Discuss comic grading and how to evaluate books
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Buffyfan4ever Posts: 3
3/12/2020
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I have 34 issues of BTVS Season 8 comics.
Purchased in chronological order beginning with issue 1 at a local comic shop via their subscription service.
whenever a new issue is released, first print, the would set aside a copy.
Each copy is wrapped in clear plastic with small piece of scotch tape to close the flap end.
On the inside there is a paper with my name and phone # on it, which I have removed.
Except for issue #1 and #2 which I took out while wearing powderless latex gloves and glance at the inside and then put back into each plastic wrap, none of the others have ever been taken out or handled.
For the past 11 years, they been sitting upright in 2 of those free standing plastic hollow bookend thingies, in a cool air conditioned apartment, never subjected to any water leaks or humidity or rats or mice or vermin or children (I live alone, no children) anything like that.
Looking at this site, would they all be graded 9.9 to 10.?
https://comicspriceguide.com/comic-book-grading
I also look at here and randomly picked a couple that I have and the 9.9-10 value can be as high as 2 to 3 digit price per issue.
Like issue #2 I have with the special 1 in 4 cover, never taken out, at 9.9-10, it will be worth $54-$160
https://comicspriceguide.com/titles/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-season-eight/2B/tnuqhs
How do I get them graded or it just depends on the seller's honesty?
How much will they be worth if I want to sell them all in one time?
I don't want to go to the post office 32 times and pay 32 shipping and so on.
I am disabled and don't have a car and the only way I get around is depending on friends or family to take me when they are free or to take a Uber which is expensive.
Public buses here are very poor.
Maybe someone will want the whole set or half the set and someone else wants half of the other set.
1-10 http://imgbox.com/e42vCVFt
11-25 http://imgbox.com/4ytJJbcl
26-32 plus 2 issues with no issue number on them http://imgbox.com/f5nz33Im
I am new to this, never sold any comics before. Please bear with me.
Thank you.
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Buffyfan4ever Posts: 3
3/12/2020
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I don't mean to double post or reply to my own thread. I research grading and it will cost a lot of $ to join a grading service and send the comics to them and pay each issue grading price. Even if they are 9.9 to 10, by the time you figure in the cost of getting each issue graded, you don't get much back when you sell them. You pretty much already spend your money before you make it.
Here they are back in their upright plastic holders.
I know this place is for comics but I want to get rid of that Buffy DVD set too. Bought it brand new when it came out, play it once, never viewed them again.
Someone give me a decent price on the comics, I can work on combo in the DVD set.
It's still $69 starting for used on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000ARSJVU/ref=olp_f_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1584049776&sr=1-13&f_new=true&f_usedAcceptable=true&f_usedGood=true&f_used=true&f_usedLikeNew=true&f_usedVeryGood=true
http://imgbox.com/ZaMsuDXH
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Guest
3/12/2020
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The only way to grade them is to physically look at the comics. You can buy a comic just as you describe and it still end up being an 8.0 or worse. The bags with tape are standard ways that collectors store comics. It appears that the comic spines are facing outward in your "plastic hollow bookend thingies". If so, the spines are not getting any support. If there are no backing boards to support the comic in the bags, this is marginal protection at best. I'm not going to get involved with the grade or the value, I have maybe 10,000 of my own comics that need grading. I will say that it's highly unlikely that they have a lot of value beyond what you paid for them. I assume those are drawn by Georges Jeanty. I seem to recall him talking about the series and his interactions with Joss Whedon. He's a local artist and I bought a stack of original art from him. I wish you luck, but your best bet is to look up their value on the site, find an online grading guide and compare each book to the defined grading criteria in a grading guide. Then hope to hell you find an avid Buffy fan who is willing to buy the whole set at once. If you break up the set, you may never find a buyer for some of the individual issues. Comic collectors are always looking for a deal, so you might have to sell them for less than full guide value. Most Buffy fans who want these issues bought them when they came out. When a TV show goes off the air, the demand tends to drop and less collectors are looking for them. These being Season 8 stories, there might be an interest among the fans who yearned for new stories, but I would think that'd be hard to find. Most Buffy fans moved on to other interests so the character is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
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Buffyfan4ever Posts: 3
3/13/2020
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Thank you Guest. Every comic has a cardboard in their bags.
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