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grumpyduck

(6,614 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:43 PM Mar 2022

Selling vintage comics?

I have probably 200-300 comic books from the mid-to-late 60s that have just been sitting there since I stopped reading them some forty-odd years ago. Mostly DCs and Disney, with some other ones. All in good condition.

What would be a good place or way to sell them? I've looked up pricing and such, but I'd like to hear from folks who know more about this than I do.

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Selling vintage comics? (Original Post) grumpyduck Mar 2022 OP
I sold some of mine to a local shop. Collimator Mar 2022 #1
I would recommend selling them on either ebay or Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #2
Easiest would be the local shop as the other person indicated. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2022 #3
Mr blm is a collector. He found an app to blm Mar 2022 #4
App is CLZ Comics at $15 for a year subscription. blm Mar 2022 #5
sadly our family only had shit comics like richy rich. pansypoo53219 Mar 2022 #6

Collimator

(1,771 posts)
1. I sold some of mine to a local shop.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:09 PM
Mar 2022

You might be able to find one in your area.

My situation was pretty grim when I sold my first box and I'm sure my desperation seeped out of me and because of that, I didn't get that much money.

When I sold my second box, I did better. I remained impassive while the guy riffled through the issues. I knew that he really wanted some of them and I didn't let my neediness show. He offered me a better price for the second box.

If you have an idea of how much they are worth, that's great. If you could get a friend who is trustworthy and can remain dispassionate throughout the negotiation process, that might be a way be a way to avoid my mistake of looking too eager. Or, if you're lucky you are just a cooler character than I am.

Even though I didn't do all that great money-wise, I remind myself that my comic books, "Weren't getting any fresher." I thought that mine were in good condition, but I wasn't able to put any resources into keeping them preserved into the future, and I couldn't go back in time to put them in protective sleeves to ensure they were in specified, "excellent condition". So, I tell myself that it's good that I sold them when I did.

I wish you luck in your efforts. And I was a "DC girl" myself.

Quakerfriend

(5,564 posts)
2. I would recommend selling them on either ebay or
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:14 PM
Mar 2022

Etsy- individually or in groups.
I have purchased old comics created @ 1910 by one of my great uncles on ebay.
Good luck!

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,156 posts)
3. Easiest would be the local shop as the other person indicated.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:15 PM
Mar 2022

I would recommend going through eBay and seeing what they are selling for so you know what you should expect (store will probably give you half of what you are seeing on eBay so that they get a profit). You could also see what they are selling for on mycomicshop.com or what they are valued at on comicbookrealm.com (this tends to not get the spikes of current hot titles, but that won't be the case for most of yours since they are older unless they are an obscure first appearance that is now going to be in a movie/TV show).

If you want to do more work, you could try selling them on eBay yourself. Or there are Facebook groups where people sell things that generally get good prices and you don't need to pay eBay fees.

Let me know if you have more questions and/or want me to glance at your titles.

blm

(113,755 posts)
4. Mr blm is a collector. He found an app to
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:57 PM
Mar 2022

help him check value for insurance purposes. I can find out the name of the app for you. It definitely goes faster when you have a lot to search.

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