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Comicmancal Posts: 2
5/10/2020
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Hello all,
My grandad recently passed away and whilst going through his stuff we found at least 3 boxes of comics, probably around 200 of them, which he would sell at a car boot sale for about £1 each, just for something to do.
None of us have any clue where he got them from, nor do we have any idea about if any of them are genuine, fakes or reprints. I asked my local comic shop but they weren't much help, aside from telling me the obvious things like "Look on Ebay".
I am convinced some of these comics are the real deal, however other family members say that they are more than likely reprints and that my Grandad wouldn't have bought the real ones and if he had he would have sold them for the price they would fetch. But I'm not sure he would have as I don't think he would have known what he was looking for specifically.
If someone could point me in the correct direction of even just finding out if the comics he has a real or not then it would be most appreciated.
Thank you to anyone who helps
- Cal
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Biddle7819 Posts: 174
5/10/2020
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Hi Cal
Do you have any pictures you can share so we can take a look to see what they are?
Cheers
Joe
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Defiant1 Posts: 720
5/10/2020
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Was his name Byron Whitworth or did he buy from Byron Whitworth?
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Comicmancal Posts: 2
5/11/2020
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Hi Joe,
He has, I would guess, close to 300, so I tried to get a variety, these give a general idea for the condition of the majority of comics and also how they look in terms of colour and symbols (logos etc) on the covers, I also took a shot of the first page with all the publishing information for the action comics.
Defiant1, no, that was not his name and I cannot say for sure where he purchased them, I would assume mainly online.
Thanks Guys
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WdUiyFI7Ylm7QdxrPKu5K6xpbjX2gXBu/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wg6FyrFxhpch0Ie6RdjermSZIE7-1OVZ/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WctBl8F7fB72nvTsGwa-lviEbJEboqs8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WmMDLgBzoed4V_bXO_hr-tjvbNXDkDbW/view?usp=drivesdk
Hopefully this links should now work?
edited by ComicManCal on 5/11/2020
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2530
5/11/2020
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The permission on the links is restricted. If you want us to see them allow access to those links.
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Defiant1 Posts: 720
5/11/2020
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There's nothing that strikes me as having significant value. I'd say they are genuine, just not necessarily in high demand. Things like that used to be easily bought in bulk for cheap. There may be some interest in a title like Action Comics, but most collectors are going to focus on specific issues that have more value. He might have found someone to pay £2 to £5 if he was patient, but then he'd sell a lot less. If he bought them when they came out or if he bought a box full very cheap years later, it could be a fun way to make money. They really don't even seem old to me. The Rawhide Kid story is probably a reprinted story, but it's still part of the regular numbering for that title. I'd have frowned upon it when it came out, but looking at it now it seems kinda interesting. Not interesting enough for me to buy it, but it's still interesting.
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rgtichy Posts: 124
5/12/2020
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There's certainly no reason to think any of them are truly "Fake"?
A lot of the Archie kind of books are filled with reprinted stories, though. (I'm not speaking to the issues you posted, but merely saying that the publishers frequently reprint material.) If you had a lot more stuff like those Action Comics, that'd be more reliably "sale-able" because long standing titles and characters are much more collectible than newer or less well-known titles, in the grand scheme.
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