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Last Login: 5/20/2008 7:42:00 AM
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Hello all -
I have kept comics for a lot of years, 20+. I'm at a point in my life where I need to downsize my collection. I have some decent books that I'd like to sell off, and I am wondering about having them 'slabbed' as a means for commanding higher prices. I know that high-grade slabbed books (>9.4) generally sell for multiples of mint value. I have not ever submitted a book to CGC for grading. Can anyone offer some advice? Should I submit a whole bunch of books, or just stick with the best books/highest grades? any idea of cost? return on investment? really, I'd love to hear from anyone who's gone through the process, pro or con.
thanks in advance,
Dan
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The good news is, I hope you enjoyed reading your books. The bad news is, the time frame is prime for cannon fodder. Most of the books published between 82 and 2000 are not worth more than cover and definitely not worth slabbing unless in Ultra-High grade and then only if you are planning on selling them and getting lucky enough to find someone willing to buy them.
Books below 9.8 do not sell for multiples of mint, 9.6's are usually 1/3 to 1/2 the value of 9.8's. 9.4's usually sell for a little less than guide, which if you are looking at Overstreet is 9.2 value.
Books like Amazing Spiderman 300, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a couple of others are exceptions to the rule. Most books people could have bought and collected in those years are now found in every comic store under the dollar bin heading or worse.
Now if you collected earlier books from the bronze, silver and golden ages during your collecting days, then you might have some chance of making money, posting a list of books with conditions will get you a lot of help fast, also being prepared to post scans for grading purposes helps too.
Where does he get those wonderful toys!
I have yet begun to surrender.
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