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Archie comics - Are they worth the time/expense to bag and board?
TheOriginalGMan
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I recently pulled my comics out of mothballs. I have 100s of Silver Age Marvel and DC comics that I bagged and put away about 35 years ago (did the idea of "boards" exist back in the 70s, cause I don't ever recall them?). In any event, over the last couple of weeks I re-bagged and boarded all of them and have them safely tucked away again.
My question is this though, I also have a number of Archie comics from the 1990s or so that I had gotten for my kids to read. Is it worth the time to bad and board these? Do they have any value typically, or no? They were all read and nowhere near "mint" or anything.
Would be interested in opinions on same.
My question is this though, I also have a number of Archie comics from the 1990s or so that I had gotten for my kids to read. Is it worth the time to bad and board these? Do they have any value typically, or no? They were all read and nowhere near "mint" or anything.
Would be interested in opinions on same.
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I think the really popular Archie licensed books like early issues of TMNT Adventures
or Sonic go for surprising money these days, too.
You're not going to retire on these books, but they go for more than you think.
http://www.newkadia.com/?Archie_Comics_Comic-Books=228
I agree with Library Boy, but you'd be surprised when it comes time to sell that stuff. You have to be able to tap into the limited market. DC war comics are supposed to be hot….. they were the hardest thing for me to sell. I ended up selling them to Mile High, who of course has a wide-spread market they can reach verses a lone collector.
I appreciate the insights. I think I'll probably still invest in an Overstreet Guide. Going to begin the long process of inventorying my collection and it'll probably come in handier being able to flip open a book to look up value.
I have been looking up some of my older stuff on comicbookrealm.com ... some of the values have been been pleasant surprises. :-)
But you never know. In the 80s, I use to get old 1960s Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen books for a quarter because no one wanted them. (The local shop use to stamp them too with the price, unfortunately).
Those old Richie Rich books use to be considered junk and now they are collectable and hard to find in top condition because everyone was saving Marvel and DC. The kids were mangling their Harvey books before they would get tossed.
And bronze age books from the 1970s were once cheap too.
I say, if they are in nice condition and you want to wait several decades, bag and board. Otherwise, let them "breathe" and let the kids read them.
:-&