I live in Abu Dhabi and have been to this shop many times. Yes, prices are inflated. But bear in mind: this is one of two comic shops in the country and the only one that sells vintage books. The country on the whole is poorly educated on comics. I know this because I collect and sell (on a small scale) here as well. Most buyers have little to no knowledge of condition, keys, FMV, etc. His shop is more of a comic museum; and I believe he has the largest collection in the whole of the Middle East. So, yes overvalued - but he is a genuinely lovely man who gifts items regularly including a Funko to my daughter a few years back. He even invited me to open a new shipment with him because he knew I was a true comic collector. Just wanted to add some perspective :)

@PunguinYoga

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I love that. The world needs a lot more balanced, objective conversations. Thank you so much. If haggling is still a part of the culture there, he probably doesn't really expect anyone to pay what he's asking. Way to go, man. That was really beautiful.

@mikegonzalez503

Жыл бұрын

Awesome post. Thanks for sharing

@chi-tn

Жыл бұрын

People love to hate on others

@PunguinYoga

Жыл бұрын

@@chi-tn No doubt about that!

@John_Red_Corn

Жыл бұрын

Imagine haggling though. “Price is 10,000, but for today only I will sell for$ $2,500.” Sounds like a good deal. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I saw that video when it dropped and the first thing I thought was: "This is a money laundering operation".

@kurtboesen5173

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!!!

@markusmuckey1249

Жыл бұрын

I said the same thing lol

@GhostSal

5 ай бұрын

It’s priced for billionaires, you know guys that drop $1 mil for a watch like we buy a pizza.

Fabulous exposé…this dude put on a masterclass in the art of bullsh***ing. Love his strategically placed thumb on the “NG”. Hilarious stuff…👍

@mikegonzalez503

Жыл бұрын

My favorite part as well. Twice he covered it up

“Luke, the BS is strong with this one !!!” On a positive note, getting more comic book collecting exposure to the world is a good thing for the hobby !!

@jeffschmitt6977

Жыл бұрын

All to easy!!!!

I didn’t see a Darkhawk #1 anywhere in the store. How can I take that collection seriously?!? (Great reaction clip, btw)

@MichaelHollen

Жыл бұрын

This guy gets it.

@doctorshawn3461

Жыл бұрын

haha I was thinking the same thing. In fact I was expecting him to show a Darkhawk #1 and say: 10 million

@PunguinYoga

Жыл бұрын

@@doctorshawn3461 I'm not sure why your comment made me laugh so hard. Just about everything about that video is laughable.

@davidschnebly3818

Жыл бұрын

More videos on Darkhawk!

@reprintranch

Жыл бұрын

@@doctorshawn3461 To justify $10 million, he'd need to store it in a large, ornate birdcage covered with a black cloak.

He’s making sure to keep that thumb over the “NG” grade. 😂

@GhostSal

5 ай бұрын

I noticed that too and am surprised it wasn’t called out.

Pokemon expert here the first pokemon card they showed was worth around $30 Canadian and the second card was worth around $10-$15 literally less than case cost lol

@vincentguimond6283

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my taught when I saw that juniper black star promo card that is worth just few dollar especially in a CGC 9 grading. The guy is a joke

It’s so disingenuous. The guy obviously knows he’s gaslighting viewers.

@karinaelias6732

Жыл бұрын

The owner needs a reality check

@GhostSal

5 ай бұрын

Carl? Or the shop owner?

He was selling to a Rich guy, but forgot that we were all watching. Thanks for this Swag, always keeping it real

Shockingly, there wasn't much in the vault I was interested in

@Isaacthecomicnerd

Жыл бұрын

He legit only had like 2 decent books worth over $1000 minus the superman 1

@Lt.Mingus69

Жыл бұрын

No doubt, when I saw the massive vault I was getting ready to have my eyes pop out....what a huge disappointment.

Lol he just making up prices as he goes along lol 😂

This guys prices are insane lol , he will never have to worry about selling anything because his prices are too outrageous.

I know its easy to laugh at this guys prices from our point of view but you have to realize that this guys shop is located in Dubai. That being said, due to their remote location on the other side of the world certain luxury items that we take for granted are going to cost considerably more. If you've ever lived overseas you know what I'm talking about.

I've got a NG Superman #1 on sale half off for 3 million. Comic not immediately available, will buy after you purchase and ship to you.

Not to mention all the criminals & scammers those people associate themselves with.

