shadroch

Name written on first page would be more accurate.

It's a weak 4.0. Probably more of a 3.8 that slides upward. Certainly not a 3.0, nor a 3.5.

What does a 5x10 or 10x10 storage unit run? Around here, it's about $40 a month. Rent one for two months. If nothing serious, abandon all your unwanted books in it after you've picked the collection free. Or simply give the books away. Put an ad on Craig's List for 20boxes of free comics and someone will take them, if you can't figure out how to get $15 a box.

That sounds barbaric. You have my sympathy. I suggest you update your business model. Do what big business does- outsource. I'm sure you know this, but for newbies, know your customers. These books are worth a couple dollars each to them. Twenty books might only cost you $2 but would cost them $40 or more to buy. Get unpaid workers who work for books. They think they are making $20 an hour but it's costing you $2. Let your books work for you. The hobby has a long tradition of unpaid labor and interns. Many of the biggest names in the hobby started as unpaid interns or just working for credit. Joe Koch still relies on volunteer labor to work his monstrosity of a warehouse. I'm sure he is far from alone.

A lot of people buy comics. Not many of them make money at it. Is it a coincidence that most of them think this is a bad deal. The market has changed. This week, I sold a 2.0 Werewolf by Night for $400, and five copies of Thor 390 for $280. Books taken from the scrapheaps. You can buy a $1,000 book and hope it goes up to 1400 so you make a return or buy 10,000 books for a dime each and be reasonably sure a few dozen will pop. Is it work? A wise man said do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. Lugging boxes of future cash isn't work to me.

Deadman would make a great addition to televisions Team Flash. Nuff said.

Look at it as buying yourself the perfect part time job. However, do not forget all the buy side advice is contingent on them being bagged, boarded and mostly sorted. Sixty boxes of unsorted stock is a nightmare.

#3 was the first one I ever saw. I was stunned to see old comics could be worth more than new ones. I finally convinced the books owner to give me the ordering information, and I sent away for it after much thought. Six or seven dollars equalled about thirty new comics and money could get tight. I caddied in the summer and occasionally during the school year but didn't work after school until the Spring of my Senior year so $6 was a major budget item. About two months later, a copy of #5 arrived in the mail.

New Yorkers go to the beach. Jerseyites go to the Shore.

Short boxes. Easier to move and two short boxes fit in the same table.space as one long one, with about 20% more books. Get yourself a movers dolly. Used ones go for under $20.

I'm not jealous and I can certainly understand why many people would pass on it. For many people, they will buy these and sit on them a few years and maybe they get their money back. Others will look at this as a.part time job and make some money. It's not a home run, but it could be a solid double. Just be aware it will be work. A lot of work. Selling a collection like this needed apace, as well.

It says the owner started collecting in the mid 80s. Most collectors back then cared more for back issues than new ones so I imagine this collection will have older books, as well.

As a point of reference- I looked up Detective on MCS and they are buying a number of Detectives in the 550-600 range. Using their 8.0 grades, you could sell 18 books for $100. That covers your purchase cost for 1,000 more books. If the books are organised, you should be able to pull hundreds of non key books MCS will buy in an afternoon. I wouldn't be surprised if you recoup half your money just moving obscure stuff.

If they are bagged and boarded, and sorted, I'd buy them for ten cents each.

Yes, they are. Their customer service is outstanding.

I'm stunned no one has started a Go Fund Me account. A couple of fifty cent donations and we can put this nightmare firmly behind us.

They even offered to waive their fee this one time and your reaction is to tell them to go fist themselves?

Try local auction houses. Every decent sized town has somebody doing estate sales and auctions. Ones around Vegas get 35% commission but I've gotten $60 a box for carp, and about $3 a book for migrate bronze and copper. Every so often, two people bid up a book or lot.

When Marvel came out with their New Universe titles, most titles had 90% drops between issues 1 and 2. Second issues are often rarer than First issues, but don't have the gravitas of the Premier ones.

If I remember right, that five foot Wolverines wasn't exactly a promo item. They were offered to shops for $15 for promo pieces or for sale. I had a carton of them as they were a one time offering. Most every other promo piece was free.

That's like asking if any of the stones on your property are valuable. Value is determined many factors- demand, condition, scarcity and more. Some first issues are worth stabbing. Many are not. You shouldn't spend any money until you have a better understanding of the market and can determine which books to submit. Many new submitters invest time, money and effort only do get grades that prohibit them from seeing a profit.

Its actually an enhancement. As soon as CGC perfects them, I expect they will be begin to charge for them. Consider yourself lucky yours were graded in the free preview period.

In no particular order: Yes, no,no,no,yes, yes, yes and yes.

Wouldn't some of these be the highest graded UK copies?

Could the make an offer have limits we can set? Getting offers of $5 on $50 books gets old real fast. Let the consigner set a number that anything below X is automatically rejected.