My dad is looking to sell his collection

[eddly]

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice (this is not a sales thread). My dad is turning 70 this year and he is looking to sell off his comic collection. He was initially leaning towards selling it as a large lot to be done with it, but I have convinced him to get some of them professionally graded first. Then hopefully he'll allow me to sell them piece by piece (maybe I'm underestimating the work involved) for the higher value comics at least. He has 27 slabbed comics, but has never gone through the process of getting his own comics graded.

 

The peak of my dad's collecting was from 1985 to 1991. So certainly not a new pedigree here. Although he did buy golden, silver and bronze age comics as well, so it is by no means all drek, his collection has decent value (I'm guessing lower than 50K though).

 

I'm not sure how well received this thread will be though. Perhaps it would be best to discuss this with a few people through PM, I don't know. I'm sort of rusty myself as I haven't purchased a comic since 2011. I did buy a small collection of ~3000 comics back in 2008 which I sold on Ebay and on this site piece by piece.

 

Ideally I would like some high level help identifying which comics may be the best to have graded. In his list he has provided a grade. I assume the grade he has provided is reasonable as he has done some selling on Ebay and has had good feedback related to his grading.

 

Thoughts? Is it off topic to post his collection here? I'm not looking to sell anything any time soon, the first phase is to identify what should be graded.

[CAHokie]

Don't worry, your inbox is about to light up with people offering to "help" you out.

 

Thats great that your Dad was a collector though! Im surprised you don't want them

[eddly]

Don't worry, your inbox is about to light up with people offering to "help" you out.

 

Thats great that your Dad was a collector though! Im surprised you don't want them

 

Oh I want them, but I don't want to profit off him. I likely don't have the $$$ needed to buy them all off him either. If he does decide to sell them all at once, he'll give me first dibs to beat offers he has received. So there is that.

 

In his will he has it as my responsibility to sell them either for my mom or to distribute the proceeds to my siblings.

 

My dad had a health scare last year, so he is thinking about next steps.

[darkstar]

Step 1 would be to post, or link, a list. Then forum members can refine that down to books that should be graded regardless of grade, books that should be graded depending on grade, and books that are definitely not worth grading.

[krighton]

these 'reached a certain age and facing mortality so unloading comics' threads are depressing.

[jsilverjanet]

Plenty of Canadian boardies that should be able to help you out.

[fifties]

Hi Eddly,

 

I just hit 71, so I can identify somewhat with your dad. I have an easy thousand or more pre-code books (pre-1955) myself, which I enjoy both reading, and browsing the covers. None are slabbed, most are in the G-VG range, some are worth 2 grand.

My 40 year old son wouldn't have a clue as to which was a $30 book and which was worth in the thousands.

 

Was your dad's issue a continuing life-threatening concern? I had a heart attack in 1995 and resultant bypass surgery 11 years later and I'm still kickin'. Why did he collect them in the first place; to read, cover browse, for investment, or what?

 

My point is that maybe he's being premature in considering liquidation at this time, but that said, I would suggest obtaining an Overstreet guide, have him assign a grade, maybe on a sticker to place on the back of the mylar sleeve that each book is in, and then locate it's value per the guide's suggestion for the grade, and note it on the sticker.

 

Of course there will always be books that will never realize up to what Overstreet suggests, and others that will jump for multiples of guide value, but at least it's a start, and a free service, after the price of the guide.

 

Review closed sales of similar issues on eBay, which, selling one by one, would be the most work, but realize the best gain. You could start the auction at somewhat under guide, and with luck sell for over.

 

I have found that certain genre's on this board, pre-code crime, for example, will do better at a fixed price here than on eBay, by and large. Any icon cover would do best in an auction format.

[eddly]

Hi Eddly,

 

I just hit 71, so I can identify somewhat with your dad. I have an easy thousand or more pre-code books (pre-1955) myself, which I enjoy both reading, and browsing the covers. None are slabbed, most are in the G-VG range, some are worth 2 grand.

My 40 year old son wouldn't have a clue as to which was a $30 book and which was worth in the thousands.

 

Was your dad's issue a continuing life-threatening concern? I had a heart attack in 1995 and resultant bypass surgery 11 years later and I'm still kickin'. Why did he collect them in the first place; to read, cover browse, for investment, or what?

