# Selling a comic book collection? (Marvel) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953 "2015-03-14T02:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/21 "2015-03-15T15:26:18Z")
Ebay. I’ve been selling lots of worthless comics for about $1 each in lots of 25, and I had a number of books worth something too (thank you, Mr. McFarlane!). I found it weird that they are worth something because no comic from the 1980’s is rare, but in 50 auctions I pulled in over $1500, and not a single book of mine was CGC rated although most were in excellent condition. Get some boards and some bags and start taking photographs. The comics will sell, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/22 "2015-03-15T15:37:28Z")
> [@Slade](#): > > Why would anyone (outside the small number of fanatical collectors) pay top dollar for old Secret Wars comics when they can buy a cheap collection of the same story instead? Why would they pay a premium price for old Frank Miller Daredevils, when Marvel’s kept the same stories permanently in print as collections? And given that, what sane dealer would pay more than a buck or two apiece for said issues when he knows he’s got little or no chance of selling them at a profit? Ta have, as Little Red Riding Hood said. I sold Secret Wars #8 for $8.50 and the ASM debut of Spider-Man’s black suit (The Most Profitable Costume In The World) for $18.50. I don’t know if that’s top dollar, but I paid less than $5 for the pair, already as back-issues, when I was 15. That’s a pretty good ROI for some newsprint I had sitting in a box. But I didn’t really want to part with them because they were just too darn pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/23 "2015-03-15T15:38:19Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > WELL under $1k. > > I suspect that you won’t get $100 unfortunately. > > . Amazing Spider-Man #238 alone (first appearance of the Hobgoblin) should get him $60-$120 depending on condition. If he has that of course. Thor #337 (First Beta Ray Bill) around $15-20 I’d have to actually see the collection to get a grasp on what isn’t and is valuable. As others have said, he should just hang onto the collection. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/24 "2015-03-15T20:16:20Z")
[http://comicspriceguide.com](http://comicspriceguide.com) This is where I listed everything a few years ago but no longer have the login info or the email account under which I registered. The price it gave me may have been $2k, not $4k. I don’t recall clearly, but I took it with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/25 "2015-03-15T20:18:45Z")
I don’t have it handy, but the highest value single issue in the bunch was one of the Spider-Man titles. After that, it was the Punisher mini-series, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/26 "2015-03-16T00:13:41Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I don’t have it handy, but the highest value single issue in the bunch was one of the Spider-Man titles. #252? First appearance of the black costume? I got one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953/27 "2015-03-16T12:07:47Z")
Secret Wars is valuable? I’ve still got all 12 bagged and boarded. I kept those because i liked te story. Particularly the cover where Hulk is holding up the mountain. Also kept Infinity War. First issue cover is cool. And I liked the story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-comic-book-collection-marvel/714953.md?page=1)