Nate mueller Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Better to sell a set or single issues? Hey all, I have a couple sets that i'm considering selling like Hulk 180, 181 & 182 as well as X-Men 101 - 104. I also have some less expensive sets all from the bronze era as well and Im wondering if people have had more success selling sets or individual issues and from a collector standpoint, would you rather buy single issues or sets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 For your examples I would split them up since the number of people looking for just one issue is a lot higher then people that need the whole set and the price for all three (hulk 180-182) can be outside most people budget. Now if you have X-Men 131 - 139 or Spiderman 201 - 209 I find the set does very well since the cost is fairly low and people do like buying sets of books if they want to start a collection. Selling keys by themselves is usually best but then again you could get stuck with the undesirable issues. Kind of hit or miss. Nate mueller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate mueller Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 1 minute ago, 1Cool said: For your examples I would split them up since the number of people looking for just one issue is a lot higher then people that need the whole set and the price for all three (hulk 180-182) can be outside most people budget. Now if you have X-Men 131 - 139 or Spiderman 201 - 209 I find the set does very well since the cost is fairly low and people do like buying sets of books if they want to start a collection. Selling keys by themselves is usually best but then again you could get stuck with the undesirable issues. Kind of hit or miss. That totally makes sense. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 5 hours ago, Nate mueller said: Better to sell a set or single issues? Hey all, I have a couple sets that i'm considering selling like Hulk 180, 181 & 182 as well as X-Men 101 - 104. I also have some less expensive sets all from the bronze era as well and Im wondering if people have had more success selling sets or individual issues and from a collector standpoint, would you rather buy single issues or sets? ALWAYS better to sell single issues . . . always. Nate mueller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_highgrade Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 17 hours ago, divad said: ALWAYS better to sell single issues . . . always. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Not necessarily Bronze Age, but I recently sold two runs of titles that were roughly similar. Deadpool (the Casey/McGuinness run) #1-26 and Harley Quinn (the Kesel/Dodson run) #1-26. Both were in NM/M condition, original owner copies. I sold the Deadpools as a lot, and broke up the HQ individually. When all was said and done, I think I cleared about $50 on the HQ's, but it was also a lot more work. The HQ's however, did sell quicker than the DP's. Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, but pretty comparable. In hindsight, I'd probably sell the HQ's as a lot if I had to do it over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsupreme Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 It depends. If you have a straight run then I think sets are better if they are issues that are not key or major series. For instance I think you would have better luck selling a set of HUMAN FLY #1-17 rather than selling each issue individually. However, if you had X-MEN #94-100 then it would be better to sell individually. Though I have seen large lots sell extremely well, especially if peppered with some key issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 For Hulk 180-182, I'd sell the 181 individually and then (maybe) 180 & 182 as a combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 On 5/24/2017 at 7:53 AM, tomo said: Not necessarily Bronze Age, but I recently sold two runs of titles that were roughly similar. Deadpool (the Casey/McGuinness run) #1-26 and Harley Quinn (the Kesel/Dodson run) #1-26. Both were in NM/M condition, original owner copies. I sold the Deadpools as a lot, and broke up the HQ individually. When all was said and done, I think I cleared about $50 on the HQ's, but it was also a lot more work. The HQ's however, did sell quicker than the DP's. Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, but pretty comparable. In hindsight, I'd probably sell the HQ's as a lot if I had to do it over again. But we're talking about REAL books . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 4 hours ago, divad said: But we're talking about REAL books . . . Yeah, but selling those allowed me to buy some of these REAL books, so I guess that makes it all right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 19 hours ago, tomo said: Yeah, but selling those allowed me to buy some of these REAL books, so I guess that makes it all right? Of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 5/24/2017 at 10:53 AM, tomo said: Not necessarily Bronze Age... Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 5/25/2017 at 4:11 PM, divad said: But we're talking about REAL books . . . Next up, a story about selling a truckload of 90's long boxes for 35-cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdave Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 5/24/2017 at 7:53 AM, tomo said: Not necessarily Bronze Age, but I recently sold two runs of titles that were roughly similar. Deadpool (the Casey/McGuinness run) #1-26 and Harley Quinn (the Kesel/Dodson run) #1-26. Both were in NM/M condition, original owner copies. I sold the Deadpools as a lot, and broke up the HQ individually. When all was said and done, I think I cleared about $50 on the HQ's, but it was also a lot more work. The HQ's however, did sell quicker than the DP's. Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, but pretty comparable. In hindsight, I'd probably sell the HQ's as a lot if I had to do it over again. You only cleared $50 on the Harley Quinn 1-26 nm/m? Shoot issue 1 is a $75-$100 book by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Comicdave said: You only cleared $50 on the Harley Quinn 1-26 nm/m? Shoot issue 1 is a $75-$100 book by itself. That should've read "fifty dollars more." And I did end up getting close to $100 for my #1. Edited July 3, 2017 by tomo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...