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41 minutes ago, vheflin said:

FYI if they actually are in a safe and you aren't aware, safes and probably also safe deposit boxes seem to have storage issues...

They are already encapsulated, so they should be fine.  I asked a CGC rep at NYC Comic Con, he thought nothing of it.  Off the record; of course.

39 minutes ago, marvelmaniac said:

Overstreet Price Guide, eBay Past Sales, etc.

I used comps from eBay, Heritage and GoCollect for FMVs.

26 minutes ago, Junkdrawer said:

Secrecy is the best security.

Just me and my dog bowser knows.  I guess the insurance company too.

1 minute ago, marvelmaniac said:

For those to be worth $1,000,000.00 you must have some really scarce/sought after/valuable books from both the Golden and Silver Age or just one Action Comics #1.

Some key gold's and a good amount of key silvers. If I didn't get them appraised, I wouldn't of known. The insurance company, for some reason, requested appraisals so I did.  My comic collection is now in it's own room, cameras, fireproof safes and a guard dog name bowser is protecting them.  That and a few guns ;'p

1 hour ago, Joosh said:

A bit out of the box, but here goes...

Have you considered offering them on loan to a museum for display? temperature controlled secure environment for free or better. Not aware of insurance implications.

You probably know some other $1m+ collectors that may be willing to do the same, creating a very impressive exhibit.

my own collection is barely 5 figures, so this hasn’t been a big issue for me, yet.

Never thought of that.  I am the only one I know who collects comics. I just picked up a lot over the past 20 years. I never in my life would believe they'd jump this high. Since mine are mid grade or restored (slightly), I am not sure any museum would want them.  

Am I allowed to setup a thread in the marketplace and link with all pics to my 500+ collection of comics I am trying to see if there is any interest in? I wanted to ask first to ensure I do not violate any board policies.

Thank you.

3 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

You have the attention span to read a comic book?

Sometimes. ;-)

I had a very bad experience with Heritage. I sold a few in August and they can in way below what their estimates and what they were selling for on eBay. I later found out that the items that the buyer purchased on Heritage from me they resold on eBay (tracked the cert. #'s). I will never use Heritage again. They are horrible.

5 minutes ago, PunisherPunisherPunisher said:

Depends lol, if you had the AF15 since day one, definitely would send it in to CGC, but if you brought the AF15 as a CBCS and want to get it re-graded, that's a huge risk as you could be wasting lots of money

My first thought would be, if I'm looking for a AF15, I'd be looking at CGC graded first

Bought it in 2014. Though, I'd be more interested in removing the restoration on the comic. Just way too concerned it would hurt the overall value.  Might be $$$ from CGC to remove the prof. restoration.

6 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

What's your address? I'll help you out...

 Certainly.  Come on by.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20500

Would you send in a restored Amazing Fantasy #15 graded by CBCS to be re-graded by CGC?  Seems a bit risky, no?

On 9/14/2019 at 6:00 PM, speedcake said:

Are they? Are they. aaaaaaaaaarrrrreee they.

You need help.

2 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

https://www.mycomicshop.com

 

Do they give fair prices, or are they going to lowball the whole lot?

5 minutes ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Try this thread: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/396659-storing-comics-in-the-basement/#comments

 

Can't store in the basement. This is NJ Metro. We have very humid summers. I have it stored in it's own room, climate controlled.

48 minutes ago, jason4 said:

I keep them in my closet but I dont have 1 million...I have 40k

 However I have a security camera and insurance through cis..... collectible insurance services. Give them a call....you dont even need an appraisal, just tell them what your collection is worth. 

Yep, have a similar setup. I've quoted through homeowners, and they want a 3500 premium. It's one of the reasons why I only have two insured and a blanket of $150k for the others.  I am 759k short. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to reach this valuation.  Selling isn't really a good option as I'd be screwed by a huge tax bill north of 30% with Fed and State.  I will check with CIS.  Are they reliable?  I just fear if something happened to them they'd just not pay. 

So I picked up a 500+ comicbook lot which has various comicbooks from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. A lot of X-men and the X-men spin-offs (rogue, gambit, xsf, etc.).  Can anyone recommend a effective way to unload them? Listing them one by one on ebay w/ scans seems a bit excessive. They are all in NM, bagged and boarded. Looking for some suggestions here.  Thank you.

I've been building my collection for a few years now and have collected some pretty rare comics. I submitted a bunch of them to an appraisal service, and they came back worth pretty close to 1m.  Where do you guys store your comics? Do you insure? Do you have separate insurance, or is it on your homeowners?