Thank you for acknowledging that corporate investor types were involved in the comic boom. I had never heard about fractional ownership of collectibles until probably 2021. Overall, I think you're right about consumer attitudes improving. Assets are settling into normal value ranges.

one thing i appreciate about your channel is your arent smug/pretentious. i know that is pretty basic but some of these other channels are just awful. this would seem like a random comment but i watch on my xbox on autoplay whiile i do other stuff and holy shit some of the comic youtubers remind me of that south park where the yuppies talk with their eyes closed and smell their own farts out of wine glasses. aside from that, i just got back into comics after years and have been amazed at how honest a lot of the sellers are. makes me have faith in humanity. cheers

I agree that the comics market will begin to steady with overall slight increases in 2024. Other collectable markets I watch are seeing the same, a little more movement and steady prices. Which is good, because if the market is somewhat predicable and healthy both buyers and sellers can be successful.

Been through many booms and busts. Long term, desirable keys and high grade will appreciate. Many others will keep some value and maybe appreciate a little. A lot isn’t worth much and never will be.

Yes I agree things will definitely get better around November and December

What is turning me off, is the insertion of writers with an agenda into comics I have read for years. Turning superman gay, swapping genders of historical super heroes, overt "in your face" agendas into stories...all of that turned me off of new books. I am not against these types stories and characters, just don't mess with the history of established characters I have read for years. To top it off, when those same writers react to the criticism, they blame the readers, not the poor writing/story choices.

Good Stuff! Appreciate your insight Dave

All the corporate investors from the Covid years have run away screaming from comics. The CGC bunglings are going to have a tsunami effect against sales that has not quite registered yet. Terrible new comics, shows and movies is just the icing on the cake.

As a Brit we know the comic market is led by the US buyer's, so a strong economy is important and at the moment you don't have one under this leadership (?). Ignore the markets and crypto it's all about disposable income.

The comic book market is bizarre. We have a pandemic and a giant (short-term) recession. And the market doubles. Now, the economy is expanded and prices have fallen dramatically with a lot of books down 50% or more from their peaks. No other investments work like this. So if we can't count on economic prosperity or lack of it to affect the market, then we have to figure out how the pop culture effect (which you talked about) will affect people's willingness to spend big. The giant unknowns: 1) What will Disney do in reaction to the work/anti-woke polarization? 2) Will WB survive long enough to fulfill James' Gunn's vision? Max actually turned a profit of a hundred million, but that is dwarfed by the almost 50 billion in debt that the company has on the books. 3) What effect will changing technology, especially AI + the Vision Pro, have on the long term investments? If AI can create images today of characters, then what happens when it can create video? what about 3-D video? My personal bet: Bronze Age and early Copper Age books in high grade (9.6 or better), because I don't think investors don't fully appreciate the lack of supply of these books in high grade. People don't remember, but most people collecting books in the 70s didn't use boards. It's not hard to keep unboarded books to a 9.0, but at least in my experience, nearly impossible to keep them to 9.4 or better without boards. My other personal longer term bet: space characters. There's a much larger demand for the Earth based characters, but longer term, 3-D headsets will become as commonplace in homes as smart phones and laptops. Characters like Silver Surfer, Nova, etc. will really shine when this happens. IMHO.

I just like to listening to your take on this. Screw the haters

I bid on over $12,000 of books last week on Comiclink and lost every single one of them except an ASM 14 CGC 7.5. I was bidding VERY aggressively and still losing. I bid at least 30% over GoCollect's FMV on a Detective Comics 373 Pedigree and still lost. Same on an ASM 300 9.8, a Hulk 180 9.6. So the market seems to be popping a little bit based on my anecdotal experience lately.

Hey Dave! Thanks for your input 👍

As a finance exec... Yield curve inversion for prior 18 months predicts recession (its 6 for 6 over last 35 years). They'll blame it on an "AI bubble" or some such nonsense to fit market action when stocks drop. I would have to imagine most bronze/silver age comics drop. Golden age and pre-code horror (along with real scarcity like Turtles 1st print) is a diff story.

great stuff - we all have opinions.. yours is likely much more valid than the average person's... plus, from what I've seen of you... you're pretty balanced... you're not a rah, rah guy, and you're not the voice of doom. You're one of the very few YT'ers who I trust. For one thing... you don't play with numbers.

