Category: Comic Collecting 101
I grabbed people's attention when I attended an investment seminar undercover and asked a simple question. The question was "should the age of the individual be a factor in the diversification of an investment portfolio?" I was rushed out so fast I did not even get my...
So early in my collecting days, I thought a graded 9.8 had to have white pages. A graded 9.8 was pretty much the cream of the crop in collectibles. No one really gets anything higher, so a 9.8 in most people’s eyes is what they want. ...
Someone scribbled their name on the cover of the silver age book you just bought? It could be worth more than you think if it's a Pedigree book! I admittedly knew little about these books before doing the research prior to this article. I was interested...
Welcome to the Blogger Dome! Here, bloggers will argue different topics involving the comic book market and industry. This will be a combination of the Big Bang Theory meets the WWE. Smack talk mixed with comic book debates. This week's battle is the investment prospects of original...
The year 2000 forever changed comic book collecting and investing. While many people were distracted by Y2K, the year also saw the first-ever graded comic books by a third party, CGC in particular. The comic book market would never be the same. Steve Borock, who was a...
As anyone who has written me knows, I will almost always respond in time if the message is polite and professional. I have gathered a long post I had with an antique dealer and his opinion of demographics, antiques, and the market for comics. These were his...
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive dictionary for comic book values for over 50 years. However, GoCollect's online price guide is based on current sales and transactions. How should a novice collector use these two powerful tools to evaluate their collection? The Good...
If you could make double digits returns on your investment by grading a comic book, would you? In some cases, you might be able to do just that. So when exactly does it make sense to grade your comic books? In my previous article, I discussed the...
As a comic book investor, you want the biggest return for your investment. What if smaller returns over time actually beat short-term speculation returns and losses? This is a value investing hypothesis, read on to learn more! When it comes to investing in the stock market,...
If you have been collecting comics for a while, you probably own a few foreign editions of American comics. While traveling outside of America, did you seek some four-color super-souvenirs of your travels? Maybe you have wondered how many different languages fill word balloons for your favorite...
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