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8/2/2020 Topic: Spawn gains/losses rustyauger	Look, I know you are all busy but I wrote that last post six weeks ago and there has still been no changes to Spawn 100-300. This issue sold today for $192 and it is still listed as a $3 comic on CPG. https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPAWN-175-comic-book-from-2008-in-NM-9-4-GUNSLINGER-cover-ONLY-49-95-/264800609922?hash=item3da758a682%3Ag%3AWjUAAOSwQ1dfE3t1&nma=true&si=3plgla0vHzvPJuuCAveZyqSM910%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 edited by rustyauger on 8/2/2020
8/26/2020 Topic: Spawn gains/losses rustyauger	Thanks for all the work you are doing updating the Spawn issues
9/1/2020 Topic: Spawn comic values rustyauger	1. It is a very successful original independent title. 2. Todd McFarlane is a very collectible artist. 3. There are a lot of low print issues. 4. There is a movie in development with Jamie Foxx. 5. There are a lot homage covers of classic books.
9/1/2020 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection rustyauger	Hey Ruk, RUSTYAUGER Value: $177,535.28 Issues: 26,727
9/4/2020 Topic: Batman 423 Red Hot rustyauger	New high for a raw - $170 https://www.ebay.com/itm/BATMAN-423-NM-HIGH-GRADE-Key-DC-1988-Classic-TODD-McFARLANE-Cover-NEWSSTAND/184421276543?hash=item2af05d5b7f:g:cAsAAOSwQ2ZfRrcJ
9/9/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	Basement - I am not worthy Batman 14-713 Vol2 1-52 Vol3 1-Current (844 issues) I keep buying the latest issues because I have a feeling they will revert back to the original numbering system as they approach #1000. edited by rustyauger on 9/9/2020
9/9/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	BasementComics wrote: rustyauger wrote: Basement - I am not worthy Batman 14-713 Vol2 1-52 Vol3 1-Current (844 issues) I keep buying the latest issues because I have a feeling they will revert back to the original numbering system as they approach #1000. If they stop and restart again, that may drive me out of new comics but there are still so many golden age books I need. I will make you a friendly bet that they revert back as they approach 1000. I think they are only at about 860 right now so it will still be a few years. Boy those Golden Age Batmans are getting so expensive. I haven't bought one for a year because a low grade will cost me a grand by the time I pay shipping, import, and exchange to Canada. Here's one I have my eye on but I can't afford a big buy right now. It'll probably end up around $400 US. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-8-Unrestored-Early-Golden-Age-Joker-Story-DC-Superhero-Comic-1941-PR/313207672201 edited by rustyauger on 9/9/2020
9/10/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	ruk wrote: OK-guys -I am going to find those last 4 issues -maybe in lousy condition but I wd fill my run.. Good luck Ruk I hope you do it. It is sad that so many collectors only chase keys and don't feel the completionist bug. It is funny because many of the key issues I have in my collection today, I have because I was simply trying to complete a run and then they got hot later on.
9/14/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	rustyauger wrote: BasementComics wrote: rustyauger wrote: Basement - I am not worthy Batman 14-713 Vol2 1-52 Vol3 1-Current (844 issues) I keep buying the latest issues because I have a feeling they will revert back to the original numbering system as they approach #1000. If they stop and restart again, that may drive me out of new comics but there are still so many golden age books I need. I will make you a friendly bet that they revert back as they approach 1000. I think they are only at about 860 right now so it will still be a few years. Boy those Golden Age Batmans are getting so expensive. I haven't bought one for a year because a low grade will cost me a grand by the time I pay shipping, import, and exchange to Canada. Here's one I have my eye on but I can't afford a big buy right now. It'll probably end up around $400 US. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-8-Unrestored-Early-Golden-Age-Joker-Story-DC-Superhero-Comic-1941-PR/313207672201 edited by rustyauger on 9/9/2020 I was a little off... it sold for $521. So this raw golden age Batman #6 that would grade .5 or 1.0 at best sold for $521 but on CPG it is valued at $200 in .5 and $300 in 1.0. I feel like there needs to be an adjustment made across the board to golden age low grade books. Also, I feel there should be a coverless (.3) option for the grade. Furthermore, I have a graded page from Batman 1 that I can't enter in the database even though it cost me $300 USD. edited by rustyauger on 9/14/2020
9/14/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	Did you buy the Batman 6?
9/14/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	Whoops that was Batman 8 not Batman 6 I was talking about.
9/23/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection rustyauger	RustyAuger - Batman 851 issues (14-713, Vol.2 1-52, Vol.3 1-99)
9/25/2020 Topic: E-Bay Is NOT A Price Guide!!! rustyauger	There are always outliers when a book sells too high or low but the trends still bear out the "true" value of the book at that time in history. Ebay is the place where the most sales happen that can be observed and recorded. It makes sense that what a comic sells for at auction or buyitnow should be considered as the book's value. Especially when many copies sell every day or week in a similar condition for a similar price.
9/25/2020 Topic: E-Bay Is NOT A Price Guide!!! rustyauger	glorkar wrote: When I'm looking at eBay and trying to figure out what a good price would be, I never look at listing price. There is a filter you can apply that shows sold/completed auctions. That is what people are actually paying. Sometimes you get a good deal, sometimes you over pay. All depends on how bad you want it. The hard thing for me to accept is when I see a comic sell for $100 on ebay I think damn I could have got that for $100 but the thing is that to win that auction you would have to top the $100 bid so you are going to have to pay $110. $120, maybe $150. So sure the comic sold for $100 and that is what it is worth because that is what someone paid for it but IF YOU WANT TO BUY IT YOU HAVE TO BEAT THAT BID!
9/26/2020 Topic: Batman 423 Red Hot rustyauger	New high for a raw - $207.50 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-423-1st-Print-1988-DC-Todd-McFarlane-Cover-Starlin-NM-Condition/133520810874 edited by rustyauger on 9/26/2020
9/27/2020 Topic: E-Bay Is NOT A Price Guide!!! rustyauger	People can list comics at whatever price they want. It is a free country. If they want to sell their comics they have to price them to sell. Sure there will be people who overpay but generally the comics have to be priced right or they won't sell.
9/27/2020 Topic: E-Bay Is NOT A Price Guide!!! rustyauger	I just don't get why you are so angry about it. The comic book market follows the same rules of capitalism as any other market. Why should comics be any different? Why do you feel there should be a code that protects our hobby from market forces. If they are priced too high they won't sell and if someone pays $100 for a $3 book they are stupid and deserve to get ripped off. It's like when people get mad about Chuck Rozanski not giving Edgar Church's family enough money for the greatest comic score in history as if he owed it to them. It's capitalism people! It ain't pretty but it is the way it is.
10/1/2020 Topic: Batman 423 Red Hot rustyauger	A year ago it was a $20 book. It jumped up to a $100 book a few months ago and now a high grade raw sells for $200+.
10/13/2020 Topic: Ruk's list-Who has the best collection rustyauger	Hey Ruk (Great Keeper of the List), I hope you are well. RUSTYAUGER Value: $180,335.58 Issues: 26,949
10/14/2020 Topic: New Feature and New Blog Post rustyauger	I am sure Taskmaster will have something to say about speculators