Collecting, Investing- Hypothetical ?

glynparson · #1 04-25-2019, 07:51 AM

Rare high grade Star Wars figures. Mint on card or prototype figures. AFA graded

1952boyntoncollector · #2 04-25-2019, 07:57 AM

Guns....

they are useful if there is a zombie apocalypse as an added bonus

Snapolit1 · #3 04-25-2019, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Guns....

they are useful if there is a zombie apocalypse as an added bonus

See the occasional AH selling civil war and wild west pistols and the like. Always seem very cool.

58pinson · #4 04-25-2019, 09:21 AM

Pretty much no doubt in my mind it would be art. An original piece of work by an artist I admire. Enjoyment would be guaranteed and financial appreciation highly probable, IMHO. An example:

Touch'EmAll · #5 04-25-2019, 09:44 AM

Top condition 1987 Buick Grand National

Bicem · #6 04-25-2019, 10:24 AM

You'd be late to the party, but first appearance comics I think hold their value over time, especially in the Marvel universe.

ClementeFanOh · #7 04-25-2019, 10:40 AM

You hit a home run there, Jeff. No doubt about comics!

LincolnVT · #8 04-25-2019, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bicem

You'd be late to the party, but first appearance comics I think hold their value over time, especially in the Marvel universe.

I agree with Jeff on this. Hulk, first appearance in my opinion has a lot of room to grow. Also, rare political autographs and items of historical significance.

orly57 · #9 04-25-2019, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bicem

You'd be late to the party, but first appearance comics I think hold their value over time, especially in the Marvel universe.

Baseball players come and go, but my kids love the same superheroes that I loved as a child. It seems to me that their iconic status is cemented. I never collected comics, but the artwork is pretty nice. I would think that they have already gone up in value with the recent rash of films, but you have to love the staying power of these comic book heroes.

timn1 · #10 04-26-2019, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 58pinson

Pretty much no doubt in my mind it would be art. An original piece of work by an artist I admire. Enjoyment would be guaranteed and financial appreciation highly probable, IMHO. An example:

+1

AGuinness · #11 04-28-2019, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Retro video games from the 80s.

They are surprisingly collectable in similar ways to cards. You have set builders trying to collect every game for the Atari 2600, etc. You have high end rollers chasing down the short printed rarities. And you have the same nostalgia factor that fed the baseball card boom: video games are to kids from the eighties what cards were to kids in the 50s.

Price wise though they haven�t caught up with cards, the holy grails still sell for just 5 figures rather than 7 figures like cards, stamps, comics,etc. There is a lot of potential for that to take off once the millenial generation actually starts getting money.

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Originally Posted by 58pinson

Pretty much no doubt in my mind it would be art. An original piece of work by an artist I admire. Enjoyment would be guaranteed and financial appreciation highly probable, IMHO. An example:

I really don't know much about the video game market, but there has to be something there (in addition or besides vintage games or consoles) that is going to blow up. I think this because my understanding is that the gaming world is growing and now has fledgling leagues. I don't think it's going away and it has the potential to spawn some big "names" of gamers that may one day be considered the Ruth, Cobb, etc. of that world. Find out who that is and something that is collectable associated with them, and there you go.
The question specifically said no sports related, but if I was going to get some art, there are a couple of fantastic artists on this board and I'd love to have a Graig Kreindler or Tim Carroll original on my wall...

Snapolit1 · #12 04-25-2019, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by glynparson

Rare high grade Star Wars figures. Mint on card or prototype figures. AFA graded

Wow, that makes sense. I personally have very minimal interest in Star Wars, but I know I am in the small minority on that. People will be crazy into Star Wars for many many years.

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