Collect from our collectors our cooperative collector network is polite, informative and prompt. Subsequently, for some 20 years, ed owned his own commercial art firm in chicago, acquiring, trading, and selling world class collections of american photography, illustration art, and vintage comic books. All without the conflict of interest inherent when dealing with a dealer, collector or auction house which has hopes of securing the collection. The iguide comic book price guide is maintained by warren and his board of advisors. Most buyers would prefer more to buy selected key issues or high grade comics from your collection. If you really need a documented estimate of a book s value for probate or insurance purposes then visit your local rare bookshop and pay for a formal appraisal. These are the kinds of comics you find in two for a dollar boxes in any comic book store you visit. The number 1 free online comic book community featuring a comic book price guide database, friends, lists, blogs, and more. It includes over 400,000 prices for a host of different collectibles including, but not limited to. If you prefer to try to price your collection on your own, a number of notable books will give you an idea about the worth or value of your book collection. Since that time tom has served as director of americana auctions. Copper to modern age comics comics from approximately 1980 to the. The only way to find out how much your comic book collection is truly worth is by getting an appraisal done by an honest individual or company that understands the market as well as the market conditions.
Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Todd hignite is a vice president of heritage auctions, with a focus on art consignments across a number of categories. If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. Often referred to as the bible of comic book collectors, the price guide is published annually. Using your ios, android or windows smart phone you have zapkapow with you at flea markets, garage sales, your local comic book shop, comic cons, to lookup comic book prices and references. Zapkapow comics puts hundreds of thousands of comic book prices in your pocket with current pricing data. The title is unpopular, or was bought in quantity during the speculation bubble of the early 1990s, and is now being dumped by collectors.
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Each page includes current market values in ten different grades, as well as a section for real market data, actual prices fetched at auction. Metropolis comics and collectibles metropolis collectibles. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. This is considered the bible of comic book collectors. You probably dont need to include every word of the title and authors name. Everything you need as a collector of valuable comics or highlysought after issues including speculation books is combined into one resource. When you submit the price or s e ll comics form to comicoop, you will quickly learn what premium collectors will pay for your comics. First editions are soughtafter by book collectors and a first edition is usually more. Her appraisal skills were recently featured on atlas obscura. Collectors, dealers, financial institutions, museums, attorneys, galleries and the irs have availed themselves of our services for establishing values for comic books, original comic art. Finding information about a comic book is a good way to get an idea of a comics value, especially if you cant find it in a price guide or on an auction site.
If you really need a documented estimate of a books value for probate or insurance purposes then visit your local rare bookshop and pay for a formal appraisal. Get real market prices on all types of marvel trading cards. Pricing and appraisal for black panther 8 b, jan 2017 comic. Pricing and appraisal for wolverine 1 a, nov 1988 comic book. We make every possible effort to only report on the price paid for individual comics. We follow a strict set of guidelines in order to deliver the best possible comic book values. How to value your comic book collection sparkle city comics. Since 1996 with your help we have given away well over 2,000,000 comics to the kids for free we use grading standards and definitions we personally helped redefine may 1999 for bob overstreet in his overstreets comic book grading guide and overstreets comic book price guide. Sunday is the vice chair of midatlantic chapter of the abaa and was a keynote speaker at the york antiquarian book seminar in england. Searchable appraisal guide to current market values for pocket knives. Collecting comics is a fun hobby, but when youve built a significant little library, theyre hard to keep track of. Oct 28, 2015 your comic book collection might be worth a lot of money. These valuations are extrapolated based on the actual sales and listings of all comic book shops combined. Often these collectors search out antique books to add to their collections based on their love for a particular subject, author or style of literature.
Typically within that time frame, superhero comics hold the most value, with first appearance or origin issues being the most sought after. One option you have is to purchase an overstreet comic book price guide. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Designed with the serious collector in mind, dreck check is a comic book search engine for collectors and dealers. When more than one comic is offered in a particular listing, the entire sale is disregarded. Masterpieces of underground art, and the jerry weist collection of science. Superworld comics can give you a fair and honest appraisal of your comic book collection. Collectors, dealers, financial institutions, museums, attorneys, galleries and the irs have availed themselves. A comic professional may ask you some followup questions like. You will even find a few auction sites dedicated to the comic book market. In 1976 he became a fulltime dealer and auctioneer, and maintained a robust business in political and other collectors items until his company, slaters americana, was absorbed by heritage in 2004.
The true price of a comic book is the price someone is willing to pay, no more no less. You can pick up a hard copy at most comic book stores and ive also seen them in chapters and indigo. All data on comic book sales comes courtesy of sell my comic books. It lists every comic with prices for 6 of the major grades. Get a free comic book appraisal, or sell comic books for top. The value of a given comic book is determined by multiple factors, though. The value of your book depends on many things, so a professional appraisal is important whether you are planning to sell the book or to continue collecting books of the same type. Smr online is the only official price guide for psacertified collectibles and it is the most comprehensive price guide in the hobby.
This can be even more challenging with a large comic book collection. Shop forand learn about collectors books and price guides. Keep track of comic book values, new variants, what you have, what you dont, and more with zapkapow comics price guide and collection management. We created this guide to help the many people who call us asking how much are my comic books worth. Sell, buy and trade with comic collectors from around the world. A beatenup old book that is falling apart will have little value.
Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comics featuring that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america. So as you can see, as you travel down the road of determining your comic collection value, a good comic book price guide is invaluable. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database.
