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How To Sell Your Comic Book Collection

By Aaron Albert, About.com

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Setting Goals

Being Realistic

Many people hope that their comic books are worth something and for the most part that’s true. Comic books are worth something, especially to the owners that have collected and read those comics. Now, from monetary standpoint, you comic book may not be worth much of anything. This is an important thing to think about when you are selling your comic book collection.

But My Comic Book Is Old!

I see this trend a lot. Just because something is old, does not make it worth anything. If that were true then the dirt and rocks all around us would be worth their weight in gold. Many people have comic books from the mid eighties and early nineties. One issue with many of these comic books is that production runs have been getting larger and larger. Comics are now printed in the hundred of thousands of issues. The more of a collectible item there is, the less it is often worth. There were also comics that were popular in their day, but no longer, such as Youngblood, or New Universe.

Do Your Research

When you are truly ready to sell your comics, make sure to do your research. Doing so will allow you to see how much a comic book is currently going for in relationship to its worth. According to a price guide, a comic book may be “worth” $100 dollars, but if it is only selling for $20 on popular auction sites, then it may not be time to sell.

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