I wonder if that is a real vault? For what's in it a fake vault door would probably be about right! 🥺

@davehill9011

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah. That's totally a fake vault. LOL Look how thin the doors are and easily swing open. Near the end when they are about to leave the "vault" you can see the vault doors on little hinges too. Still looks cool though.

@robertgray1365

Жыл бұрын

Definitely fake, he swung that thing open like a screen door.

@THEF4LLOFM4N

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man 😅 I thought the exact same thing!!! The doors seemed too light....

A-1 Comics in Sacramento is located in an old bank and all there big stuff is in the old vault. It's pretty cool.

As an European comic collecting enthusiast, i've noticed that prices differ from country to country because of the difficulty in getting specific comics. Also, the prices you see on apps or sites that have databases collectors use as reference don´t reflect the prices accurately even if it is an average. Great video by the way. Swagg doesn´t let down :)

@gump5ter01

5 ай бұрын

I agree. But the issue is when ur reaching a high level of rarity or value the items become internationally relevant and people with wealth will price an item on the international market and not the country it’s in.

"Price check police" 😅😂 Loved the vid.

Great video mate, definitely going to be watching your further videos

Swag. Most interesting and entertaining video seen all week. Thanks.

Re: the Kirby signed Avengers 1, keep in mind that Jack Kirby passed away in 1994 so none of those 600 Signature Series CGC books were signed by him. But I am curious how many verified CBCS yellow labels there might be.

@Sammmmmmmm617

Жыл бұрын

So how did he get signature series? 🤔

@Dave-ih1xr

Жыл бұрын

@@Sammmmmmmm617 It was a bit difficult to see in the video but I’m thinking that was a CBCS verified slab

@Isaacthecomicnerd

Жыл бұрын

Probably only a dozen were signed by him he didn't really sign alot of stuff trust me I've been looking for his signature on a silver age book for a while now and so far I've only found 1 random hulk book and it sold for $2000 over what a normal slabbed copy would be (it was blue but said Jack Kirby on first page?

@lostcanyon777

Жыл бұрын

@@Isaacthecomicnerd Kirby always signed on the bottom of the first page, not the cover. I have Hulk #1-3 signed by him.

@Isaacthecomicnerd

Жыл бұрын

@@lostcanyon777 yea but still I rarely even see notation of Jack Kirby written on a page for CGC or verified by CBCS maybe it's because I'm in Canada but I've literally only seen that one hulk copy signed by him in the 3+ years I've been hunting

@Swagglehaus I actually found that exact Superman #1 on GPA. A "NO GRADE / Incomplete / Cover & 1st Wrap Color Copies" was bought in 2019 for $8989.

Great video. On comics signed by actors I tend to agree that they aren’t as desirable as artists EXCEPT in certain cases. A Princess Leia comic signed by Carrie Fisher is one of those exceptions. The reason is that Carrie created Princess Leia by her performance. She is that character. The comic was subordinate to her performance. The same cannot be said for actors playing Spider-Man or Batman. Another exception is when an actor elevates a character in pop culture significantly such as Robert Downy Jr. I really enjoy my Draxx 1 signed by Bautista

@keytothegate68

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, check out CGC Star Trek # 1 signed by actors ! Nimoy's signature is worth 5K min. If signed by four actors together : Shatner, Nichols, Takei, Koenig ( (not with Nomoy/ Spock) it adds thousands to the copy as well. High grade signatures are into thousands! you think Arnold Shwartzenegers sign. is not valuable? Lou Ferigno also signed a few Hulk 180 those are extremely desirable and valuable items. The Spiderman ot Batman get a new actor for every movie so maybe that explains low premiums?

@FireflyComics

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. As I said actors that establish characters prior to comic adaptations are highly collectible. This is definitely true with Star Trek

Absolutely splendid reaction/breakdown Mr. Official KZreadr! 😂

Great video Swagg! This is a smart guy who is selling this stuff way above the FMV to investors (probably way too rich ignorant people) who buy his slick stories...

Great video. Thanks for the perspective. Appreciate your style.

Great video. Your pauses were comedy gold.

Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 brilliant breakdown. Good work

this guy reminds me of chuck rozanski on the movie comic con episode IV a fan's hope where he's ask 500k for his red raven 1

@lchamp7946

Жыл бұрын

Good ol Chuck. Any idea if he’s still alive? My brother visited Mile High Comics and confirmed that he still has mile high prices. Lol

@danielward3929

Жыл бұрын

@@lchamp7946 yeah he's still kickin. i see him post every once in a while

Omg the death of Superman bit is too much😂

WOW! I had seen the original visit to this collection but I didn’t realize it was a store. Great video

@Lt.Mingus69

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't want to shop here...as soon as you walk in this guy is probably on you like glue.

