Collecting and Investing Tips #31
It’s often said that the quickest way to learn anything is through the mistakes you make. Based on this old piece of wisdom I must be one heck of a smart guy.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Keep checking in for weekly comic book collecting and investing tips from Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner Walter Durajlija.
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Convention Tip #8. So, you’ve saved up some extra cash and you’re planning to attend the next big comic con. There are a few glaring holes on your list and you’re all fired up about checking those issues
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Convention Tip #7 – Network! Big, juicy delicious Comic Book Conventions don’t come to small towns. In fact you can probably count on both hands the number of really big important cons in North America
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Convention Tip #6 - Security and Safety! Last week my convention tip was all about the benefits of bringing cash to the con. I’d like to follow up that tip with a few words on safety
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Convention Tip #5. There are places though where cash is still king and a comic book convention is one of those...
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Convention Tip #4. Choose who you are going to the convention with wisely, based on your goals. I work the dealer side of the convention booth and its incredible the amount of stressful situations I’ve witnessed over the years
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Convention Tip #3. Haggling is not for the squeamish. It takes a certain type to do it well but in reality anyone can be a good haggler if a few simple rules are followed
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Convention Tip #2. ...impairs judgment and the equation bad judgment plus thousands of dollars doesn't usually add up to good...
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Convention Tip #1. Develop a game plan. Yes, the convention season is about to kick into high gear and getting as prepared as you can will greatly increase your chances of
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Mutual Respect. Most North American shops offer a pull and hold service for regular customers wherein they pull
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Don’t micro manage. Investing successfully in comic books...
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Be a participating member of the comic book community. Your active participation in the comic book community is helping to create a very influential group who’s
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Knowledge is Golden. Anyone in the game of buying and selling comic books for profit stands a much better chance of success if he or she is armed with the latest and most relevant information. This sounds like an obvious statement but you’d be surprised at the number of
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Ignore discounts. I’ve been selling comic books for a long time (since the mid 1980s) and I’d have to say that the most frustrating mistake I see collectors repeatedly make is comparing
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Year End Review. It’s been a lot of fun writing up the Collecting and Investing Tips for comicbookdaily.com. With our first year officially behind us I thought it would be cool to do a quick review of the tips that appeared
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Is that what I think it is? Quite a large collecting community exists for comic books that contain hidden or camouflaged messages and innuendo. Usually sexual in nature (but not always), these
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Recently a CGC graded 9.9 copy of New Mutants #98 (1st appearance of Deadpool) sold for an astounding $12,250.00. The collecting community’s message boards lit up the net, most of the comments questioned the sanity
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Comic Books as Gifts. Early December is a good time to introduce the concept of collectible comic books as gifts. Whether it’s Christmas, birthdays, graduations or whatever, comic books can be very personal and cherished gifts.
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Vacations, business trips, sporting events, seminars and family functions are just some of the reasons we find ourselves visiting other cities. If you’re a comic collector like me odds are you’ve pulled out the local yellow pages
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This week’s tip is aimed at the collectors. The collectors are really the silent majority of the back issue market and a surprisingly large numbers of them don’t really know where to start when faced with the dilemma of selling their comic book collection
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