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Post by Buzzetta on Dec 5, 2023 16:17:42 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto?
For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot.
Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys.
What say you?
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Post by kav on Dec 5, 2023 16:57:48 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto? For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot. Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys. What say you? I have started selling some of my books and plan to do more of that. the art I dont know its a hassle to ship. |
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Post by Buzzetta on Dec 5, 2023 17:59:24 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto? For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot. Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys. What say you? I have started selling some of my books and plan to do more of that. the art I dont know its a hassle to ship. The guys in the OA group on FB mentioned that Heritage has a threshold of value that must be reached if you are submitting art. I do not know if that is true or not. However, CLink, MCS and even CAF, especially CAF are the way to go with that probably. |
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Post by kav on Dec 5, 2023 18:01:46 GMT -8
I have started selling some of my books and plan to do more of that. the art I dont know its a hassle to ship. The guys in the OA group on FB mentioned that Heritage has a threshold of value that must be reached if you are submitting art. I do not know if that is true or not. However, CLink, MCS and even CAF, especially CAF are the way to go with that probably. I imagine it must be-they aint gonna list a $15 archie page for example. |
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Post by Prince Namor on Dec 5, 2023 20:54:52 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto? For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot. Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys. What say you? Before I moved out of the country I sold off almost everything. God, what an amazing feeling of relief. I have a stack of UNbagged/UNboarded, loose Bronze Age Marvel's (mostly) - Ross Andru Spidey's, Giant Size, Starlin Capt. Marvel's, Treasury Editions, Marvel Mags from the 70's - roughly less than 50 books. It's awesome. I kept a few figurines for my desk area, a few pvc statues and Funko Pops ... other than that - nothing else. Extremely liberating. |
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Post by Buzzetta on Dec 6, 2023 13:31:07 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto? For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot. Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys. What say you? Before I moved out of the country I sold off almost everything. God, what an amazing feeling of relief. I have a stack of UNbagged/UNboarded, loose Bronze Age Marvel's (mostly) - Ross Andru Spidey's, Giant Size, Starlin Capt. Marvel's, Treasury Editions, Marvel Mags from the 70's - roughly less than 50 books. It's awesome. I kept a few figurines for my desk area, a few pvc statues and Funko Pops ... other than that - nothing else. Extremely liberating. I am sure at some point I will have to sell off most things. My grandmother lived until she was 96 and she would shrug and say at the end of the day, it is just "stuff". A few years ago I did what would best be considered a purge and I am still quite happy about it. I wound up only reconsidering parting with a few things and just bought them again. |
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Post by quantumcomics on Dec 6, 2023 13:58:15 GMT -8
So, as I start thinking about retirement in less than ten years it is weighing on me that there is a lot of meaningless stuff that I may not want to hold onto anymore. What are your plans and if you do plan on selling things, how will you do so and what are the things you might want to hold onto? For example, I have what I believe to be around 3000 books between slabbed and raw copies. Then there is the art, lego and whatnot. Strangely I could see myself holding onto a lot of the Lego over the comics but holding onto major keys. What say you? Before I moved out of the country I sold off almost everything. God, what an amazing feeling of relief. I have a stack of UNbagged/UNboarded, loose Bronze Age Marvel's (mostly) - Ross Andru Spidey's, Giant Size, Starlin Capt. Marvel's, Treasury Editions, Marvel Mags from the 70's - roughly less than 50 books. It's awesome. I kept a few figurines for my desk area, a few pvc statues and Funko Pops ... other than that - nothing else. Extremely liberating. For collectors the saying " you don't own stuff, it owns you" is appropriate. |
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Post by bodega on Feb 24, 2024 4:31:57 GMT -8
Before I moved out of the country I sold off almost everything. God, what an amazing feeling of relief. I have a stack of UNbagged/UNboarded, loose Bronze Age Marvel's (mostly) - Ross Andru Spidey's, Giant Size, Starlin Capt. Marvel's, Treasury Editions, Marvel Mags from the 70's - roughly less than 50 books. It's awesome. I kept a few figurines for my desk area, a few pvc statues and Funko Pops ... other than that - nothing else. Extremely liberating. For collectors the saying " you don't own stuff, it owns you" is appropriate. I try very hard not to let that happen. I try to get rid of things I don't care about. Space is more important to me as I get older. |
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Post by Buzzetta on Feb 24, 2024 17:48:49 GMT -8
Earlier this week we travelled to Puerto Rico to explore Old San Juan. It solidified my mind that I would rather get rid of some more thing sooner rather than later to lighten the load, perhaps buy a vacation condo or apartment and enjoy that rather than bound old newsprint in boxes.
