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I put one of the 300's (it's signed by McFarlane on the inside) and the NM in the grading forum. I can do the rest two at a time each day so as not to overwhelm it with my neediness.

Front two with a scanner, inside two with my phone. I'm a newb, so I'm still figuring out how to take photos.

Someone asked me to post this in the newbie forum. The covers are done with a scanner, the insides are done with my phone. If it makes a difference, the inside front is Todd McFarlane signed.

Here's a link to my Google doc with them all. I'm not skilled enough to grade yet, but if I haven't specifically mentioned the condition (and I used vague words like 'good, very good') then everything else is what I would call 'excellent' which means unread, straight to bag and board 30+ years ago and stored indoors. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WMPnCG9lSzGCIpRnb4YkovJAxTyZxOCV/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104816174692393209841&rtpof=true&sd=true I'm going to nose around the 'spare a grade' board to start getting some ideas about the older ones.

I started with comicpriceguide just to weed out the ones that are low value (probably 3/4 of them are less than $10). Then my plan was to look at overstreet & ebay to get a better idea of the ones that have a higher value. There is also Punisher #1, 2 x Wolverine #1, 2 x Predator #1 etc. What would you recommend for accurate pricing? Getting them graded professionally?

Then you would probably also enjoy these other obscurities....Cerebrus the Aardvark, Chameleon Commandos, Boris the Bear and Ralph Snart Adventures. LOL One other question about minimal handling: If I am photographing them do I leave them in the plastic or should I take them out? Since they have boards, the only way to show the backs would be to remove them, but I am worried about fingerprints etc. From what I have read, these are probably mostly between 9.2 and 9.6 but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some 9.8's.. As I said, he worked in a comic store and everything went from when it arrived to bagged and boarded, stored upright in boxes in a bedroom walk-in closet, and not touched for 30 years.

Yes. Everything from the incredibly obscure....Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters to all of the really common Marvel & DC, including two copies of Spiderman 300. I didn't even know they turned Aliens into a comic and here I have three copies of issue 1, two of issue 2, two of issue 3, and one of issue 4. No rhyme or reason as to why he bought the amounts he did over 30 years ago when he was a teen. So I guess the answer is to go through and possibly send the Spiderman 300's for grading, sell anything potentially worth more than $200 on ebay with no grading and a ton of photos, to sell anything in runs as a lot, and to take the rest in to a comic shop to see if they want them. Cowabunga, to quote these 25 issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

From 1989-1991 my husband (now deceased) worked in a comic store and collected...everything went immediately into bags with boards and has been boxed since then. I have just recently pulled everything out and put a sheet together in excel but nothing is graded. To my untrained eye, it all looks near mint but I base a lot of that on knowing how he collected them and never even opened the covers. Using comicspriceguide.com the total value is approximately $6000 (I assumed they were all 9.4's, although there are a few that are very old but not in good condition). Is it worth trying to sell them on ebay in lots based on character? There are almost 400 of them so it doesn't seem realistic to list them one by one and there are quite a few that are only worth $2-$5. Honestly I'm just overwhelmed with trying to figure it all out and will take any advice offered. I'm downsizing and can't justify storing them anymore. Oh and there is also this original of the Punisher that Erik Larsen drew when he came into the store one day (the store was obviously called Comic Stop). Any advice on this?