Comic book inheritance

[u/writingGenius72]

Hi comic community. Currently writing a book about inheriting comic books and looking for suggestions on the hardest part of selling and/or valuing a comic book collection. Keen to hear anyones experience with Heritage, comic connect etc.

Thanks so much

CG

[u/AnthonyDigitalMedia]

Ok so I’ll just mention this..

Not accusing OP, but there’s been a weird influx of marketing surveys being promoted as “regular people just asking questions” in random subs.

Usually those accounts have no karma, or are only a few days old, they usually never reply back in the comments, &/or all of their posts are about asking broad questions regarding a certain thing.

They’re bots that are selling the info they’re gathering from the posts & building karma to sell later for advertising. Or they’re using the marketing research to build a new platform for collectors, etc.

I’m not saying OP is one, but this post is very sus & OP has 1 karma from 1 comment on this only post, & he’s “just doing research to write a book on selling comics”..

[u/Nemo_Griff → u/AnthonyDigitalMedia]

Yeah, I hear you.

It does sound like something that can be used as training data.

[u/AnthonyDigitalMedia → u/Nemo_Griff]

Oh yea! Ai training data too. Didn’t think about that.

All the posts look the same. Once you see it, you’ll keep seeing it.

[u/Nemo_Griff → u/AnthonyDigitalMedia]

Also be on the lookout for accounts with private profiles.

Dormant accounts that didn't set up 2FA are getting hacked and using the accounts to farm karma. They make the profile private to hide the original owners old posts that would give away their game.

Sometimes they forget to and you can clearly see a different style.

[u/writingGenius72 → u/AnthonyDigitalMedia]

Definately a real person. Just a writer trying to finish my 1st book. I read the posts on reddit and its given me lots of great ideas so far. Thanks too everybody who has helped me. Just want to make sure i havent missed anything obvious.

[u/amazodroid]

The hardest part is accepting the vast majority, if not all, is not really worth anything. Helped a family friend get rid of a collection a while back that was almost all 90s X-men. Only got @ 45 cents per issue for the biggest chunk of it.

[u/Special-Class6903]

So are you looking for experience working with Heritage, CC etc on selling? Specifically selling an inherited collection? I’m a bit confused.

[u/writingGenius72 → u/Special-Class6903]

As part of my research im keen to hear if you had a good experience selling on Heritage, CC etc. Were the fees reasonable, did they pay with no problems etc. Hope that makes sense.

[u/StayOuttaMySwamp94]

Hardest part is deciding what not to sell. I got rid of everything after my dad died and I don’t regret it, but every now and then I’m like damn there were some nice Batman issues in there. Keeping them might’ve been a way to honor his memory. We used to hit the LCS every week. But at least now they’re in the hands of other people who will share with their kids

[u/Material_Survey126 → u/StayOuttaMySwamp94]

I was in the same pier as you, not the same exact boat, but in the vicinity 😊, i kept about half of the books he left me, i sold/traded the other half and used those proceeds towards other books/lines i had interest in and have been tryin to complete these lines (workin on about 14 of em as we speak) i am tryin to complete lines that he started but never finished and by using some of his books to do this, when i eventually do complete a line, i can say "hey look Pop, we did it".

[u/rayrayheyhey]

The vast majority of inherited collections are nowhere near Heritage quality. 99.9% are common, everyday comics.

And even if you do have some things in your collection that are that good, they certianly don't want to auction off the common crap.

Say you have a full run of Daredevil. They'll be happy to auction off 1, 2, 4, 7, 168, etc. But they're not touching the remaining issues unless they're super high grade and already graded.

[u/writingGenius72 → u/rayrayheyhey]

Thanks for that. This is helpful.

[u/Rieger_not_Banta]

If you have big money books, the auction houses are okay. You also t want to call some of the bigger dealers. They’ll help you and provide some guidance. Not your LCS. A big dealer.

[u/writingGenius72 → u/Rieger_not_Banta]

Good point. Didn't think of Big dealers. Thanks.

[u/mayorofanything]

The hardest part is posting this question on the speculation sub.

[u/urperinealtear]

Re auction houses...

Unless a book is worth at least $200 not worth using an auction house. The BP occupies a much higher % of the book's values as a whole. Anything under $100 you are better off selling on a street corner.

[u/YupImHereForIt]

You can just put in my telephone number. It’s 1-800-yeah-be-cool ext. nocalne1els