Collecting, Investing- Hypothetical ?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Guns....

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

[Snapolit1]

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]

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]

Top condition 1987 Buick Grand National

[Bicem]

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

[ClementeFanOh]

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

[Exhibitman]

Rock superstars autographs; The Beatles, Prince, Springsteen, etc. Lots of potential there and lots of fun too.

[LincolnVT]

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]

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.

[Goudey77]

In my view all tangible assets seem to trend similarly when looking at overall appreciation or depreciation. If sports cards trend down one day so will comics and vise versa. It's all relative when you are talking about people "investing" in collectibles. Since it is a reflection of overall economic health I wouldn't be too worried about which genre to put your money into. Collect what you enjoy and have fun with it. Life's too short to worry about the next hot collectible.

The only thing I would be on the lookout for and what worries me is when you have new speculators dumping big money into a genre of collecting. Unsustainable disruption is what I call it. The cliche bubble affect.

[tedzan]

Invest in "American Heavy Metal".....you will not be disappointed. You will enjoy driving these machines; and, when the novelty wears off then auction them off.

I acquired this 1957 Thunderbird in 1972 at a very reasonable price. It's value now is at least 20 x what I paid for this car. And, my family and I have had many
enjoyable times with it all these years.






I acquired this 1960 Thunderbird in 1993. I've been offered 5 x what I paid for it. No deal.....it's worth more than that.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[timn1]

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]

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.

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...