Comics Vs. Gold

Comics Vs. Gold, the battle is live in the investing arena!

Gold is the most common precious metal when we speak about investing money, but it is really a good investment?

Buying gold WAS a good investment, cannot deny it, but was a good investment 10 years ago, when the price was less than £14 per gram, so, face it, we lost the train! Today, with the 24ct gold price at more than £31 per gram, probably now it's time to sell! And you can make good money easily just selling your scrap gold!

As we said, today the current price of 24ct gold is at least £31, ten years ago was less than £14, so who purchased ten years ago and sell today profit easily £16 per each gram of 24ct gold, no bad! And if the investor sold his gold in 2011, when we notice that the gold did reach his highest peak of the last 10 years at £37 per gram, the profit was £23 per gram! And if we go farther back in time, it was even better:

Come on, why we are here wasting our time and money with comics? Let's invest in gold!

Don't hurry, it is not exactly the pot under the rainbow...

If you was crazy enough to buy at £37 in 2011, today you simply lost £7 per gram, (it means, on 1 kg bullion, a deficit of £7000), and in the last 18 months the value is almost stationary, so no profit for your investment.

What about comics?

Without going back in the time, (for now), analysing very rare comics which, to be purchased, require a big financial effort by the investor, we want to consider a couple of recent books.

The 1st if from the end of 2013, it is Harley Quinn #1 1:25 Variant Cover.

Years ago, when the book was to be released, it was possible to get a copy in pre-order, signed be the creators and the cover artist and graded by CGC with a 9.8 grading, for probably less than $250. The last 9.8 copy sold on eBay on May 22, 2018, sold at $1125, and we bring this example taken from eBay because it is easy verifiable by anyone. 

The 2nd book is really recent, just from August 2017, less than 1 year ago, it is Totally Awesome Hulk #22, with the 1st full appearance of a new character named "Weapon H".

Now you know about the chance to get a comic in pre-order, so, same again. It was possible to get a copy graded 9.8 by CGC for $60. The last verifiable sale was an auction on eBay, ended on May 20, 2018, at $160. At least a gross profit of +160% in just 10 months!

At the end of the matter, I am not telling you to sell your house to buy comics, I am just telling you about a different opportunity of investment which is not proposed everyday by your bank. Of course, investing in comics is not ever like this, it is not ever about double your money in a few months, we are not magicians and if someone offers you to double your money too rapidly, it is better doubt about him... but the truth is that is very very rare that good comics decrease in value if purchased at the right moment, especially nowadays, when we see a lot of superheroes movies in our cinemas, (we will talking about that soon), and comics are coming out to be noticed by a wider audience of people and possible buyers.

Anyway, if you decide to invest in comics, ever ask to a pro who can maybe not guarantee the profit of your investment, but surely guarantee that you will pay a honest price and that you will receive the item you paid for without bad surprises.