Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
Lotta truth in this video regarding realistic expectations of sales & helpful detachment using key collector as a resource in your valuation. Cool transparency here too
Always awesome to see someone's collection...what you have, how it's organized, how it's stored, handling practices, display practices, recordkeeping, etc. Alas, I was really looking forward to hearing what you think about its "retail" value. I understand that's not what you'd get if you're suddenly wanting (or needing) to flip it, but it'd be nice to know. I'd say $55K because my collection is similar. All that being said, we know the day of selling will be like spending the night with Ramsey Bolton. Get ready for the pain.
As a collection buyer, books under $50 are almost inconsequential to the offer. Books under $10 are part of the "bulk" portion of the offer, and books under $5 can actually lower the offer if there are a lot of them. The amount of work and hard costs that go into processing a book for individual resale (which is what someone buying your collection is going to do, regardless of what they say) makes low-dollar books very unattractive. If you are valuing your collection for insurance purposes, use the FMV of every single book. If you are trying to figure out what you (or your ungrateful heirs) can actually *sell* them for as a collection, price out the heavy hitters, cut that by 30-40% and you'll be in the ballpark. P.S. For those about to furiously type at me about just selling them yourself: Unless someone is already a seller, they aren't going to sell their own comics individually. I've seen this play out a thousand times. They start and might sell a few books. Then they realize just how much freaking work goes into each and every book and how little the return is when compared to the starry vision they had when they started. Almost every single person will quickly get to the point where they just sell it all as a lot.
Incomplete list of costs that have to be paid by an individual seller (online and conventions only): Bare minimum: -The cost of the book (duh) -Bags: Magazine, Super-Golden, Golden, Silver, Modern. Poly and Mylar -Boards: same set -Painters Tape: You can get the self-adhesive bags, or clear tape, but you'll regret it eventually. -Boxes (magazine size and regulars. Short or long (I prefer short) -Scanner. Phone pics are not viable if you are moving any kind of volume. You'll be better off with scanners for raws and slabs, but let's say just one. -Thermal Printer (you could use another kind, but thermal really is cheaper overall) -Regular printer (packing slips, pick lists,..basically anything not a label of some kind) -Printing supplies (paper, labels, ink, toner, consumable parts like rollers) -Computer (but you probably already have one, so that doesn't really count) -Subscriptions. Oh lord this is a broad (and expensive) category. Pricing tools, marketplace storefronts, website hosting, accounting software...the list just goes on and on. -Shipping materials - Comic mailers, slab mailers, shipping tape. If you do live sales and convention sales: -Tables -Table covers -Display racks -Flyers/Business cards -Signage -Dolly/cart -Venue fees -POS (can be cheap to expensive) But wait... all of that (and more) and we haven't sold a single book 😲 Once you sell: (note-fees are calculated on the selling price + shipping + tax combined) -Payment processor fees. These can vary but are usually 3-4% -Marketplace fees. 8% to 20% is normal. Note that many platforms charge a per-transaction fee (30 or 40 cents) that significantly raises the effective fee for low-dollar books. Example: WhatNot technically charges 8%, but on a dollar book the effective rate is actually 41% because of the per-transaction charge. -Postage -Chargebacks. Yes, you will get unwarranted chargebacks. People are bastards. And let's not forget... after all is said and done and you manage to eek out a profit; the IRS wants 20-30% of that. All of this also assumes you don't value your time at all. In a nutshell, unless you are willing to take on all of that^^, you're going to sell your collection for significantly lower than FMV. Comic reselling isn't a way to make easy money. It's a labor of love that hopefully profits enough to let you keep doing it.
@@comicbooknarcissist in theory, though I wouldn't recommend it. An audit would turn up bank deposits or unaccounted-for purchases that would have to be explained.
