15,000 Comics! Top 2 Tips For Buying/Selling a Collection

[@drancealot]

I looked at a guys collection of 8k comics. He was the same, didn't care for comics but had been buying up comics for years maybe decades with the intent to cash in when he retired. I went through every comic he had hoping to find something to justify his $3k price. There wasn't a single book worth anything. I realized he was just buying other people's trash comics for years. 8k comics, not one even worth $10. If felt really bad for him. He was super nice too. I couldn't bring myself to tell him it was worthless. I just told him that they weren't the kind of comics I was interested in.

[@BrysComics]

Sometime people think “these will be worth something someday” without even looking to see what’s in the boxes…

[@doctorwhok9p103]

great comment..it is hard to tell folks that their comics are worthless .. usually just do the same comment as you "not something I need for my collection"

[@David-zj3bp]

You were nice because you didn't want to hurt his feelings or offend him. You should watch the show Pawn Stars. People walk in there asking for thousands for items. Rick and his team always give it to them straight w/o being offensive. Some sellers walk away while others accept the offers.

[@Qwiegybow04]

I always tell people the truth. I soften the blow as much as possible but I will tell them that the comics they have in the condtion they have are not worth very much. By saying "something I dont need. Or something I am not interested in." while you are being nice. I wouldn't want the individual to then try and sell it to somebody else in thinking, oh, maybe somebody else might want them. Saves me time, saves them time. And at least now they know.

[@brianng8350]

I don’t like speculators; so,I’m happy they are worthless. Comics should be read and enjoyed. Comics is not a good investment.

[@jessecates3855]

Thank you Bry I appreciate you putting this up and helping me out and teaching and giving me more insight on what I had and ways to sell. Thank you again for your help bro

[@jacobdawson5653]

I know this video was 11 months ago, but i had a bad experience at an estate sale where they were selling a lot today. This video made feel a lot better about the situation. thanks man.

[@soup6224]

Got sick a few years ago and I had a $80,000 medical bill I was able to sell off about 10,000 comic books to just random people went to my local comic shop where I have been buying comics for 20 years and they were trying to give me 50 cents a book. I had Incredible Hulk 181 Giant size X-Men 1 and they offered me $100 a piece. I made over $48,000 piecing off my collection

[@eljeffe7472]

In the past 5 years or so, i've bought/sold comics in just about every way possible. The only realistic way to make money is to buy from someone wanting to sell their collection. Me and a friend turned bought a collection last year. We turned minor key She-Hulk and TMNT books that we bought for 10 cents each (total quantity of books divided by total payout to seller) into CGC 9.8's that sold for over $200. Your social media presence provides you with a fantastic opportunity! Thanks for the videos!!

[@safcollectibles8423]

Huge props to you man on helping him out. You could have just walked away. Not only did you suggest how to sell them but also creating a pile of the bigger keys. That’s what the comic community is all about

[@littlekoalas6174]

So glad you had the good sense to walk away and had a walk price, some people don't have that shut off valve and overpay or overspend. Trust me it's tempting but as it's said what once was lost can be gained again. Great video Bry. Take care. God bless.

[@everydaychallenges2282]

I love your honesty and integrity

[@nathanielmcdonough4288]

One thing I have to say about you Bry is you are quite a guy. You didn't have to do that guy any favors and you being the awesome fellow you are, took the initiative to show the guy the ropes and try and help him get a better understanding of what he has. Kudos to you my brother!

[@BrysComics]

Thanks my friend

[@nathanielmcdonough4288]

@@BrysComics 💯 %

[@tonyspare2468]

I like the way you do things man, you seem like a straight forward non obnoxious businessman.

[@nerdyoldwoman9651]

I love your attitude. It's just so much easier to be decent and honest.

[@dprescott1970]

Man, I totally appreciate your willingness to help people out. It speaks volumes about your character. Keep up the great work.

[@zachbrobst9473]

Good guy Bry trying to push that stone up the hill for a fellow young hustler. Gotta love this dude

[@GemMintCollectibles]

6k would be a double up for him and whatnot inventory for daysss... but it be a long play

[@BrysComics]

Truth!

[@nhaseltine1990]

I’m so glad you’re giving tips. I’m just starting to get into it thank you

[@charlesdowdy2921]

Very nice of you to help the guy out and use your platform to put him in touch with all the comic fans that watch your videos! And to turn down the Darkhawk #1s shows what a solid dude you are Bri! I wouldn't be surprised if his books wind up in the hands of a follower of your channel! Love your content!

[@cvang999]

Interesting take. Blows my mind you know so many keys and others comics and that you got a system. Great info

[@parallelwho5912]

Great video, good advice, particularly when you broke down the work involved in trying to resell the books.

[@jasonsalazar7126]

Nice video bro and I can say first hand that you are a man that lives by your words. I have never met someone so passionate about comics and the love of collecting them. Truly a magical time to collect and share our collections. Buyers and sellers just need to respect each other and be fair! We all want to prosper!

[@michaelkimbrell8358]

just about any comic book WILL sell between 50 cents and 10 dollars. yes be careful not to buy only junk. but a GREAT majority you can sell at any given moment for a dollar or more. 15000 comics will net you more than 15000 in the long run. I started selling them 3 years ago when my father in law gave me his collection. ( 6 long boxes ive made over 20k from) and just like you said he took them everywhere trying to get a decent price for them and was only offered $100 per long box. do not sell them to resellers they are literally robbing you. and laughing in your face when you expect even half of the value.

