a collection Gem!

That AF 15 is definately my favorite

All the Spider-Man and Wolverine keys, my 2 favorite Marvel characters when I fist started getting into comic when I was a kid.

Love these episodes where you do special things like key issues. My favorite is your FF#1 b/c it started off the Marvel Age. I don't get key issues b/c too expensive and something you said on another episode has always resonated with me in that the key issue just stands there - you can't read it, etc. It just looks cool, but that's it. I prefer omnibus and statues (you got me into statues!)

5:13 ayyyy Phil’s represent. The guy that works there is really nice and helped me get my Ultimate X-men and Moon Knight books

Bro it always cracks me up when you talk about your old stopping grounds totally remember Tates comics in Margate I bought a lot of stuff from them also.

Key issues are always something I like to keep an eye on, but strangely I don't own any. Lovely to hear about your collection.

Always a pleasure hearing you Gem! 😉

2:12 to find time to get back in shape, you gotta hack it: make it into content so you're technically still working ;) comic book themed workouts? Lolol

@Gordypow

3 жыл бұрын

Also, 9:30 I always thought the direct edition "spidey head" on a cover seemed out of place... or like it was clearly there to replace something else (barcode). So even back when I didn't know things about comics but would go to a shop and look around, I always assumed that the newsstand was the better version lol At least aesthetically, I prefer the barcode.

Wow! Props to that collection! Thanks to HoX/PoX, I got back into collecting about a year ago and realized the hobby has changed so much since the 90's. Unfortunately for me I can't afford to collect graded books. I started out trying to collect raw spec books over the past year, but realized it's not all guaranteed value, so I decided to change it up and try to grab keys and/or classic covers of silver/bronze age books (predominantly X-Men) instead. Again, I can't afford super high-grade books, so I settle for low to mid-grade books and in some cases high-grade if I'm lucky. I have no intention of slabbing any of them-- I enjoy simply just owning them and imagining "what if this was a 9.8?" I get more satisfaction out of having a "historic" book in my collection rather than stress if something is going to go up in value. I like to think of my collection as "The Bad News Bears" of collections, but I do have some "stars" in there, even if some of them have more sentimental than monetary value.

Dang Gem you really did own THEM BANGERS ! The Amazing Fantasy #15 was my Favorite !

I had the entire Infinity Gauntlet saga (newsstand) as a kid. I remember buying them on a Friday after school. Good stuff, Gem.

Gem you need to get back into the big comics! I think FF#1 has the most room to grow out of the ones you had. the new movie's gonna be killer

Great look back man. Totally agree on Newstand vs Direct, as long as the art looks good, who cares about the barcode. The worse one is the mark jewelers stuff, all about an ad inside. Great video! Thanks!

Jeeeez those books are soooooo amazing. I can’t believe you’ve owned all of those. Just nuts

I got back into comics last July, keys were my plan, even got a few...but then, I saw this random video on KZread from this guy Gem Mint...almost a year later, no more keys, but a shit ton of omnis and statues all over!

I like that deadpool Wolverine homage cover. I think it’s cool when it’s not just a swipe but you know exactly what they are going for. Any jerk can do a ASM 300 cover swipe.

Hulk 181and ASM 300 is a forever favorite I can look at those books all day 😆

Damn you had all the greats… this was a lot of fun. My 2 most wanted Marvel books that I don’t have are definitely Xmen1 and AF15.

Awesome show! I still can't believe that's you in the thumbnail pic....wow!

Nice vid! You got me thinking it’s about time to sell off my collection. My problem is most of my collection is raw. Going to take a bit of time to get key issues slabbed. Thanks for sharing your perspective & and your knowledge. 👍🏼

That lethal protector gold 9.8 is something I have been wanting forever

What a great video! Such holy grails! Do you ever think back and think wow I wish I've kept that one, without regret offcourse. But your omni collection is even more impressive! My favorite is X-Men #1, AF #15 and F#1! Also love the Infinity Sets!! Such great books!!

that batman who laughs statue is beautiful

The Infinity Saga and Wolvie LS sets were outstanding. I still have those. I'm with you on Direct Sales vs Newsstand. I grew up on both and remember DS being more desirable. Looks different nowadays. Keep up the good work my man.

Dang Gem you’ve had lots of dope keys over the years

Wow that AF 15 would've been the one to keep for sure. Great video and thanks for giving hope to some of us to one day grow up and be like you :)

I still have all of them (almost) except NM 98, Avengers 1. All raw. Thanks for sharing Mr. Gem.

CANT WAIT FOR THE GEM MINT BOX. WOW YOU HAD SOME AWESOME BOOKS.

Great vid Gem! Crazy books you once had.

Thanks, Gem. Very great journey through comics!

Nice trip down the memory lane. You had a lot of nice and rare books.

Dope video man. These were the good ol days of IG. I remember all these.

Every once in a while I go through my eBay purchase list and it’s shocking how cheap some of those comics were even three years ago. Always fun. Much more fun than my sold list

I love keys. AF15 will always be my most coveted but there’s so many books here I wish I owned

A lot of wolverine and Spider-Man comic which great to see, love the cover for giant size X-men

Hey Steve,You should do a video showing your tattoos I'm always trying to read them or see what they are but it's hard and you rarely hold still with them visible enough to see what everything is.

