Ditch Fahrenheit's Journal #7.1268
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| When people are afraid to not get it now because they think it will be more expensive later is when the balance has shifted. | ||
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| Greater fool theory in practice. Couple that with demographic population shifts (Aging Baby-Boomer & Gen X, etc.), and the inevitable supply side dump as retirement nears; and a new generation that loves the movies but doesn't buy the comics...well...it should be interesting.  |
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| it's amazing spawn 1 sells for decent money considering all the copies made. none of the other books do as well on that list | ||
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| I was surprised on Fathom and Tomb Raider but I believe both had multiple covers | ||
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| I'm almost ready to buy my first Spawn #1 | ||
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| It'll be a terrible time to those who thought to get rich. It will be a wonderful time for those who just want to collect them for the sake of collecting. My collection prior to 1998 was pathetic: consisting almost entirely of "hot books" I bought new in the early part of the decade, and whatever I could scrape. In 1996, for example, I bought a couple of long boxes worth of Image stuff for "half price" (when books were still priced at a quarter over cover for recent back issues.) That included runs like Stormwatch, Cyberforce, Spawn, etc. So, yes, I paid $1+/ea for those books.  Then came eBay.  And I amassed thousands and thousands of books I could heretofore not afford, because everyone wanted top dollar for them. Funny story...there was a comic shop in Scott's Valley, CA, that I was banned from for "hiding" certain books that I wanted, but couldn't afford. Yes, that was my terrible crime, putting books in the wrong place so they might still be there when I had the money to buy them....anyhoo, they had a copy of X-Men #94 on the wall...and I had never owned one...and they wanted like $150 for it, in 1995 dollars...but it had been sitting there on the wall for years, and it was slowly, slowly getting sun-faded. I offered the guy a more than fair price for it, but, as most dealers of the era, he couldn't see the writing on the wall, and refused to budge on his price...waiting for the greater fool. I suspect he never sold it, and the shop went out of business. I, on the other hand, have bought and sold multiple copies of X-Men #94, and the rest, since then. eBay and the internet changed EVERYTHING from a buying perspective. |
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| I wonder how many copies of XM1V2 Chuckles has in his "where" house? | ||
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| Fathom #1 was the best selling book of 1998. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown lol Made me laugh. So true. |
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| Yeah, eBay gave the comic book a real market place...much like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange did for pork bellies. | ||
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| Mycomichshop posted their top comics in 2015 sold and xmen 1 was number 1 | ||
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| What are pork bellies | ||
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| 1991 X-Men #1? | ||
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| Yes | ||
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| It was posted somewhere across the street once I'll try and look for it after brunch |
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| I could be wrong (quantity vs $) | ||
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| Clear... | ||
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| The "currently typing" wouldn't go away. And it ate a post. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by jsilverjanet Watch the movie "Trading Places." |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown Roger that Delta Bravo. |
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| @Ditch_Fahrenheit I have still don't understand it | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by jsilverjanet  |
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| Just a traded commodity like oil? | ||
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| Yes, as a derivative. | ||
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| Great. Now I'm hungry | ||
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| Pork bellies is where bacon comes from | ||
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| We're seeing so much damage by improper pressing. Sigh. | ||
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| @DocBrown Thoroughly enjoying your pressing posts | ||
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| @MetalPSI My eyeroll comment was specifically for Bedrock, an aside between us. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by MetalPSI Link? I haven't read anything lately. |
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