Iron Man #55 Thanos 0

[AngelaGadley]

Hello.  I've had a slew of comic books in storage for 20 years.  All are sealed and never been read.  Unfortunately about 1,000 of them were stolen but I saved about 40.  I've decided to sell the few I have and was curious how important having them certified and rated is in getting their value.  I have looked them over and they all appear to be Mint condition but I'm no expert.  One in particular is a Iron Man #55 Thanos.  I wondered if I should have them submitted and how that works.  Would it make a difference in selling price and to a collector?  Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[theCapraAegagrus]

CGC-ed keys are $$$$$. Buyers risk undisclosed restoration, or other flaws, with raw purchases.

Encapsulated non-keys issues can be anchors.

Hopefully this isn't another drive-by post...

[marvelmaniac]

On 12/1/2018 at 1:08 PM, AngelaGadley said:

Hello.  I've had a slew of comic books in storage for 20 years.  All are sealed and never been read.  I have looked them over and they all appear to be Mint condition but I'm no expert.  One in particular is a Iron Man #55 Thanos. 

Pics???

[Valdez]

My friend has a batman #2 summer issue 1940 for 3000 raw all pages are there and the original staples are still in tac a few comic book stores said they would grade it at almost a 5 and said it was worth around 4300$ if anybody is interested 

[revat]

whether its worth it or not has many factors, that are matter differently to everyone. 

For example, you might be able to sell a comic now for $100 raw.  But if you graded it and waited three months, you might pay another $40-60 but sell it for $200+ after grading.  Of course you need to factor in all the shipping/insurance, taxes, and other fees (paypal, customs for international transactions). 

My basic suggestions:

1.  There's a 'Please Grade my Comic' Subforum here on these boards - Take some good pictures, put them up, and test your grading against the grading of others.  You can go online and look for grading guides to teach to grade. 

2.  For the selling price of RAW comics, you can go on ebay and look up 'sold' prices of comics you have.

3.  For the selling price of GRADED comics, you can go on gpa analysis (google it), a paid service.  It has sales history of graded comics.

4.  Go on the CGC website, to help you with your grading cost math.

5.  Read about and consider 'comic pressing', which might be another factor in your math.

6.  If this seems like too much trouble, and you really just have 40 comics, just make a list of those comics and their estimated grades, post the list here and listen to the advice given by others.  You might have 1 or 40 comics of value, and might have 1 or 40 comics worth grading. 

7.  If you don't want to do the research and math (it looks daunting), just take some pictures and put them up for auction on ebay.  Nothing wrong with that.  Your time has value too.  If it took you 40-50 hrs of personal time and another $500 to maximize your profit, would that actually be worth it?  Of course the answer is different for everyone.

 

Other:  Comics generally do not come 'sealed' when initially purchased.  So the fact that you may have comics that are 40 years old that have been 'sealed' and in boxes for the last 20 years might not mean as much as you think.