 

My point is that maybe he's being premature in considering liquidation at this time, but that said, I would suggest obtaining an Overstreet guide, have him assign a grade, maybe on a sticker to place on the back of the mylar sleeve that each book is in, and then locate it's value per the guide's suggestion for the grade, and note it on the sticker.

 

Of course there will always be books that will never realize up to what Overstreet suggests, and others that will jump for multiples of guide value, but at least it's a start, and a free service, after the price of the guide.

 

Review closed sales of similar issues on eBay, which, selling one by one, would be the most work, but realize the best gain. You could start the auction at somewhat under guide, and with luck sell for over.

 

I have found that certain genre's on this board, pre-code crime, for example, will do better at a fixed price here than on eBay, by and large. Any icon cover would do best in an auction format.

 

That sounds like a very cool collection fifties. The pre-code books are all originally owned? My dad had to reacquire a lot of the books he read as kid. He was big into TinTin and Gene Autry as a kid. My dad completed the Gene Autry series a couple years ago, pretty cool to get books you read as a kid but of course they don't have significant dollar value.

 

My dad's health issue was life threatening, at first it was diagnosed as a heart attack but was later eventually determined to be a blood clot/pulmonary embolism. He had just started his semi-retirement at the beginning of 2015 so it really came as a shock in terms of the realization that he might not be able to enjoy his retirement as he had planned. He is big into traveling and certainly has plans to do much more. He spent a month in Europe this past summer and is leaving in a month to go to New Zealand for two months (where he grew up).

 

He started collecting comics in the mid 80s as a way to bond with his four sons. I have great memories of going to comic conventions and usually every Saturday to the comic store with him and my brothers. It all started with him buying us a few comics as stocking stuffers (he rolled them up). Not long after that he was buying fairly large lots of collections at conventions. He went all in pretty much. His interest was for reading, but primarily as an investment. He kept telling us that his collection would pay for our college educations one day - that didn't end up happening as he hasn't sold much, but I'd like to see this give him a nice chunk of change for his retirement.

 

He has faithfully purchased the Overstreet (yearly?) and updated his records for values (he actually has a record of what he paid for each comic as well). He has a good record of their grades as well based on his experience (which is pretty good).

 

Another reason for selling is the dive in the value of our Canadian dollar up here, it seems to be an opportune time. I am trying to slow him down a bit, and have tempered his expectations in terms of what he'll get. He has been in contact with some collection buyers in the US and they have shown interest, but no formal offers yet as I have convinced him to get some graded first.

[lou_fine]

The peak of my dad's collecting was from 1985 to 1991. So certainly not a new pedigree here. Although he did buy golden, silver and bronze age comics as well, so it is by no means all drek, his collection has decent value (I'm guessing lower than 50K though).

 

 

Well, if your Dad was collecting GA and SA back in the mid 80's, he just might have a more valuable collection than what you are thinking about. Especially if he had a sharp eye for condition and was able to hook up with some of the bigger comic brokers of the day.

 

You have to remember that the mid 80's was when the SA books were down in the dumps and sliding in value. He could have pick up all of the Marvel SA keys for pennies on today's dollar since they were not in high demand at the time. That was also a time when you could pick up HG GA books basically at guide, if you was lucky enough to hook up with the right dealer(s) and they were willing to sell to you. Without the internet in those days, it was all about having the right connections.

 

Hopefully, he was lucky enough to snag something nice, instead of the usual drek that most of us probably ended up with.

[eddly]

 

Well, if your Dad was collecting GA and SA back in the mid 80's, he just might have a more valuable collection than what you are thinking about. Especially if he had a sharp eye for condition and was able to hook up with some of the bigger comic brokers of the day.

 

You have to remember that the mid 80's was when the SA books were down in the dumps and sliding in value. He could have pick up all of the Marvel SA keys for pennies on today's dollar since they were not in high demand at the time. That was also a time when you could pick up HG GA books basically at guide, if you was lucky enough to hook up with the right dealer(s) and they were willing to sell to you. Without the internet in those days, it was all about having the right connections.

 

Hopefully, he was lucky enough to snag something nice, instead of the usual drek that most of us probably ended up with.

 

Good points Lou. Unfortunately the mindset I recall back then was that the new stuff was where the money would be in the future. As you mentioned, without the Internet you simply didn't have everything available to buy. My dad had some decent connections as our local comic stores would often get him in contact with sellers and we frequented a lot of comic conventions (all in the Victoria and Vancouver area in BC). Most of his money seemed to go to buying multiplies (sometimes up to 20) of the hot new issue.

