Mr. P. Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 As a newer member, what would be best way to get fair value of comics I'm wishing to sell and best forums? I have 10 graded comics (many first editions) and about 100 ungraded comics from the last 40 years that I think could use new homes. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 For pricing / value- you can use eBay sold prices. You can also get a monthly subscription to GPA to view recent sales across many different auction platforms. For the raw books it would be good to pick out the high value ones and then get a sense for grades and if they are worth grading. As for selling, you can try the forums here if you feel comfortable pricing them. Otherwise mycomicshop.com is a popular and easy auction house. ManAce86 and Mr. P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cman429 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 There’s no one right place to sell your comics. Every comic is going to appeal to someone so the more places you sell, the more chances the person who wants it and will pay the most will see it. Ebay, FB groups, IG consigners and the forums here (although you might have trouble here since it’s tough for people with post counts under 69 billion to sell things) are all places you would want to list things. Join a site like GoCollect or Coverprice and check CURRENT price trends and price your stuff accordingly. If you have a lot of raw, learn how to grade somewhat competency. Any raw book worth $150 or so, you might want to submit for grading just to max value. If it’s worth around $100 or less, it’s not really worth the cost. Good luck! Mr. P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/15/2024 at 11:15 AM, Cman429 said: so the more places you sell Note, though, if you choose to list books for sale here, they cannot be listed for sale at the same time somewhere else. If you do sell somewhere else, you can also list a link to that sale in a thread. Be sure to be familiar with the rules to sell here if you decide to go that route Mr. P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/14/2024 at 4:55 PM, Mr. P. said: As a newer member, what would be best way to get fair value of comics I'm wishing to sell and best forums? I have 10 graded comics (many first editions) and about 100 ungraded comics from the last 40 years that I think could use new homes. Thanks everyone! I would send them to My Comic Shop. Look them up online, contact them and they will guide you through it. Most effortles way to sell while not lessening profit too much. Mr. P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManAce86 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I have been casually selling comics for about 3 years I would use mycomicshop.com. Loved them cause it was easy to just send them the slabs and I would throw some in weekly auction some in the big prime auctions they do 4 times a year and leave some as just buy it nows. I have switched to selling full time since July and have learned a little mix is pretty good. For books Over 500 I still use mycomicshop for the most part since I am paranoid of being scammed. Recently started testing the waters with little bit of higher value stuff on ebay. Usually books under 500 I list on ebay and local use FB Market place and app called offer up surprising good amount of local sales but I think that depends on your area I am in a large city in Texas. For bulk since I started buying collections I just pull keys or complete runs to sell my self. The rest of the filler I break up in to short boxes and sell them 30 to 150 per box depending what I put in them. Have themes to the box All Marvel, All DC, x-men, FF, Spider-man, Batman etc. I only sell bulk local cause the cost of shipping plus I am open to trades for bulk or deals when people buy more boxes. I don't have enough room to store all of it so I keep my inventory tight, keep the bulk flowing out quick as possible. The best way to get fair value would be to sell smaller books on ebay first to get your seller rating up then start with the bigger books just be prepared to get close to FMV is going to take forever. Some stuff sells in 15mins some stuff takes months! Its a slow process but once the ball is rolling it starts picking up steam. Also push for local cash deals if you can that is usually best but you meet all kinds of different people it really shows you how diverse the hobby is. Mycomic shop fee is 10%, Ebay is 13% to 30% depending how much of adrate you run. Also don't forget about taxes on online sales. Local FB/Offer Up I only takes cash... for reasons... So no fees but I also give a discount for local cash deals. I don't even mess with IG since I have never really used social media so to get a following will take to long now that I got my sea legs going to start posting more on social media but would not start with that. Who is going to want to buy a book from a dude with 3 followers... Also don't do FB sale groups cause I am poor and cant eat the loss if I am scammed. Be sure to check out the ebay blocked buyer list on the forums people add to it all the time super helpfully I just add who ever is on that list. When some one ask why they are blocked I just tell them some how you get on the bad side of some one on CGC forum and move on with my business. Wish you the best of luck with what ever you decide to do. Mr. P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
