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rixmaxx wrote:

Value bumps should be comparable.

Thanks! Any ideas on what those value bumps typically would be?

Hello Ruk. I started liquidating my collection in December and haven't updated my collection since (except removing a few I sold when I remembered to), so what I show is totally inaccurate. You can remove me from the list if you want. Interestingly, even though I did remove some of my most valuable comics after I sold them, my collection is still $18,000 more than the last time I turned in my numbers. Although it was a tough decision, it really is a great time to sell (If you want to buy a couple of cars and put a lot of cash in the bank). I still have a long way to go before I'm finished, too. Anyway, I'll miss posting to this group.

I did do a search. The only thing that came up was “Sabertooth Swordsman”.

Thank you.

I've asked this question a few times since I've been a member. The
"print box list" function just shows all data which I can't even import
into Excel. Does anyone have a macro or easier way to export?

I also wished I could find autographed books, sort by writer/artist.

I've mentioned it to you guys before, and I'll repeat it here. If you're not willing to allow exports, then you should consider building site tools to allow generation of the sort of reports many collectors want and need.

Imagine being able to do this sort of thing with our collections...

"show all Neal Adams penciled books from all publishers which I've graded 9.0 or higher"
"show top 500 valued marvel comics from the silver age"
"show all my Golden age books 6.0 or higher, with a graded value in excess of $2000 USD"
"show where the hell I put all my copies of Amazing Spider-man #300"
"show all my books penciled by Jack Kirby, where they are, what their value is."
"show all my signed and graded books"

This is the sort of stuff collectors who are very active in selling books, grading books, etc. NEED to be able to do, which we cannot do with your website. Things we can easily do, once we can get that information into a spreadsheet.

Your site is absolutely great for quickly identifying, assigning a grade, and cataloging unique details about a book and where it's being stored. I've spent SO MUCH money and so much lost time trying many of your competitors. Your site has been the best for me. It's especially great for identifying different printings and variants of modern comics. In fact, it was the simplicity of identifying that sort of stuff that led me to pull the trigger and invest the hundreds of hours cataloging and entering my 30,000+ collection into the site.

Bottom line, at least from my perspective, you guys are so close to be being the perfect collector solution, borrowing parts of each of the above. I'd easily pay 3 times what I'm paying now for a membership if such features existed.

edited by ronbatman on 7/7/2022

I know this is a tangent from the original topic but we had the same struggle with polybags leaving lines on the back of the book where the plastic overlaps. I tried traditional pressing, over and over again and they remained. We tried with aluminum plates and were able to remove the lines. It is possible to get the lines out. FYI
Ron

I hit the jackpot in 1988 when I was 12. The owner of the comic shop in the small town where I grew up passed away unexpectedly and his mother held, what amounts to, a fire sale on his collection. I purchased The Incredible Hulk #181 for $45 (my dad actually chewed me out for spending the money I'd earned cleaning and stocking his pharmacy on a comic book). I just got the book back from CBCS and it was graded a 5.5. A copy at this grade sold on ebay for $5000 this year. My question is, should I insure it against possible loss,theft or damage? Is such coverage cost prohibit6?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

That is very helpful, I was not sure about the pressing. I was just going through the submission form, seems like screening will let them determine best pressing options. Yikes... sticker shock! I had not paid attention to the Express or Walk-Through part. It's pretty pricey to put them through the process, Wowza.

What up comic addicts . with What Not becoming a major player in selling comics . will there be a way to record the completed prices on books? is this even possible? will CPG address this ?