how much would you sell comic books for?

[nageov3t]

just taking a shot in the dark by asking ATOT for suggestions :thumbsup:

in the town where my sister is, they run a "geek" flea market once/year, where people sell off toys, old video games, etc.

my sister has a table this year (she's trying to sell off all those "collectable" action figures that seemed like a great buy when she was 25 and flush with cash) and I was thinking about tossing a box of old comic books onto it to try and get rid of them.

(I haven't bought comics regularly in years, but I was pretty into them from like 12-25 and I don't think I've gotten rid of more than a handful when I was desperate for cash in high school at the height of the comic book bubble)

I can't decide on the price, though. they're all in mint condition (read once, bagged/boarded, and then tossed in a box to never be looked at again) but none are worth more than their cover price or less. I was thinking maybe $1/book? or is even that too ambitious for an average flea market?

 

[JTsyo]

Maybe you can offer sets. People might be more willing to buy a whole story arc than just one at a time.

 

[KaOTiK]

Pics of sister?

 

[LookBehindYou]

Sell it as bundles like 15 for 10 or something. Your going to be pissed at what you get for them. I've got some that are from the 70's through the 90's (was a comic book nerd for a couple years in high school and got a bunch of old ones from a comic store I worked at for a bit) and they all just sit in a box, boarded and bagged because I know I'd be pissed at what I could actually get for them.

 

[SP33Demon]

probably .50 to 1.00. Or donate them to Salvation Army if you itemize on taxes, since they'll give you double that.

 

[seepy83]

You should probably take them to Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Vegas so they can tell you that one of them is worth $1000, and then offer you $150 for the whole lot.

Honestly...look them up on google/ebay/etc to make sure nothing you have has significant value.

 

[nageov3t]

You should probably take them to Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Vegas so they can tell you that one of them is worth $1000, and then offer you $150 for the whole lot.

Honestly...look them up on google/ebay/etc to make sure nothing you have has significant value.

yeah, that's going to be this weekend's project. I'm vaguely aware of which ones are worth money (nothing fabulous, but I think my most valuable book is in the $65-$85 range)... I'm going to pull them out and pull out any issues with covers that I like (because those I can hang up).

 

[torpid]

Depends on the comic too much to know for sure. $1 for a random one doesn't seem unreasonable, though.

 

[kranky]

Assuming you don't want to lug them there, sell next to nothing, and lug 99% of them back, and since you're going to keep all the good ones...

I would sell for $1 each, 5 for $3, 10 for $5, 20 for $8. My concept is to encourage bulk buying so they disappear. It makes it very appealing to move up to the next price break level.

But when you arrive, scout the competition and see what other people are asking, then undercut them so you tell anyone who stops that you have the lowest prices in the flea market.

 

[sonambulo]

Agreed. Browse around and see if any are worth anything online and sell the rest as cheaply as possible. They hold NO value.

Also what kind of figures? Comic related crap or vinyl?

 

[Texashiker]

Check the current prices and conditions with the comics on ebay.

There is also a kind of kelly blue book for comic books.

You could start here and check their prices - http://www.milehighcomics.com/

Mile high comics has been around for a long, long time. I remember ordering from them back in the early 1980s.

 

[TheAdvocate]

I have about 1500 (mostly Marvel) from the 70's until 1989, when I stopped collecting. I took them to the local shop last year and asked the owner in general what I could get for them (I have full long runs of the most popular titles from that time period, all in excellent shape). He said aside from Giant sized Xmen #1, a couple of other rare books, and the 9 copies of Amazing Spiderman #298-300 that I had Todd mcFarlane sign for me back in about 1988 when he was an unknown, they are worth pennies. I was shocked/dismayed. I always thought I'd sell them and put a down payment on a car or a home, and now apparently you cant even give them away. I dont think even my Frank Miller signed Dark Knight or Elektra:Assasin books are worth anything, and they probably went for $15-$20/each 20 years ago.

The only ones worth anything are from the Golden Age. Since then, they were massively overproduced, especially in the 80s. They're as common as pennies.

At least I enjoyed them as a kid.

 

[SP33Demon]

I have about 1500 (mostly Marvel) from the 70's until 1989, when I stopped collecting. I took them to the local shop last year and asked the owner in general what I could get for them (I have full long runs of the most popular titles from that time period, all in excellent shape). He said aside from Giant sized Xmen #1, a couple of other rare books, and the 9 copies of Amazing Spiderman #298-300 that I had Todd mcFarlane sign for me back in about 1988 when he was an unknown, they are worth pennies. I was shocked/dismayed. I always thought I'd sell them and put a down payment on a car or a home, and now apparently you cant even give them away. I dont think even my Frank Miller signed Dark Knight or Elektra:Assasin books are worth anything, and they probably went for $15-$20/each 20 years ago.

The only ones worth anything are from the Golden Age. Since then, they were massively overproduced, especially in the 80s. They're as common as pennies.

At least I enjoyed them as a kid.

Yup, the market has changed for sure. Best bet is to get tax writeoff b/c they'll give you the most money back. If you try to sell to a dealer you will get .05 apiece unless they're CGC certified 9.6 or higher for Silver age and up. Early silver age and golden is where the money's at because of scarcity.

 

[Oyeve]

I have about 10,000 comics ranging from the late 70s to the late 90s. Out of the 10,000 I would say half are worth a buck even if the cover price is 2-3 bucks. about 2500 of them are worth 10-100 bucks, another 2000 are worth 50-500 each. And the rest are at least 1000+. I have a few early 40s comics that are easily worth 4000-6000k a pop. All my comics are in VF/NM. I say catalog and research, you may be sitting on a mint and not know it.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I think you're asking an awful lot to expect people at a flea market to pay $1 per comic book, regardless of the condition. You might be able to sell them for $0.25 per, but generally, comics don't hold much value.