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Given the fact that the MCU is raking in billions of dollars, is owned by Disney which is making marvel themed amusement parks, why do we think it’s crashing anytime soon? And if it does crash, and just goes back to pre-pandemic pricing - that is still very expensive.
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Wine collectors are experiencing the same problems as us - I listen to the Animal Spirits podcast (on financial markets) and they talked at length about how investing in wine is better than the stock market historically and wine collectors are getting more creative options for buying/selling wine. LeBron James, Mickey Mantle and some guy named Horus (sorry - dont’ keep up with sports) all have cards valued at 5M+ British Guiana 1c Magenta from 1856 sold for $9.48 MillionĬoin collecting is also not as popular as it used to be and it still breaks through with records that make comics look weak: US Liberty Nickel, $3.7M, Canadian Maple Leaf: 4M, Silver/Copper Dollar: 10M Stamp collecting is not as popular as it used to be, and stamps can sell for millions. Thanks to comic slabs these comics have become wall art too. So if you think “next year - prices will be so much less!” Let me share with you some data points from other collectible categories:Ī painter can release a limited number of prints that they sign - each of these can go for thousands of dollars and yet millions globally will spend that money and hang it on the wall and not think twice. Thanks to CGC/CBCS you can now have someone who has no desire to read a comic become an enthusiastic collector who just wants these covers displayed in their house. I think that comics are going to the moon in terms of pricing. I don’t see many people here looking to flip these books. But the idea of buying this graded, encapsulated “1st appearance” is like buying a piece of American history to them. They love the Avengers, wear the Captain America shirt, think Tony Stark is bad ass and have never read the comics in their lives. Having sold a lot of bigger keys - I’ve noticed that these folks are real enthusiasts. “Big Money Collectors” are entering comics. The price craziness started well before COVID - COVID added fuel to the fire. DC Keys have not been effected as much as marvel. The MCU has really driven the prices up of key comics. It’s not just COVID - pre-pandemic pricing was going up too. If you think we’re in a bubble, how do you know parts of the market haven’t already corrected to pre-pandemic pricing? A lot of modern books are correcting in price already.
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You can find Nyx3 $16-$1900 - it was going well over $2k and 2yrs ago it was at around $1600. Will the market crash? It’s already had numerous mini corrections. When someone says “Well, comics are in a bubble should I buy this?” The question is really is - what else would you do with that money and how do you know that also isn’t in “bubble territory”? Houses where I live have gone up by 15% in the last year! Used cars are going up in value because new car manufacturing has slowed down. The Nasdaq, S&P500, housing are all growing at insane rates. I’m not particularly married to this idea but am coming to terms that this is the new normal.Īll markets are in “bubble” territory. This is my hot take on comics and what is going on with price hikes.