Legendary Comic Book Dealer On The Current Vintage Market - Vincent Zurzolo I Swagglecast 002

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In this video I'm trying something new on the channel, a video podcast series I'm dubbing "Swagglecast."
Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Metropolis Comics & Comic Connect, Legendary Comic Book Dealer - Vincent Zurzolo.
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Hope you all enjoy the video.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Making Collectibles A Business
14:01 - The Pressure Of Auctions
21:22 - Who Pays This Type Of Money?
32:40 - Auction Formats
36:08 - CGC vs. CBCS
38:37 - QES Stickers
43:30 - State Of The Comic Market
53:42 - Emerging Collectable Markets
59:00 - Personal Collection & Projects
01:05:08 - Outro
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@mauricedevereaux6573 Год назад

You are a better interviewer than many pros, even when he mentions making his first comic book, most people would have mentioned "I just made my own comic as well", but you keep the focus on him. Kudos.

@CaptainSauce Год назад

39:19 I'm someone who usually passes on a book if the holder requires replacement because it costs a little under $200 with fees and shipping from Canada to reholder 1 book. That purchase also comes with an added 8 weeks of waiting, the risk of damage when shipping, the risk of CGC returning a holder with newton rings or more scratches etc. I've already had a miserable time dealing with Comic Connect customer support, no chance I'd trust them to keep track of my purchase and handle a CGC submission on my behalf.

@RobRVA Год назад

Really enjoyed this interview. I recently made my first purchase (Amazing Spider-Man 50 CGC 7.0) from Vinnie. I like his passion and he's very charismatic. And he has a sense of humor and a seeming humanity. I don't know know how many times I have approached dealers at cons and just tried to make casual conversation to see the vibe and been treated coldly. That's an immediate mental note of "no sale ever" for me whether they have something I'd like to buy or not. And like he mentions I'll often make a small purchase and see how it goes before considering a larger one. I don't necessarily have to become friends with the folks I buy from but courtesy is a must. That applies to so many things not just comics as far as I'm concerned. Lastly I'm super jealous of Vinnie's cosmic cube! (And the Ditko Electro art, WOW!)

@zachbrobst9473 Год назад

It's so funny to see this dude start out a marketing shark, have the collector peak out, shift back to shark and then really open up and share towards the end

@DanSchawbel Год назад

Lol

@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 4 месяца назад

Swagglehaus: Awesome Interview. Very thoughtful questions. Thanks for taking a deep dive with Vincent Z.

@kcewing1 11 месяцев назад

Epically informative. Thanks, Herr Swaggle!

@kennythecomiccollector Год назад

This was very entertaining bro-thanks for doing it! 👍🏾😀

@markusmuckey1249 Год назад

Good Job Swagg Stuff like this while sorting comics or grading Love it!

@carlonbass Год назад

Frazetta Famous Funnies cover AND Ditko Spidey.... Sheesh. That's amazing. Vincent is a treasure.

@MontagaAMGDrope 10 месяцев назад

I first seen Vincent when I watched you go to a comic-con. He was (VINCENT) very engaging, more so than anyone else. I tell you what if he doesn't have a podcast he should start one. He has so much knowledge that he can share with us. Great ep. I a, changing my channel over completely soon I'll show some of my collection.

@ComicFanatic86 Год назад

Really great interview. He’s one of the nicest guys in comics, always happy to talk about them with anyone

@MetalBum Год назад

Love this. Love hearing from an expert. Thanks swaggggggyyyyyyy 🎉🎉

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@mrdigit3353 Год назад

mr. zurzolo- dont know if you read these, but what a blessing to still have your dad at 96, i know you do but be sure n spend time with him as often as you can,..........thats awesome,......

@JimChurchSr-lu2pq Год назад

Swaggs - what a great interview - very nice job - thank you for sharing that

@StoicMadman Год назад

Great interview! I love listening to Vince. Last time I was in NY I went to his office hoping to meet him or maybe buy some art. Unfortunately he wasn't there and I couldn't see any art. I only got to speak to the receptionist who was very nice. He has an amazing collection!

@philcamacho127 Год назад

Terrific interview with Vincent. I didn't know CC created the QES label. Your other questions were great and stayed on point even coming back around to get a definitive answer (which I think seemed to annoy Vincent a bit). Vincent's internal monalogue is saying, "Ok Swag ask me a new question?" 😅 There was one question I hoped you'd ask, and you did!! It was that frustrating 3 min reset. I don't fully agree with his reasons, but glad that may change when site is replatformed sometime this year, as he mentioned. It was nice to hear his passion and hardwork for his business, while being a true collector too. Aside the amazing original art he owns in the office, I can only imagine what high grade QES Super Keys he owns for PC kept in some vault! If Vincent ever sells them, he could first ask his CGC or liked friends to create a customized and "pedigree" type label just for him. 😃👍

@michaell7809 Год назад

Great show and interview .

