Re: [MOPO] An excellent thought provoking article: Ten Signposts to Identify Endangered Collecting Categories

[Kevin Conway]

I am no comic book expert, but was once a moderate collector.  Wasn't the comic book market quite soft until Heritage entered the market in a "big way" and heavily promoted the comic book industry about 7-10 years ago ??  -----Original Message----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art Sent: Apr 3, 2010 3:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] An excellent thought provoking article: Ten Signposts to Identify Endangered Collecting Categories it's a fantastic article that reports things we as longtime dealers already know and that comic book collectors need to examine in comics right now, there is much talk about Action comics #1 CGC 8.0 grade sold for $1mil, then Heritage sold Detective #27 8.0 for $1,075,000 and just this week Action #1 8.5 sold for $1.5mil. Because comic collectors seem (to me) purposely ignorant that a reckoning is coming to the greater part of the hobby, they all point to these sales & say "the comics hobby is super-healthy.. prices will never go down". Prices in comics don't reflect decreases because both dealers and the publishers of the price guide are in bed together on the one hand, and they have a stranglehold on the hobby off the other hand. The fans are also complicit in this sham as they 1) go for it hook-line-and sinker & 2) they choose to ignore the obvious signals. Action Comics #1 will always sell for big bucks. It is after all the single most important comic book there is. It has interest outside the comic collecting hobby and most copies over time will find their way into museums where they will remain on permanent display. Action comics #2, 102, or 502.... sorry... down the road, these books will be collected by very few as the entire comics hobby will continue to deflate over many long years until almost no-one collects them, with the exception of the top items like Action #1, Spiderman #1 and the like. Movie posters will no doubt follow them in great part (especially as posters themselves stop being printed in favor of digital displays). The only difference in posters is that, unlike a comic book, a movie poster is likened to an artwork, can be framed and displayed in a home, while it is unlikely that Coo-Coo Comics #1 will ever get displayed for company to view when they come over for dinner that doesn't mean that all posters will be collected.. Sadly, the collecting of posters to the great majority will focus on the top titles, the top stars and the big hits.. Much of the rest will just fade away. Rich At 08:28 AM 4/3/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote: Ten Signposts to Identify Endangered Collecting Categories by Harry Rinker (03/16/10). http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/ten-signposts-identify-endangered-collecting-categories?utm_source=WorthPoint+Insider+List&utm_campaign=cf94b34d78-insider-7&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=cf94b34d78&mc_eid=9c7686e1e6 Does it apply to movie posters? Comic Books? Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Kevin Conway Conway's Vintage Treasures www.CVTreasures.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.