Comic Book Collection To Goodwill

[JvR11]

Noticed this link, thought it was interesting...

 

42k worth of comics donated to Goodwill

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/17/tn.comic.book.donation.wsmv?hpt=hp_c2

[thehumantorch]

Nice story.

[Moondog]

Much cooler than tossing a Kruggerand into a kettle. (thumbs u

[BlowUpTheMoon]

I wonder where the 42k valuation came from.

[hulksmashdave]

I wonder where the 42k valuation came from.

 

I like the quote, "Some of these are going for over 200 dollars."

[Rodey]

This is probably what I'm going to do tomorrow. Only it's not worth 42k.

[Hibou]

Just watched that clip.

 

Looks like maybe there's some nice bronze in there based on the very little they showed.

 

You gotta love the reporter though...

 

"He even put them in MATCHING BOXES..."

[walclark]

I think they are talking OSPG value for long boxes of mostly 80's and 90's books. Tax write off for the donor. Might be some gems to be found, but who can tell with these kinds of grainy pictures.

 

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?itemid=8058076

 

Still, someone's going for it. And the money goes to a good cause.

[JvR11]

I wonder if the comment about putting garbage bags around the comics really helps. I would think the boxes would be enough?

[Cheryllynn]

They are selling them in "lots" and as "grab bags" - even by the pound - they would do much better if they listed out the titles but we all know how time consuming that would be.

[comicwiz]

I wonder if the comment about putting garbage bags around the comics really helps. I would think the boxes would be enough?

 

My hunch is that it would hinder more than help mainly because the chemicals used to produce the soft, yet durable plastics used in garbage bags would be trapped along with all the other impurities which may be found in the air where a collection is stored. This would likely result in the accelerated yellowing of any poly-bags and a wide host of harm to comics caused by storage supplies not suited to withstand harsher environmental influences.

[InvstmntComcSuply]

I wonder if the comment about putting garbage bags around the comics really helps. I would think the boxes would be enough?

 

My hunch is that it would hinder more than help mainly because the chemicals used to produce the soft, yet durable plastics used in garbage bags would be trapped along with all the other impurities which may be found in the air where a collection is stored. This would likely result in the accelerated yellowing of any poly-bags and a wide host of harm to comics caused by storage supplies not suited to withstand harsher environmental influences.

 

Agreed. It will mainly be the impurities generated by the books themselves. Offgassing that would otherwise escape fairly easily from the boxes, will now have to penetrate another layer of plastic and subject the good books to more of the problems of the bad offgassing books.

[mycs]

I wonder if the comment about putting garbage bags around the comics really helps. I would think the boxes would be enough?

 

My hunch is that it would hinder more than help mainly because the chemicals used to produce the soft, yet durable plastics used in garbage bags would be trapped along with all the other impurities which may be found in the air where a collection is stored. This would likely result in the accelerated yellowing of any poly-bags and a wide host of harm to comics caused by storage supplies not suited to withstand harsher environmental influences.

 

Agreed. It will mainly be the impurities generated by the books themselves. Offgassing that would otherwise escape fairly easily from the boxes, will now have to penetrate another layer of plastic and subject the good books to more of the problems of the bad offgassing books.

 

Good points, makes me wonder what is going on inside of slabs. Does slabbing a comic slow down or speed up it's disintegration ?