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Dandaroo Posts: 1
8/29/2018
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I found 50 comics still in the unopened mailing envelopes. They are dated 1994 Superman and batman. I also have 100 unopened 1994/5 Marvel comics sealed in the mailing bags. I am wondering if I should send these out for grading or ? Any advise out there?
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Konungrcomics Posts: 62
8/30/2018
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That's an awesome find, but before sending anything out be sure to see what you have and whats worth getting graded so you get more bang for your buck. Hope this helps a little, have a good one.
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kds_comics Posts: 686
8/30/2018
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Dandaroo wrote:
I found 50 comics still in the unopened mailing envelopes. They are dated 1994 Superman and batman. I also have 100 unopened 1994/5 Marvel comics sealed in the mailing bags. I am wondering if I should send these out for grading or ? Any advise out there?
I would advise caution in sending comics for grading. On regular monthly comics from this era - publisher made too many issues. A regular print run today is 30,000 to 40,000. In 1994 publisher were priming 100,000 - 150,000 on a regular basis. Most are worth very little - I would be careful in picking which ones to grade with so many issues available from this era.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
8/30/2018
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That's a great find especially if you have something good. Grading costs around $30 so my rule is to never grade anything below $50.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
8/30/2018
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kds_comics wrote:
Dandaroo wrote:
I found 50 comics still in the unopened mailing envelopes. They are dated 1994 Superman and batman. I also have 100 unopened 1994/5 Marvel comics sealed in the mailing bags. I am wondering if I should send these out for grading or ? Any advise out there?
I would advise caution in sending comics for grading. On regular monthly comics from this era - publisher made too many issues. A regular print run today is 30,000 to 40,000. In 1994 publisher were priming 100,000 - 150,000 on a regular basis. Most are worth very little - I would be careful in picking which ones to grade with so many issues available from this era.
KDS
Publishers don't "make too many issues". They print to order plus a an over-run of a few percent to account for reorders, damages, etc. It is also a common misconception that all titles in the 90's were printed in the 100's of thousands. Only a small number were. In the case of Batman I would guess that it would be in the range you suggest but you also have to consider that by this time "the crash" was occurring so it is a bit hard to say.
I do agree that on the grading front though one must pick and choose .... but that goes for pretty much every era. Keep in mind that most of what has been and will be published are very slow in appreciating. It will be another 5-15 years before you see early to mid 90's Marvels and DCs begin to appreciate. The 80's books are only just starting to edge up now even though print runs back then were also much higher than now (with the exception of a few titles). In the 90's the cheap bins were LOADED with all sorts of 80's (and 70's for that matter since at that time most were consider drek).
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