Collecting and Investing Tips #23
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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Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Walter Durajlija
Walter Durajlija is an Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner. He owns Big B Comics in Hamilton Ontario.
Undervalued Spotlight #23
The Beatles, Dell Publishing, Sept-Nov 1964,
Read MoreAuction Highlights #21
Comic Link’s January Focused Auction. I used the January focused auction to shed some light on just how important small differences are in the marketplace
Read MoreComic Culture: Jabuary 20th and 27th
Welcome back to Comic Culture with your fabulous hosts; Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija. Due to some technical difficulties, last week’s radioshow is going up at the same time as this week’s show. But fortunately, that gives you twice the…
Collecting and Investing Tips #22
Mutual Respect. Most North American shops offer a pull and hold service for regular customers wherein they pull
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #22
First Issue Special #8, DC Comics, November 1975. The first appearance of Warlord by Mike Grell
Read MoreAuction Highlights #20
Superman vs. Overstreet. There was a nice batch of Golden Age Superman comics posted on
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #21
Don’t micro manage. Investing successfully in comic books...
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #21
Amazing Spider-Man #121, 122, June and July 1973. Naming two comics is a first for the CBD Undervalued Spotlight but these classics are truly
Read MoreAuction Highlights #19
More Bargains. This week I scoured eBay for some deals. Here's a few that I found
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #20
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
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #20
Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1 was published in September 1961 Just 2 short months before Fantastic Four #1 hit the newsstands. Almost a decade later Marvel launched
Read MoreAuction Highlights #18
Mid Grade. This week I’ll look at the market performance of CGC 6.0s from the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages.
Read MoreComic Culture: January 7th 2010
Welcome to the first installment of ComicBookDaily for the year 2010 with your illustrious hosts; Christopher Owen of Mohawk College and Walter Durajlija of Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario. It’s a New Years blow out, well not really but…
Collecting and Investing Tips #19
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
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #19
Batman #25, DC Comics, (10-11/44). Sometimes the obvious isn’t always so obvious. The superhero as we know him dates back to
Read MoreComic Culture: December 29th, 2009
Welcome back to another very special edition of the Comic Culture podcast! This is the last podcast of the year before 2009 so Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija have pulled out all the stops to make sure this is a…
Market Trends – 2009 in review and looking ahead to 2010
Market Trends - 2009 in review and looking ahead to 2010. The high end back issue comic book market felt no ill effects from this year’s recession. Record prices were reported almost
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #18
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
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #18
What made the 1978 Superman film so unique for the time was the cutting edge technology that made Superman flying look very realistic. Superman always flew, didn't he? It’s hard to imagine that Superman spent his first decade unable to
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