I could see the value being $33 million, if he had at least 1 "NG" copy of ANY Darkhawk.

I was there last year to check and possibly buy comic books. Long story short: i do not recommend the store to any comic book collectors, but with a lot of money The prices are x5-10 times higher than in the market which does not make any sense Fascilime UF4 costs around 900$ of i am not mistaking anything. Average comic books around 30$ When i wanted to negotiate, the prices were still too high For almost 100 books they asked 15000$ As a result, wasted too much time for search and negotiation, but learned my lesson People love money and do what they like on their playground, so Its has too much media advertising Imho, the guy was paid well to make a video about the store, so people talk about it Good PR strategy

This was a fun video. 😂Thanx!

This was very entertaining bro! That's one comic shop that I would most definitely avoid buying anything from, especially with those elevated prices. One comic that I have in my personal grail comics is a metal edition (200 total with the sequence number printed on the comic) of Transformers 1 (2019) that features Optimus Prime and Megatron. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker signed above the characters they have voiced for decades. Although they didn't create those characters, they brought them to life for so many fans over the years. 🙂

Awesome video!! Just subscribed

Thank you so much for this video! What a goof!

Brilliant vid Swag - cracking. I love your pragmatic and honest approach to this, the cynical wry look you give, the tired unimpressed stance at the BS. Absolutely right about bargains but you might find one here, it's the type of place where a UK comic gem would be found. Although given the relationship with appalling people, not a shop I'd be frequenting.

LOL! This was funny! Needed a laugh!

Those prices are waayyy to high. Made me laugh so many times. The other books in the vault background were definitely not vault level! 😂

Banachek move over - wow you are one wavy sleuth - nice job there Swags -loved the breakdown

I really enjoyed that video.

In order for that sketch cover to get a 9.8 it would need an acetate stapled to it

Thank you so much for making this video lol. I was hoping a bigger comic book influencer like you could witness such silly prices

Good video Swagg!

I’ll bring 500 copies of death of superman to his store and sell them to him for a discounted price of $1000/book, special deal just for him 🙏

I really want this guy to do a claim sale, nobody would buy anything but the production alone would be worth the time

Entire video reminded me of that “are you sure of that” TikTok going around 😂

I'm not a comic book collector (followed a YT recommend though), but I wouldn't want a signed copy if I was into collecting comics. I would want the best condition I copy of one I really wanted and could afford. Signatures to me are defacements on comics. Also, great react video. You brought a lot of reality to the situation. Esp. for someone like me who is clueless about this stuff.

@CelestialWoodway

10 ай бұрын

To me they should sign the inside cover if anything.

He's a real salesperson

Thanks for doing this, I was looking for someone that knows comics to critique that video. I saw the NG and knew that it was no where near $6 mil. I’m not a collector, I just can’t see it going for no where near what that 7.0 went for.

Bro you’re being too nice. I’d rip into this hustler on the video haha. What a joker.

My dude... The owner seemed to be aping the highest price ever paid during the 2021 Boom and/or simply rounding off to the nearest 100K

@Isaacthecomicnerd

Жыл бұрын

If prices were anywhere near what he quoted in 2021 I'd be a millionaire

The shenanigans is strong! This store reminds me of ay Torpedo Comics store.

The comic book store owner is a very good used car salesman. Death of Superman for $10k ? Only if Superman's ghost signed it.

I know the owner personally he’s a nice guy. The war machine sig is Bob Layton.

I need to start selling my books in Dubai 😂

If Captain America #3 page is 10K and a 1.0 is 10K … I’m buying the 1.0 and splitting it into pages

9-12k for fisher and ford and prose Star Wars 1 1977 cgc 9.0

Hopefully his insurance company won't watch your video! lol.

@Thisizkeshii

Жыл бұрын

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He did push back a little at the claims. But when you are someone's guest it's natural to hold back. It was fine. Let the guy live in his delusional world.

If it help, the grading on superman actually reads “Cover and 1st Wrap Color Copies”

Good digging. Yeah, a lot of the prices are goofy. Like you said, nice books, though.

I need a vault Those are probably good prices for Dubai, where a large coffee costs a million plus tip.

This video is awesome

Fun stuff.

What currency are they using? It’s clearly an international video

its crazy for the amount of comics ive crossed in the last couple years and never seen jack kirby signed books

DARKHAWK 1 should be in that safe

At first I thought it was going to be a smug h8r vid. But I after watching the whole vid, I whole heartedly understand the disdain. Sorry to have doubted the swag.