The beautiful world we live in though is that in many cases the age of the dealers are somewhat dead. If you have the time and can do some research there is absolutely no need to have a dealer buy your collection at a fraction of the cost. You stand to make more in most cases sending them to auction houses or selling them on your own time.
Barring some items which I would feel more comfortable handing off to an auction house, I have no problem listing things myself and may make a return to doing so over the next few years.
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Post by kav on Feb 24, 2024 18:05:07 GMT -8
Earlier this week we travelled to Puerto Rico to explore Old San Juan. It solidified my mind that I would rather get rid of some more thing sooner rather than later to lighten the load, perhaps buy a vacation condo or apartment and enjoy that rather than bound old newsprint in boxes. The beautiful world we live in though is that in many cases the age of the dealers are somewhat dead. If you have the time and can do some research there is absolutely no need to have a dealer buy your collection at a fraction of the cost. You stand to make more in most cases sending them to auction houses or selling them on your own time. Barring some items which I would feel more comfortable handing off to an auction house, I have no problem listing things myself and may make a return to doing so over the next few years. I hear MCS gives very fair price. |
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Post by Buzzetta on Feb 25, 2024 13:45:49 GMT -8
Earlier this week we travelled to Puerto Rico to explore Old San Juan. It solidified my mind that I would rather get rid of some more thing sooner rather than later to lighten the load, perhaps buy a vacation condo or apartment and enjoy that rather than bound old newsprint in boxes. The beautiful world we live in though is that in many cases the age of the dealers are somewhat dead. If you have the time and can do some research there is absolutely no need to have a dealer buy your collection at a fraction of the cost. You stand to make more in most cases sending them to auction houses or selling them on your own time. Barring some items which I would feel more comfortable handing off to an auction house, I have no problem listing things myself and may make a return to doing so over the next few years. I hear MCS gives very fair price. Apparently they do. However, that is in relation to what other dealers would pay. Now, I am not saying that dealers are out to screw collectors. That is not true. They have overhead that someone that wants to sell their collection does not have. However, my job is not to put food on the table of the average comic dealer especially if I am selling off my collection. My job is to maximize my profit for me. That does not involve selling my items through a dealer or an online comic shop. This is why eBay, Facebook Marketplace and the internet has become the most damaging vehicles for the organized comic book dealer and has sunk nails into the coffins of your local comic shop. Again, though, that is the nature of the hobby as times change. Local business and comic dealers needs to adapt or die but it is an age old discussion for another thread. I am sure people complained when Sears introduced their first mail order catalog over a hundred years ago. |
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Post by kav on Mar 3, 2024 17:36:33 GMT -8
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Post by mrwoogieman on Mar 5, 2024 20:26:06 GMT -8
Fritzi Ritz was hot!
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Post by mrwoogieman on Mar 5, 2024 20:27:35 GMT -8
I told my wife to open the doors and have an everything-a-buck sale! Slabs and all, just go for it! She said, no some of them are worth money. I said, yeah but which ones and how much. Don't worry about it, just blow 'em out.
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Post by kav on Mar 5, 2024 20:33:26 GMT -8
I told my wife to open the doors and have an everything-a-buck sale! Slabs and all, just go for it! She said, no some of them are worth money. I said, yeah but which ones and how much. Don't worry about it, just blow 'em out. Tell 'er to crack the slabs-raw sells for more than slabbed now for some reason I'm hearing- |
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