I love meeting comic book collectors like him at comic conventions. Those collectors have interesting and fun stories to share about the world of comic amassing.
I would not be able to part with my collection in this manner. Its getting passed down to my son. He can sell it off. This was good quality wholesome youtube. We need more posts like this. Not dumb hateful ones or "pranks".
Hello. I’ve just come across this video. My son has been accepted to UPenn Dental School. I knew that the university had these comics but didn’t know how they got them. Now I know and I can’t wait to be able to see them. Thank You !
I am in my 30's and have about 6000 comics myself, but I have no plans on stopping until I complete each run I am working on. Biggest runs are Detective Comics and Batman.
I have the complete amazing Spider-Man run from number 2 all the way to present day 945 I am missing 1 sucks he couldn’t have given that book to me for free smh I would of really enjoyed it took care of it and kept it for life along with the rest of my run
It is hard to part ways with your beloved belongings. You may a hard decision to share you joy and knowledge with others. Thank You and hope the best for you and your wife's future!
So much so that I bought Amazing spider-man #14 for my baby nephew a few years ago in a 5.5 at $1,800. I did the math before I bought the book and saw that the same book in the same condition would be worth just over 5 million in the year 2081 when he is in his 60's. All I have to do is keep it safe until I pass and then it is in his hands. His parents have already been notified how important the book is.
That's dumb. Gen z, gen alpha, and following generations have never owned a comic book. That is a key issue, but it's not historic enough or rare enough at 5.5. Realize the gains when it appreciates and put it in an S&P index fund rather than risking it. @@mtgamateurnight
*_Will the collection be sold as a collection or will 1-and-1 book be sold off?_* *_If I were Gary, I'd check with CGC if this isn't a Pedigree Collection, and have the books encapsulated/slabbed with the Pedigree Label._*
That's amazing. I have ordered books in years past from their store. What an amazing story. Wished I had a spouse who was, and is still, supportive of his hobby😂😂😂😂
As all comic READERS know - odds say it'll end up almost exclusively in the hands of the traders, flippers, and people that don't care about any aspect of them other than financial value. Hey, its their stuff, so their choice... Just sucks to know that.
@@JoeAnnabi A lot easier to get the books out of the archive than going into a warehouse and stealing tens of thousands of original comic art pages from the very same Marvel / DC / 2000 AD, (and every other) archive out there. This is the comic book world - its pointless in an archive, other than for people with access to steal it, and flip them - either directly or via a 3rd party just to make it all but untraceable. Its a blatant target, and instead of going back into the eco-system with people that care, they'll just gather dust, get stolen one by one, and gives someone a tax deduction (when taxes are desperately needed)- instead of selling them to people that care.
@@JoeAnnabi Its the comic book industry - go look at the Marvel, DC, 2000AD and every other 'archive' that's every existed - they've been robbed blind by people with access. People that stole significantly larger and more obvious items - namely original comic artwork - day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade. Ask the old comic artists, who never got their artwork back, yet have seen it sold in auctions, after they went missing for such a long time. The only thing archives give is the chance for people with access to steal from it. Instead of this guy selling the stuff, and the comics going back into the system for people to enjoy, he'll get a tax offset (costing the Government seriously needed funds) and it'll just sit and rot until the day each individual bit is stolen - sold via a 3rd party, and pretty much making it impossible to prove the books originated from this collection. Its a stupid notion and a selfish one at that.
What this guy did was incredible ? Im in awe of his willpower ?giving away such a collection ?wow,just wow ! Ive read comics since i was 5-7 yrs old 1968-70, i gave my comics away in 1980 when i started to work and though( dumbly) i was too old forbthem,i gave them to maybe six younger lads who were just starting to enjoy reading comics and i never read another till 1991 ? When i went into my local library to pick up a few novels and saw they had a shelf of graphic novels and trade paper backs ,i thought hey i used to enjoy them ? So i picked a handful up and went home ,since them ive never stopped buying and reading them ,even at 61 now i still enjoy them just as much ? But i try not to think about the ones i gave away back then, because although i was a reader rather than a collecter i had quite a few that were worth good money ? Ah well,ceil a vie as they say !?
Why would you donate a collection that will be hidden in some building that no kid will ever enjoy? I'm planning on selling my books for cheap just so younger collectors can enjoy them.
But is this really a gift? Surely there's a huge tax deduction involved. And it sounds as though they're incredibly wealthy due to real estate investing.
They probably get really heavy taxes on their real estate. They're getting a huge deduction for this donation. They're obviously done a cost-benefit analysis and they made a decision based on a large, quick return. Hopefully Penny University has a paper conservation lab.
@@Hofftimusprime1 They do not come across as philanthropists at all. And she clearly has little respect for his interest in comics. It's a weird story. Almost pathetic in a way.
@@TT-fq7pl Agree. And while 500k is an impressive amount for a collection, when he was buying them he could have bought multiple copies of Amazing Fantasy 15 for a few thousand dollars. Those alone could be worth that much. He must have some low grade stuff.
@@Hofftimusprime1 Even in the footage, a lot of the copies look pretty rough. But that suggests that he probably was just buying and reading for fun and not for investment. Anyway, 500k sure isn't what it used to be, especially when you consider the prices comics were going for during the pandemic. I mean, I sold my childhood collection (about 500 comics) in 2021 and 2022 for almost 20k -- and it was mostly pretty common Bronze and Silver superhero stuff. There must be collectors this guy's age who have collections worth millions.
