I had about 1000 from the mid-80s through mid-90s. I contacted a couple online buyers and they were not interested in the majority of them. I decided to pare it down by dropping a half dozen at a time in the many of the little libraries we would come upon out on long walks. Over a couple years I dropped down to about 200 I am keeping including all of Wolverine 1 - 85.
I was always hoping it was youngsters grabbing these comics, but my guess it was guys in their 40s and 50s 