Popular Post Spider-Ham Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 First post so please be respectful as I will do my best to apply by the rules accordingly. Background: My family owned a book store in Trenton, NJ back in the 50’s. When I was a kid and visited my grandmother at the store I would run upstairs and go right to the stacks of comics (I remember them coming up to my chest as a kid; yes, 1000’s of them) and grabbing as many as I could to bring home for light reading and the proper care they deserved. The store eventually closed down in the 80’s, and I was “only” able to remove a little less of only one stack of comics overall and a couple of books of stamps. I remember clearly, pretty much everything in the store besides some personal items were thrown in a dumpster. It was one of the most heartbreaking things I can remember. I always wondered what could have happened if I was able to get ALL the comics out, what treasures would I have had and still had. Then I step back and count my blessings for the books I did save, still have and enjoy. Over the years I have sold (very rarely), traded and bought books to reinforce my collection. Personally, right now Im looking to overall lower the amount of books in my collection and replace them with the higher grade keys I always loved. So where I’m at: I’m getting tired of all the “fees” and games people play on online auction sites (personally I have 100% positive and hundreds of feedback to my handle) and I recently met someone on another venture that suggested I reach out and ask for help on the forums I want to correctly price the books I’m interested in selling accordingly not to waste anyone’s time, mine or the new owners’. I’m not the most tech savvy person so any suggestions of direction is welcomed. I’ve enclosed a few books that I “saved” as well as new ones I’ve acquired over the years. jason4, Unca Ben, Hollywood1892 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hollywood1892 Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, Spider-Ham said: First post so please be respectful as I will do my best to apply by the rules accordingly. Background: My family owned a book store in Trenton, NJ back in the 50’s. When I was a kid and visited my grandmother at the store I would run upstairs and go right to the stacks of comics (I remember them coming up to my chest as a kid; yes, 1000’s of them) and grabbing as many as I could to bring home for light reading and the proper care they deserved. The store eventually closed down in the 80’s, and I was “only” able to remove a little less of only one stack of comics overall and a couple of books of stamps. I remember clearly, pretty much everything in the store besides some personal items were thrown in a dumpster. It was one of the most heartbreaking things I can remember. I always wondered what could have happened if I was able to get ALL the comics out, what treasures would I have had and still had. Then I step back and count my blessings for the books I did save, still have and enjoy. Over the years I have sold (very rarely), traded and bought books to reinforce my collection. Personally, right now Im looking to overall lower the amount of books in my collection and replace them with the higher grade keys I always loved. So where I’m at: I’m getting tired of all the “fees” and games people play on online auction sites (personally I have 100% positive and hundreds of feedback to my handle) and I recently met someone on another venture that suggested I reach out and ask for help on the forums I want to correctly price the books I’m interested in selling accordingly not to waste anyone’s time, mine or the new owners’. I’m not the most tech savvy person so any suggestions of direction is welcomed. I’ve enclosed a few books that I “saved” as well as new ones I’ve acquired over the years. Those books are extremely valuable I would recommend using platforms like go collect or gpa to determine actual grade values Unca Ben, Deadpoolica, WEBHEAD and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theCapraAegagrus Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 You want to deal with an auction house for books like these. You're paying for risk mitigation when agreeing to their fees. PopKulture, csaag, B2D327 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I suggest posting some pics of the books you’re looking to sell in comics general for maximum exposure and to solicit offers via PM. Oh wait..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Welcome to the boards MatterEaterLad and Unca Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miraclemet Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 1. go to https://comics.gpanalysis.com/ pay for a subscription (it'll be worth it) 2. Look up all of the CGC books you have to see their current market value. GPA collects data on a wide range and history of online sales. They average the data. For hot books look at 90 day averages, for books with fewer sales look at 12 month averages. You can also look at higher and lower grade copies to understand the values around your book. 3. for raw books look at ebay completed sales. 4. Come back and post books for sale here in the marketplace. There are separate sub-forums for Gold/Silver/Bronze and Copper/Modern (since you have both). I'd suggest starting a thread in each... BUT before you do read the marketplace rules about what to do to follow community guidelines on using the marketplace. Raze, bug33fouf, Readcomix and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kav Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'm having trouble swallowing the clueless about comic values thing here. Comics4All, Turnando, Beige and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, kav said: I'm having trouble swallowing the clueless about comic values thing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 It's like a facebook post in the comic book collecting groups! "Hi I just found these comics in my Grandpa's mom's cousin's car trunk basement storage locker and I have no idea what they are worth can you all give me your decades of knowledge and experience for free and in 500 characters or less so that I may make the moneys thanks?!" In all seriousness, GL to the OP. They are sweet books. kav and Beige 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FormerReader Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 Knows how to submit books for grading, but has no idea on the value of books? Hmmmm...... kav, Beige, theCapraAegagrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, FormerReader said: Knows how to submit books for grading, but has no idea on the value of books? Hmmmm...... Knows how to submit poss 9.9 candidates-- Deadpoolica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 At least once a month someone tries to be clever & posts a “where is a good place to sell these” thread in general advertising their wares. Deadpoolica, Beige, kav and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) It's worth a lot of these @Wolverinex Edited October 27, 2020 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: It's worth a lot of these @Wolverinex Comics and Cowboys made out of horseshoes. My two most favorite hobbies ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 49 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said: At least once a month someone tries to be clever & posts a “where is a good place to sell these” thread in general advertising their wares. Sales thread disguised as a "I dont know much pls help" so it can be posted in CG and reach wider audience basically. Dave2739 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beige Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Has Friday come early? Asking for a friend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 100 trillion zimbabwe dollars Turnando and FoggyNelson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 14 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said: You want to deal with an auction house for books like these. You're paying for risk mitigation when agreeing to their fees. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 hours ago, 1950's war comics said: 100 trillion zimbabwe dollars That'd be an over-payment: 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Ham Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 9:41 AM, Hollywood1892 said: Those books are extremely valuable I would recommend using platforms like go collect or gpa to determine actual grade values Thank you! I’ll look into those platforms! Hollywood1892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
