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revat thank you for your reply. There is about 750 comics total. Many of the comics are from the bronze age and are in near mint condition. Some of the valuable comics are Wolverine 1-4, Ms. Marvel 1, Spider-Man 238 and 252, Nova 1, and She-Hulk 1. All of those have been in a plastic cover since they were bought. I have put all of the comic books into a comic collection tracker. I have been researching for the past 5 days and have learned a lot since then. I certainly have the time, money, and effort to get these graded and sell them. I live near Omaha, Nebraska and the closest CGC dealer is in Iowa. I was wondering if it would be a good thing to talk to them. My mother and I want to get the valuable ones graded, but we just need some more information on how to do that.

1 hour ago, revat said:

grading is pretty simple.  go to the CGC website, follow the directions, fill out the forms, pay the money, package the books somewhat carefully, mail in the comics, and wait for them to come back.  If you have specific questions along the way in the process, you can call CGC customer service, they've always been pretty friendly and helpful to me.  OF COURSE, there is some question of what is worth grading and what isn't, which depends largely on the condition and fair market value of a given book as graded vs non-graded (this part is trickier, depending on how much you know about comics, grading, restoration, and the comic market at large), and also to large extent what you want your profit margins to be and what method you will want to use to sell them.  Which leads to....

 

The best method of selling your books depends largely on what your goals are, and maybe what your relevant comic/business interest skills are, and also what the actual books are and how many of them there are.  For example, do you want to get rid of the books all at once (probably a lower price achieved), or do you want to maximize your profits (probably selling books individually and possibly mailing them out individually)?  Is the collection so big its in a storage locker?  or we talking about a box of 50 super key comics? 

 

To get any type of actual helpful advice, you probably need to post a bit more information about your situation (comic interest/knowledge, geography, maybe financial/professional) and your preferences (profit/time/space/logistical considerations) and the comics (age, condition, titles, pictures).  If you don't know anything about comics, you should probably just take a representative group shot of 20-30 of the comics and post it here. 

Or in the alternative, it ALREADY seems like too much work for something you have no interest in and its not sooooo many comics, just take it to the first comic shop or craiglist buyer you can find and just take whatever offer they make you and be done with it.

 

My dad passed away about 5 years ago, and I've been wanting to sell his valuable comics. I want to grade them because they are in very good condition. How would I go about doing all of this?