Here's a thread for posting Disney comics that are for sale/have sold for ridiculous amounts of money.
http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=293600
Here's a near mint copy of Four Color #9, the very first Disney comic book, for sale for $13,000. The highest offer on it is $7,500.
Sealed in plastic.
So no one can ever read it.
I understand the historical significance and rarity of it, but I still think it's way too much. But, of course, it just depends on how much money you're willing to spend on this kind of thing...I guess.
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Gooey98
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2014-08-29 at 22:23:39
Robb_K
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2014-08-29 at 23:17:03
Quote from user: Gooey98Here's a thread for posting Disney comics that are for sale/have sold for ridiculous amounts of money.
http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=293600
Here's a near mint copy of Four Color #9, the very first Disney comic book, for sale for $13,000. The highest offer on it is $7,500.
Sealed in plastic.
So no one can ever read it.
I understand the historical significance and rarity of it, but I still think it's way too much. But, of course, it just depends on how much money you're willing to spend on this kind of thing...I guess.
Four Color #9 was NOT the first Disney comic book. There was a Donald Duck comic book (Talliaferro reprints) released in 1940. Perhaps we might refer to it as the first Disney Comic Book with a newly-written and drawn story specifically for that printing. But, I'm not even sure if THAT would be true.
http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=293600
Here's a near mint copy of Four Color #9, the very first Disney comic book, for sale for $13,000. The highest offer on it is $7,500.
Sealed in plastic.
So no one can ever read it.
I understand the historical significance and rarity of it, but I still think it's way too much. But, of course, it just depends on how much money you're willing to spend on this kind of thing...I guess.
Four Color #9 was NOT the first Disney comic book. There was a Donald Duck comic book (Talliaferro reprints) released in 1940. Perhaps we might refer to it as the first Disney Comic Book with a newly-written and drawn story specifically for that printing. But, I'm not even sure if THAT would be true.
Gooey98
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2014-08-29 at 23:21:20
Quote from user: Robb_KQuote from user: Gooey98Here's a thread for posting Disney comics that are for sale/have sold for ridiculous amounts of money.
http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=293600
Here's a near mint copy of Four Color #9, the very first Disney comic book, for sale for $13,000. The highest offer on it is $7,500.
Sealed in plastic.
So no one can ever read it.
I understand the historical significance and rarity of it, but I still think it's way too much. But, of course, it just depends on how much money you're willing to spend on this kind of thing...I guess.
Four Color #9 was NOT the first Disney comic book. There was a Donald Duck comic book (Talliaferro reprints) released in 1940. Perhaps we might refer to it as the first Disney Comic Book with a newly-written and drawn story specifically for that printing. But, I'm not even sure if THAT would be true.
My bad, sorry. Either way, it's one of the first.
http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=293600
Here's a near mint copy of Four Color #9, the very first Disney comic book, for sale for $13,000. The highest offer on it is $7,500.
Sealed in plastic.
So no one can ever read it.
I understand the historical significance and rarity of it, but I still think it's way too much. But, of course, it just depends on how much money you're willing to spend on this kind of thing...I guess.
Four Color #9 was NOT the first Disney comic book. There was a Donald Duck comic book (Talliaferro reprints) released in 1940. Perhaps we might refer to it as the first Disney Comic Book with a newly-written and drawn story specifically for that printing. But, I'm not even sure if THAT would be true.
My bad, sorry. Either way, it's one of the first.
Morequack
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2014-09-22 at 22:45:41
A comic book is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it, no more and no less. If the highest offer is $7,500 then that is exactly what it's currently worth. Sealing it in plastic preserves its condition in an official manner. So I can understand that. One can always read another copy for the reading pleasure. But owning this piece of history in such a condition is what one is paying for.
Runner
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2014-09-29 at 20:40:55
I sold a Four Color #9 in a very similar condition 12 years ago for a much larger sum than that offer of $7,500 .