Those were awesome keys in your collection. I would've had a hard time letting go of the Venom ones.

Wow! I love it. Wonderful collection here

Love the FF 45/46 48/49/50 set together they look sick

I’m a huge fan of yours I’ve been subscribed for a while now and since I found your channel I’ve been inspired to start collecting

THAT Thumbnail….yessss 💎💎💎

Wish I had some key issues, the prices they go for nowadays is insane! Your shirt is 🔥 too homie

Really enjoyed the video!! 🔥🔥

So many 9.8! Crazy collection!

Now that's an amazing collection!

Those were some REALLY good books you had- Dammmmm, well what your doing now is meant to be -I wish you all the success brother

Love all those Amazing Spider-Man keys!

Marvel collectible Classics 1 aka asm 300 chromium is hands down my favorite. Always wanted one of those.

These books are insane now, I was barely 18 when I started collecting and they were already climbing way too fast for me to even think about buying

Please make a video of any keys you might still have, love those Wolverine limited series. I remember buying 4 of each idk why 😂

Daaaaamn! Talk about grails. You think you'll ever go back to collecting keys? Makes for a cool display.

Excellent insights. And it goes without saying that the collection is sick.

You and comictom101 got me into comics man!!

X men 1 was my number 1 bucket list (and still is) For what its going for nowadays, its only a dream now....well, history of awesomeness u have there

Great video man. Just shows you how crazy the comic market is right now.

Gem Mint now: I was very excited getting this issue Gem Mint then: -_-

What a collection that would be!

Wow! Beautiful books, thanks for sharing,

This are all amazing keys! The X-Men were always that which I thought works always be beyond my reach... and budget. Do you have any keys now that you love? Any of those previous slabs you'd want back in your collection? Thanks for another great video! 🙂

"You can't tell with my expression on this picture but trust me I was" 😂 I'm the same way

Some amazing books there! Love the channel!

Awesome to hear about your collector days.

This video was awesome!! Crazy price fluctuations

I like that you included keys that are still obtainable to your average collector and deserve a shoutout 👌🏻

Awesome video it's remarkable how much comic books can end up being worth

The Fantastic Four lot was probably my favorite great video gem.

Impressive collection, man! I like how you went for paris and sets, I imagine I'd do something similar, if I had endless money to burn lol

Yo big dog like this Ep. Also like that throwback picture shows character this will go down as one of my favorite episodes you done.

That gold foil venom ... amazing

Nice video bro! Those are all fantastic books!

It's incredible how much the price rised! I wish I could afford some of them but it's either that or statues and since statues are now way cheaper than key issues...

Awesome stuff gem! I was just talking to Adrian pandawesome316 about making a video of 10 comics I regret selling. Similar for sure! Hindsight is always 2020. Good stuff my guy!

I got my 1st omnibus a few weeks ago. Always been a single issue guy, but now grabbing omnis for my PC. Still a Wednesday warrior for now.

So much awesomeness! And to think where prices are these days!

Dude! You've had some amazing books

Wow Gem, such amazing books over the years. I know you don’t regret selling any of them, but do you think you might revisit collecting keys some day ?

Fascinating collection wow!!!!

fun video....cool to see you reminisce!

Its the Frank Miller Wolvie set for me, I have 1 in 9.2 and 2-4 in 8.5, slowly working my way up to 9.8’s, I will get there at some point, you have killer taste though!

I had that Wolverine 1 when I was young and I'm pretty sure they tossed it when I left to the army along with my other comic books.

Bro those are some dope books. Did you ever say why you don’t collect key issues anymore? I might have missed that. Great post as always!

Man, you are a stoic dude to be able to let those go

So much beauty in those books

I had that New Mutants 98, in 9.8 as well. And all he Uncanny x-men keys from 94 to 282. Sold them all back in 2016. Wish I would of kept them to fund my statue collection.

Im a HUGE Xmen fan, and seeing you had both Xmen 1 and giant size Xmen was amazing, did you ever have Xmen 94? My oldest Xmen is #14 first appearance of the sentinel's. I also had the first appearance of Galactus, FF48 and 49 but i sold them for like 50 dollars each in 81.....smh....now I wish I didn't.....LMAO

@GemMintCollectibles

3 жыл бұрын

Never owned XMen 94

Awesome look back at them sweet keys. I got a few of them ungraded might need to sell to fund that hobby. Got that frank Miller wolverine set need to unload

The years have been kind to your room from back then to today lol

Great collection! Have you made a video how to get into CGC and keys?

@GemMintCollectibles

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet

@kohnhead_3429

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemMintCollectibles you definitely should. I would like to get into that. I got a lot of comics mainly collect Omni’s but I don’t know the first thing about Cgc besides the website lol

Dope Video, it’s bugged out to hear you talk about PPF comics, Tate’s, Phil’s Comic Shop cuz these are the shops I go to on the regular...

Really enjoyed this. Thanks!