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the guy is a businessman. he literally sees these books on a daily and only sees money. he's not like us where we work a 9-5 job just to make ends meet. this guy is passed us in terms of collecting. love his collection from your vid. he can pick up any book for himself.
The best word to describe it is desensitized. Soldiers, social workers, and investment bankers all experience it. For soldiers, it’s killing. For social workers, it’s abuse. For investment bankers, it’s obscene amounts of money. For this guy, it’s comics. Desensitized.
Who says all he sees is money. That’s doubtful. You’re ASSUMING away too much. He obviously has a PASSION. It’s not just money. That’s why business men are rich. It’s passion and effort
I had a similar experience with a gentleman here that owns a couple of comic stores. He is a big collector at heart. Has multiple full runs of golden age titles. At the time I was into bronze and copper. Boy do i regret not picking up some of that gold now lol
I’m into the golden age horror and crime comics myself but many of the famous EC artists drew for many of the romance comics so I can appreciate that stuff as well. Marvel stuff would be easy for me to sell as I’m not as personally interested in the superheroes but I appreciate them.
Very cool collection and mix of stuff, thanks for the tour! I know we didn't see it all, but just to touch on your comment from early-on in the video, there are indeed many other collectors/dealers with higher value collections.
In recent months I have seen a proliferation of dealers posting videos of collections they got a "great deal" on. This seems like a harbinger of things to come. At some point soon there is going to be a significant downturn in the market with so many collectors exiting the market and letting go of collections at a fraction of their realized (retail market) value.
@@johnbts9216 I suspect dealers will be massively discounting high priced ticket items at this years NYCC and that will be the start. Just seems to be way too much inventory available.
@@nigelcummings990 i will see. Going to Nycc in a week plus. I have heard the opposite in terms of pricing i.e. typicall 120% of prices. Vendors have to pay their booth fees.
No disrespect, but this is not even a top 50 collection in the U.S. The most valuable book I saw here was a graded X-Men #1, which the FMV is about $12k for a CGC 3.5.
That was incredible to see! Thanks for sharing! Anyone have any idea who sells those 3-row graded comics storage boxes / trunks? I did some Google searching but came up dry. Thanks!
PSA: You can still have love for this hobby / but run it like a Business. To a degree, is he desensitized from seeing / owning Mid-High grade copies of Key’s and Grail’s - sure. Question, why buy / sell / display original comic book art, if you’ve no love for this hobby? I believe he does. However, he grew his business to such an unprecedented level that he has delegated parts of it to several people he contracts. His daylight hours are consumed by pricing, making deals, and insuring safe environmentally controlled storage. I hope he has also invested some of his profits into a multi-faceted Security System for this comic book business. If not..? His business and location will eventually have a bullseye on them. Unfortunately, there has been a surge of thefts in this hobby / business - in the last few years. Superb video! Thank you, Sticky Goose!
That was a great question you asked...... about reading the books....the guy was Not a collector but just a Capitalist. Not a true hobbyist. This kind of person just raises the prices of collectables and fools rush in to buy. Its sad the Hobby is tarnished like this. Same thing with Disney....they don't care about the characters or MCU movies they make....they pump out junk that has no relationship to the comics and the result is what it is now.....junk that no one cares to see anymore. 😅
I was gonna buy spider man number 9 off a guy He sent me some pictures of his 1 to 110 Batman all graded cgc.. And Superman 1 to 55 all graded But number one was coverless... all mid to high grade I couldn't believe it.. I would post the pictures if it would let me
Well if I had the amount of money tied up in comics trust me it would be nothing but the hustle at that point. When it’s taken to a level of job I imagine that’s what it turns into. I would hope that my love for comics wouldn’t diminish to that extent but I would probably loss some love for it if it was a full time hustle.
I was talking to some people last weekend at a comic swap/trade day in Hurricane WV. We were talkinh about this dealer. He wants to get people to sort and grade his books as he is growing big now, but he only wants people who do not collect to do the job. So you need someone with the knowledge but not the interest? Would be a tough find.
