Hi all,
I have been mostly out of comics since 2010 or so when I moved to New Zealand. Back in the states since July of 2021 and getting the itch to get back into comics. Mostly going to sell off a fair bit of my collection but I’m sure I’ll be buying a few items too. The current market is quite a shock to someone who has been mostly out of it!
I want to say hello to all and ask your thoughts on the best place to sell. To me the selling forums here on the boards look good, the rules seem balanced and reasonable. While I used ebay extensively in 2010 and earlier it looks like their fees have gone up, same with Amazon (it also looks like they are seriously limiting the ability to sell in collectible categories there), Abebooks looks sort of good (they seem to like collectibles but their view sort and browse ability seems less than ideal, etc.
FYI, I think it is fair to say I’m a reasonable grader through long experience (was on the Sotheby’s comic auction grading committee most years they were held. I miss Jerry Weist who left us too soon! Looking at some of the high res Heritage CGC scans of higher grade books, it looks like slabbed standards may have gotten more lenient over the years (thoughts on that?). FYI, most of my stuff is raw.
I’m leaning towards selling stuff here (in the appropriate forums) vs. other places. I would appreciate any comments.
Maybe. I sort of enjoy selling them myself so not likely to get rid of them all at once. Packing tape, boxes, card board are my specialties, I have mailed thousands of packages in the past and no reports of damage.
