Could you reduce your collection to just 350 comics?

[Jeffreykli]

Over the last couple of years, I've been able to winnow my collection down from a high of over 60 short boxes to just 18 (including 3 CGC boxes). I don't think I can get down to 350; there's just too many books that I'd want to keep (and even more that are still on my wantlist). I'd love to get down to less than 12 total boxes or 1000 comics.

[Silver Surfer]

350 GA books, sure where can I make the swap.

[JmC]

umm, no

[Tsimanga]

Funny.. I am actually just at the ending of doing just that. About 8 month's ago I started with about 60 long boxes of raw comics. Now I'm down to about 300 raw books and 600 slabbed books. I've been posting them on Ebay in no reserve auctions every week. Some weeks are def better than others - it is risky...

 

I had full/near full runs of virtually every post 1960-1980 title out their. Now I'm concentrating on higher grade copies of only a select few runs. Makes collecting easier and I wont have so many damn multiples... I actually had twenty two SC 22's and fifty JIM 85's (Which I still have many from 6.0-8.0 if anyone wants one )

 

Kinda sucked to do, but I had to do it as I live in a small apartment and I was a very disorganized collector. Now, everythings gravy and I'm much happier without all the raws.

 

 

[jessebrook1]

Funny.. I am actually just at the ending of doing just that. About 8 month's ago I started with about 60 long boxes of raw comics. Now I'm down to about 300 raw books and 600 slabbed books. I've been posting them on Ebay in no reserve auctions every week. Some weeks are def better than others - it is risky...

 

I had full/near full runs of virtually every post 1960-1980 title out their. Now I'm concentrating on higher grade copies of only a select few runs. Makes collecting easier and I wont have so many damn multiples... I actually had twenty two SC 22's and fifty JIM 85's (Which I still have many from 6.0-8.0 if anyone wants one )

Kinda sucked to do, but I had to do it as I live in a small apartment and I was a very disorganized collector. Now, everythings gravy and I'm much happier without all the raws.

 

 

i wish i had the cash for at least one JIM 85 hehe

[Mio]

I only have about 150 now... and I don't think I'll ever get back up to 350 again!

[JuliusSeizure]

Nope, not unless I absolutely had to. I only wish I had MORE comics.

[DawgPhan]

easily...I have been working in the last year or so to whittle down my collection and focus on higher end and really nice copies of the things that I wanted...Everything has been getting whittled down, art, prints, baseball cards, comics, and toys. Just keeping the best, selling the rest and funding new purchases..but if you can sell a short box of drek and buy a low grade early daredevil then that seems like a win-win and you made your collection much nicer and smaller.

 

I would love to be down to less than 1000 items in my total collection including everything not just comics.

[Wrightson fan]

I am working my way there......sell what you don't love and buy what you will love. My collection has gone from about 6000 books to about 4000 in the past few years....it is a cull in process.

 

If I had to get rid of everything that I don't love, then I would probably be at about 300 books.....

[Mr 9.8]

Don't think I could pull that off. Especially considering I buy multiples of every book I own.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

No.. I would like to get to around 12 cgc boxes and 5 raw. BUT I keep buying moderns..

[sakaridis]

350 books? I get about that many in the mail per month to fill in holes in my collection (a bit over 50,000 or so! ), so I must say my answer is a definite "no".

 

I love my comic book collection!

 

Hell, I even love the bad books (early Image, mid-90s Marvels, various 80s B&W ). I may actually hate the books as reading material, but I just love owning them and having them around. ("Around" meaning a room full of comic books plus one storage closet a couple of blocks away from my place.)

 

Seriously, if the dual problem of huge international shipping charges and (relatively) limited storage space could somehow magically be solved, I think I'd probably own twice as many books...

[cheetah]

I couldn't even get my graded Avengers collection below 350.

[Mr.Diggler]

350 books? I get about that many in the mail per month to fill in holes in my collection (a bit over 50,000 or so! ), so I must say my answer is a definite "no".

 

I love my comic book collection!

 

Hell, I even love the bad books (early Image, mid-90s Marvels, various 80s B&W ). I may actually hate the books as reading material, but I just love owning them and having them around. ("Around" meaning a room full of comic books plus one storage closet a couple of blocks away from my place.)

 

Seriously, if the dual problem of huge international shipping charges and (relatively) limited storage space could somehow magically be solved, I think I'd probably own twice as many books...

 

What up D?!?

[damonwad]

I just did. Now I'm building it back up.

