What's the best method to value a larger collection when making an offer. 5 5

[thehumantorch]

20 hours ago, gadzukes said:

Wow.  That's one sweet collection.  Valuing comics is one thing but valuing all of that would be tough.  I hope you got a great deal.

We really liked the collection but it was and is a ton of work and it essentially had zero 'hot' keys.  It's a lot easier to value, move, store and sell FF 48-50 than to sell 100's of oddball fanzines, magazines. books and toys.  On the other hand, I like weird and old comic related stuff and I like selling stuff nobody else has, if someone likes it he probably won't find it at another seller's booth or for a lot of this stuff, he won't ever see it again.

Paid more than the value of the obvious stuff but our guts told us there was a lot of unknown stuff that would have value.  Took part of it to the Calgary Expo and had a feeding frenzy and broke even by the end of that show.

[thehumantorch]

And I have to say, I love the collection you've bought.  Seller obviously likes you and relationships go a long way in this business.

[kav]

2 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

We really liked the collection but it was and is a ton of work and it essentially had zero 'hot' keys.  It's a lot easier to value, move, store and sell FF 48-50 than to sell 100's of oddball fanzines, magazines. books and toys.  On the other hand, I like weird and old comic related stuff and I like selling stuff nobody else has, if someone likes it he probably won't find it at another seller's booth or for a lot of this stuff, he won't ever see it again.

Paid more than the value of the obvious stuff but our guts told us there was a lot of unknown stuff that would have value.  Took part of it to the Calgary Expo and had a feeding frenzy and broke even by the end of that show.

any marvel ephemera will move fast if you put the words 'marvel ephemera' in the listing.

[thehumantorch]

Just now, kav said:

any marvel ephemera will move fast if you put the words 'marvel ephemera' in the listing.

True, if only we sold online  

[kav]

2 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

And I have to say, I love the collection you've bought.  Seller obviously likes you and relationships go a long way in this business.

yep honesty gets return business and word of mouth.  Give someone $5 for a high dollar book and word gets out and people avoid you like the plaque.

[kav]

1 minute ago, thehumantorch said:

True, if only we sold online  

[gadzukes]

2 hours ago, kav said:

People have been known to slip $100 dollar bills in playboys-collection could be chock full of em!

The little kernels of knowledge I find here on the boards never end.  I love your explanation for why.

Edited July 5, 2019 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

Another couple of goodies from my haul.

The Batgirl is a solid 6.0 but needs a press to get that slight spine curl out.  The 1st Krypto is pretty low grade unfortunately but it presents well and I was happy to get it.

Edited July 5, 2019 by gadzukes

[exitmusicblue]

On 7/4/2019 at 5:29 PM, thehumantorch said:

And I have to say, I love the collection you've bought.  Seller obviously likes you and relationships go a long way in this business.

Totally true re: relationships.  Sold 75% of my slabs a few months ago, and it was as smooth an experience as could be.  Might've been a nightmare with someone else.

[gadzukes]

On 5/31/2019 at 5:55 PM, gadzukes said:

The 123 has a spine curl, but once it's pressed out should be about a 4.5

 

 

This Flash 123 is one of the 1st comics coming back from CGC from this collection (I still haven't bought the entire collection yet.... I've got about 5 more long boxes to go)

I pressed this Flash 123 and as stated above, I thought it would get a 4.5.

However, It's coming back as a 5.5 Blue Label 

I think that bodes well for many of the other comics in this collection.

[gadzukes]

Getting some comics back now from CGC from this collection.  Pretty happy about the grades so far.

 

[Krismusic]

nice you must be happy about the books coming back from CGC better than expected. Congrats again on the haul.

[gadzukes]

I picked up the final 4 long boxes of comics from this collection today.  

MAN.... I wish there were more boxes.  This has been such a great pick up for me.  I'm very fortunate.  I'm fortunate that the guy let me buy it little by little.

So.... the first 2 long boxes had nothing..... runs of Charlton and things like Twilight Zone and Boris Karloff.  Still, kind of fun stuff to go thru.

3rd long box was looking the same, and then towards the back of the longbox.......

Boom, a treasure trove of Batman.  The 181 even has the CF.

And then a nice run of HOS including a nice 92

 

Edited August 1, 2019 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

And then the final long box.

I got about 3" from finishing the box and then......

Boom... a nice TOS set of about 30 comics including TOS 39

Everything in pretty nice shape.

The comic Gods have been smiling on me these last two months.

(TOS39 looks to be about 4.0-4.5.  All the rest look like they average around 6.0-6.5)

Edited August 1, 2019 by gadzukes

[Artboy99]

Wow!

It is the comic guy's dream come true.

I assume from the way you are telling the story that you did not know the TOS 39 was in the box?

Edited August 1, 2019 by Artboy99

[kav]

BOOM!

[Krismusic]

wow nice congrats on the great finds. 

When will the selling forum arrive so I can save some money up for it  

[gadzukes]

21 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

Wow!

It is the comic guy's dream come true.

I assume from the way you are telling the story that you did not know the TOS 39 was in the box?

No.  Nothing was labeled.  Comics were in groupings, but there was no rhyme or reason to anything.  Nothing was bagged and boarded either (in these last boxes), so I thought it was all going to be carp.

I'm pretty happy that the conditions of the comics stayed pretty nice for not being bagged and boarded.  Although, I see that some have a hint of rust on the staples.

Edited August 1, 2019 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

So..... he told me he has his dad's Playboy collection too, including 2 copies of number 1.  He said they're all stacked in apple crates.  I really have no interest in Playboys but it seems like something I should pick up.  I told him to bring them out of storage and I'll pick them up.  I'm hoping he finds some more long boxes of comics hidden somewhere.

[gadzukes]

I want to thank everyone who gave me advice at the start of this thread.  Your collective wisdom was much appreciated.