Over the last few years, I've been selling off my comic collection. I'm now down to about 250 mostly Marvel/DC, mostly from the 80s--though a few from late 60s thru 70s. No keys. Nothing super valuable. None of the shops or buyers around me are interested. I have them listed with Lone Star at MyComicShop(dot)com, but they aren't buying them either (other than maybe 3-4 individual issues come up every few months). My libraries here don't take them. I really want to get them out of my place (2 1/2 short boxes), but I'm loathe to just throw them away.
Any thoughts or ideas? Surely some others have been in this situation.
@hagop
Give some out at Halloween. See if there are any children's hospitals that could pass them out to patients. Arts and crafts folks might be able to use them to skin trinket boxes or wood comic boxes.
No interest at used book stores, either?
You could probably donate them.
You could probably donate them.
Donate them where? He said the Library won't take them. Hospital Children's Ward likely can't take them.
You'd likely get much less than you could if you continue on eBay, but what about selling them to a local comic shop?
Most I've ever been a customer of have bought comics from patrons, but with obvious lower prices so they can actually make something off them themselves.
Over the last few years, I've been selling off my comic collection. I'm now down to about 250 mostly Marvel/DC, mostly from the 80s--though a few from late 60s thru 70s. No keys. Nothing super valuable. None of the shops or buyers around me are interested. I have them listed with Lone Star at MyComicShop(dot)com, but they aren't buying them either (other than maybe 3-4 individual issues come up every few months). My libraries here don't take them. I really want to get them out of my place (2 1/2 short boxes), but I'm loathe to just throw them away.
Any thoughts or ideas? Surely some others have been in this situation.
I haven't been on MyComicShop . com in a long time, but I loaded my entire collection up there years and years ago. I didn't know they had a selling function available - how was your experience using it?
I didn't read the whole thread so maybe someone already suggested this; but if you live in or within driving distance of a Republican-controlled state, you could probably find some cool book burnings to attend. They love when you bring your own stuff, and there's always interesting people to meet. You can play fun games like 'spot the guy on the FBI watch-list' and 'is that couple related?'
You can even print up some sticky labels that say 'Liberal Tears' on them, slap them on bottles of water and sell them for 10 bucks each. Then you can use that money to buy NEW comics.
Anyway, this is a flawless idea and I look forward to finding out how it went for you.
Over the last few years, I've been selling off my comic collection. I'm now down to about 250 mostly Marvel/DC, mostly from the 80s--though a few from late 60s thru 70s. No keys. Nothing super valuable. None of the shops or buyers around me are interested. I have them listed with Lone Star at MyComicShop(dot)com, but they aren't buying them either (other than maybe 3-4 individual issues come up every few months). My libraries here don't take them. I really want to get them out of my place (2 1/2 short boxes), but I'm loathe to just throw them away.
Any thoughts or ideas? Surely some others have been in this situation.
I haven't been on MyComicShop . com in a long time, but I loaded my entire collection up there years and years ago. I didn't know they had a selling function available - how was your experience using it?
I've had a good experience with them over a number of years. The prices they pay are definitely lower than you could probably get selling in person or on eBay, but they buy a wider range of stuff and you can sell in larger lots, which is nice. That said, depending on what you're selling (both volume and specific issues), they may only be buying 8-12 issues out of 200 that you've listed. If you are fine waiting several months, they will cycle through and they'll be buying other issues. They are also pretty stingy graders.
But certainly in terms of ease of use, professionalism, confidence in reputability, I'd give them aces all around.
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