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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2021 15:13:18 GMT -5
It comes out tomorrow, and given the "fluidity" in prices post-COVID19, I was wondering if it be better to get a previous edition were they haven't tried to update prices yet. Anyone has #50? Was it already affected? The idea is to use it a basis for comics that aren't "hot", those are probably not correctly valuated. Overstreet's are out of date before they are published. The prices in the Guide reflect the contributor's biased perceptions of a small segment of the market's sales 12-15 months before publication date because that's how long it takes them to collate the data received, organize it and get the book published. At best, it is a snapshot of the prices a small segment of the market were realizing 12-18 months ago, not what current pricing structures are. And, unless they have changed, they used only to take store sales and convention sales into consideration when setting their prices, not online sales or auction house sales, and as the market has evolved the bulk of comic sales are now taking place online and the bulk of the biggest keys are sold in auction houses, not in stores or at conventions. They are a great source for information about what books exist, what content is in some of those books, etc. but they are not indicative of the current market and haven't been for some time. They ignore too much of the market and have too much of a lag from data to publication for their pricing to be relevant or accurate. In a market that changes daily, an update that occurs every 12-18 months cannot keep up with pricing trends. -M which is why they are not worth that ~$40 cover price. I buy a copy every 10 years or so. . just to keep on what's available.
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 9, 2021 16:48:32 GMT -5
Can't believe it has ANY accuracy or relevancy for today? Other than serving as a guide to titles as you pointed out, the guides are not relevant with their often arbitrary pricing, which is not always mirrored (if at all) by online or auction houses. Overstreet had always tried to set some fixed-in-stone pricing, but were way off, never acknowledging how buyer demand shifted wildly for any number of reasons. While they were never as bad as Wizard's wildly inflated guides, the one thing they had in common was not being an influence on how/where I made my purchases, or how much I paid for titles. In short, I knew how to find / arrange great deals on mint or near-mint titles which Overstreet would lead one to believe did not exist.
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Post by Bronze age andy on Aug 9, 2021 19:12:02 GMT -5
I've always seen the Overstreet Guide as a "bathroom book". That's a good thing not a slight. Just something to randomly leaf thru like a throwaway magazine.
That said, I haven't seen a guide in about 20 years....
I should probably see a doctor. 😉
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