In addition to a hard or soft cover volume, this collectible price guide is. In order to have a general idea on the condition of your marvel comics, knowledge on comic book grading would be most helpful. Free comic book value and price resources comic book secrets jan 19, 2008 it walks you through finding comic book values and prices and helps you decide the best method for your situation. You may have an unusual or rare item on your hands that is currently not on the market. Platinum 18971937, golden 193855, silver 195669, bronze 197079, and modern 1980present. May 12, 2018 his first comic book though actually was a propaganda piece, releasing right in the thick of 1941, where the captain spends 45 pages beating up nazis.
Use the form on this page to send us details, and well tell you what your comic book is worth. We are fair, honest, and we pay high prices for 1940s, 1950s and 1960s era comics. Milliondollar comics collector of rare comic books at c2e2. Where to get your comic books appraised sparkle city comics. Member of the international society of appraisers and national cartoonists society. Comic book price guide i love comic book collection. Are you interested in their history, significance and potential value. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. I hope those protective sleeves and cardboard backings are the acidfree ones. Big collection of marvel comics, lot of vintage superman comics, or even.
The price guide also contains detailed written descriptions of all of the grades. The overstreet comic book price guide, in my opinion, is well worth the price of admission if you are serious about appraisal. Marvel comic books most often increase its sales if it is promoted by an event and other media storm such as a movie or a tv series to increase the interest and value. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. Comic art appraisal llc provides you with all the information you need to make prudent decisions. As with most collectibles, there are some auction websites that are better than others. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values.
Start your comic book search using the premier free comic book price guide. Ed brought his vast experience and expertise in collectibles to heritage auctions in 2002. The primary authority or the bible of all appraisingprice guides is the overstreet comic book price guide. How and where to get comic book collection appraised. Sunday has a masters degree from nyu and was a forbes small business contributor. The most important key war comics are worth money no matter what their condition, so if youve found a lot of them, let us know and well do a free comic book appraisal for you. The searchable database consists of more than 100,000 pages, each devoted to a specific comic book. Updated and added to every day, it will eventually list all significant british comics published and all marvel and dc comics that were either officially distributed or non distributed in the uk.
Searchable appraisal guide to current market values for disney collectibles. Comic book appraisals online expert appraisals in 24hours. Key collector comics free mobile app is the worlds first database and price guide to focus exclusively on key issues. The price guide will help you do just that and is an indispensable tool in the comic book collectors arsenal. Comic book collection value i how much my comic collection. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. If you allow them, this will diminish the value of your entire comic book collection, and only worthless comics will be. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Comic collector live buy, sell, organize comic books. The biggest and most important comic collector update since years, maybe even since its launch in 2002. Condition is very important and will greatly influence value. Originally seen as merely childrens reading, today comic books are being.
Rarity, title, issue, and condition determine value, although often one of those variables is far more important than the others. Searchable appraisal guide to current market values for nonsports cards. Comic art appraisal has been the foremost source for formal appraisals for comic books, original comic art, original newspaper strip art, illustration art and animation art for over 25 years. Appraising your marvel comic books consumes time and money. Apr 03, 2017 the true price of a comic book is the price someone is willing to pay, no more no less. Collectible appraisals and estimates collect insure. This guide will not make you an expert, but it will help you decide if your books are worth enough to get an official appraisal by guiding you to the answers to the most likely questions that an appraiser or dealer will ask. Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making. Auctions, such as ebay, are a great way to see how much people are willing to pay for a comic book. Therefore, one of the most accurate appraisal methods is to research the selling prices of similar items. Click below to go directly to s site to view vincent zurzolos interview.
Really, a very difficult question to answer without seeing it in person, but condition is everything in comics. Knowing how to use a price guide is a simple but important thing. A second option for valuation is metropolis collectibles. Buying or selling without iguide could be hazardous to your wealth. This free search engine provides realtime price guides based on the most uptodate auction information found across the web. Comics that have the most collectible value are those published between 1938 and 1979. First editions are soughtafter by book collectors and a first edition is usually more valuable than a later printing. Want a chance to learn more about your old comic books. Any publication meant to serve as a resource for those interested in learning about or.
Fill out this form with enough information to get a list of comparable copies. Accurate appraisal of a comic book is a multiple step process, with each step leading us up the staircase to the eventual value. Lay out the comics so that most of the covers can be seen and snap a picture of several at once. This is not an exact science because every sale will be different, from comic book condition to current market conditions.
With so much hollywood comic book action happening, even we can barely keep up. The retail value of your comic book is based on desirability, relative scarcity, and historical significance. The price guide will help you do just that and is an indispensable tool in the comic book collector s arsenal. Zapkapow comic book collection management and price guide. We will form our own assumptions of value, but want to align them with your expectations. Comic book price guides, like overstreet, have a minimum price for comic books. Comic books have been published for more than a century, and collectors categorize them into five ages. Stick to your decision, if you will, to sell your comic book collection as a whole to a buyer. If that sounds like you, then send me an email, preferably with high resolution scans or photos of the comic youre interested in learning more about and depending on how interesting it is, i might write about it for the site as a featured appraisal.
This site offers a free appraisal service provided by nationally recognized experts in comic book evaluation. Specialties include first editions, autographs and ephemera of all sorts, comic books and vintage magazines. Ill try to answer questions for anyone that sends in any book, but. Collectors, dealers, financial institutions, museums, attorneys, galleries and the irs have availed themselves of our services for establishing values for comic books, original comic art, original. Collectors books and price guides collectors weekly.
The best you can do is preasses your comics before deciding to seek the expertise of a. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book. Disney collectibles price guide and appraisal guide. Sell my comic books will give you a free comic book appraisal. One of the best gauges of value for any comic book collection is the price similar collections sold for.
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