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Ideally the comic books you are trying to sell would be entombed in a sealed archival-grade plastic coffin, aka “slabbed.”


Unfortunately for us garden variety collectors that is cost prohibitive except for the most valuable of comic books, unless you are trying to sell them individually on eBay or working a consignment deal.

If, like a lot of inherited comic book collections, the purpose is to get rid of the entire batch in one transaction to a comic book dealer then there are some things the buyer will take into consideration.

image: Gemini

Owen Maxwell for Climate Cosmos tells of “13 Things Comic Book Dealers Quietly Notice About Collections Owned by Someone Over 70 in the First 5 Minutes.” Things like rusty staples, scotch tape, etc.

image: Gemini

Owen Maxwell and Climate Cosmos do the same with books in “13 Things Rare Book Dealers Quietly Notice About Collections Owned by Someone Over 70 in the First 5 Minutes.”

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Comments 4

  1. I guess that’s interesting, but the only thing I notice is whether the comics are well-loved. If it’s in pristine condition, it makes me feel sad. I still buy old comics to read, not to be lonely in plastic coffins.

    I have so many old Archie digests and other comics with kids names written on the front or inside cover. I have one that’s stamped with the bookplate of a doctor who must have kept them in his waiting room. Sometimes I want to find them and send their comics back to them.

  2. I used to collect but lack of space and having to lug long boxes when moving out paid to that. Collectors also catch ack-ack attacks from significant others over cost and storage. It appears that “childish obsession” is a synonym for comics fandom.

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