Why have you sold off your run or set?

[Artboy99]

I sold off my entire collection when I was 15 to pay some bills and buy a car. At the time

 

in the early 80s, it was worth 25k at that time. I sold it at the absolute worst

 

time ever. I remember only getting 3 or 4k for it. I stopped collecting

 

entirely. May 2008 I started adding up how much my collection would be worth

 

today....500k!!! I have stopped kicking myself for it now finally.

 

So, now I am trying to collect my favorites, for my daughters college educations,

 

and it occupies my time being newly divorced. My biggest regret is selling my copy of

 

TOS 39, that if CGC would have been around then, would of definately gotten a 9.6...

 

it was perfect in every way! I paid $250 for it in 1975. Of course, if I did have

 

my old collection, my now ex-wife would of gotten half, so that makes the pain selling it a lot better!!!

 

My ex-wife hated my comic collection to the point she threw some of my books out. But you are right, if I still had them during the divorce she would have wanted half the value.

 

I have sold off entire runs for money, and because of boredom from having completed it.

You didn't have a "wife threw it out" option

[TheWatcher]

It's interesting that there aren't many votes for selling off a run because it was too hard to fill the holes

 

I believe Detective27Kid sold off his Centaur run for this reason, so it does happen

[seank]

In the 1980's, I totaled my car so I sold most of my collection to get it repaired (1966 Mustang). In the 1990's, I was poor and losing interest so a huge chunk of books went.

 

And as an aside regarding wives and comics, I just started dating a woman who likes comics. What a difference from the ex-wife who hated them.

[Mr 9.8]

What the hell is with WOMAN and there absolute HATRED of our COMICS?!?!

[Hedge Collector]

There are always the exceptions, but it seems the more a woman appreciates our love of comics, the better our relationships...

 

I know it's true for me.

 

Sometimes I will say, "honey, there's this book I want but it's $$$."

 

She says "I think you should buy it."

 

I say, "$%^# are you crazy!? didn't you just hear how much $$$ it is?!"

[BucOne-migration]

What the hell is with WOMAN and there absolute HATRED of our COMICS?!?!

 

I believe the majority feel comics are a hobby for kids.

 

 

[rodan57]

Because I read them and didn't enjoy them as much as I thought I would. And realised I would probably never read them again..so off they went to a new home.

 

This is also a reason for not starting a collection ... a title looked very attractive but proved to be disappointing reading.