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Three Key Things To Do Before Liquidating a Comic Book Collection
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So, you’ve decided to sell the vintage 1930s to mid-1970s comic book collection you’ve hoarded for decades, inherited, or stumbled across at a yard sale. Good for you! You may be sitting on a small fortune, or at least some serious vacation money.
As tempting as it would be to list the whole batch on eBay or Craig’s List, or take it down to your local comic shop and see what they’ll give you for it, those are the last things you should do. If you want to sell a comic book collection of any value, and you want to get as much for it as you can, you’re going to have to work for it. You’re also going to have to spend a little money before you see a dime. Here’s how to get started.
1. Buy a top-notch guide to comic book grading
Before you do anything else, you’ll want to get a good idea of the value of your collection. When it comes to comics, one of the most significant factors impacting value is condition. Comics are graded on a scale from 1 to 10 and points in between. (Grading can go as low as 0.1 but anything below a 1, no matter how rare, has virtually no value to a collector.)
