This group is a forum for the open and lively discussion of all things related to comic book collecting for profit. All points of view on the subject, both for and against, are welcome and strongly encouraged in this forum.



Topics in this forum include general questions about speculation, third-party grading, restoration (including pressing, cleaning, and other activities that improve third-party grades), best-practices for handling comics as a long-term investment (including storage and preservation techniques), price manipulation, monopoly and near-monopoly acquisition, etc. We also get compulsive about sub-markets, so it wouldn't be unusual to devote a entire discussion to a particular book and grade, or simply to track an item's auction history with accompanying discussion and analysis.