[Detroit MIke]

I'd really like to try. Losing my job would be the only event that could start a major reduction. As long as I have a job, I'm keeping the books.

[ft88]

I'd like about 50 books. Bugs Bunny Four Color 33-400 about 20 books. Other key 1st appearance cartoon books about 20-30 books. Maybe a mega key like Superman 1. But I really enjoy buying collections and selling them off, maybe keeping a few books. The buying of collections seems to out pace the selling, so right now I have about 4000 I'd like to sell.

[MyNameIsLegion]

with the advent of Masterworks and Essentials, I've literally only bought a handful of comics in the past couple years for myself. I have about 5 short boxes of Silver/Bronze, a short box of Indies, and and 2-3 magazine boxes that are the core of my collection. I have some other random stuff, and short runs of books that I intend to have bound, which I did with about 100 books already-The Best of Eclipe, Best of Pacific Comics, random limited series, etc. I know having books bound into hardbacks is blasphemy to a board of slab junkies, but some stuff is just for reading and what else is there to do with VG-FN books?

[Flash105]

When I got back into collection in 2007 I told my wife I would keep it to one long box. Well three years later I have 10 boxes of slabs and five boxes of raw books. I admit I have a problem but I just like my books.

[Flash105]

Yeah I could live with just 350 books. If it could be any 350 of my choice here is my dream list of 350 comics and never be able to purchase another on after these 350

 