Idk why but when I see stuff like this… I’m not envious or excited . This guy just sees comics as basically real estate because he has the money to blow .9-5 blu collars like me look at 200 dollars a month as a damned fortune collecting new monthlies Dudes like this and all the people that refer to comics as “The Hobby” have just sucked the fun out of collecting. Used to before the boom of the 90s you could go back and grab books missing in your collection for cover or cheaper. Now? If you missed Cates 1st issue of hulk the lowest you’ll get is 25 bucks! Or you missed Snyder’s first arc of his Batman run? Forget about it. All thanks to the whales swarming the shops wednesday and then up selling them for ridiculous prices. And if you don’t have it on your pull list good luck. I love comics but damn is it daunting to collect in modern times.
It kind of makes you question why comic books are so expensive. This is one guy who has hoarded a mass of books. How many more guys are out there with the same amount ? Are they really that rare?
Hey great video! Any idea where to get those cool cases at the 4:35 mark? Could you ask this guy and find out where to get them? Any info would be appreciated.
Based on the video you can tell he has no love or passion for the hobby. Calling one section his "trash" collection, like damn. Nothing gets him excited because hes not like you or me. Awesome collection though.
Great video man! Do mentioned that he has every book cleaned and pressed before getting them graded! Do you happen to know who he uses for cleaning and pressing?
@@Stickygoose Yeah, some are "romance" comics, but most were "adult" comics. I would not call them "pornographic" though. Well, maybe some. They were not children's comics for sure. lol
I've always wondered who actually reads romance comics. Sure plenty of GIs read comics, especially in ww2. But it's hard to imagine masses of them reading those sappy stories. I could be wrong tho, I don't claim to be an expert.
@@wylier I am pretty sure those comics are not actually "love story" or "sappy stories" comics. They are most likely more "adult" themed. I could be wrong though. You have to remember the times. A women showing her bare naked shoulders and/or thighs was HUGE back then. So what was considered "racey" was pretty darn mild by today's standards. lol
@@Bradimus1981 perhaps, but there was also 'good girl' art in many competing titles, as well as cheesecake pix in magazines. Maybe some men do actually read love comix, its just hard for me to see their appeal.
Giant Size X men 7.0 sold for 3,200 at auction, $4 k from this guy- overpriced Hulk 181 7.0 he has it for sale at $6,650 Last credible auction price sold for $5,280 - sheesh a lot of suckers out there 😮😂
To each their own. The romance and Archie etc... comics do nothing for me. Hulk 181 may not be extremely rare but way more people want it than the niche group that want the romance comics. I collect for the nostalgia and characters I love, now if it also happens to be very rare then cool. I'm not going to collect things I'm not into though just because they are rare.
@@wg8561hulk 181 is getting boring. It's nit as rare as people think. When people get it I suspect they feel important for a while until they realize a lot more people own them and its really not hard to find. Lol
@@wg8561probably the whole wall. Take a closer look. Raggedy amazing fantasy 15s are everywhere and not too expensive. He had other stuff there besides romance on that wall. A lot of other stuff.
Being a Canadian with legal access to weed and has been a steady smoker for over a decade, I can 1000000000% tell you that weed does not lead to Heroin....that was just a silly comment and very disappointing to hear in this day and age. Education is a good thing...spread 'Devils lettuce' bull is not.
I did not get that impression at all with his weed reference. I took it as simply a very general analogy that quickly popped in his mind, in an attempt to broadly illustrate what he was trying to say. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I've been collecting Marvel comics since 1977 at age 9. Let me tell you my silver age Marvel books are in better shape then his. My Amazing Fantasy 15, X-Men #1 FF #1 Amazing Spider #1 and about 80 more books that my grandfather left me are VF-M...I own over 3000 Marvel comics...This guy is a fake collector
