The realtor says it’s a great time to buy a house. The car salesman says it’s a great time to buy a car. I’m not surprised that comic dealers think it’s a great time to buy comics.
"Y'know, Swag, when that outbreak of werewolf pox swept across North America like a furry, fang-laden ocean wave, lots of Debbie Downers said 'sell your comics, buy silver bullets!' Not this guy. I recently scored a CGC 8.5 copy of AF 15 in trade for half a case of Beefaroni and a coupla flashlight batteries and if that werewolf approaching on the left makes an initial pounce on you instead of me, then I might actually live to enj-- GLLKSRGLSAKPppp...ppp pbppbbb. sss"
I would agree that it is a great time to buy but with the overall state of the economy I’m a lot more selective on my buys. I’ve definitely slowed down a bit but that’s also made me appreciate my p ick ups more. I feel as collectors we sometimes get caught up on the next chase for our collection that we forget to appreciate what we already have in our collection.
The way Blue Chip handled this interview... I noticed. Most spoke well, had decent advice, but Neko jumped out at me. Thank you for posting this Swagg.
You’ve outdone yourself! Straight forward information directly from the source. All of which had decades of experience. No hype just straight reporting. This is what makes your reporting unique in a sea of content. Keep doing you!
i have been looking for asm 238 in a high grade . i ended up buying a 9.4 form champion comics . i saw it on thursday and ended up buying it on saturday . after walking around the show and talking to Phil each day i ended up getting a deal that i was happy with .
Great video! When the market crash hits it's lowest (which it has not yet), that would be the time to buy. That's when investors start letting go of some stuff and comic shops start unloading stuff to pay bills, etc. Most of the dealers in the video are telling to pick up super keys. Instead, if prices drop, pick up modern and bronze keys (several copies) in high grade. they will have a greater potential to grow exponentially. For example, during the house market crash of 2007/08, I picked up several copies of asm 300 for $20 a piece off ebay and other sites. And to clarify, the keys should be REAL keys, true first appearances. Not variant covers, minor keys, someone that may or may not appear in the MCU. Those are just hype.
It would have been interesting to get some of the attendees perspective on the market. Do they have a budget they will stick to? How much do they save to buy certain books and have they had to cut back? What books are they looking for? The ComicConnect guy has his private buyers paying six figures for books which most of us can’t relate too. A recession won’t impact his clients as they are extremely wealthy. So he’s like “business is great”! Thanks for the insight Captain Obvious. Plus they are an auction house so as long as sellers have a need for his platform he’s going to keep making money.
Agree - if you ask a bunch of people whose livelihoods are dependent on prices going up what they think they will tell you to keep buying. There was a just too much risk they are carrying. There should be some collector perspective too.
I agree with you. What are buyers saying about the market. We should be hearing from the hens, not the wolves. See my comment entry above. Glad to see someone else see's the wolves' motives in this video. Its funny that those that say now is the time to get your key deals are the same wolves with the books in the background. Power to the hens!
I agree with you. What are buyers saying about the market. We should be hearing from the hens, not the wolves. See my comment entry above. Glad to see someone else see's the wolves' motives in this video. Its funny that those that say now is the time to get your key deals are the same wolves with the books in the background. Power to the hens!
@@trevorpearson4452 For sure! Dealers need to give a positive message that the collectible market is not being affected. Any negative press affects the bottom line.
My favorite video that you have done. Great feedback and perspective from all of the comic book dealers. Consistent message of (1) Buy what you like (2) Get the highest grade possible (3) do your homework on price etc.. Thanks for the hard work in making a very entertaining and informative video !
I always enjoy the Con Market Updates annually to give us an insight on the health of our hobby. However, I can't stop thinking that some of the opinions are from the wolves guarding the hen houses. These wolves (I will omit their names) are saying "yeah, we've seen some drop in prices but overall, sales remain strong". Sure, they're not going to broadcast that they are seeing a sizeable drop over the last 3 months. Recessions impact prices for months and years. These price drops are not going away in a couple of months or by end of year. We have not hit the bottom for great deals. Chill, relax, no need for FOMO. You have time. The one common denomenator that I believe in 100% is: 1) buy what you love and, 2) take advantage of the dip. I have been at this for 35+ years and there is one constant. Time takes care of your investment. Hang in there for the long haul, don't sweat the short term craze. Let the stupid money buy modern books and movie related title releases to detract from the great Silver and Bronze-Age opportunities. Don't run towards the shinny modern books. This is a great time to buy underrated value books! By the way, listen to what FVF Comics is saying. Read between the lines. Lastly, don't buy into the word "hesitation". This only applies to the collector with no historical market perspective. While your hesitating, the savvy collector is gobbling up. Why? We have historical market perspective. Thank you Swagg's for this video.