 

While he does have a nice collection of GA and SA, I would say the majority are not high grade, but I haven't yet thoroughly scanned his lists of what he has, I have a general idea though just from us "hanging out" and discussing his collection (still fun to do this today!).

 

 

[eddly]

He has a total of 27 long boxes so however many comics that would be. He has them all inventoried by box number and series.

 

He has some separated in hard cases which he has classified as his "special collection". I think he identified these particular issues to have more of the higher value, but they are probably really just his favorites.

 

Here is the first sample:

 

Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1st Punisher) February 1973 9.0

Amazing Spider-Man #300 (4 copies plus 1 in normal collection) 25th anniversary May 1988 9.2+

Batman #22 (Alfred cover) April-May 1944 6.0/ 7.0

Batman #28 April-May 1945 6.0/ 7.0

Batman #165 August 1964 8.0

Batman #200 March 1968 8.0

Justice League #3 (Superman test logo) July 1987 9.0

Raggedy Ann & Andy #9 February 1945 8.0

Sensation Comics #39 Wonder Woman March 1945 7.5

World’s Finest Comics #25 Nov-Dec 1943 8.0

 

He did quite well with the ASM 300, but a few years back he sold 5 or so of them on Ebay raw as 9.2+... had a hard time stopping him from doing that

[eddly]

I received his complete list earlier today, fun to discover what he has as I post this.

 

Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel)

#15 Aug-64 6

#23 Green Goblin appearance Apr-63 4.5

#24 Amazing Spider-Man May-65 7

#27 Aug-65 5 [tape repair inside f/c]

#29 Oct-65 6.5

#30 Nov-65 7

#35 Apr-66 8

#37 Jun-66 6

#38 Jul-66 8

#45 Feb-67 8

#47 Apr-67 7

#48 May-67 8

#51 Aug-67 7.5

#53 Doc Ock Oct-67 7

#54 Doc Ock Nov. 1968 7.5

#56 Doc Ock Jan-68 8.5

#56 Doc Ock Jan-68 7.5

#58 Mar-68 7.5

#59 Apr-68 9

#61 Jun-68 6.5

#62 Jul-68 6

#63 Aug-68 6.5

#65 Oct-68 8

#66 Nov. 1968 8

#67 Dec-68 8

#68 Jan-69 9

#71 Apr-69 8

#72 May-69 5

#74 Jul-69 9

#75 Aug-69 8.5

#76 Sep-69 8.5

#77 Oct-69 9

#78 Nov. 1969 7

#79 Dec-69 7

#83 Apr-70 7

#84 May-70 4 (bought as 6.0 but less)

#86 Jul-70 9.2 Re-intro & origin Black Widow

#87 Aug-70 4.5/5.0 (bought as 6.0 but less)

#88 Sep-70 7.5

#89 Oct-70 6.0+

#90 Nov-70 7 Death of Captain Stacy

#97 Jun-71 6

#99 Aug-71 9

#101 Oct-71 7

#105 Feb-72 8

#106 Mar-72 6-6.5

#107 Apr-72 9

#108 May-72 9

#108 May-82 8 -8.5

#110 Jul-72 5

#111 Aug-72 6.5/ 7.0

#112 Sep-72 8

#113 Oct-72 8

#114 Nov. 1972 4

#116 Jan-73 8

#116 Jan-73 8.5 -9.0

#117 Feb-73 9.2

#118 Mar-73 8

#121 Jun-73 7 (Death of Gwen Stacy)

#128 Jan-74 9

#129 Feb-74 9 (1st app. Punisher, Jackal) *

#131 Apr-74 9

#132 May-74 8

#133 Jun-74 8

#134 Jul-74 9.2

#136 Sep-74 8.5

#137 Oct-74 9

#138 Nov-74 9.2

#139 Dec-74 6

#140 Jan-75 9.2

#143 Apr-75 9

#144 May-75 8

#145 Jun-75 9.2

#146 Jul-75 9.2

#148 Sep-75 8

#150 Nov. 1975 7

#152 Jan-76 8.5

#154 Mar-76 9

#155 Apr-76 8

#156 May-76 7

#157 Jun-76 9.2

#158 Jul-76 9.2

#159 Aug-76 9.2

#161 Oct-76 8 (Punisher cameo)

#162 Nov-76 9 (Punisher)

#163 Dec-76 9.2

#165 Feb-77 7.5

#166 Mar-77 9.2

#167 Apr-77 9.2

#168 May-77 9

#169 Jun-77 9

#171 Aug-77 9.2

#173 Oct-77 8.5

#174 Nov-77 9 (Punisher app.)

