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Hello everyone!
My wife and I own a consignment store in VT and we sell most of our clients items on eBay. We have acquired a sizeable comic book collection to sell for a client. I am a 5 year member of CU and avid baseball card collector. With that being said, we do not have experience with comic book grading and value breakdown. At what point of book value do comics make economic sense to get graded?
If anyone would like to examine this collection we have a complete Excel file. I have still yet to find prices for about %10 of the collection. There are a few comics over $1000 in BV and a large amount in the $100-$500 value range. Most comics are from the 70’s but he has a few from the 60’s as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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A True Collector
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Sending lower- or mid-grade comics to CGC or PGX for grading usually doesn't make economic sense. High grade and really high grade can be a different story. Key issues (X-Men #1, Giant Size X-Men #1, Showcase #4, etc.) can also be exceptions, with CGC submission of lower-grade comics boosting value.
Be sure to grade strictly with no stars in your eyes. CGC probably will and you could wind up disappointed. And submitting comics to CGC ain't cheap.
O, one more thing: don't base estimated values on a single source. If you take a look at several guides (Overstreet and cpg.com for example), you'll see some discrepancies, to say the least. Recent ebay sales and official GPA seem like the most accurate representation of an issue's value to me.
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what do I got? see for yourself: http://www.comicspriceguide.com/world/default.asp?m=Dgintis
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| Speedy-D, Thank you for the help.. If i understand your response, there is a pretty high bar for what is worth grading. The three best comics (so far) in this collection are #17 & #129 spiderman and Hulk #181. They are in the 7.0 range according to the valuation chart on CPG. Would you think those are worth it even if I'm off by a few grades? THANKS
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| Unfortunately none of those comics approaches the $1000.00 BV you mentioned in your original post. The closest being the Hulk 181 if a true 7.0 will be somewhere about $500.00 Overall if you have mid-grade comics from the era mentioned, sell them as a lot on EBay and you will probably pull in about $3000 with those books included.
Where does he get those wonderful toys!
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| could you post a list of issues. that would help out.
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| Is 7.0 considered mid-grade for 70's era? This collection is not mint although he put them in plastic while buying throughout the decade. There arevery few that look handled in any way. I will start scanning some of the bettor ones this week & will post a bucket link. Most are Marvel, there are about 1900 in all with about 50 doubles. Here is a sample; PART 1 Dr Strange #'s 1-15 Man Thing #'s 1-22 Ka-Zar #'s 1-20 Black Panther 1-4 Captian America #'s 109-211 (some missing in run) Conan The Barbarian #'s 1,9,12-62 (complete run) Captian America & The Falcon #'s 139-147 & 158-166 Tales of Asgard # 1 Sub-Mariner #'s 17,22,26,30-72 (complete run) DareDevil #'s 20,41,55-133 (complete run) Avengers #'s 66,67,76-140 (nearly complete run except #'s 78 & 82) Spiderman #'s 95-178 (nearly complete run, maybe 4 missing) Fantastic 4 #'s 115-171 (nearly complete run, maybe 3 missing) Thor #'s 180-247 (complete run) Iron Man #'s 28-86 (complete run) Hulk #'s 109,131-199 (complete run) more to come............................ Part 2 Avengers #'s 148-190 (complete run) Fantastic Four #'s 110-195 (about 50% of run) H | | | |