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Old comics, worth much?
Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers |
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Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers |
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Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers which issues? You may be better off selling them to a collector. I could be interested myself. Quicksilver: http://www.qscomics.com buy collections in the UK I believe. Adrian |
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Can't you convert the Dollar into pounds using the current exchange rates? Might be easier then trying to find a site in the UK.
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which issues? You may be better off selling them to a collector. I could be interested myself. Quicksilver: http://www.qscomics.com buy collections in the UK I believe. Adrian "here is a few to start with Spiderman No 535-529 June 1983, lots of spider man and hulk team up no. 437 downwards in quite a set and lots called super spider man in collection sets, any help, have them near me if you need any more infoxx" |
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Have copied this so sorry if it makes no sense:
"here is a few to start with Spiderman No 535-529 June 1983, lots of spider man and hulk team up no. 437 downwards in quite a set and lots called super spider man in collection sets, any help, have them near me if you need any more infoxx" Marvel uk reprints are jumble sale fodder..... |
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If by chance you think you have a comic that may be worth something, you'll need to have it graded by a professional (that can cost a lot of money). Grading determines what condition the comic is in for collectors. The "grading" will also help determine what the comic is actually worth. If there's a tiny rip, folded page, discoloration, pen ink, it can devalue a comic book quite a bit.
If you don't have your comic graded, then you won't get a decent price offer from collectors (assuming that they want it at all). They'll buy it from you on the cheap instead. Here's a link |
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http://www.silveracre.com/ are a very good dealer in comics, I've dealt with them many times.
However, as already mentioned, those sound like Marvel UK reprints, mainly going off the numbering... Amazing Spider-Man only reached #300 in May 1988. #535 came out November 2006... |
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In all honesty, unless you have a good copy of a first edition of the issue Superman, Batman or Spiderman and the like deubted in, then its unlikely the comics you have are worth much.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but sometimes I wonder about this too, I have some Tintin comics (dating from the 50's to the 70's I think), in fair enough condition given their age, but I doubt theyre worth much and probably produced in the hundreds of thousands.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but sometimes I wonder about this too, I have some Tintin comics (dating from the 50's to the 70's I think), in fair enough condition given their age, but I doubt theyre worth much and probably produced in the hundreds of thousands.
If the former (first edition reprints of the original Herge adventures) then they can sell for £100+ |
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French edition magazines/comics (picked up in a bookshop in France) featuring other characters and unrelated things, some of the original "Adventures of Tintin" pages not UK I'm afraid. Unfortunately theyre not exclusively Tintin but look fairly old editions/reprints to me.
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UK Spidey comics? Use them for lining the cat's tray as they're worth **** all! Quote:
Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers |
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Thanks for all of your replies, they've been offered £150 for them and are happy with that.
Same company offered £150 for some Star Wars comics too. |
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Thanks for all of your replies, they've been offered £150 for them and are happy with that.
Same company offered £150 for some Star Wars comics too. |
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If it's UK Spidey's I'm with Victor Meldrew!
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I can only assume you must of had about three hundred of them.....
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I can only assume you must of had about three hundred of them.....
I suspect some info here is incorrect. There's even a risk that the comics are MUCH better than we thought and someone is getting screwed over. |
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There were 77 of the Spider man ones, will try and get more info from my sister.
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Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers I would like to complete my collection and get the missing issues I need its just ebayers are a bunch of money grabbers asking for stupid amounts of cash for 1 30p comic. |
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There were 77 of the Spider man ones, will try and get more info from my sister.
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...asking for stupid amounts of cash for 1 30p comic.
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Any update?
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Hi all, my brother in law found some old Spider Man comics in his loft, dated 35-40 years ago and in excellent condition.
They'd like to know if they're worth much and where they can sell them. They have already looked online for places to sell but my sister said all th sites she found were American. Cheers |
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I can tell you right now they are worthless. Utterly worthless. You'll probably get more for used toilet paper. Lucky for you, I own a paper-recycling company so I'll take them off your hands for a fiver. PM me. You know it makes sense.
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