I have a hard time understandng you. Id rather die than part
with my collection accumulated over a lifetime, but Ill just
assume that you are in desperate need for financial aid and try to
help you out. Ill also help me out by cutting down on the same
repetitive emails I get every month, by answering all of your
questions here.
The first thing you need to do is price your comics to determine
the value. If you have a lot of comics published prior to 1979 or
so, I suggest you invest in an Overstreet Price Guide. You can
order one of those online at their website at their website:
You should also be able to purchase one at your local comic
shop. Too cheap to go out and spend some money on a price
guide, or have comics from the 80s and 90s you want to sell?
Thats fine, there *are* some price guides online. I dont
guarantee they are complete or anything, but these are the ones
that I have discovered on my merry way through the net. Youll
have to investigate these for yourself, because Im not selling my
comics. I can tell you that the links work, you can go over and
see if your comics are listed. These guides are:
(this site also had pricing for action figures, beanie babies, Magic Cards and Pokemon)
Alright, so you arent happy with what you have found in terms
of pricing, and I just *know* some of you will not be happy
with the prices listed. You can trot right over to
and run a search on a book you want to
sell, and track the auction in real time, and see what it really is
selling for. Sometimes that early 90s speculator mentality takes
some work to get rid of.
Theoretically, you should now know what your comics are
worth. Where are you going to sell them? Online you have
several choices. You can get yourself an account with
if you have a credit card, and put your
comics up for auction. The various ways to do it are on the site.
also has an auction site, but I dont
know all the account rules...you can check that one out yourself.
OK, so you dont have a credit card, or you dont like taking
your chances at auction. There are two places online where you
can post your "To Sell" list. The first is the
rec.arts.comics.marketplace newsgroup. Dont go posting on
the other rec.arts.comics groups, those folk tend to get testy
when your violate netiquette, and you dont want to alienate
your potential customers. If you dont have access to usenet
through your internet service provider, or dont know how to
access it from your computer, you can go through
.
Deja offers free accounts and you can access
rec.comics.arts.marketplace from there. The second site
is
They have a classified section where you can post your lists of comics to sell.
Not comfortable with selling your comics over the internet? You
do have real life options. I dont suggest you take your collection
over to the local comics shop. The comic shop owner cannot
afford to pay you what your comics are worth. He or she has to
make a profit to stay in business, and that means buying low and
selling higher. Probably the easiest way to sell your comics is to
rent a table at the flea market. They can range from $5-$30 a
table, depending on the market, and where you live. Another
option is to rent a table at your local comics convention, but not
all locales have them, and the table price is usually higher. Of
course, it does put you in direct contact with your market, so
you have to weigh the money you outlay against your potential
profits. There are also a lot of public bulletin boards around.
Check your grocery store, or your local college campus. You
can post a flyer with your phone number on it.
Im sure there are other ways to sell your comics, but these are
the ways I can think of. I hope I have been helpful, and good
luck to you. And no, I dont want to buy your comics, I have 30
some odd long boxes of my own: )