They are literally giving you free stock advice. I’m a collector and everything they said is true. They go up and down. I don’t think we’ve seen the bottom yet, but like they said, they’ll all go back up in I’m guessing 3-4 years during the next presidential cycle. Republicans get into office, waste money, and cause a recession for the next party to deal with. Takes democrats 4-8 years to fix the mess, then the cycle repeats. And before you say anything, Yes, I’m an independent. Both parties are evil.
I always find it amazing that I think I have a lot of comics till you see these guys set up at shows with comics I could never afford. I have like 40 long boxes of comics and I seems like these guys have so much more than you can imagine. Oh well I guess I will just keep them for awhile longer.
I really enjoyed seeing the SDCC. The dealers have to stay positive because they must sell their comics, but they were right that we are moving into a better market for buyers.
Great information, these dealers gave experienced opinions on how to purchase comics that may improve one’s own collection while increasing the value and giving you a chance to trade up or sell down the road. The specifics were insightful, great interviews!
Hopefully next year I can go to San Diego Comic Con. I couldn’t this time because I am saving my money and finishing up with school. However I am happy I was able to complete my Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars series and enjoyed reading it. I love your videos 🤘🏼
Only recently got into slabs. Gonna poke around Baltimore Comic-Con for a few wants at the end of October. Also doing the Jim Lee meet, stoked about that. As far as the second guy you interviewed, Disney is not doing comics or Marvel any favors, so much trash coming out. (Thor Love and Thunder was peak cringe) The placeholder thing is a good move if you can get the fair value.
Good stuff here man. Everybody had there 2 cents to say ,, Blue Chip and Reece had some good info to share ,, keep it up man, I'll see u in NYC when u came ,, ttyl
I’ve purchased a few things prices are better but still feel like sellers are still getting 100 to 150% sometimes more than the prices that mostly all books see in a NATURAL progression
I've only been to a few cons and the books were ridiculously overpriced. I felt stupid even offering Last eBay sold prices as a starting point. Love to go to SDCC for experience but not for books.
Don’t feel stupid. They want you to feel like that. I went to a show last week and got everything at half of what they were stickered at. They know they overpriced it.
People griping that prices are too high sort of confuses me because somebody is paying those prices. Conversely, vendors who are griping that nobody is buying their books that are priced too high confuse me because just because a book similar to theirs sold that high one time does not indicate every one of those books is worth that value. The market is complex & neither side will ever be fully comfortable with the actions of the other side. What a cool hobby we get to take part in! I love being able to buy and sell pieces of art and stories that so many people connect with! Is it scorching hot right now? No. Would so many people be excited about it if it was continuing on a blaze like it was in 2021? No! So, let's keep enjoying, riding the wave, and knowing that another one will soon enough :-)
Great job Swag..I do believe in the point that of course Dealers are going to say buy and all is AOK.....especially at SDCC because the NUT for dealers at that Con is Huge. GAGuru had the more centered opinion. Ted-Superworld also has a good take...that New England sensibility. 😜😜
Car salesmen had an annoying saying 20 years ago. "There's never been a better time to buy a new car than now". This sorta of sounds like the same type of sales pitch.
@@zoso73 "We are not in a depression." That's GREAT news. Could you lay out a groundwork for that belief? "We haven't been in one since the 1930s." You do realize that does not have any bearing at all on what is happening NOW?
@@zoso73 "Sure -- read the Wall Street Journal every day." That's wonderful, but could you stay on topic? You said "We are not in a depression." You have yet to provide any reason to support that belief.
Awww, before o had a kid I would go to SDCC every year. I miss walking the floor, chatting with people and swimming through the crowds. Can you even buy tickets straight up or is it all a lottery?
I do question the reasoning behind “blue chip comics” marvel choice. How much statistical analysis have the performed that correlates film production of Marvel properties and new entrants or existing collector (not speculators hype) into the market buying the “blue chip” comics? He thinks the market would correct up from this position and not down… returns have been way above normal previously. Also his math of the 9.0 and 7.5 books isn’t great. You’d be better off buying the 9.0 to start with as the value appreciation of the 9.0 would be at a higher rate. The only time a place holder helps is if a better grade is unavailable. The host of this channel proved this recently with his Ironman 1. Now if you need to park money while you save, that is another exception.
A fool and their money are easily seperated. The comic market along with everything else will crash in 2023. The IMF knows a bit more than comic dealers and their forcast is grim at best. But then again, comic buyers prefer fantasy over reality.
All these dealers talk about scarcity. And they're 100% correct. I've been picking up the nicest 1950's DCs I can find. There are nearly 30,000 copies of Spidey #300 on the CGC census. Adventure Comics #262 with a glorious Curt Swan cover? 19. Not 19,000. 19. Scarcity, combined with great cover/content and nice pages are the safest, smartest investment you can make.