The safe door looks like it's not really strong or anything. It's like a prop

I would also think maybe when he says the dollar amounts, what currency was he basing it off; but then I see in some cases he makes the references. But his used car salemanship is in full effect for sure. Funny now that I am watching this; he constantly covers the NG grade with his thumb cause he didn't thing no one would see the previous shots...😂

Jaywalking…straight to jail Over cook chicken…believe it or not straight to jail Check prices on comics…also straight to jail.

Isn't that comic shop dealer "Sallah" from the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" movie. 🤣

13:45 - Graded and signed by Jack will be harder, just because you're limited to just CBCS. Finding graded books of dead creators that passed before the grading industry really got started IS gonna be a tall order. Especially one with a legit signature.

Hilarious!

We all like to think our stuff is worth more than the next blokes stuff...Sadly, more often than not, our preference isn't the same as everyone else's

Guy is a typical Facebook marketplace comic seller

That vault door looks dumb as hell. It looks like painted Styrofoam 😆

@Isaacthecomicnerd

Жыл бұрын

His entire store was crazy and the moment the dude said he would buy it for $6 mil worth of Bitcoin you could see him get genuinely excited lol

Warren Louw representing everywhere! People are just loving him as an artist.

The question is, is it just a vault door or a real vault?

Does anyone know who he sells to? I have a great collection of 90s comics that I am willing to part with at the bargain based price of $75 a piece ! I’ll even sell my copies of X-men 1 for $150 each! Number 1 bro!

I actually own something so rare, I don't know if anyone on earth has what I have. I have a completed Marvel Value Stamp book series A, a blank Series A book, and a completed MVS Series 2. And, yes, I cut up 200 books to do this. (off the rack, I was a kid...)

Gotta let the owner brag a little bit. To him, thats what they are all worth. He is entitled to his 15 minutes of fame. I have a early 1950s Strange Worlds # 4 in 3.5 grade from the Dave Stevens personal collection. Worth as a comic alone, maybe $ 500. To me though, its Priceless!!!!!!!! Thats my 10 seconds of fame. And I would rather own my comic with the gorgeous woman on the cover, then Superman on the cover.

Some of the comics in his vault, I have in my closet. Maybe I should get a thicker door.

As a general rule I do not shop at any comic store that sells pop figures. They won't have anything you're looking for.

In Philadelphia, its worth 50 bucks.... Bo Diddley

@jeffschmitt6977

Жыл бұрын

Great Line! We are showing our age! This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique! ............... and Gstaad!!!!

@ObsessedCollector

Жыл бұрын

How much for the gun?

I'm not sure where he's getting his prices for the Pokemon cards, but that Jirachi in a PSA 9 is like a ten dollar card. So a CGC 9 is even less than that. Maybe he's talking pesos?

A comic book is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it. 😂

Love this; it's just so hilarious that this guy is delusional on pricing. Wish you'd been more brutal and sarcastic, got a sense you were holding back. As a follow up video you should go visit the store and call him out on his pricing 😂

Swaggle: So you walk into this guy's shop, he's already dressed like a villain and then you go to buy books from him. He's like: "I wouldn't sell this to you for a million dollars". Your response: You monster!

@Thisizkeshii

Жыл бұрын

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Dude! We think it’s Luke because of Tommy Boy!😂😂

The “vault” is just a regular door with fake looking safe props 😂

If the store is in Dubai then I'm guessing there are extremely rich people there due to it being a business hub especially for oil. Uninformed rich people wuoldn't blink when buying a $10,000 book when it's worth $6k.

I saw that video last month, that guy is a complete clown 🤡💀🤣 Gave that guy a couple hundred dollar batman and told him it’s worth 10. I’m pretty sure I, along with 1000 other ppl, commented something along the lines of “those prices might be a touched inflated” but perhaps not as kind worded on the OG vid😂

Also jack Kirby didn't create spiderman

This is Sallah cosplay. The ark? The Idol? Nope. A deli counter with a vault of comics. Dude is a genius. Watched Raiders, went to SDCC and said "jackpot"

A million to them is like 100 us dollars.. he just a fan ,a collector and business probably last for him.. the man just enjoys collecting comic books just like everyone I’m pretty sure .. but damn i have them.. I will sold them books for 1 million all day long if someone offer that price ..!! 😂

The only problem i have with this reaction video is that i don't think that this Swagglehaus knows his stuff also??