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GoCollect Blog: The Addiction #1 and More at San Diego Comic Con 2024 Vincent (Metropolis Comics, ComicConnect.com) Zurzolo explains, “Comic Con is the largest pop culture event in the United States. David Quinn and I, joined by rising star cover artists Andres Labrada and “The Addiction Army” are thrilled to have this stage to celebrate our launch and the work ...

GoCollect Blog: CGC Grading Experiment: Using GoCollect Data to Calculate Raw FMV The CGC Grading Experiment has been a great endeavor. It has allowed for many discoveries to be made. These revelations take the mystery out of grading but also provides tricks people can use to save money. During the grading experiment one of the things revealed was how to use the GoCollect Price G...

GoCollect Blog: Books to Watch In Heritage's Matt Baker July 18 Focus Auction When I think of Golden Age artists, several amazing artists come to mind -- Bob Montana, Joe Simon, Will Eisner, Alex Schomburg, and of course, Matt Baker. Baker was a trailblazer in the comic book industry, whether he knew it or not. He was one of the first black comic book artists who identified (...

GoCollect Blog: Bronze Age CPI: Nearly Doubling in Value over the Past Five Years I've been writing a series of blogs on GoCollect's new Collectible Price Index (CPI). A new tool loosely modeled on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a composite index that focuses on blue chip stocks. You can check out my blogs on the Big Spenders Club, Golden and Silver Age Indexes here. Today, we...

GoCollect Blog: BIG BRANDS BUYING PHYGITAL COMIC PROMOS? As your everyday fun-loving comic book guy, imagine my surprise when, amidst the busy tables of a recent financial services conference in Los Angeles, I stumbled upon an unexpected gem — a custom-made comic book promoting financial education by none other than VISA!

GoCollect Blog: Ch'p: The Squirrel Green Lantern With Guy Gardner appearing in the upcoming film, being played by Gunn's frequent contributor, Nathan Fillion, it only makes sense that we might see more members of the Green Lantern Corps. But, could they be taking a giant swing by including Ch'p?

GoCollect Blog: CGC Grading Experiment: Lessons Learned The CGC grading experiment was created when another blogger and I debated whether it was more advantageous to buy books raw versus slabbed. The debate raised some interesting questions. Most sites would only guesstimate as to answers but GoCollect allowed me to go further. I interviewed the CGC pres...

GoCollect Blog: Unique Poster Finds at Heritages Sunday Night Movie Poster Auction for July 14 Welcome back to this week's look at Heritage's Sunday night movie poster auction! Every week Heritage auctions off some truly unique finds across all movie genres, such as movie serials, animation, science fiction, romance, and more. Each week I find a few gems that could be overlooked! Here are my....

GoCollect Blog: GoCollect Announces Major FMV Upgrade!! As collectible marketplaces suffer drastic corrections almost every week it is more important than ever for you to have the tools you need to proceed safely as both buyer and seller.

GoCollect Blog: Golden Age CPI: Immune to the Comic Boom About a week ago, I blogged about taking a deep dive into GoCollect’s new Big Spenders Club CPI. I wrote about what my own personal CPI for a Big Spenders Index might look like. Today, I’m taking a deep dive into GoCollect’s CPI for the Golden Age.

GoCollect Blog: Gem Finds At Comic Connects July Mega Auction! Welcome back to Gem Finds at Comic Connects July Mega Auction! Comic Connect does a handful of Event Auctions through the year which feature some truly impressive pieces from the collector's universe. In the past, we've seen video game prototypes, rare Golden Age finds, and much more. Let's take a d...

GoCollect Blog: Marvel Returns to Hall H at San Diego Comic Con San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is when Kevin Feige and team traditionally provide big updates about the future of the MCU. Due to the actors and writers strike last summer, however, fans were deprived of their annual MCU fix. Since Marvel has been keeping their powder dry for nearly two years, you can b...

GoCollect Blog: Hottest Comics: Deadpool Dominance The Hottest Comics are all about those sales. Using eBay's updated data, this index measures the sales volume rather than relying on fair market values. Regardless of prices, these rankings show which single issues have been on the most wish lists for the last 10, 30, 60, 90, and 180 days. Below you...

GoCollect Blog: Unique Poster Finds at Heritages Sunday Night Movie Poster Auction for July 7 Welcome back to this week's look at Heritage's Sunday night movie poster auction! Every week Heritage auctions off some truly unique finds across all movie genres, such as movie serials, animation, science fiction, romance, and more. Each week I find a few gems that could be overlooked! Here are my....

GoCollect Blog: VEVE & MARVEL ANNOUNCE THE 1ST-EVER HULK 180 / 181 DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES! THE BIG NEWS: VeVe Digital Collectibles and Marvel are releasing the first-ever digital collectible comic issues of the iconic Hulk #180 & Hulk #181. These groundbreaking drops claw another massive milestone in the evolution of comic book collecting, tugging the nostalgic allure of physical comics w...

