Heritage Announces World’s First Grade-Certified Comic Book Market Analysis Tool

Dallas, TX: Heritage Comics has joined forces with Australian company GPAnalysis for Comics to offer a sophisticated comic book reporting and analysis system. For just $6.95 per month, GPAnalysis for Comics will provide comic traders with accurate, up-to-the-moment market information, online, based on actual auction sales of CGC-graded comics on leading auction sites such as eBay and Heritage. This new service will help collectors and dealers determine the best time to buy and sell to maximize the value of their comic investments.

Consignment Director of Heritage Comics, Fred McSurley, said that although online comic trading had been booming for the past five years, there was a significant gap in the availability of accurate, up-to-date market information. “It is exciting that the comic trading community now has access to a service similar to the reporting and analysis available for listed stocks. For the first time collectors can determine a much more accurate value for their CGC-graded books at any time of the year,” he said.

McSurley also predicted the GPAnalysis for Comics product would cement the comic trading industry’s reputation as an exciting and legitimate investment alternative. “This analysis tool will not only assist current collectors in their trading but, with the continuing investor disillusionment about the stock market, I believe it could actually help attract many new traders into the comic book market as well.”

George Pantela, co-owner of GPAnalysis for Comics and an avid comic collector and trader for twenty years, came up with the idea of an online reporting system after discovering he was often paying more than other people or selling comics at a lower price. “There was no ability to accurately analyze the value of CGC-graded comics at the time I was buying or selling. As I developed a solution to my problem I recognized there was real market value in producing an on-line service to provide all comic collectors with market movement data, constantly updated trading results and analysis of market trends,” he said.

Heritage Comics has been awarded exclusive North American distribution rights to GPAnalysis for Comics. Subscription to GPAnalysis for Comics will enable Heritage clients to more effectively manage their comic collections.

Visit GPAnalysis for Comics at www.gpanalysis.com for a tour of the product, and subscription services that start from just $6.95 per month.

Heritage Galleries is the world’s leading collectibles auctioneer, specializing in rare coins and rare currency, with over $90 million in annual auction sell-through in those two categories alone. Heritage’s popular culture affiliate, Heritage Comics Auctions, specializes in rare, high-grade comic books, as well as vintage comic and animation art, illustration art, character toys, movie posters and comics-related collectibles.