Tony_H Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Hi everyone! I haven’t been active on the boards in a while, and I’m back to ask for guidance. My family will be moving later this year and I want to sell the vast majority of my collection of several thousand comics (Marvel, DC, Valiant, indie from appx 1967-2017). I’d prefer to sell in one lot or a few lots because I will not have the time to sell and ship online piecemeal. Does anyone have any advice about unloading the books in the NYC metro area? I’m in Brooklyn. Please post below or send me a PM if you have any recommendations or if you know anyone who might be interested in arranging an appraisal. I’m open to ideas…for the very near future. Thanks for reading, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLeagueCHEW Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 5:40 AM, Tony_H said: Hi everyone! I haven’t been active on the boards in a while, and I’m back to ask for guidance. My family will be moving later this year and I want to sell the vast majority of my collection of several thousand comics (Marvel, DC, Valiant, indie from appx 1967-2017). I’d prefer to sell in one lot or a few lots because I will not have the time to sell and ship online piecemeal. Does anyone have any advice about unloading the books in the NYC metro area? I’m in Brooklyn. Please post below or send me a PM if you have any recommendations or if you know anyone who might be interested in arranging an appraisal. I’m open to ideas…for the very near future. Thanks for reading, Tony Try comicconnect.com they are NY based Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_H Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 9:14 AM, BigLeagueCHEW said: Try comicconnect.com they are NY based Thank you, BigLeague! I'll reach out to them this morning. BigLeagueCHEW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 7:40 AM, Tony_H said: Hi everyone! I haven’t been active on the boards in a while, and I’m back to ask for guidance. My family will be moving later this year and I want to sell the vast majority of my collection of several thousand comics (Marvel, DC, Valiant, indie from appx 1967-2017). I’d prefer to sell in one lot or a few lots because I will not have the time to sell and ship online piecemeal. Does anyone have any advice about unloading the books in the NYC metro area? I’m in Brooklyn. Please post below or send me a PM if you have any recommendations or if you know anyone who might be interested in arranging an appraisal. I’m open to ideas…for the very near future. Thanks for reading, Tony Sent PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_H Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 11:02 AM, KirbyTown said: Sent PM! Thanks a lot, KirbyTown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Royal Collectables and Metro Comic Connect Perhaps ship the common stuff to mycomicshop and Royal and drop off the higher value stuff to Metro / Comic Connect. @shadroch Thoughts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I've never heard of Royal and can't endorse comicconnect. Without seeing the collection, I can't pass an accurate assessment but 95% of stuff from around 1988 to around 2000 is pretty worthless , as is most modern stuff. With few exceptions, the money is in the 12 to 25 cent cover books. Is the collection bagged and boarded? Is it is reasonable order? If not, you aren't making it very attractive to a buyer. If a seller has to put dozens of hours in to get your books ready to sell, don't you think he will build that in to thr purchase price? Best of luck with the sale. Comicshows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocomonkey Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Royal is my LCS, I'd recommend them (for whatever my opinion's worth). Good store and good people. They're located in Queens (Forest Hills, though I think they recently opened another location in Astoria). Buzzetta and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 10:21 AM, Cocomonkey said: Royal is my LCS, I'd recommend them (for whatever my opinion's worth). Good store and good people. They're located in Queens (Forest Hills, though I think they recently opened another location in Astoria). I think the Astoria location (if it's the store I'm thinking of) is just games. If it's not the store I'm thinking of, then Astoria might be building a bit of a geek quarter, as there is a gaming store right near near, and that's also just a few blocks from the Midtown Comics outlet store. BTW, the Midtown outlet typically evaluates and buys collections as well, if you're just looking to dump what's left, but you're probably not going to get much for them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
