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Action 1 2.0 or ALL the major Silver Keys in high grade
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gadzukes

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A friend of mine is selling a piece of artwork to an art investor for a big chunk of change (possibly a couple mil)

He used to collect comics and has a soft spot for them, but got rid of his collection about a decade ago.

He emailed me today and told me he wants to take $300k - $500k of it and...., "I'd like to make a serious investment in Comic(s).  I am thinking either the best Action 1 I can find, or the entire set of main Marvel Keys from the silver age in 7.0 or higher."

He saw the Voldy Action 1 on ebay right now, but I told him he might want to stay away from big resto (plus that price! :whatthe:)

I know this is a GA forum so you guys might be biased, but I wanted to get your opinions.  If you seriously had the money to spend, which way would you go?  I told him he may want to invest every dime in AF15 7.0s and ASM 1s.

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Action 1 all day for me.  I have all of the SA Marvel keys albeit not in that grade but they will always be around and readily available.  But I am looking at this from my personal collector's view so a purely investment view may be different for potential available turnaround buyers.

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I don't get it.  Are you asking folks to speculate on what would earn the best rate of return - a 2.0 Action 1 or Marvel SA keys in 7.0+?

My advice to the guy would be twofold:  (1) collect what you love the most and (2) invest in a market you understand in accord with your risk profile.

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I put a feeler out to him about the whole "collect what you like" business and he responded that he "liked" all of it.  He's been out of the hobby for at least a decade, but is going to be able to jump back in in a major way.

When you have that big of a chunk of change to spend, there are just SO many options in how to divy up the $.  I think a complete Action 1 would be pretty cool, but a set of High Grade Marvel keys would be awesome too. 

He could probably go 8.0 on a couple pricey Marvel keys and into the mid 9.0 on many of them for the same $ as a complete Action 1

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53 minutes ago, gadzukes said:

I put a feeler out to him about the whole "collect what you like" business and he responded that he "liked" all of it.  He's been out of the hobby for at least a decade, but is going to be able to jump back in in a major way.

When you have that big of a chunk of change to spend, there are just SO many options in how to divy up the $.  I think a complete Action 1 would be pretty cool, but a set of High Grade Marvel keys would be awesome too. 

He could probably go 8.0 on a couple pricey Marvel keys and into the mid 9.0 on many of them for the same $ as a complete Action 1

what art is he selling?

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33 minutes ago, Bronty said:

what art is he selling?

I don't want to say because the deal has not been fully finalized.  I will say it's a nice piece he found at a persons house and he picked it up for virtually nothing.  My friend has a wealth of art knowledge and has found MANY original pieces thru the years that were mis-labeled or unidentified, (but he knew).  Knowledge is power in just about everything we do.

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I'd get the Marvel keys. As many Marvel keys as he can buy. Seriously. More people want them and they are easier to sell for a profit.

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