Needing help with a offer 0

[NewBishop]

Hello all,

I have someone wanting to sell me a small piece of their comic collection. I'm trying to be fair and hope to have the opportunity to buy more of the collection in the future. What would be a fair offer for the following comics?  I would like to make an offer with all comics and all comics except Teen Titans and Silver Surfer.  I plan on maybe keeping a comic or two but flipping the rest.  Any help would be appreciated?

1.X-men Twilight of the mutants 12c ind. 52 Jan 1969

2. Marvel tales starring SpiderMan another marvel first Spidey & the Green Goblin 65c 178 aug 1985

3. Marvel tales starring Spider-Man Escape Impossible 20c 48 Dec 1973

4. Sgt Furt and his Howling Commandos 12c 27 Feb 1965

5. Marvel comics group Beginning the most savage quest of all. Black panther 30c 5 Sept 1977

6. Adventure comics starring AquaMan 35c 452 Aug 1977

7.Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man 20c 45 Sept 1973

8. Teen titans 12c Feb 1966 #1

9. Captain America & The Falcon 25c 191 Nov 1975

10. Strange Tales Find Fury or Die 15c 136 Sept 1965

11. Fantastic Four 20c 137 Aug 1973

12. The Avengers Four Against The Flood Tide 12c 27 Apr 1966

13. The Avengers Guest starring Daredevil 15c 82 Nov 1970

14. The Life of Pope John Paul ll $1.50 1

15. Marvel team up Spider-Man & The Black Panther 20c 20 Apr 1974

16. Marvel team up Spider-Man & the Savage Sub-Mariner 20c 14 Oct 1973

17. Marvel team up Spider-Man & Captain America 20c 13 Sept 1973

18. Marvel team up Spider-Man & The invincible Iron Man 20c 9 may 1973

19. The Tomb of Dracula 20c 13 Oct 1973

20. The Silver Surfer 25c 3 Dec 1968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SOTIcollector]

The advice I always give to people who are contemplating buying comics for resale is to buy only things that you know well.

If you do not know the comics very well, then you don’t know the market for them and could easily lose a lot when buying things that are unfamiliar.  

Based on the way your question is worded, and the way you listed the comics (for example, including a cover price, “ind”, and date rather than indicating which series they come from), it is clear that you are not terribly familiar with them.  I don’t mean that as a put down in any sort of way at all. Everybody has different levels of knowledge about comics, ranging from zero to expert.  You are wise to ask for advice.  My advice is to make an offer you feel is reasonable for only the ones you personally want to collect, and wait until you have more knowledge and experience before you risk your hard earned dollars on flipping.

[theCapraAegagrus]

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[jas1vans]

I was negotiating a price on a collection recently. I am not an expert on values or grading, but I'm learning. I focused on finding comparable values for the books I was interested in or on books that I knew had some value. The seller told me that he was set on his price and had turned down offers that were not much lower than his ask. I saw that we differed on values for a number of the books. Instead of making an offer under the price that he said he'd already declined I thanked him for sharing his collection and for his time. Maybe the collection was worth 9-10X what he was asking (his estimate, not mine), maybe it wasn't (it likely wasn't).

Do some homework. Get a comfort zone. Stay in that comfort zone until you're ready to step out of it. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[shadroch]

What a strange assortment of books. As you don't mention the condition, Im going to assume you know very little about comics.

The Silver Surfer book you listed might be a $150 book or it might be a $3,000 book. 

Why is someone trying to sell you any comics, let alone these? 

[William-James88]

Impossible to help with offer on all  books since knowing the condition of teen titans and silver surfer is crucial.

For an offer of everything except those, anywhere between 25 - 50$

 

Edited March 6, 2021 by William-James88

[Galen130]

Odd assortment of books...only a few that I would be interested in if I were in your shoes.  Also, keep in mind that if you flip them, raw or graded, you need to know what you have.  Some of these won’t be worth a lot...depending on their condition.  I’d start with an Overstreet Comic Guide for estimated values, then make an offer for about half the total...give or take.

Also, welcome to the boards!!!

[serling1978]

I don't see most of those as flippable books (except for the 3 others have already mentioned) . Generally for low dollar books it's not worth the effort to flip when you're going to be close to breaking even or make a small profit.  

Does the seller know you plan to flip them? Just curious. I don't see most sellers agreeing on a low enough price for you to make profit when they could just sell for full value themselves.