There was a lot less spin than I thought. Yes, buyer's market, just usually conventions are not the best place for prices and deals, but can be great for selection. As it was said, do you homework and research .
Sure…everyone in the business of comics is incentivized to speak positively about them - you can see it that way. Or you can also listen to their insights as people who have been in the industry for over 30 years and maybe get some good takeaways. Would it have been better if I interviewed Nurses about the future outlook of the comic industry? 😅, atleast they wouldn’t have been biased.
Listen to Vinny at 3:54. That's not bullshit or a hard sell. One more thing. NOW -- not 12 months from now -- is the time to accumulate and get good deals on the 20% to 40% price dips we've seen these last 3 to 5 months.
Sure you can buy now, if you do not mind seeing your book 30% lower , 8 months from now. I guess it all depends what one is trying to accomplish. We have only just started the slide which will last between a year to a year and a half. In 2023 your going to see comic books on tremendous percentage discount that you havent see in a long long time.
@@jeffschmitt6977 Another 30% on top of the 20% to 40% delta from last year? If you're referring to post-1975 through today's moderns, i agree. But I would say you're too bearish for always-in-demand and tougher to find vintage material (i.e., GA keys and semi-keys, PCH, GGA, GA and SA classic covers, Marvel SA keys and semi-keys, early Marvel super-hero silver age, Ditko and Romita-era ASMs, and high-grade Marvel and DC early Bronze (up to 1975)). 1975 is a big cut-off point for me in deciding what to buy. In my opinion.
If you're looking at comics as investments, the best thing to do is to buy the truly scarce books. I'm talking about books that seldom come to market anyway, like Golden Age, PCH grails, and super high grade SA blue chip books. Since these books seldom come to market, they're a bit insulated from recession. I mean, many of these books have less than 30-40 books on the census. Aside from these books, sad to say everything else will be taking a hit. If you're buying as a collector, then who cares. Just buy what you like and use this correction/dip/crash to buy the books that you thought had gotten away from you.
I'm glad books are dropping, I didn't get in to comics to make money, investors who don't care will sell n get the fuck out n thats the best thing for the real comic book Fans like me
First dealer seems like a shill, wine aficionado who never read a comic in his life. Speculation and investor groups buying up books and their affect on prices completely turn me off
Does anyone care about comics outside of NA? (USA and Canada) ....maybe the UK, but what about the rest of the world, are they as passionate about comics as we are? Does the same FOMO exists in other countries?🤔
Is this a good time to buy comics? If you live in the USA and don't have millions in liquid or easily liquidated assets, I think the logical answer is no. Inflation has boosted the costs of necessities and I haven't seen any concomitant increase in my wages. Comics are a luxury, not a necessity. That said, I've noticed prices falling on comics and related items that I routinely shop/check on eBay -- mostly reprint material, lots of classic Marvel, DC and EC Comics stuff, in floppy, tpb and hardcover formats. So from my perspective, now is a good time to find desirable material at prices noticeably lower than they were a year ago, at least on eBay. I'm gonna get up on the soapbox for a minute here... If you buy comic-art material and you're concerned about the U.S. economy, maybe you should be putting less effort into acquisition and more time into reading the comics you already possess. Furthermore, if you want to economize in your comic-buying habit, might I suggest the 80-page giant gorilla in the room -- REPRINTS, either in printed or digital formats. They're inexpensive and are not likely to appreciate in value to any serious degree. But if you enjoy reading the stories and gazing at the artwork, they are a substitute that has always done the job for me. And if you're worried that things might get significantly bad in the coming years, the '60s super-hero tales from Stan, Jack and Steve are overflowing with inspiring examples of courage and never-say-die attitude, one of the things I consider most appealing and valuable about the Marvel Age of Comics. I read that stuff all the time, because it helps me keep on keepin' on.
Swag... y do you interview only dealers? All they're going to say is buy, buy, buy. What about us collectors? Many of us still feel books are still over priced. Many of us could give better advice than any dealers. And many collectors would benefit from hearing actual collectors who want to save each other money than dealers who are only going to say, "Buy!!!!!"
@@Swagglehaus Also, I hope you don't take offense to us pointing stuff out in your videos. We actually care about your content. You're much better than so many other youtubers and seem to have a hunger for knowledge.
Gas next year gonna be 20 dollars they want EV cars. That's gonna do it.alot of comics these days are trash get all the woke out of the comics and maybe sells will go up.i cut down alot of runs that I feel are going no where.my loc comic shops order less now or who ever has a pull list.thats it.so if there any keys these day there gonna be rare due to less people buying them.
