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3/23/2021 Topic: Where in this market does everyone find pthomas2010	I did the comment above.
4/2/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Time for April 2021 stats: TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $333,358.26 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,147 1/3 of $1,000,000 on those shelves. edited by pthomas2010 on 4/2/2021
4/4/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	rixmaxx wrote: pthomas2010 wrote: Time for April 2021 stats: TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $333,358.26 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,147 1/3 of $1,000,000 on those shelves. edited by pthomas2010 on 4/2/2021 You can fit all all those books on shelves? Yeah. I bought a house with a fully finished basement, and most of my comics fit in one of the 2 bedrooms. The rest are on shelves in the closet that connects them, so I have a bedroom to keep expanding when I need to.
5/6/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Here's my May totals Seems like participation is way down. TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $348,458.64 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,325
6/5/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Here are my totals TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $352,351.73 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,497
6/10/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Canesmacker, Ruk isn't affiliated with CPG. He does this project at his convenience to give us a chance to compare collections. Doesn't get a paycheck and doesn't have any insider knowledge about CPG.
6/24/2021 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection pthomas2010	I think I worded my initial totals in a way that might have confused you, so I'll try again: I have every Amazing Spider-Man from number 1 until now. Yesterday, #69 in the current volume came out. it's legacy number is 879, so I guess that's my total.
7/1/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	My July totals. Most increases came from comics already in collection. Shooting for $400k by December 31. TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $358,728.36 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,716
7/1/2021 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection pthomas2010	If ASM keeps pumping out 2-3 issues every month, I'll catch Basement Comics eventually. Unless I die or something.
8/2/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	That time of month again. TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $360,244.55 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 44,874
9/4/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Here's my updated totals for Sept 2021. Most of the $6000 increase came from books already in my collection. I hardly bought any comics in August. TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $366,475.93 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 45,050
10/5/2021 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	My totals for October 2021 TOTAL COLLECTION VALUE : $369,823.55 ISSUE COLLECTION COUNT : 45,178
10/9/2021 Topic: "Raw" Prices vs. "Graded" Prices pthomas2010	brianpeppers wrote: Professional grading is a big scam for the most part, and we all just play along with it because we want more money for our books. I think it is a good premise, but since there is no central authority that can actually certify that a grader has gone through a universally accepted curriculum and is subject to audits for consistency, how are CGC graders any more expert than a collector or dealer who has been grading comics for selling or to buy for many years. The only advantage the CGC grader has is that he knows how CGC wants books graded. By the way, CGC opened the doors and proclaimed themselves the authority of comic grading. They answer to nobody. Doesn't matter how consistent the grading is or if they contradict themselves. There are no fines or penalties to the company regardless of quality, and nobody to monitor them anyway. In actuality, the only difference between a graded comic and a raw one is the pretty, official-looking plastic tomb with a fractional number out of 10 showing how close to perfect it is. I think it's ridiculous that the values get obscene just from the act of being put in the case. If the grader says it is a 9.8 copy, hasn't it been all along? Why does sealing it up make it 10-20 times more than when it was raw in some cases. Also, if a grader leaves CGC and goes to work in a comic shop, does that mean all his grades command the same prices as the slabbed CGC copies, or does he lose the ability to grade accurately when he leaves? The amount of money changing hands for some comics these days really highlights how screwed up our hobby is, and that we deserve fairness and consistency buying and selling our comics. Every day there is at least 1 sale that is the equivalent of a nice car for a 32-page kid's book made of newspaper, and we have allowed a grading company to manipulate the market however they want to.
4/14/2022 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Hello Ruk. I started liquidating my collection in December and haven't updated my collection since (except removing a few I sold when I remembered to), so what I show is totally inaccurate. You can remove me from the list if you want. Interestingly, even though I did remove some of my most valuable comics after I sold them, my collection is still $18,000 more than the last time I turned in my numbers. Although it was a tough decision, it really is a great time to sell (If you want to buy a couple of cars and put a lot of cash in the bank). I still have a long way to go before I'm finished, too. Anyway, I'll miss posting to this group.
7/4/2022 Topic: UK versions of Silver Age Marvel titles pthomas2010	I have 4 Silver Age issues from Tales To Astonish that are the UK (pence) version, and the US cent versions are all I can locate. I've changed countries in lookup to "All", but no luck. I want to list these for sale, so what do I need to do?
7/30/2022 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection pthomas2010	Ruk, I've got some estimates to make it fair to everybody below me: Collection: 30,000 Value: $245,000 My collection value actually grew by $30,000 while sitting dormant for the last 6 months. Imagine if I'd still been buying the entire time. Pat