c_mkv Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 57 minutes ago, Myowncollector said: yeah. it got speced on then forgotten. Better than most other books I seen mentioned. Kids don't want these old books, all modern. I think the silver heating up will only get 3 books a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Myowncollector said: yeah. it got speced on then forgotten. Better than most other books I seen mentioned. Kids don't want these old books, all modern. I think the silver heating up will only get 3 books a year. I'm a 54 year old kid. I want them. Have you ever heard the phrase "collect what you like"? There is no need to denigrate this fine thread. littledoom and silverseeker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I know I want a Silver Surfer 3...my problem is the price per grade point in my head is less than what I see in the market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, 01TheDude said: I'm a 54 year old kid. I want them. Have you ever heard the phrase "collect what you like"? There is no need to denigrate this fine thread. Calling it like I see it. I personally mainly collect gold and silver. But the under 30 crowd? If you sell books or pay attention to them on social media you will see what they want. I got bunions older than books that they call grails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, PeterPark said: I know I want a Silver Surfer 3...my problem is the price per grade point in my head is less than what I see in the market... Sounds like you need your head examined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Just now, Myowncollector said: Sounds like you need your head examined. I think you misunderstand me. You feel the market price for every book matches what you would like to or expect to pay for it? Nothing has risen faster than you are comfortable shelling out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Just now, PeterPark said: I think you misunderstand me. You feel the market price for every book matches what you would like to or expect to pay for it? Nothing has risen faster than you are comfortable shelling out for? I was just making a lame one liner. Had no thought or meaning to it. But yeah I feel that way about majority of keys. Went from treating comics as a collector to now more like a market investor. He will probably show up in movie and book will double so not a terrible buy. Don't see it going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Myowncollector said: I was just making a lame one liner. Had no thought or meaning to it. Sounds about right for many of the posts I've seen from you. Maybe put some more thought into what you say. 01TheDude, badback83 and alexgross.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_mkv Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 24 minutes ago, Myowncollector said: Went from treating comics as a collector to now more like a market investor. Totally get this....the lines start to blur about what to buy/hold/sell...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Wait. What does buy, sell, hold have to do with collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, shiverbones said: Wait. What does buy, sell, hold have to do with collecting? nothing--- some people think this is an investment scheme, not a hobby It is how they end up being ignored by me going forward. All they care about is money. They will deny it but previous actions speak volumes. FineCollector and Duffman_Comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_mkv Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 hours ago, 01TheDude said: nothing--- some people think this is an investment scheme, not a hobby It is how they end up being ignored by me going forward. All they care about is money. They will deny it but previous actions speak volumes. I don’t have an unlimited budget and have to make decisions on which books to keep and which I have to move in order to upgrade. I went from 200 slabs to 9 and it was painful having to sell some of my smaller books. I’m not trying to overpay so yeah, I do care about money/costs as well. As for being ignored - I think you’re doing me a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics181 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 10 hours ago, Myowncollector said: Calling it like I see it. I personally mainly collect gold and silver. But the under 30 crowd? If you sell books or pay attention to them on social media you will see what they want. I got bunions older than books that they call grails. I feel that's a mass generalization. I'm in the under 30 crowd and my grail is a 1942 book. I like modern stories like Civil War and all that, but personally collecting I never go past bronze age. My favorite time period is Golden because of the rich history. So while the majority may be how you see it, not all are 01TheDude, badback83, silverseeker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bpc3qh Posted July 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 11, 2020 I'm an under-30 collector, and I pretty exclusively collect pre-1980, with some exceptions for particular characters who've only come along since then. I'm not sure I get the point of paining with such a broad brush? 01TheDude, badback83, JTLarsen and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 hours ago, c_mkv said: I don’t have an unlimited budget and have to make decisions on which books to keep and which I have to move in order to upgrade. I went from 200 slabs to 9 and it was painful having to sell some of my smaller books. I’m not trying to overpay so yeah, I do care about money/costs as well. As for being ignored - I think you’re doing me a favour. First, I never responded to you that I am aware of and don't have any idea what or how you collect. But I guess that struck a nerve when it was merely a comment directed very specifically to another person who constantly tries to push their particular modus operandi on the rest of us as if theirs is the only way. It is not. I also never said money/value is not a consideration- I have extreme limits to my ability to buy more items. I have 2 books encapsulated and those were won from others here in contests. Much happier having all my raw books. But I also don't push that opinion on others or neg them for what they collect. I just find some folks either act like knowitalls or condescending to others. That was what I saw happening here (and not the first time the same person was doing it). If you took offense to that, you might either fit the category or be misreading the intent. I sure as heck am not some big time collector. Not even close Sweet Lou 14 and oldmilwaukee6er 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 And one last thjng... there may be a handful of silver age that do heat up bit to most of us, they have just been simmering for decades. This thread is sort an afterthought to me. I think the most recent SA book I discovered heating up was Modok in TOS 94 and that was probably just me not paying attention. badback83 and Sweet Lou 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 44 minutes ago, 01TheDude said: I just find some folks either act like knowitalls or condescending to others. That was what I saw happening here (and not the first time the same person was doing it). Bullseye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_mkv Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, 01TheDude said: .....a comment directed very specifically to another person who constantly tries to push their particular modus operandi on the rest of us as if theirs is the only way...... Soo maybe I need my coffee before responding in the morning...my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, c_mkv said: Soo maybe I need my coffee before responding in the morning...my bad I tend to either tag people or quote them when I am talking directly. No coffee required. Several of us like to give that one member grief for some of the comments they make which seem somewhat disheveled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben parker Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 8:40 AM, thor800 said: Silver Surfer 3 plenty of room to move still sleeper I think Silver Surfer could heat up as a character and push several issues upward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