If you compare with the more popular super hero comic books Disney comic books seem really cheap.
Scarce comic books CGC rated and in NM to M condition with Barks covers from 1948-1952 I think are worth paying a lot for because of their artistical beauty. Actually I prefer them rather than the extremely expensive Barks paintings.
If you compare with the more popular super hero comic books Disney comic books seem really cheap.
Scarce comic books CGC rated and in NM to M condition with Barks covers from 1948-1952 I think are worth paying a lot for because of their artistical beauty. Actually I prefer them rather than the extremely expensive Barks paintings.
Gooey98
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2014-09-29 at 22:07:35
I don't mean to say that people who pay a lot of money for sealed comic books are stupid. I'm only saying that <i>I</i> would never pay that much for a piece of art.
But if I had a lot of money, it might be different. Maybe. Or if I were running a museum.
But if I had a lot of money, it might be different. Maybe. Or if I were running a museum.
Patrick Hanifin
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2014-09-30 at 00:14:32
This is somewhat related so I thought I would mention it here rather than start a new thread. I see the Don Rosa Lo$ books being offered and sold on eBay for extremely high prices. In a year or two they will be reprinted yet again by Fantagraphics in a larger size and enhanced with further comments by Don. How do you think that will affect the prices of the Lo$ books currently being sold?
Also, how will the new and upcoming Fantagraphic Don Rosa library books affect the prices of Don Rosa comics? Personally, though I am really looking forward to the library books as they come out, I also still really like my comics as well. I don't plan on selling them whether they go up or down. However, I still wonder how the library will affect prices.
A couple of the more expensive Don Rosa issues were reprinted for Free Comic Book Day last May which I liked because it exposed more people to these great stories. It also gave me some extra reading copies so I don't worry so much about damaging my rare issues.
Seeing people currently paying hundreds of dollars for the Lo$ books when I know a nicer version will be available in the not too distant future by Fantagraphics for far less does, though, somehow intrigue me.
Patrick Hanifin
www.Patrick Hanifin.com
www.SqueakyCleanComedy.com
Also, how will the new and upcoming Fantagraphic Don Rosa library books affect the prices of Don Rosa comics? Personally, though I am really looking forward to the library books as they come out, I also still really like my comics as well. I don't plan on selling them whether they go up or down. However, I still wonder how the library will affect prices.
A couple of the more expensive Don Rosa issues were reprinted for Free Comic Book Day last May which I liked because it exposed more people to these great stories. It also gave me some extra reading copies so I don't worry so much about damaging my rare issues.
Seeing people currently paying hundreds of dollars for the Lo$ books when I know a nicer version will be available in the not too distant future by Fantagraphics for far less does, though, somehow intrigue me.
Patrick Hanifin
www.Patrick Hanifin.com
www.SqueakyCleanComedy.com
MustangRockstar
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Message 8 -
2014-10-01 at 01:45:15
I think so long as something is hard to find, and deseriable, there will be a market. The collections you mentioned are pretty nice and will probably always have a market, though probably not as high as right now.
It's the same reason why older comics retain their value, despite having reprints that are on better paper, with better printing and nicer coloring. Once you get past the nostalgia, you can make the argument that older (original) copies of comics are seldom very pleasing to the eyes.
In a way we've become spoiled. The past 15 years have offered unprecedented access to quality printings of classic comics - from Uncle Scrooge, to Dick Tracy, to Peanuts. The work of companies like Fantagraphics and IDW has been much welcomed and appreciated.
It's the same reason why older comics retain their value, despite having reprints that are on better paper, with better printing and nicer coloring. Once you get past the nostalgia, you can make the argument that older (original) copies of comics are seldom very pleasing to the eyes.
In a way we've become spoiled. The past 15 years have offered unprecedented access to quality printings of classic comics - from Uncle Scrooge, to Dick Tracy, to Peanuts. The work of companies like Fantagraphics and IDW has been much welcomed and appreciated.
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