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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/2/2021
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Happy New Years everyone! I’m new to CPG and slowly inputting my collection on this website to sell at a later point when I’m ready. I have a question for sellers with large collections, 2,500+... what is your favorite way to organize your collection? Alphabetically by title across the board? By publisher, character, series? Do you separate your minor & major keys from their respective series? I’ve been organizing strictly alphabetically by title so far but I try to keep characters like Spider-Man with Spider-Man and not by title. I’m just trying to see what everyone else does. Thank you!
Robert
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BasementComics Posts: 784
1/2/2021
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I have mine organized in an Excel document alphabetically. I use CPG reporting when I want to see (easier) my collections by manufacturer.
Storing them is a little different. I keep graded books separate from my Golden Age Batman and Detective (and large format books like Last Ronin) which is separate from my $35+ books and finally, the remainder of the collection.
It works for me.
Donald
edited by BasementComics on 1/2/2021
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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/2/2021
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Thanks for your reply! I got about 2,500 right now, just started collecting a few months ago. Had to find a new hobby. Just going to work on organizing these and making master list on here. Work on my grading and practice with all that. However, I don’t have a lot of older comics,
As in $0.10-$0.15 range. What do you recommend on how to start getting my collection up with these... not really trying to “get lucky” buying lots... some people advertise 50% off graded comics and older comics... is that something I should be buying? Or at a local comic shop that doesn’t get a lot of business... drop a couple thousand there and buy their old stuff? Not sure where to start. Thank you!
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BasementComics Posts: 784
1/4/2021
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Hey Robert,
When you ask about "getting my collection up with these", are you talking about buying them or logging them into CPG?
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rgtichy Posts: 124
1/4/2021
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As far as storage, I stored my books as I bought them. When I catalogued them into CPG, I numbered the longboxes to match the descriptions I put into CPG at the time. I don't sort or alphabetize anymore, so if I want t locate an issue, the best way for me is to look it up in my collection on CPG to get the box number and then go open the box.
In the 1980's I spent way too much time shifting runs between boxes trying to keep about half of it alphabetized and sorted by issue number.
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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/5/2021
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BasementComics wrote:
Hey Robert,
When you ask about "getting my collection up with these", are you talking about buying them or logging them into CPG?
I was referring on, how do I start collecting older comics. Buy at fair price or wait till someone sells at discount?
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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/5/2021
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rgtichy wrote:
As far as storage, I stored my books as I bought them. When I catalogued them into CPG, I numbered the longboxes to match the descriptions I put into CPG at the time. I don't sort or alphabetize anymore, so if I want t locate an issue, the best way for me is to look it up in my collection on CPG to get the box number and then go open the box.
In the 1980's I spent way too much time shifting runs between boxes trying to keep about half of it alphabetized and sorted by issue number.
Thank you for your reply. Yes indeed organizing and cleaning up collections is a lot of time!!! Thank you for the tips. Will definitely consider this once my collection gets bigger.
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BasementComics Posts: 784
1/5/2021
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Rhubbard07 wrote:
BasementComics wrote:
Hey Robert,
When you ask about "getting my collection up with these", are you talking about buying them or logging them into CPG?
I was referring on, how do I start collecting older comics. Buy at fair price or wait till someone sells at discount?
Key Golden and silver age books command a premium and that does not seem to be changing anytime soon. If you really want to go that way, you should try and start now getting your hands on what you can. I have huge Batman (missing 1-9) and Detective comics (missing 26 books between 27 and 76) runs and not sure I'll get there with low grade copies selling for 4x guide in some cases. I have resigned to the fact that I will have to pay over guide if I really want them.
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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/5/2021
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Sorry, having a hard time quite replying but this is for @ basementcomics - I see, so you are saying it’s not a bad thing to pay full price on older comics? I was thinking that too. So it would be reasonable to support my local comic shop and buy their 10-12 cent comics and hold on to them for another 20 years and resell them then? I also found someone on Craigslist selling their comics 50% off including their older comics. I’m going to have to check them out. I appreciate the feedback!
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1/5/2021
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Rhubbard07, it really is your call. If it's something you are willing to go after (and potentially sit on it for xxx years), go for it. I would stick though with titles that are showing growth. Not everything appreciates but I have seen nice uplifts in the last few years on certain titles.
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BasementComics Posts: 784
1/5/2021
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Oops, that was me.
Rhubbard07, it really is your call. If it's something you are willing to go after (and potentially sit on it for xxx years), go for it. I would stick though with titles that are showing growth. Not everything appreciates but I have seen nice uplifts in the last few years on certain titles.
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BattleFamousComics Posts: 47
1/5/2021
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BasementComics wrote:
Oops, that was me.
Rhubbard07, it really is your call. If it's something you are willing to go after (and potentially sit on it for xxx years), go for it. I would stick though with titles that are showing growth. Not everything appreciates but I have seen nice uplifts in the last few years on certain titles.
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it!
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