Is Stan Lee’s signature going up in value? 0

[comic girl]

That’s ok mystafo, thanks for stepping up. I accept your apology. 

[Mystafo]

It is ok, now go practice.

[ExNihilo]

3 minutes ago, Mystafo said:

WOW!  You are so, so knowledgeable because you own these books!  That's so impressive!  I had no idea who I was dealing with, forgive me...I mean, an owner of an X men 1 AND a FF1 signed by Stan?!?!  Didn't realize who I was messing with!

I own multiple 9.6/9.8 copies of X-Men #1 and FF#1.  The Jim Lee ones at least.  Kneel before Zod! 

Edited November 16, 2018 by ExNihilo

[Mystafo]

NOOOOOOOO!

The crown has been passed...

Edited November 16, 2018 by Mystafo

[Bomber-Bob]

1 hour ago, comic girl said:

I’ve got more experience and knowledge than you and my collection is far superior. What’s that? You disagree? Put your money where your mouth is and post your collection database and I will too. 

Okay, I accept your challenge. Let's start with Hulk 181. You quoted you bought a VG copy for 1300 (always about the financials with you). Big deal. I have a slabbed 9.6 . How about the big boy, Hulk 1 itself. I have a slabbed 7.0, what you got girl ?

 

 

[comic girl]

Very nice bob, I’m impressed. I have a 9.4 slabbed 181, I bought the vg as a reading copy. I like having reading copies of my high end slabbed books. I also have an ASM 129 9.6 white with a vg reading copy. Your hulk is very nice though, I’m actually jealous! 

[Tony S]

This thread has been good for some laughs. I mean are people really challenging and accepting challenges on who has the best stuff?  The best stuff is 99% income. If Bill Gates decides to collect comics, all of us won't have mess to compare. Just sayin...

But anyway, here is my two cents - and I think it's an important two cents. . Stan Lee was the ultimate showman and huckster. Let's be honest and fair. He was in fact a great storyteller as comic book writers go. But he was also great a promoting whatever he was selling and  at taking credit for other people's work.  He was ultimately an excellent businessman.  

I'm 100% confident that Stan would heartily approve of people selling books he signed at this moment, at what appears to be inflated prices. He'd have done the same. 

As for the OP's perfectly reasonable question that has been by some sort of beat up, I think the honest answer is "we don't know'. Stan Lee ha signed more books than anyone else - probably on orders of magnitude more. But then there is no one else like Stan Lee that signed comic books. Because of his shameless self promotion, he is the absolute Godfather of comics. And while he's signed more comic books than anyone else by far, he isn't signing anymore now.  Comic books are an odd collectible. Rarity is NOT the prime driver of value. Demand is the main driver of value. If this were not so, New Mutants 98 would be a $5 book. Because there is certainly no SHORTAGE of the book. 

So the bottom line is that if lots of people would like to own a comic book that Stan Lee signed, then the price for such will not be cheap. And I suspect as the years go by, lots of collectors - maybe even non collectors - will want a Stan Lee signed comic book. If I were to try to guess at the future, I think that vintage books that Stan actually worked on will be more sought after. Right now you see a lot stuff selling at what seems high prices that Stan had no real creative hand in.  But I could be wrong about that. I might well be that people just want his signature and it doesn't matter other people created Venom. I mean again - that's classic Stan. Don't do the work. Get the credit. 

[Gaard]

I'll play ... 7"

[Bomber-Bob]

8 hours ago, Gaard said:

I'll play ... 7"

Yeah, this interaction was a classic example but I am assuming Comic Girl is a girl so it may not apply.  I hope I'm wrong but the Newbie girl seems all about the financials and we have yet to see a pic of a comic.

[ExNihilo]

2 hours ago, Bomber-Bob said:

Yeah, this interaction was a classic example but I am assuming Comic Girl is a girl so it may not apply.  I hope I'm wrong but the Newbie girl seems all about the financials and we have yet to see a pic of a comic.

At this point would you trust any pic posted?  Or would there be reason to assume it was just some random pic taken off the internet?

[Mercury Man]

Some of these threads....seriously

[PunisherPunisherPunisher]

Love these threads, good for a laugh 

[Lazyboy]

On 11/16/2018 at 5:23 PM, comic girl said:

I’ve got more experience and knowledge than you

On 11/16/2018 at 5:23 PM, comic girl said:

and my collection is far superior.

You're pathetic.

[Lazyboy]

On 11/13/2018 at 7:19 AM, TwoPiece said:

If buyers are patient

If there's one thing the dumb masses are not, it's patient.

[Lazyboy]

On 11/16/2018 at 8:24 PM, Tony S said:

Comic books are an odd collectible. Rarity is NOT the prime driver of value. Demand is the main driver of value. If this were not so, New Mutants 98 would be a $5 book. Because there is certainly no SHORTAGE of the book. 

It's always supply and demand.

Supply of 10 and demand of 5 =  Supply of 10 and demand of 15 =

Supply of 1,000,000 and demand of 500,000 = Supply of 1,000,000 and demand of 2,000,000 =

 

 

[Tony S]

1 hour ago, Lazyboy said:

It's always supply and demand.

Supply of 10 and demand of 5 =  Supply of 10 and demand of 15 =

Supply of 1,000,000 and demand of 500,000 = Supply of 1,000,000 and demand of 2,000,000 =

 

 

I agree. But that is not what I said originally. 

In some fields of collectibles, that fact that an item is rare is what makes collectors want said item.  In the comic book hobby, rarity alone does not impress near so many collectors. 
And yes, price wise it is always supply and demand. But rarity alone does not make collectors want a comic book. 

[Lazyboy]

5 minutes ago, Tony S said:

I agree. But that is not what I said originally. 

In some fields of collectibles, that fact that an item is rare is what makes collectors want said item.  In the comic book hobby, rarity alone does not impress near so many collectors. 
And yes, price wise it is always supply and demand. But rarity alone does not make collectors want a comic book. 

I would have agreed with you a decade ago, but now, whether real, perceived, or even falsely hyped, rarity seems to attract enough buyers to significantly affect the market.

[comic girl]

Lazya-s, I mean lazy boy, what is pathetic is you copying a few brief, out of context blurbs from a back and forth string. You’re comment is not appreciated ( they started it, lol). If you have something of relevance to contribute then fine, otherwise keep the personal comments to yourself.

   Your point about supply and demand is obviously correct but not very revealing except to those that do not have the most basic understanding of economics. So, that being said how do yo see the supply and demand of Stan lee’s Signature playing out moving forward?

[ronnieramone]

Despite Stan Lee signing an incredible volume of comic books and other memorabilia throughout his life, The Man's signature will continue to go up in price over time.  It will rise and fall periodically to some degree, but demand is not going to diminish significantly.  There is plenty of supply to meet that demand, though, so you should only notice exponential increases in value on the older keys that Stan actually wrote and that were already rare and desirable to begin with, even without his signature. 

There is already a market of collectors trying to complete runs of Stan Lee signed books, so even non-keys in mid-level grades are subject to rise, particularly on core Silver Age Marvel titles.

Don't expect much difference in value on signed modern books he really had nothing to with directly.

[Ride the Tiger]

I remember seeing an early copy of Action Comics signed by Stan a few years back. Thats the book i'd want!