Never have understood the term meteoric rise. Meteors go down, not up.

@ComicCollectorGeek

18 күн бұрын

Good point.

Sorry I can't edit my comments, I always enjoy your analyses of the comic market, for I feel you're a genius in this area, seriously, you have your finger on the pulse of the comic book world 🌎!!! You are a great guy who really knows his business and fortunately is also great enough to share that knowledge with others!!! I mean you must have a fortune which rivals BRUCE WAYNE. ONLY WHERE IS YOUR BAT CAVE, BAT MOBILE, BAT BOAT, AND BAT COPTER KEPT!!! GaryBailey KingofDarkness

Thank you for adding some realism to the larger discussion.

It’s just stock to flow and it doesn’t seem bad to o me

You got it Allan, I had my 7.41 graded, kept my 1.5 to 2 for reading, got them from friends who had been hanging on them in boxes in closets in their houses!!! GaryBailey I had no idea what was in any Of them other than they were Marvel D.C., GoldKey/ Whitman, Charlton 12cents up!!! i told them to name their price some said 25$ a box and some said 50 a box and that is how I ended up with 2 Hulk#181, 3 Gisnt size pX--Men #1 And I have three boxes to look at yet but there is a lot of 12cent Journey into Mystery, 12 cent Tales of Suspense, Ten cent Tales to Astonish issues 10 cents Batman Superman, Detective and Action Comics about 8 each couple of the 🦇 Batman Anniversary and Annuals covers had crayon and pencil marks had three of those snd and One Action from fifties someone drew a beard u Superman!!!,

I wonder that very question this morning Allen!!! Gary Bailey KingofDarkness

I like this analysis type video, more is good 😁👍💥

100's of comics on eBay why buy your copy when there are so many others.

Allan, you have mentioned in the past that demand and prices have been coming back down to normal. The census growing so much will mostly affect the prices of books that aren't so popular. Hulk #181 won't go down too much because it is so highly sought-after. When looking at the census, you can tell some of these books are not as rare as you might initially think. I enjoyed this video and wouldn't mind seeing more like it. By the way, Happy Father's Day.

@DanSchawbel

21 күн бұрын

If supply increases and demand stays the same or declines price goes down. Basic economics.

@ComicCollectorGeek

21 күн бұрын

true but it seems like demand is increasing too.

@CosmicTrekker

21 күн бұрын

I agree with you on the census and comic books you look for. I, luckily, am not really concerned with flipping books or going after keys for the most part. If I like the cover on a book or it has some nostalgic value to me, I'll go after it. Especially if it's Golden Age where 95-98% of my purchases are. Stuff like Hulk #181 isn't a book I'd go after - especially with all the scams, CPR, etc. going on with it. When I look at the census for that, I don't know how much of the census is just due to people CPR'ing existing slabs. So when I see CGCData data and see that 7 new slabs for "x" grade are there - are they really 7 new slabs or 7 old CPR'ed slabs or 4 of them are CPR'ed. Who knows. CPR has kind of wrecked the data a bit but maybe not as much as I'm trying to make it out to have. lol. As for Hulk #181 not going down so much because it's so sought-after, I think it's been taking a beating the last few months. Most of the lower-grade to mid-grade prices seem to have dropped something like 33-50% or so the last I looked.

Great video and analysis, but I think the cencus is nowhere near accurate and can't even be used for a rough guide at this point on alot of key books. There is no way to quantify the number of books of a particular grade have been cracked, pressed and resubmitted and the old label not "turned" in. The vast majority of books that are re-submitted to get a bump are done so by 3rd party pressers. Think bout how many vidoes you see of pressers that still have that old label in their posession when showing off the grade bump they achieved. At one point in time I alone had 8 New Mutant 98 labels between the 8.0 and 9.4 that I cracked/cleaned/pressed and resubmitted. On these bigger books, like the 181, when a .5 bump could add significant value, this scenario plays out even more frequently. It wouldnt surprise me if the total number of hulk 181's actually still in slabs is 75% or less of what the reported total cencus is.

I'm investing in non-key golden age Detective Comics, Batman, Action Comics. Lower print runs at the end of this golden age. The census is low because not as much demand... but if there's ever a demand for these non-key issues it can't increase that much 🤞

@ComicCollectorGeek

20 күн бұрын

I was planning to show an example of a golden age book. Generally, the census is driven by demand and perceived value. The non-key issues still have enough value that people would get them graded. I just think there aren't many out there.

@troyevans6839

20 күн бұрын

@@ComicCollectorGeek I believe that key issues aren't going to mean much to genZ & younger (who'll be the ones to determine the value of golden age long term) ...I believe that a beautiful golden age cover will be worth just as much or more to the younger generation. At least that's my long term speculative bet🤞

Remember there are MORE books out there because EVERYONE forgets the CBCS books.

@Doc_Dooom

8 күн бұрын

CBCS is only 5% of the CGC census on average and most of those will end up on the CGC census eventually. 😂 I bet most are already.

@dhyde9780

8 күн бұрын

@@Doc_Dooom Yeah and we know CGC is so trust worthy. You pay a premium for sub par cases with ZERO UV LMAO I'll pass, plus Are the books in CGC cases even real books?

@Doc_Dooom

8 күн бұрын

@@dhyde9780 its definitely a sham

For me, the lower the census on a book the better... i tend not to buy and keep books that have more than 365 graded copies...i have a specific checklist of books to choose from which makes collecting comics much easier for me 😊

@ComicCollectorGeek

21 күн бұрын

That would really limit you to mostly golden age. Most silver to modern books have well over 1000 books on the census. Though there are exclusive variants that would have low census numbers.

@DanSchawbel

21 күн бұрын

Anything over 100 is too high. Every census will double in 10-20 years as boomers die off even golden age.

@chi-tn

21 күн бұрын

​or they're not popular enough to get graded.

@CosmicTrekker

21 күн бұрын

@@ComicCollectorGeek Yup. I collect mostly Golden Age stuff. Every once in a while, I'll venture into the sea of variants and over-hype and buy a modern, but generally it's about 95% Golden Age and about 5% Silver Age nowadays. Although with the way some Golden Age has taken off, I'm starting to look at picking up Silver Age more now, although I don't think their fall is necessarily complete (depending on the title).

I ain't worried. I collect - I mean invest - in Micronauts, Rom, and Elric funny books and they are guaranteed to be going to the moon like Beenie Babies. I'm gonna be a Comic Bro Millionaire!!!! … That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid … It's the end of the comics as we know it It's the end of the comics as we know it It's the end of the comics as we know it and I feel fine

No. As long as you only buy the old CGC cases your fine

takes a lot of demand to absorb the supply coming on the market with bronze/silver and modern books Most golden age comics a little bit more interest and prices skyrocket as copies just dont come up fast enough for many titles. In historical terms gold and silver age comics have pulled each other up If the silver market got overheated then more rare golden age books would get interest Market ran back and forth Think now rare golden age books that you dont see all over the place are getting lot of attention.

@ComicCollectorGeek

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, actually I'm seeing an overall weakness in the market. Even golden age seems soft.

@owenawesome3663

17 күн бұрын

@@ComicCollectorGeek I'm not seeing it but I also target scarcer titles that dont come up often Maybe economy is taking a toll on even that stuff

Ah man not u too wheres the comics in a pile of fire thumbnail

@ComicCollectorGeek

21 күн бұрын

LOL good idea ;)