Cherami

Thank you for your response, that’s extremely helpful advice and makes sense.

I’m flattered 😂 I’ve put a disturbing amount of time into organizing the collection and learning about the comic world and how this works in the last few weeks. I wanted to see how far I could get figuring some of it out for myself and learning which questions required help/experience to answer. Quite a feat for someone to have amassed such a collection over a lifetime, and I wanted to try to do it justice, not dump it quickly for a few bucks from a slimeball looking to take advantage of someone who doesn’t know enough to know what they have. I’ve spent a few weeks lurking in the PGM forums and learned... that it’s going to take me quite awhile to gain any sort of proficiency at it 😂 What you said about learning how others think certain flaws affect a comic’s perceived value is dead on what I find the most difficult and interesting part. Thank you for your response!

Thank you for the response! These comics had been sitting in stacks for decades until very recently. I’ve begun the process of bagging/boarding the more valuable ones, but need to reorder supplies. Some of the older ones like Action Comics 242/252 don’t seem to fit into the Silver Age stuff, they appear to be a bit too wide? Is there an alternative? Also need to find something that fits the annuals etc. I have seen Bob’s name in the forums as well and have checked out his website. It’s at the top of my list. I was planning on trying to do the most important ones individually (or however made sense to maximize value), and then possibly selling the rest of them possibly in bulk. Just trying to gauge what the cut off for what I consider the important/valuable ones and come up with a list so I can get necessary scans/images of all of those first. If the issues with the comics are pretty similar to the ones I’ve posted... do I plan on pressing every one I get graded? Are there any situations in which I should not plan on pressing them? I’ve done a decent amount of research that I’ve put into spreadsheets in the last few weeks and I think I have a pretty solid idea of which ones are the “keys”. Right now I have them all sorted by title in numerical order. Am I better off pulling out all the keys and submitting those to someone like Bob as a group, or is it better to sell runs of the same title? The grading is really the tricky part, because it definitely seems like something that just takes practice and experience, which comes with time. You guys definitely notice things that I don’t, and the order you prioritize them in is interesting. People posting their official CGC grades on the “Hey Buddy...” forum is extremely helpful, and I’ll be sure to add mine whenever I receive them in case it helps anyone else. Thank you for your help!

As far as storage... there was some attempt at preservation/storage later in the collection (wrapped in plastic or paper and in boxes), but most of these early ones were just sitting in stacks all these years. Not sure whether it’s dust/dirt or from the sun... but the same issues are visible on a lot of them. All of these images are scans, and it’s interesting to see how some of the discoloration looks much darker/worse in the scans than it does to the eye, while some of the wear and tear doesn't show as much in the scans as it does in person. Is the recommendation to send to CGC to be cleaned/pressed etc.? I’ve also seen a name of someone who it sounds like can do some of this floating around the forums...

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Thanks for the notes. I’m trying to learn how to grade and it’s super helpful to hear the why in addition to the grade!

Very helpful, thank you. I’m very new to this and am just learning about cleaning/pressing, so I appreciate the heads up on any that may be good candidates for something like that.

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Thanks, guys! I'm brand new to this, but trying to learn. I appreciate any insight/opinions you're welling to offer

Super new to this, so I appreciate any opinions/insight you're willing to share. Thanks!!

Thank you, guys! I'm brand new to this so appreciate any info/opinions you're willing to offer

Typical "I suddenly have a large collection of comics and no idea what I'm doing" post. Plan is to sell them.. Silver Age-modern day. I've been cataloguing all of them as I go through them. Started with the 10/12 cent-ers and am now moving onto the 15+ cent bunch. In no big rush to sell, hoping to maximize value, so I've been trying to give myself a crash course in the last few weeks. Biggest challenge: getting a handle on grading, and deciding which may be worth sending to get graded. I've been doing research and making spreadsheets of for sale/sold listings on Ebay, Heritage, Comic Link, Comic Connect, and a few others sites... which is of limited value without being able to assess the grade of what I have. I've already submitted 3 (Showcase #22, Avengers #4, and Flash #105) in the "Hey, Buddy..." forum, and appreciate the quick responses. I'm not sure what the time frame for submitting 3 more is, but I have many more to go. I've been trying to study the other threads in there, but it's a lot to try to cram into my head this quickly! There are well over 2,000 Silver Age titles alone: Showcase, Action, Adventure, Detective, Brave and the Bold, Justice League, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Green Lantern, Spider-man, Batman, Superman, Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Journey into Mystery, My Greatest Adventure, Mystery in Space, Strange Adventures, Tales of Suspense, World's Finest, X-Men, etc.... I've learned local shops are not the way to go unless you want to get seriously lowballed, though I did manage to get one to give grades on a few I brought with me, no clue if they're accurate). Another place flat out said they offered 30% of retail, which seems to be pretty standard among the few places I had visited/contacted, so I appreciate her honesty there Plan is: pick a few I was most sure would be worth getting graded, when those come back send in a second batch. Trying to keep expectations re: grades and prices those grades will bring realistic and accurate. The information on these forums has been the most helpful of everything so far. At this point, is there any reason to visit more of these shops in person if I'm not in a rush and there are better ways to sell them for more, even if they're slower and more labor intensive? Should I bother contacting any of these places like "Sell My Comic Books" or "My Comic Shop"? If so, send the full list of what I have with some scans, or pick out a certain number of the more interesting ones? Any suggestions for cramming grading knowledge in my head as fast as possible, besides reading the "Hey Buddy..." forum? Sorry for the long post, this is all super new to me and I have a lot to learn! Thanks!

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