I'll grow up, and I want my comic book to be "Excellent Ethan" that parodies the Big Nate comics. Ethan Birchenough, Daruis Boarhead and Connor Dufresne Voice cast: Zach Aguilar, Brian Tochi, Andrew Kishino
Also another thing that I've been getting into lately and I really don't like is I'm starting to dig covers. I don't know what it is. It just came out of nowhere. I see a lot of these covers and they're just gorgeous and that's both on Independence. DC MC whoever this my two cents
Rocky watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. Sticky Sticky Sticky. Does mother Goose know you are playing games with your loyal followers?? Actually I thought it was pure genius. PS. Value? You made some good points but. I don’t think you touched on everything. Desirability and Liquidity are two things to consider. How fast do you need to the money and does anyone want all of the books in your collection and do you really care. I mean how many People are looking for Animal Man comics. And one other real important thing to consider is that you need to
One thing I've learned since I've been collecting 19 77 is that I never want to sell any of my books out of desperation. My goal is to sell them on my terms ,when I want, how I want if I give One away for free because I like the person. . If somebody really is an idiot and I'm overcharge him I'm going to it all depends. Yeah I'm a little bit of a jerk for doing that but that's how it is deal with it
So just as your about to disclose the value of your collection you cut out to a few minutes of blackout nothing. What is that? Your lame attempt at a cliffhanger or use your imagination type gimmick? Okay. Not very clever, just kinda stupid.
Someone mentioned keeping your books for 30years. Some of us will be approaching 80 at that point. Will you even care about comics at that age? I will give mine away for free………maybe.
@@Doc_Dooomthere are COUNTLESS accounts on this platform delivering quality content on this topic - this clown 🤡 decided to waste everyones time 🕰️ & prank his own followers with a false pretense. My time is valuable so I “unfollowed” this account to use my limited time to watch other providers that provide quality content & appreciate their followers support.
Troll ending made me think one of the cats stepped on one of the power strips switches again and turned off either the one to the modem or the one to the Firestick. Damn you, Stckygoose. Dislike and unsubscribe. (Just kidding. Made me laugh.)
I have stocked collecting marvel. In my opinion they have failed to put out any modern thats decent the dempster fire movies and shows as of late is just ruining bronze and silver age .
A page out of the sopranos book. Thats funny.
and youre the only one that got it
Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
LOL you had me checking my internet connection 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Long boxes are a young man’s game.
No doubt. I had to downsize all my long boxes to short. Those bastards are too heavy for my aging bones.
@@thetoyboxthetoybox8305 Agreed. Also, a box of modern age comics weighs like twice as much compared to previous comic ages.
Gorgeous collection.
Once I started using mylites, they got even heavier! Short boxes only for me now.
@@stephenmumford9995 Mylites are awesome though, aren’t they?
Lotta truth in this video regarding realistic expectations of sales & helpful detachment using key collector as a resource in your valuation.
Cool transparency here too
Always awesome to see someone's collection...what you have, how it's organized, how it's stored, handling practices, display practices, recordkeeping, etc. Alas, I was really looking forward to hearing what you think about its "retail" value. I understand that's not what you'd get if you're suddenly wanting (or needing) to flip it, but it'd be nice to know. I'd say $55K because my collection is similar. All that being said, we know the day of selling will be like spending the night with Ramsey Bolton. Get ready for the pain.
Okay, now that's funny. You have a pretty sweet collection, SG. 🤩
That’s funny, nice collection for sure.
13 Dwight Schrute Bucks
What did you do to earn those Schrute bucks… or did you pull a Creed and print off a bunch of them yourself?
@@johnnydropkicks careful what you say… would hate for you to get a… protuberance
Sticky your collection is awesome!! Wow
It’s cool to see your raw books, nice!
You hooked us!!!
Cliffhanger!!
Guess we got to wait for the next video.
Classic cliffhanger lol
I love the Troll ending...masterful!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
As a collection buyer, books under $50 are almost inconsequential to the offer. Books under $10 are part of the "bulk" portion of the offer, and books under $5 can actually lower the offer if there are a lot of them.