@jesseramirez1283 Год назад

Always enjoy your Content keep it up

@jimaubin6898 Год назад

CONGRATS....A very good get....

@pulp420 Год назад

Vinny my boy! Great interview, Mickey.

@nowherebound2908 Год назад

Great Swagglecast interview!

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Thanks!

@chuckwhite3033 Год назад

I'm loading up on Lobo first appearances! Cha ching!

@juannieves3534 Год назад

Great interview!

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Thanks!

@davidv.3135 Год назад

Well, let's hope he's right. I'm hopeful the market recovers. Great Swagglecast!

@kryptoniterocks8245 Год назад

Just like in the 90s to the 2008 era of comics and how they stagnated it always bounces back. Why? Because we love them and that’s why

@vincentflannigan2727 Год назад

Awesome interview

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Thanks!

@toddkvamme Год назад

Ahhh...WonderCon in Oakland. Now those were good times! 39:00 Oh my goodness...the slab grading thing is so stupid.

@comiccowboy Год назад

Great to see Vince, class act. Great interview although I wish he was more candid about video games, as he mentioned it's trending in the right direction. That's simply not the case, unfortunately. That market has been in freefall for a while and I think we needed more realness on that topic - same with VHS.

@Paul-ue7fo Год назад

The nerds were always the cool kids. That's who I learned from.

@Swagglehaus Год назад

True :)

@holyharlot5222 Год назад

good interview

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Thanks!

@horvathsogranfume658 Год назад

hell yeah 🤘

@Swagglehaus Год назад

w00t!

@CoachDale_TopNotchMuayThai Год назад

I agree ! I just pulled the trigger on a big grail key for ME. Maybe not a huge grail for the big ballers, but I just bid on a really nice copy of ASM 33. A book I’ve wanted for a long long time 🤙🏼

@stisdale11 Год назад

Fantastic book. One of the best Spidey stories ever!

@CoachDale_TopNotchMuayThai Год назад

@@stisdale11 Yea bro I’m stoked ! Really hope I win the auction. It would be a great day, find out Friday if I win 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@RexxCollects Год назад

I have been snipped on eBay WAAAAY too many times!!! It's business, but when the page doesn't update correctly and it looks like I won until I didn't... It's not fun for me. Won't use that feature anymore.

@MetalBum Год назад

Hey bud you should have asked about the Comic Connect annoying big STICKERS that they apply to every slab you buy and are difficult to remove. 😅😅😅

@DanSchawbel Год назад

They are the worst!

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Isn’t that comiclink that does that?

@DanSchawbel Год назад

@@Swagglehausno it’s ComicConnect, I have one

@bradcsuka5054 Год назад

@@Swagglehaus Comiclink used to as well, but stopped quite some time ago

@MetalBum Год назад

It would be cool to see comics on screen when he mentions them. Picture Thanks man. I know that would take time and effort though

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Good to know. Yeah that would take more effort for sure, but maybe next time around I can do that. I agree that it would be nice to see.

@horvathsogranfume658 Год назад

good suggestion, as usual, metal bum

@RobertMatteis-pe7vh Год назад

Hey, what’s up no matter how bad the comic book market has been for the last year or so you never know when it’s the proper time to sell. This is Bob in Connecticut. It’s just like I got rid of my fantastic four 1 3.5 and I only got $5000 not too long ago. I had a Steve Ditko original Spider-Man page from issue 12 with Doc Ock with no Spider-Man or Parker in the panels.. I didn’t get that much at all. I still have a Ditko page but it’s Indiana Jones from the 1980s it’s hanging on my wall and I have original Ant-man art from tales to astonish 43 don heck with Ant-man in most of the panels.

@DanSchawbel Год назад

In NYC they ask you immediately what you do to size you up and make a quick decision if they want to continue to speak to you. I lived there for 5 years. If you say you sell comics, good luck getting dates lol. People there want to date finance bros.

@nuffsaidxxx Год назад

I would have liked Vinny's take on the Superman #1 CGC 7.0 that sold for $1million less.

@Swagglehaus Год назад

Yeah I would have loved to ask him about that, but I filmed this before I was aware of it.

