Comic Books anyone? (craft, collector, watch, sports)

[mbuszu]

Hey, I am curious, anyone here collect comic books?

I have about 3,000 starting from when my Grandfather came back from WW2 and bought them to read every weekend - a behavior my dad continued well into his teens. I also started buying comics when I was about 7 or 8 but then I stopped in my early teens - put everything into plastic and then storage. I've been sitting on this collection for about 25 years now.

I've tried to price out the value of these but have not been able to as most of my inherited collection (the majority) seem to go back beyond what the price guides cover. Does anyone have experience doing this and selling them? Any advice or input? I have the original Daredevil, Spiderman, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Thor, Hulk, and many many others.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

[Davart]

IMHO check what it's selling for on eBay. The books can tell you all day all something is worth $100, $500, $1000 and the facts are it's not worth a dime more than someone is actually willing to pay for it. eBay will have completed auction and you can see what it is bring in real money.

Also if they are not graded they are worth less than if they are. Sometimes as much as 75% less. Condition and professional certified grade will set the price. I've bough a number of ungraded things gone out spent the money to have it graded and turned it for a nice profit just because it was graded. Be aware that not everything is even worth grading. If it's not a mint to near mint condition don't bother with grading unless you just really want to graded OR it's extremely rare. If it's really rare then even fair and poor condition can net a nice profit.

For me I could give a hoot about book value, they tend to lean to the really high side gathered from deep pocket specialty auctions. Think of it as when Dan Akroyd was playing Louis Winthorpe III in Trading Places ...

Louis Winthorpe III: This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!
Pawnbroker: You got a receipt?
Louis Winthorpe III: Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad.
Pawnbroker: In Philadelphia, it's worth *50* bucks.
Louis Winthorpe III: Just give me the money.

The book can tell you it's $6950.00 but if someone only willing to pay $50, it's worth $50.

[MotleyCrew]

My mom threw all my old 1950-60's comics out years ago. I still remember some of my favorites, Little Lulu and of course Superman. Some of them were in great condition. I never threw out my kids things.

[foma]

HOLYSH*T, original Spider-man? My husband is a pretty big comic book buff so I'll ask him Thursday after work. He's asleep now. You're probably sittin' on a goldmine!

[foma]

I asked my husband and he suggested a book called Overstreet Comic Price Guide which comes out every year or something.

I found a link on Amazon: Amazon.com: The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #37 (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide): Books: Robert M Overstreet

[66nexus]

Originally Posted by mbuszu

Hey, I am curious, anyone here collect comic books?

I have about 3,000 starting from when my Grandfather came back from WW2 and bought them to read every weekend - a behavior my dad continued well into his teens. I also started buying comics when I was about 7 or 8 but then I stopped in my early teens - put everything into plastic and then storage. I've been sitting on this collection for about 25 years now.

I've tried to price out the value of these but have not been able to as most of my inherited collection (the majority) seem to go back beyond what the price guides cover. Does anyone have experience doing this and selling them? Any advice or input? I have the original Daredevil, Spiderman, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Thor, Hulk, and many many others.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

Man! Those have to be worth something! I have about 400 comics but nowhere near the value potential of the ones you named. Maybe someone mentioned it already but try Wizard magazine. Unsure if they still have the checklists in the back
let me know what you find

[sun]

Has anyone heard of or joined this outfit?

Comic Collector Live - Welcome

On the top right corner of the homepage is a link to the comic collector live dot com "forum":

http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/forum/

I am not a member but received a notice when they first started operation. I decided to wait to join until they grew and worked out any bugs in their software. It seems like they have grown, but I only checked it out once before.
I think that they charge a fee to list items for sale, but I'm not sure of all the current details about it though.

[VillageLife]

When I was a child during 1950's in Spain,there were only comic books and dolls, I had a big trunk,like those treasure chest,full of comic books.
I read Toby and Little Lulu,those were fun to read.

[Mathguy]

I liked conan a lot when I was younger....I read all the novels.

I then stumbled across the Savage Sword of Conan and recently completed my collection....all 235 issues. :-)

P.S. Groo the Wander is a hillarious series by Sergio Aragones etc. and is good for adults and kids. You can buy 20-30 issue lots on ebay for maybe 50cents - $1 an issue and my sons love them, we read them together....it's good for fun and learning.

[b. frank]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Groo the Wander is a hillarious series by Sergio Aragones etc. and is good for adults and kids. You can buy 20-30 issue lots on ebay for maybe 50cents - $1 an issue and my sons love them, we read them together....it's good for fun and learning.

I love that you and your kids are reading Groo together.
Groo was a highlight of my childhood comic-collecting years, and I always got a rush when I came to Groo in my weekly stack of colorful super-hero books.