#175 Dec. 1977 9.2 (Punisher app.)

#177 Feb. 1978 9.2 Green Goblin

#178 Mar-78 8.5

#179 Apr-78 8

#180 May-78 9.2

#181 Jun-78 9

#182 Jul-78 8

#183 Aug-78 9.2

#183 Aug-78 8

#184 Sept. 1978 7

#185 Oct-78 9.2 Peter Parker’s graduation

#185 Oct-78 8.5

#186 Nov-78 9.4

#187 Dec. 1978 9.2

#188 Jan-79 9

#188 Jan-78 7.5-8.0

#189 Feb-78 9

#190 (Byrne art) Mar-79 9.2

#191 Apr-79 9.6

#192 May-79 9.6

#193 Jun-79 9.2

#194 Jul-79 8.5 (1st Black Cat)

#200 Jan-80 9.2 (Double size)

#201 Feb-78 9.4 Punisher appearance

#201 Feb-80 9.2 Punisher

#201 Feb-80 9 Punisher (date stamp cover)

#202 Punisher Mar-80 9.2

#203 Apr-80 9.4

#204 May-80 9

#205 Jun-80 9.2

#206 Jul-80 7.5

#210 Nov-80 7.5

#211 Dec-80 9.2

#212 Jan-81 6

#213 Feb-81 9

#213 Feb-81 5

#214 Mar-81 9.6

#215 Apr-81 9.6

#216 May-81 9.4

#217 Jun-81 9.6

#221 Oct-81 9.6

#226 (Black Cat) Mar-82 9.2

#227 (Black Cat) Apr-82 9

#228 May-82 9.4

#229 Jun-82 9.2 (Classic story)

#230 Jul-82 9.4

#231 Aug-82 9.4

#231 Aug-82 7

#232 Sep-82 9.4

#232 Sep-82 4

#233 Oct-82 9.2

#235 Dec. 1982 9.2

#238 March 1983 No tattooz 9 (1st Hobgoblin story)

#240 May-83 8

#241 Jun-83 7

#241 Jun-83 5.5

#242 Jul-83 9.6

#242 Jul-83 8

#243 Aug-83 9.4

#243 Aug-83 9.2

#246 Nov-83 7

#252 May-84 9

#257 Oct-84 8

#258 Nov-84 8

#259 Dec-84 9.6 (Full Hobgoblin app.)

#260 Jan-85 9.6 (Hobgoblin app.)

#262 Mar-85 7

#268 Sept. 1985 9.2

#268 Sep-85 7

#275 Apr-86 9.2 (Hobgoblin story)

#277 Jun-86 8

#284 Jan-87 9.2

#284 Jan-87 9.2

#285 Feb-87 9.2

#286 Mar-87 9.2

#287 Apr-87 9.2

#288 May-87 9.2

#289 Jun-87 9.2 (Double-size/ Hobgoblin)

#290 Jul-87 9.2

#290 Jul-87 9.2

#291 Aug-87 9.2

#291 Aug-87 9.2

#292 (x2) Sep-87 9.2

#293 (x5) Oct-87 9.2 Kraven story from Web of Spiderman (Part 2 “Crawling”)

#294 (x6) Nov-87 9.2 (Part 5 “Thunder”)

#295 (x5) Dec. 1987 9.2

#296 Jan-88 9.2

#296 Jan-88 9.2

#297 Feb-88 9.2

#297 Feb-88 9.2

#298 (x3) (Todd McFarlane cover art begins) Mar-88 9.2

#298 Mar-88 9.2 (SIGNED by Todd McFarlane) [McFarlane c/art begins]

#299 (x2) Apr-88 9.2 (1st Venom with costume)

#302 Jul-88 9.2

#303 (x2) Aug-88 9.2

#304 Early Sept. 1988 9.2

#305 Sept. 1988 9.2

#306 Early Oct. 1988 9.2

#307 Late Oct. 1988 9.2

#308 Early Nov. 1988 9.2

#309 Late Nov. 1988 9.2

#310 Dec. 1988 9.2 (Cover SIGNED by Todd McFarlane)

#311 Jan-89 9.2

#311 Jan-89 6.5

#312 Feb. 1989 9.2 (Green Goblin vs. Hobgoblin)

#313 (x2) Mar-89 9.2

#314 Apr-89 9.2 (Inside SIGNED by Todd McFarlane)

#314 Apr-89 9.2

#315 May-89 9.2 (Venom app.)