@nuffsaidxxx Год назад

@@Swagglehaus For the most part i think there are many dealers working and buying books as we speak to support the prices. We are at or near the pre-pandemic highs on the SAs and BAs and we will maintain those for awhile with little to no growth. Buy what you love and upgrade those as best as you can and things will be OK. Nuffsaid!!!

@jw0ng23 Год назад

Nice podcast with Vincent. I think i just saw him at Heroescon! What kind of video software did u use for the interview?

@Swagglehaus Год назад

This was done over Streamyard

@jw0ng23 Год назад

@@Swagglehaus appreciate the response; keep up the good work!

@DanSchawbel Год назад

The guy spent $7k before $700k as a try-out. A lot of people spend less before trust is built to spend more.

@goldenryan2277 9 месяцев назад

Faithful in least, Faithful in much. That's a good lesson in life, if somebody drops the ball on little things never trust them with something big.

@noahidecomics Год назад

Pretty big believer in a heavenly world to come. The issues become about what ultimate 'Printing' it is in time. Eternity for me is buying comics to build my 'Kingdom Collection'.

@geaux6034 11 месяцев назад

The first 40 minutes of this video is an advertisement for Vince’s business.

@birdo18 Год назад

How do you feel about the DC NFT COMICS?!

@MrOldboy360 Год назад

Spider-Boy to the moon!

@tikertiker2 Год назад

I personally don’t like the layout of their site, link, HA, and some of the smaller ones are easier to navigate and see what’s being offered. I think it needs to be brought up to date with how websites are designed they seem to have a website from 1999

@markusmuckey1249 Год назад

@swagglehaus Should we do a go fund me so he can get a bigger private office.. damn.

@christophertomasello1227 Год назад

Take this as good news or bad news but know the prices are going to continue to drop

@thecomickeeper5127 Год назад

Many people who have money don't need to walk around acting or looking like they have it .

@johnedwards2051 11 месяцев назад

That is so true

@timreierson26 Год назад

I have bought comics from all of the auction houses. Vincent claims his process is the best because of the 3 minute clock at the end. He might be right from a seller’s perspective as it likely pushes the price higher as bidders compete. But from a buyer’s perspective, it is the worse. I really dislike it. Hakes is another auction house that does something similar. Heritage also favors sellers over buyers as the Live auction process can accomplish the same thing. I like ComicLink (and EBAY too) better because the auction ends and it requires you to make you best bid without being granted a another chance. I have lost comics due to last minute sniping but it doesn’t generate the negative emotions that I feel when an auction item stays open (and someone increases a bid in the last 20 seconds to restart the clock). Regardless of which auction house I use, I have never overpaid for single purchase and have consistently gotten good to great deals every time (10-30% < FMV). Sorry sellers. I also believe that the Golden Age and Pre-code market is overheated. Pricing today for many of these books is following the similar pattern as the Silver Age and Bronze Age did in 2021/2022. Also not surprised your guest is bullish on the comic market. He has to be as it is his core business.

@ddougherty8266 11 месяцев назад

agreed - I no longer use their site for this reason....Waiting a week for an auction to end, and then this going, going, gone thing? Not for me. ebay works for me... there are always dozens of copies of almost any comic that I want.... just wait, and it will come around for a price that I'm willing to pay. But that's just me.

@danielmarquez4935 11 месяцев назад

Comment 🚀🚀🚀 I’ve been collecting for years and years how ever I haven’t been able to land nor sale a big grail other then an NFTs….

@andrewhoffman4245 Год назад

Speculating on comic book died with endgame and why would you all say it in the dumpster you have all your money in them.

@DanSchawbel Год назад

Well said

@lukemorley3540 Год назад

Comic dealer thinks you should buy Similar advice as when in the boom Funny that

@Swagglehaus Год назад

True, he's dedicated his life to it, so he's going to be bullish on the hobby. But info is info, so take it in and make your own decisions :)

@DanSchawbel Год назад

Lol ya

@horvathsogranfume658 Год назад

at least he qualified his reasoning based on the evidence as he saw it, also he wasnt as optimistic about silver/modern

@ddougherty8266 11 месяцев назад

Agreed - That said, it's likely that all of the big dealers do the same... they make their living off of collectors buying things that they don't need. Millions of comics in personal collections - 100 times more copies than could be absorbed if they started to come onto the market. Prices would plummet, so the hype must be maintained. Buy what you want and don't pay a nickle over what you're willing to pay for a comic, and assume that it may someday be worthless, and you'll be fine. Comics are not investments - if collectors keep it in mind that the only people who make money from comics are the people doing it for a living, then they'll never be disappointed.