The amount of work and hard costs that go into processing a book for individual resale (which is what someone buying your collection is going to do, regardless of what they say) makes low-dollar books very unattractive.
If you are valuing your collection for insurance purposes, use the FMV of every single book. If you are trying to figure out what you (or your ungrateful heirs) can actually *sell* them for as a collection, price out the heavy hitters, cut that by 30-40% and you'll be in the ballpark.
P.S. For those about to furiously type at me about just selling them yourself: Unless someone is already a seller, they aren't going to sell their own comics individually. I've seen this play out a thousand times. They start and might sell a few books. Then they realize just how much freaking work goes into each and every book and how little the return is when compared to the starry vision they had when they started. Almost every single person will quickly get to the point where they just sell it all as a lot.
Incomplete list of costs that have to be paid by an individual seller (online and conventions only):
Bare minimum:
-The cost of the book (duh)
-Bags: Magazine, Super-Golden, Golden, Silver, Modern. Poly and Mylar
-Boards: same set
-Painters Tape: You can get the self-adhesive bags, or clear tape, but you'll regret it eventually.
-Boxes (magazine size and regulars. Short or long (I prefer short)
-Scanner. Phone pics are not viable if you are moving any kind of volume. You'll be better off with scanners for raws and slabs, but let's say just one.
-Thermal Printer (you could use another kind, but thermal really is cheaper overall)
-Regular printer (packing slips, pick lists,..basically anything not a label of some kind)
-Printing supplies (paper, labels, ink, toner, consumable parts like rollers)
-Computer (but you probably already have one, so that doesn't really count)
-Subscriptions. Oh lord this is a broad (and expensive) category. Pricing tools, marketplace storefronts, website hosting, accounting software...the list just goes on and on.
-Shipping materials - Comic mailers, slab mailers, shipping tape.
If you do live sales and convention sales:
-Tables
-Table covers
-Display racks
-Flyers/Business cards
-Signage
-Dolly/cart
-Venue fees
-POS (can be cheap to expensive)
But wait... all of that (and more) and we haven't sold a single book 😲
Once you sell: (note-fees are calculated on the selling price + shipping + tax combined)
-Payment processor fees. These can vary but are usually 3-4%
-Marketplace fees. 8% to 20% is normal. Note that many platforms charge a per-transaction fee (30 or 40 cents) that significantly raises the effective fee for low-dollar books. Example: WhatNot technically charges 8%, but on a dollar book the effective rate is actually 41% because of the per-transaction charge.
-Postage
-Chargebacks. Yes, you will get unwarranted chargebacks. People are bastards.
And let's not forget... after all is said and done and you manage to eek out a profit; the IRS wants 20-30% of that.
All of this also assumes you don't value your time at all.
In a nutshell, unless you are willing to take on all of that^^, you're going to sell your collection for significantly lower than FMV.
Comic reselling isn't a way to make easy money. It's a labor of love that hopefully profits enough to let you keep doing it.
@@comicbooknarcissist in theory, though I wouldn't recommend it. An audit would turn up bank deposits or unaccounted-for purchases that would have to be explained.
Cool series! Keep them coming
I'll grow up, and I want my comic book to be "Excellent Ethan" that parodies the Big Nate comics.
Ethan Birchenough, Daruis Boarhead and Connor Dufresne
Voice cast: Zach Aguilar, Brian Tochi, Andrew Kishino
Wow, fantastic video. Thanks a lot!
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing
Also another thing that I've been getting into lately and I really don't like is I'm starting to dig covers. I don't know what it is. It just came out of nowhere. I see a lot of these covers and they're just gorgeous and that's both on Independence. DC MC whoever this my two cents
Super helpful, totally worth watching
That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing
Well played Sir, well played
Worth 100 big macs and a happy meal?
Between 250k and 350k I'm guessing. Great video as always bud.
I dont know! My internet connection got cut off around the 12 minute mark!
