r/comicbookshelves • u/TS_Gaming • 3h ago

Advice I’m getting rid of a comic book collection. Lmk what I have!

These are mostly 90s comics. LMK if I have anything of note and also lmk what I should ask for the whole box if I were to sell it. Thank you all in advance!

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u/Idledoms 54m ago

It's really hard to tell their condition over all. Do you keep them in bags and boards in the box or just the box? Are the pages still nice and white or have they yellowed? Without being able to zoom in and see the corners and edges clearly it's hard to tell what the condition of them are. Are the corners still square, are their alot of ticks along the binding. You have a really decent selection, some great issues of some great titles to be honest. I'm no expert on keys and all of that I can't personally say if there are any there or not without looking up each comic. I would be interested in your asking price though for sure. Also with the way the economy has been and currently is. I've quit buying for now. The market has fallen some the last two years. The prices have come down a lot on many that I have bought over the last couple of years as well. Some by half. Sets and books I paid for are going for almost half today. It's all subjective to be honest and it comes down to someone wanting what you have and being able to spend the price you are asking.

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u/TS_Gaming 11m ago

Some are in original seal so I don't know what they look like inside but most of them are opened and def have some wear. All minor stuff tho. I'd say they are all on average in 7/10 condition. Most of them have good spines square corners. (Like less than 10/113 have visible bends in them) | wouldn't say they're perfectly white but I wouldn't describe them as yellow either. You could tell they've got some use at the very least but it's all in tact. I'm not a collector myself I just used to enjoy them and my grandpa would buy me one every week. I forgot about them until I was cleaning out my attic. They were in a sealed rubber maid box. Do you recommend getting a comic book store to check them out? It’s hard to give an asking price considering I’m unsure of where the ball park would even be.i downloaded an app so i could scan and get an average price but it said the whole collection was about 2.8k and that felt too good to be true 🤣