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Frank200607 Posts: 1
2/7/2017
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I have over 300+ comic books that I acquired from a buddy of my a year ago. I planned on selling at a comic store or auctioning them off on ebay. Most are 1994 to 1997 mixed tiles like Witchblade and Ironman with a lot of ones to mention. They are in great condition. I moved from Virginia to Texas last year and now I am in the process of moving again to possibly a position that I am on the road a lot or staying in small apartments. I have taken parts of the collections to local stores and they refuse to buy them. I am thinking of consignment or trashing them. Any ideas or suggestions.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
2/7/2017
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You could donate them to some charity/hospital. I have heard of people doing that. Apparently you can get tax relief from doing such a thing. Other here might be able to clarify or verify that. I don't know if searching will turn anything up since the forum has been deader than JFK since it's restart.
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adampasz Posts: 9
2/7/2017
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Scan the collection for Keys. If you're not sure, take some pictures (or even a video) of the lots and people on forums can advise you about what to look for. Donate or sell the rest in bulk.
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colbalt91 Posts: 298
2/10/2017
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Your friend started collecting comics at just the wrong time. By coincidence I just picked up an old issue of The Comics Books Journal # 183 dated January 1996 and it has two articles describing the meltdown of the comics industry. The article on Marvel talks about how they were doing great 1994 and then had an absolute disaster in 1995. The other article discusses all of Diamond Distributors cutbacks due to the collapse of the comic book industry.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
2/12/2017
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colbalt91 wrote:
Your friend started collecting comics at just the wrong time. By coincidence I just picked up an old issue of The Comics Books Journal # 183 dated January 1996 and it has two articles describing the meltdown of the comics industry. The article on Marvel talks about how they were doing great 1994 and then had an absolute disaster in 1995. The other article discusses all of Diamond Distributors cutbacks due to the collapse of the comic book industry.
If they had listened to dealers in 1993 and 1994 instead of the bean counters the collapse never would have happened. That like so many other things get ignored. Because no one actually discusses the real reasons for the early to mid 90's market adjustment they could well repeat it in the future
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quinnspuddinjoker Posts: 673
2/12/2017
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Said like a ex dealer in the 90's.😳
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Robbie Posts: 159
2/13/2017
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'94-'97 doesn't have many issues that sell above cover price.
Comic shops mostly avoid them because the value of the comics is less than the labor cost to process them.
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