#316 (x2) Jun-89 9.2 (Venom app.)

#317 (Venom app.) Jul-89 9.2 (SIGNED inside by Todd McFarlane)

#318 (x2) August 1989 9.2

#319 (x2) Early Sept. 1989 9.2

#320 Late Sept. 1989 9

#322 Late Oct. 1989 9.2

#323 Early Nov. 1989 9.2

#324 (x6) (Sabretooth) Mid Nov. 1989 9.2 [McFarlane cover only] Last McFarlane issue

#325 Late Nov. 1989 9.2

#326 Dec. 1989 9.2

#326 Dec. 1989 9.2

#326 Dec-89 9

#327 Jan-90 9.2

#327 Mid-December 1989 9

#328 (Hulk crossover) Last McFarlane issue Jan-90 9.2 (SIGNED inside by Todd McFarlane)

#328 (x12) Jan-90 9.2

#329 Feb-90 9.2

#329 Feb-90 7.5

#330 (x7) Mar-90 9.2 (Punisher app.)

#331 (x5) Apr-90 9.2 (Punisher app.)

#331 Apr-90 9 (Punisher app.)

#331 Apr-90 8 (Punisher app.)

#332 May-90 9.2 (SIGNED by Erik Larsen)

#333 Jun-90 9.2 (Venom)

#333 Jun-90 9.2

#334 (x2) Early July 1990 9.2

#335 Late July 1990 9

#336 Early August 9.2 1990

#337 (x2) Late August 9.2 1990

#339 Late Sept. 1990 9.2

#339 Late September 1990 8.5

#340 (x2) October 9.2 1990

#349 Jul-91 9.2

#349 Jul-91 9

#350 Aug-91 9.2 (Giant size)

#352 Oct-91 9.2

#353 Early November 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 1/6 1991

#354 Late November 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 2/6 1991

#355 Early December 1991 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 3/6

#356 Late December 1991 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 4/6

#357 Early January 1992 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 5/6

#358 Late January 1992 9.2 (Punisher, Night Thrasher, Nova & Moon Knight) 6/6

#359 Feb-92 9.2

#364 Jul-92 9.2

#365 (x3) [Hologram cover] Aug-92 9.2 (30th Anniversary ASM)

#367 Oct-92 9.2

#372 (Invasion of the Spider-slayers) 5/6 Early January 1993 9.2

#373 Late January 1993 9.2 (Invasion of the Spider-slayers) 6/6

#374 (Venom) Feb-93 9.2

#375 (x2) (30th anniversary of AMS #1) [holografx foil] Mar-93 9.2

#400 (Embossed double cover) April 1994 Grey version 9.2

 

ANNUALS & SPECIAL ISSUES

#7 (King-size special) December 1970 6.5 $19

#21 (x14) (Special wedding issue/ tuxedo) 1987 9.2 $20

#21 (x14) (Special wedding issue/ Spiderman costume) 1987 9.2 $20

#24 Annual 1990 9.2 $4

#27 Annual 1993 9.2 $4

 

Canadian police chiefs special drug issues

#1 Skating on Thin Ice 9.2 $9

#2 Double Trouble x45 9.2 $6

#3 Hit & Run 9.2 $9

#4 Chaos in Calgary 9.2 $14

#5 Deadball 9.2 $18

 

I'll stop here for now.

[fifties]

Hi Eddly,

 

I just hit 71, so I can identify somewhat with your dad. I have an easy thousand or more pre-code books (pre-1955) myself, which I enjoy both reading, and browsing the covers. None are slabbed, most are in the G-VG range, some are worth 2 grand.

My 40 year old son wouldn't have a clue as to which was a $30 book and which was worth in the thousands.

 

That sounds like a very cool collection fifties. The pre-code books are all originally owned? My dad had to reacquire a lot of the books he read as kid. He was big into TinTin and Gene Autry as a kid. My dad completed the Gene Autry series a couple years ago, pretty cool to get books you read as a kid but of course they don't have significant dollar value.