Rocky watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. Sticky Sticky Sticky. Does mother Goose know you are playing games with your loyal followers?? Actually I thought it was pure genius. PS. Value? You made some good points but. I don’t think you touched on everything. Desirability and Liquidity are two things to consider. How fast do you need to the money and does anyone want all of the books in your collection and do you really care. I mean how many People are looking for Animal Man comics. And one other real important thing to consider is that you need to
did you your sticky fingers jam up the record button…. Left us hanging here jeeez
I love videos like this!
Perfect!
4 dollars and eighty eight cents, shoot me those silver age Spideys BrotatoChip
One thing I've learned since I've been collecting 19 77 is that I never want to sell any of my books out of desperation. My goal is to sell them on my terms ,when I want, how I want if I give One away for free because I like the person. . If somebody really is an idiot and I'm overcharge him I'm going to it all depends. Yeah I'm a little bit of a jerk for doing that but that's how it is deal with it
"Don't stop! Belllliiiiieeeeeeeeeviiiiing........."
great content. ty
Nothing but a Tease. 😂
I have 25,300 comics as of right now and CLZ goes up and down in pricing like crazy
@dwaynesmith9482 Braggart
He got snapped by Thanos.
Not me tweaking about ANOTHER DANG ADD!!! 😂
Value means nothing without a cash offer. What's worth a thousand dollars to you may only be worth kindling to stoke a good fire to someone else.
@@Doc_Dooom You spelled Doom wrong.
@@Doc_Dooom I don't think you're a real doctor.
Youre a nepo collector. Father gave you half to start.
The video went blank so you might wanna make another one.
Some chicharrones and a pair of zapatos.
There was not enough Sticky Goose in the body of this video for it to end well...🤣
My collection is worth exactly the same! Crazy!
the end of the video is missing
Typical Goose! SMH, lord have mercy… someone save his wife!!!
Left in suspense.
So just as your about to disclose the value of your collection you cut out to a few minutes of blackout nothing. What is that? Your lame attempt at a cliffhanger or use your imagination type gimmick? Okay. Not very clever, just kinda stupid.
This guy is a dumbass.
I can't believe you still don't have a 1st appearance of Spider-Boy or Kid Venom 😅
Craziest books on the planet!
Value of the books is squat when we finally reach forever sleep.
I was like wtf?...🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a tease
Colllecting is equal to buying low selling high stock market keep holding every book for 30 yrs lmao
#UltimateLevelTrolling
for 13 minutes you really don't say much of anything with substance.
Like the rest of his videos. Im done
???? No value given, no fun.
Someone mentioned keeping your books for 30years. Some of us will be approaching 80 at that point. Will you even care about comics at that age? I will give mine away for free………maybe.
I guess he doesn’t want us to know the value of his collection. That, or his camera just died. 😐
30k
I’d say just shy of 80 k
sticky goose!!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahaha trolled em
Brilliant ending! 😂
This unfunny stunt just proves you don’t value the time of the people who watch your videos. Bad decision.
Is the correct answer!
@@Doc_Dooom As I have now unsubscribed thanks to this cunning stunt, I sure won't be wasting anymore time with Goose-boy.
@@Doc_Dooomthere are COUNTLESS accounts on this platform delivering quality content on this topic - this clown 🤡 decided to waste everyones time 🕰️ & prank his own followers with a false pretense. My time is valuable so I “unfollowed” this account to use my limited time to watch other providers that provide quality content & appreciate their followers support.
Wait...what the hell??!!
Troll ending made me think one of the cats stepped on one of the power strips switches again and turned off either the one to the modem or the one to the Firestick. Damn you, Stckygoose. Dislike and unsubscribe. (Just kidding. Made me laugh.)
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I have stocked collecting marvel. In my opinion they have failed to put out any modern thats decent the dempster fire movies and shows as of late is just ruining bronze and silver age .
Lmao this guys funny 15k
You got me too! Thought my internet had gone down at exactly the worst moment.... 😂
We have a very similar Fantastic Four run. 🫡