GoCollect Blog: Which Books Would You Include in the Big Spenders Club CPI? One of the most fun aspects about GoCollect's new Collectible Price Index (CPI) is debating which books should be contained in each of the indexes. As you may know by now, the CPI is loosely modeled on the Dow Jones Industrial Average which consists of an index of some of the most famous companies i...

GoCollect Blog: Top 10 Most Submitted Comics to CGC in June: The Rippaverse Rules The monthly Top 10 CGC Submissions is a curated list of comics and magazines that have been moving up CGC's grading lists. CGCData.com pulls the data straight from CGC over the past 30 days.

GoCollect Blog: Archie in the Silver Age - Key Issues to Target While many are familiar with the key Archie issues from the Golden Age, they’re also out of most collectors’ price range. So, let’s take a look at the Silver Age for potentially more affordable issues to target.

GoCollect Blog: Unique Poster Finds at Heritages Sunday Night Movie Poster Auction for June 30 Welcome back to this week's look at Heritage's Sunday night movie poster auction! Every week Heritage auctions off some truly unique finds across all movie genres, such as movie serials, animation, science fiction, romance, and more. Each week I find a few gems that could be overlooked! Here are my....

GoCollect Blog: Undervalued & Overlooked Silver Age Comics - June 2024 We’re back with more Undervalued and Overlooked Comics. This is where we identify comics that are either currently lower in value than they could be, aren’t as well known in the collector market, or both. So, let’s get started with a first team-up and a couple first appearances from the Silver...

GoCollect Blog: Hottest Magazines: Nintendo Power Reigns, Dune Rising While Nintendo Power topped the list, Pokemon, Wayne Gretzky, and the first publication of Dune vied for attention! The Hottest Magazines is a curated list of the magazines moving up the eBay sales lists. GoCollect pulls the stats straight from eBay and sorts them by volume moving in the marketplace...

GoCollect Blog: Breaking News: VIZ MEDIA & VeVe Collectibles Announce New Partnership Well friends & collectors, particularly those of you who enjoy anima and/or manga titles, VeVe has just dropped ANOTHER BIG IP partner announcement.

GoCollect Blog: CPI Use Case: Has the Comic Book Market Hit Bottom? Back in late April, I wrote a blog asking whether we the comic book market had hit bottom. At that time I wrote that article, there wasn't an easy to answer that question besides looking at Swagglehaus's comic book index on YouTube (I'm sure that was a very time-consuming effort for him) and selecti...

GoCollect Blog: Hot Comic Book News for Investors and Collectors Comic book and pop culture news is the lifeblood of the hobby for both collectors and investors. Collectors can use the information to navigate the ebb and flow of the market so as to not overspend on their books or collectibles. Investors utilize the information to make money. It is that simple. Th...

GoCollect Blog: Introducing the GoCollect Collectible Price Index (CPI) Check it out on the CPI Overview page (a link can be found in the Comics menu). If you're logged in, you'll also see it on the Comics Market Overview.

GoCollect Blog: Phoenix Rising - What's Driving Sales of X-Men #101? Phoenix is an incredibly popular member of the X-Men. So, it stands to reason that her first appearance in X-Men #101 would become a sought-after collectible. It’s a comic that appears to be hotter than ever. Let’s take a look at sales volume and prices for X-Men #101 to see if we can determine ...

GoCollect Blog: How Hard Is It to Receive a 9.8 from CGC? Have you ever felt like you can't catch a break and get a 9.8 from CGC? I sure have! I've submitted hundreds of books to CGC (and CBCS) over the years. I feel like these grading companies must have very stingy graders.

GoCollect Blog: Coldest Comics: Have the X-Men Cooled Off? Where do you turn when you need to gauge the secondary market? EBay, the go-to site for basically anything collectible. Lucky for you, GoCollect ranks the 100 best-selling comics on the auction sites of auction sites, which you can sort by timespan. The Hottest Comics blog series is about analyzing....

GoCollect Blog: Goldin Auctions Hits Record High for T206 Complete Set A Polar Bear Brand PSA-Graded 1909-1911 T206 White Border complete set has broken the record for this sub-set at $79,300. Each card in the set has been graded by PSA. Amongst them Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young and many more.

GoCollect Blog: Heroic Gifts For Every Super Dad! If it weren't for my dad, I wouldn't have the passion for comic books and collectibles I do now. We would visit Alternate Worlds in Cockeysville, Maryland, for years, to pick up our weekly pull box. I would devour my comics on the way home in the car, despite my dad's best efforts to tell me to s**c...