https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - General Comic Discussion - Cataloging Endeavor - Best Solutions - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:50:15 GMT Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:50:15 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423 ComicBase will actually help a newbie like yourself grade your books. For keeping up with the "comic world" and talking to other collectors, CPG is your best bet. For the most up to date comic values, you'll have to check out Ebay. If you have to pick only one for cataloging, I'd go with CPG and learn how to grade. ]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:50:15 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:44:03 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423
Grading is tougher because there are so many variables. Just do your best and you'll be close. In the beginning what helped me most was to get a few books professionally graded and look at the grade versus what I thought. Read the grader notes and learn.
I hope that helps,
Ron]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:21:30 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423
Anyway, since you want pricing I don't think that CLZ will do the trick for you.

As for grading, I would suggest investing in the current Overstreet Grading Guide. It has pictures to help you along. But it also doesn't hurt to consult other sources or look at CGC and CBCS graded examples out there. Grading takes time to learn and so you will make mistakes. When grading though remember that it is just not the cover that is being graded but the interior as well. Sure the cover takes most of the grade but I have come across many a comic that looked great but the owner missed a major interior or paper quality defect that basically made the book worthless to me. What I would suggest is that you can give a cursory grade to the books at first but if you decide to sell then give the book a much more rigorous inspection. Don't burn yourself out by grading too many books in a day. Experience comes with grading more books but it is ruined by burning yourself out. Take your time. grade a few books at a time and slowly work your way through. If you are not selling them there is no rushing needed.]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:05:22 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=12423
Options and solutions for this subject are: This site, CLZ, MyComicShop, ComicRealm, Key Collector...may be forgetting a few.

Goal: 1) Take stacks that I have, most are somewhat grouped by comic title, 2) One by one, enter the issue/# and what rough grade I think it is, 3) While I am going through each one, new bag and backing, sticker on the bag with rough grade/estimated pricing, 4) Hopefully with the chosen cataloging software will give a rough market price estimate for later reference and listing, 5) At the end, have a database that has logged what I currently own for search to reference groupings of: value ranges, title and issue number if a specific person is looking for something specific, and able to search notes section if I place a special character appearance. 6) Process wise, at the end, I will have these comics in new boxes organized for a go-to as I know what it is my database, 7) upon retrieval from my boxes I can further grade in detail as I learn how to do that more, and then either sell/hold as an interested collector, or trade.

Elements are that the database would hopefully have estimated prices associated with the issue that I input to get an idea (kind of like this site does, but I do not know its true cataloging features yet), the prices that return are mostly accurate to some sort of grading system, searchability of that price for grouping and posting/selling purposes, and search to group issue, grade, title, etc.

For grading: I have seen a few different systems. Overstreet and others. Side Q: What should I use in these situations for grading. Should I use a certain one while I am doing my rough grade to catalog and then later use like Overstreet or ebay to check actual market values?

I know this is a lot of wants: But can anyone that has very large collections give me some advise of what your do. Someone that knows and has used the current solutions in the comic market with large collections?

SORRY for all the newbie questions, but some detailed answers would really help me get started on this huge endeavor. I want to become versed in this and continue with the community for long to come!

IF there is an entirely different approach to what I am trying to do, please tell me that too. The above is just the logical part of my brain working with a smooth process wise-approach (as much as that can be).

THANK YOU!]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:07:47 GMT