Most of the pre code books were reacquired reading from when I was a young 'un, just like your dad.

Glad that you recognize some of those series he has as not being particularly pricey.

My dad's health issue was life threatening, at first it was diagnosed as a heart attack but was later eventually determined to be a blood clot/pulmonary embolism. He had just started his semi-retirement at the beginning of 2015 so it really came as a shock in terms of the realization that he might not be able to enjoy his retirement as he had planned. He is big into traveling and certainly has plans to do much more. He spent a month in Europe this past summer and is leaving in a month to go to New Zealand for two months (where he grew up).

This doesn't sound like a guy who's ready to throw in the towel yet. Would be good to keep him involved in the liquidation, if that's what his mind is set on.

Are you able to set prices and accept funds in US currency, perhaps by bank or postal money order? If so, that would defeat the exchange rate loss. You could also inquire with PayPal to see if they would let you specify and accept US funds instead of Canadian.

[kav]

Pretty sure a lotta mouths are waterin right about now

[eddly]

Most of the pre code books were reacquired reading from when I was a young 'un, just like your dad.

Glad that you recognize some of those series he has as not being particularly pricey.

 

This doesn't sound like a guy who's ready to throw in the towel yet. Would be good to keep him involved in the liquidation, if that's what his mind is set on.

Are you able to set prices and accept funds in US currency, perhaps by bank or postal money order? If so, that would defeat the exchange rate loss. You could also inquire with PayPal to see if they would let you specify and accept US funds instead of Canadian.

 

Yes that is why I'm trying to slow him down a bit, I think he'd get more enjoyment out of slowly selling them too, rather than all at once for pennies on the dollar. He can enjoy them all over again, remember the stories of acquiring them etc.

 

His original plan was to slowly sell them for his retirement hobby, but the health scare made him reconsider. I am his only son that still has some interest in comics so he is leaning on me for advice. Two of my other brothers still have their collections but they have them buried in storage and have no knowledge of the "slab era".

 

Yes, through Ebay/Paypal we could receive US funds and benefit from the exchange. He isn't sitting on a lump of cash to grade them though, so maybe I can help fund that for him.

[fifties]

He isn't sitting on a lump of cash to grade them though, so maybe I can help fund that for him.

From your previous post referring to his experience in selling on eBay, it sounds like he pretty well knows what he's doing in grading them himself.

 

Given that, his immediate priority might simply be assigning grades, so that whenever they're offered for sale they will already have a grade assigned by someone with a degree of expertise.

 

AFA a third party like CGC being employed, the book would have to be determined as having a value above a certain point before spending money and time on their service.

 

I bought several CGC lower grade pre-code slabs some time ago on a Comic Link auction, each between $30-40, as an example of when it's not worth it.

[jaybuck43]

Depending on how he stored the books, 27 long boxes could be about 8100 books. Hell get the most money out of cherry picking the key and individual sellers and selling those and then selling the rest out as lots or even one big sale to a dealer. That is gonna be a lot of work for you. (Assuming that say 1/4 of the books are worthy of individual sale, that's about 2000 books that need to be regraded, scanned, bagged and boarded and then sold and packed and shipped.) Do you want to get involved in that? Are you OK with the fact that it sounds like you're going to do all the work and then split the money with your siblings? It does sound like he has some great books and I think you may be undervaluing the collection a bit. Best of luck with everything and I hope your dad has many more healthy and happy years ahead of him enjoying comics.

[FineCollector]

Depending on how he stored the books, 27 long boxes could be about 8100 books. Hell get the most money out of cherry picking the key and individual sellers and selling those and then selling the rest out as lots or even one big sale to a dealer.

 

Putting a question out there... does anyone ever sell the non-keys right away in bulk lots along side the keys, instead of after them? The options always seem to be, price everything as a single and flush after X amount of time, or sell the keys, and bury the rest for later. I know a dealer buying a collection wants to recover as much of his costs as soon as he can, but picked lots just make people turn up their noses, and say all the "good stuff" is gone.

 

Does anyone or has anyone sold Amazing Spideys as 101, 102, 103-110, 111-118, 119-120, 121, 122, 123-133...?

[jsilverjanet]

it depends on the run.

 

some runs sell better with the keys than without

 

spider-man for example sells well no matter what

 

 

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Pretty sure a lotta mouths are waterin right about now

 

I know mine is at the ASM collection.