Enjoy listening to your economic analysis related to the comic markets.keep it up

The comic book market will always fluctuate as long as Hollywood remains interested in such movies.

Our currency is being devalued into an oblivion. They will be printing 1 trillion dollars every 100 days. Old comics with significant importance and keys will keep going up. I see other books staying flat but not losing much value.

I am quietly collecting and taking advantage of the CGC fiasco as well. I enjoy picking up CGC slabbed keys at raw price (Silver and Golden). I've mentioned this in another chat. I witnessed dealers do not do trades of CGC cased books because they don't have provenance of the case (paperwork you submitted and owned the book), and the persons trading stand their shock! They had to do the same. Sell into the discount. A great time to buy the books at discounted CGC prices.

Question: Do you assume every person that collects comics is a dealer/flipper/in it for the investment? The majority of comic book collectors are COLLECTORS. So we really really LOVE that comics are cheap these days. And I wish it stayed more affordable. I wont buy comics if they are overpriced. Maybe you should become an LCS and get a monthly delivery of the modern age comics and dive into maybe manga and other collectibles more: trading cards, magic cards, action figures then your business wont rely heavily on just selling used and vintage comics. Sell trade paperbacks, get a monthly delivery from diamond and penguin, yknow. WE COLLECTORS ACTUALLY WANT VINTAGE COMICS TO STAY CHEAPER.

Bottom line - sell when people are being stupid and overpaying. Buy when the market is at a low. It's quite simple.

I took my stimulus checks and built up our emergency fund AND I invested in the S&P 500 Index.....did great ...and it was a good decision. If I get a tax return....I"ll be doing the same. If I get a bonus at work....I"ll be doing the same. And yes, I paid the house off....many, many, many years ago.

Kind of off topic, but hoping Dave or the community can offer some advice. if you're selling a small comic book collection (under 2,000 comics) where the entire collection is raw, how would you quickly determine what the FMV for keys are? I am guessing most would say eBay, but if you look at what was sold, those prices can be in a wide range. I was thinking of using Key Collector Comics website's prices as a quick way to price what a key's FMV would be. Thanks in advance for your replies and suggestions.

What’s your opinion on purchasing ASM 129 grade 7 or higher. Wait or do it now?

And of course Disney cancels Deadpool 3

im a collector so cheaper comics is good for me.

Things will shape this year like your beard: Grizzly

Any thoughts that the Modern era covers to many years?

Thank you, your input is much appreciated. If you have time to answer it, I have a question. If you have $1,000.00 and you want to invest in one comic book, what would it be?

I think the first appearance of Dazzler did go nuclear when it was rumored that some lame pop star was supposed to appear in Deadpool 3. And I told everyone holding to sell.

can someone summarise this vid?

The Presidential election will play a factor.

Dave, you need some sun, bruh. 😅

What’s your dads annual salary

Your dad is the head grader for CBCS??

yeah PPP loan that never had to pay back. brilliant f'n move by a dunce government. Prediction for 24? Continue decline

You know was happening... lots of people made lots off crypto

Spider boy to the mooooooooon

I think you’re wrong about the rates coming down. Inflation is coming back already. I also think you’re wrong on sales improvement. People aren’t buying these crap reboots. The majors keep alienating the people that buy new comics. Manga is eating the US comic book industry. I’m also gonna say you’re wrong on the job front. The reporting and data is so manipulated.

Long as this administration stays the same…. This country is an embarrassment with our government leaders

Ooh first comment. Somebody stop me!

Why are so many American comic book collectors such raving Republicans? I'm a Canadian and I've noticed this on many channels. More to the point, why are they always banging on about politics instead of drawing and storytelling?

stick to comics Dave, obviously economics isn't your forte. did u expect a guy whose buisness model depends on profits from sales and auctions is really gonna tell u the market will continue to decline??

I think in this horrible dementia Biden economy people are holding back from making purchases of hobbies. Good job Dave you mention how the movies pretty much tarnished a lot of comic collecting and for sure, destroyed some comics. At this point I almost hope they never do a comic book movie from my favorite characters, such as blade. I’m still collecting, but I mostly collect for the long-haul and not to resell in less than 20 years💪