oldrover

If you continued reading, you saw that I wanted to represent accurately. Just trying to figure out which is best. And I bought these comics without CGC labels... and I've been quite satisfied with them... and I knew they were restored. As of course I would tell anyone who had an interest in buying them. I'm not obligated to CGC these. Just like if a seller sells his home, he's not obligated to pay for the home inspection. But like a home seller, I must disclose any and all issues I know about. Which I would. Thanks for your post.

What IS your first choice? Heritage?

I'm not sure about that... if you go back and look at sold history, the same books at the same grade generally go for higher on eBay.

One of mine is a CGC'd 7.5 incredible Hulk 1 from the Nicholas Cage collection, where the notes say only "Small color touch". That might be worth it. How would I know if it's worth it? Does CGC do this work? If not, who might, and what kind of cost are we talking about? BTW, thanks for all the insight and advice on this thread.

That's why I'm leaning toward slabbing them all. The buyer should know exactly what they're getting, and I can't really tell them that without getting them slabbed.

I appreciate your advice. I've run a business or two before... I think I'm prepared for people to be, well, people. And I'll be declaring all this. I'm in the unenviable (enviable?) position of having a large capital loss a few years back, that when applied to these gains, will basically cancel it out. Yay.

I don't mind it... I think I'll do better selling it myself. Plus it's not like I'm selling them all one at a time. I'm on track to sell about 700 books in my first month... so I figure it'll be about a years work. That's not a bad part-time job to net another, say, $50,000. Maybe more. YMMV.

This was basically my take... my concern is that I'm not a great grader, and that CGC is very strict. For my first CGC submission a few weeks back, I sent in three (unrestored) books I thought were VG, FN and FN (ASM5, FF48, FF52). They came back VG-, VG+, and VG/FN. If I sent in one of these restored (or presumed to be restored) books, say JIM83, thinking it was a VF, and it came back FN, that would be a bummer. Maybe I'll have to post some photos here before submitting.

Selling off my 10,000 comics over the next few years... I own restored FF1, XMen 1, and AF15 books (among others) that look tremendous. My plan was to CGC them all and let the chips fall where they may... but now I'm wondering if what someone here called the PLOD (Purple Label of Death) would be more of an impediment to a sale than just disclosing they are restored and selling them with beaucoup photos. Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated. Thanks! BTW, first time poster here. Great forum.