Auction Highlights #24
Actually I thought a lot of the results were strong and I’ll go on record as saying that we needed the brakes to come on a bit
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.
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Collecting and Investing Tips #25
Convention Tip #3. Haggling is not for the squeamish. It takes a certain type to do it well but in reality anyone can be a good haggler if a few simple rules are followed
Comic Culture: February 17th, 2010
Comic Book Daily presents the latest Comic Culture podcast featuring Walter Durajlija and his special guest Vince Marchesano. Vince is a vertan comic book artist who has work with guys like Rich Buckler, Neal Adams and Jim Steranko
Undervalued Spotlight #25
The Scorpion #1, published in February 1975 featured a great bondage cover and interior art and story by Howard Chaykin. The Scorpion #2, May 1975, featured Chaykin pencils with a stellar inking team of Mike Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, Walt Simonson and Ed Davis
Batman Beats Superman (in an Auction based situation)
Looks like all Batman needed was preparation time to finally defeat Superman, at least when it comes to dollars earned. A rare copy of the first Batman comic book has surpassed the previous comic book record price, $317,000, paid for…
Auction Highlights #23 – Near Mint Minus
The farthest column to the right in the Overstreet price guide. Let’s see how the market is treating some very solid but common comic books.
Collecting and Investing Tips #24
Convention Tip #2. ...impairs judgment and the equation bad judgment plus thousands of dollars doesn't usually add up to good...
Comic Culture: February 10th, 2010
Comic Book Daily presents the latest Comic Culture podcast featuring Walter Durajlija and his special guest Anthony Falcone. Anthony was kind enough to step into Chris Owen's co-hosting duties.
Undervalued Spotlight #24
Publisher Mike Friedrich was way ahead of the curve with his independently published
Auction Highlights #22
Nobody wants Marvel Keys. Got a Marvel Key and want to cash in big by selling it on eBay?
Comic Culture: February 3rd, 2010
Welcome back to another fantastic installment of Comic Culture! It’s going to be guest after guest this month as one of our regular hosts; Chris Owen is off at the Olympic games ensuring that none of those athletes are too…
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
Undervalued Spotlight #23
The Beatles, Dell Publishing, Sept-Nov 1964,
Auction 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
Comic 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
Undervalued Spotlight #22
First Issue Special #8, DC Comics, November 1975. The first appearance of Warlord by Mike Grell
Auction Highlights #20
Superman vs. Overstreet. There was a nice batch of Golden Age Superman comics posted on
Collecting and Investing Tips #21
Don’t micro manage. Investing successfully in comic books...
Undervalued 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