1. Action Comics #1

2. Action Comics #23

3. Action Comics #58

4. Action Comics #242

5. Action comics #252

6. Adventure Comics #210

7. Adventure Comics #283

8. All Select Comics #1

9. All Select Comics #2

10. All Select Comics #3

11. All Select Comics #4

12. All Select Comics #5

13. All Select Comics #6

14. All Select Comics #7

15 All Select Comics #8

16 All Select Comics #9

17. All Select Comics #10

18. All Select Comics #11

19. All Star Comics #3

20. All Star Comics #8

21. All Winners Comics #1

22. All Winners Comics #2

23 All Winners Comics #3

24. All Winners Comics #4

25 All Winners Comics #5

26 All Winners Comics #6

27 All Winners Comics #7

28 All Winners Comics #8

29 All Winners Comics #9

30 All Winners Comics #10

31. All Winners Comics #11

32 All Winners Comics #12

33 All Winners Comics #13

34 All Winners Comics #14

35 All Winners Comics #15

36 All Winners Comics #16

37 All Winners Comics #17

38 All Winners Comics #18

39 All Winners Comics #19

40 All Winners Comics #20

41 All Winners Comics #21

42 Amazing Fantasy #15

43 Amazing Spider-Man #1

44 Amazing Spider-Man #2

45 Amazing Spider-Man #3

46 Amazing Spider-Man #4

47 Amazing Spider-Man #6

48 Amazing Spider-Man #9

49 Amazing Spider-Man #13

50 Amazing Spider-Man #14

51 Amazing Spider-Man #15

52 Amazing Spider-Man #17

53 Amazing Spider-Man #20

54 Amazing Spider-Man #23

55 Amazing Spider-Man #25

56 Amazing Spider-Man #26

57 Amazing Spider-Man #27

58 Amazing Spider-Man #28

59 Amazing Spider-Man #31

60 Amazing Spider-Man #33

61 Amazing Spider-Man #36

62 Amazing Spider-Man #39

63 Amazing Spider-Man #40

64 Amazing Spider-Man #41

65 Amazing Spider-Man #42

66 Amazing Spider-Man #46

67 Amazing Spider-Man #50

68 Amazing Spider-Man #97

69 Amazing Spider-Man #98

70 Amazing Spider-Man #100

71 Amazing Spider-Man #101

72 Amazing Spider-Man #121

73 Amazing Spider-Man #122

74 Amazing Spider-Man #126

75 Amazing Spider-Man #129

76 Amazing Spider-Man #134

77 Amazing Spider-Man #135

78 Amazing Spider-Man #136

79 Amazing Spider-Man #137

80 Amazing Spider-Man #144

81. Amazing Spider-Man #149

82 Amazing Spider-Man #151

83 Amazing Spider-Man #174

84 Amazing Spider-Man #175

85 Amazing Spider-Man #176

86 Amazing Spider-Man #177

87 Amazing Spider-Man #178

88 Amazing Spider-Man #179

89 Amazing Spider-Man #180

90 Amazing Spider-Man #194

91 Amazing Spider-Man #200

92 Amazing Spider-Man #238

93 Amazing Spider-Man #252

94 Amazing Spider-Man #265

95 Amazing Spider-Man #298

96 Amazing Spider-Man #299

97 Amazing Spider-Man #300

98 Amazing Spider-Man #306

99 Amazing Spider-Man #344

100 Amazing Spider-Man #360

101 Amazing Spider-Man #361

102 Amazing Spider-Man #400

103 Amazing Spider-Man #477

104 Amazing Spider-Man #500

105 Avengers #1

106 Avengers #4

107 Avengers #6

108 Avengers #56

109 Batman #1

110 Batman #11

111 Batman #18

112 Batman #25

113-191

Captain Americ Comics #1-#78

192-209

Captain America #100-#117

210 Daredevil Comics #1

211 Daredevil #1

212 Daredevil #1

213 Daredevil #16

214 Daredevil #131

215 Daredevil #168

216 Fantastic Four #1

217 Fantastic Four #4

218 Fantastic Four #5

219 Fantastic Four #8

220 Fantastic Four #12

221 Fantastic Four #25

222 Fantastic Four #48

223 Fantastic Four #49

224 Incredible Hulk #1

225 Incredible Hulk #180

226 Incredible Hulk #181

227 Journey Into Mystery #73

228 Journey Into Mystery #83

229. Marvel Mystery Comics #37

230 Marvel Mystery comics #40

231 Marvel Mystery comics #46

232 Marvel Mystery Comics #63

233 Marvel Mystery Comics #80

234 Marvel Mystery Comics #81

235 Marvel Mystery Comics #82

236 Marvel Mystery Comics #83

237 Marvel Mystery Comics #84

238 Marvel Mystery Comics #85

239 Marvel Mystery Comics #86

240 Marvel Mystery Comics #87

241 Marvel Mystery Comics #88

242 Marvel Mystery Comics #89

243 Marvel Mystery Comics #90

244 Marvel Mystery Comics #91

245 Marvel Mystery Comics #92

246 Detective Comics #27

247 Detective Comics #31

248 Detective Comics #38

249 Detective Comics #40

250 Detective Comics #58

251 Detective Comics #66

252 Detective Comics #140

253 Detective Comics #168

254 Detective Comics #359

255 Sgt Fury and his howling Commandos #1

256 Sgt Fury and his howling Commandos #13

257 Strange Tales #97

258 Strange Tales #110

259 Strange Tales #114

260 Tales of Suspense #39

261 Tales of Suspense #45

262 Tales of Suspense #52

263 Tales of Suspense #57

264 Tales of Suspense #58

265 Tales of Suspense #59

266 Tales of Suspense #65

267 Tales of Suspense #66

268 Tales to Astonish #27

269 Superman #1

270 Superman #10

271 Superman #14

272 Superman #17

273 Superman #24

274 Superman #26

275 Superman #30

276 Superboy #10

277 Superboy #68

278 USA Comics #6

279 USA Comics #7

280 USA Comics #8

281 USA Comics #9

282 USA Comics #10

283 USA Comics #11

284 USA Comics #12

285 USA Comics #13

286 USA Comics #14

287 USA Comics #15

288 USA Comics #16

289 USA Comics #17

290 X-Men #1

291 X-Men #94

292 Giant Sized X-Men #1

293 Young Allies #1

294 Young Allies #2

295 Young Allies #3

296 Young Allies #4

297 Young Allies #5

298 Young Allies #6

299 Young Allies #7

300 Young Allies #8

301 Young Allies #9

302 Young Allies #10

303 Young Allies #11

304 Young Allies #12

305 Young Allies #13

306 Young Allies #14

307 Young Allies #15

308 Young Allies #16

309 Young Allies #17

310 Young Allies #18

311 Young Allies #19

312 Young Allies #20

313 Young Men #25

314 Young Men #26

315 Young Men #27

316 Young Men #28

317 Showcase #4

318 Showcase #22

319 Sub Mariner Comics #31

320 Worlds Finest #3

321 Human Torch #35

322 Air Pirates Funnies #1

323 Flash Comics #1

324 All American Comics #16

325 More Fun Comics #73

326 Brave and Bold #28

327 Tomb of Dracula #10

328 Marvel Spotlight #32

329 Green Lantern#76

330-350 All Blank cover Fallen Sons to get artist to do sketchs for me and have them CGC SS

 

That is a killer list. What percentage of these do you have right now? I assume you have a lot more than 350 now as well?