[@bjnowak]

I pretty much just gave away 10k comics for 3k. I bought 15k books for 15k and purged it. But still meat on the bone for this guy. I was moving and tired of moving them

[@fatdadcomics81]

Hands down, you are one of my favorite comic personalities in the game. Thanks for the info.

[@BrysComics]

Thank you!

[@jasonholland7770]

Great video to remind us of good habits in collecting. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@DarrenCarman]

Great content. Kind of wish we had better grading options here, guessing most UK collections may be mainly raw

[@MrPelletty]

Both buyers and sellers need to be prepared to understand the current resale value of the collection as a whole. Getting around 65 percent of the value is possible but not without some effort and time. If you are buying the collection you are going to have to spend some time and add up conservatively what you will sell the books for after costs. As a Seller you need to compile a list with that same information and allow the buyer to crosscheck for themselves. Ultimately when you do nothing and just show up you are not going to get much more than 25 cents a book. If you are looking to sell your collection off and have this much you need to either sacrifice your time or money. This is why as a collector, it is of the most importance to be organized and not purchase what you are not interested in. The worst happenstance is dealing with the people who want easy money offering you less than $1 a book when you have a great collection. Its always better to remove anything over $50 and sell it separately and sell the collection as close to $1 a book as you can.

[@LiquidWeapon]

It would take months to properly catalog each book and record estimated values and that's before even deciding what to do with them and actioning that decision. I think overall it would have been harder to pass if the condition was generally NM or better. Makes it much easier when they appear to be mostly reader copies.

[@brickvato3885]

Thank you so much for sharing. The one thing I have learn as a collector is that you have to have strong will power to not want to get everything. I applaud you for your strong will power.

[@bluelantern27]

That's awesome man. You didn't try to rip the guy off and helped him out in the end.

[@orlandoalvarez214]

Thank you for your expertise always

[@jimchurchsr2860]

Wow - you keep talking about how cool that guy was but this video says a lot about you - you are one of the most honest members in our community - wish you were on the east coast - keep doing these videos and may you prosper more in our hobby - you deserve it

[@BrysComics]

Thank you so much for that!

[@ryanscrumley2709]

I haven't been a subscriber gor very long. I have to say I love the channel! I viewed the online store the other day and you have some amazing books for sale!

[@BrysComics]

Thank you so much and welcome aboard!

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

Watched the entire video. Very good advice and you’re a good guy.

[@BrysComics]

Thanks my friend

[@davidfausel9029]

A video like this is very cool, Bry. As far as this collection and the price, he definitely made the right call.

[@locutus99]

That seller should have taken the $5k and run. Sometimes return of capital beats return on capital.

[@ronmobilia]

Good video. I enjoyed hearing your thought process.

[@nau97]

Great video, most people don't get the opportunity to see how deals like this get done, or not done as this is the case. Thanks for sharing the experience.

[@rafe496]

I used "walk price" for everything I ever buy, not just collectables. That's good advice for anything. Cars, etc.. Great vid man.

[@ReQuest17]

Without going through all the boxes, it's hard to determine whether or not you dodged a bullet. The fact that it's been picked through twice means it's fairly likely.

[@robertjackson-fs9sl]

The absolute most important thing when buying large quantities of items is the time thing. What could i be doing with this time if i didn't allocate to selling a huge collection of items slowly. Zero in on the best stuff first and let the marginal time consuming lower profit items fall by the way side to someone else that is okay doing it like this. You will climb the ladder faster like this.

[@jasonmills6486]

Love your videos! It's nice to see the community helping the community. Keep it up man.

[@BlueStatePress]

Damn I’m surprised he wouldn’t settle on $5500. It sounds like it had at least that much value. Especially when you have it to yourself really start digging in it.

[@DONTSLEEEEP]

Great video. Bry you have a good heart, will continue to bring you favor. Keep being you.

[@eriknoriega2079]

Great advice. Thanks for sharing!

[@Dominicroccomoviebuff]

Do you have any long boxes of books for sale? Looking for back issue fillers. No big issues

[@BrysComics]

Link in the description, this guy has 55!

[@TravisLaurenceNaught]

Respect, Bry. My walk price would probably have been a little higher than yours, but I'm 14 hours away and I already have 40 long boxes of unresearched stuff to sort through this winter LOL. I totally agree with you on the "wish" price from the buyers perspective. When a seller sets the price and it meets that wish price, I'm always the first to say, "If I make a bunch of money, I am happy to give some back." Sometimes the sellers thanked me and I have given them money later. Sometimes the sellers say, "I don't want to know. Good luck."

[@Notthatshaneblack]

You definitely gotta go with your gut sometimes. Being self aware to your pitfalls is a must. As always your advice is 💯💯

[@waltcee]

Those are some good tips as always Bry. Thanks brother.

[@wjbiv75]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us!

[@americankiwi3528]

Good on you for giving him good advice!

[@Caseshells123]

I would have offered .20 a book for that bulk. I tell him you picked it clean and you made your money. The rest is reading copies that’s it. That lot I put up 30 books on eBay for $11.99 plus shipping

[@best9642]

Thanks for breaking all that down, advice was solid.

[@flyinspiders]

I live check to check and I don’t have any major keys so it’s hard and when I find good books on Facebook marketplace they are asking slab prices for raw prices and they argue with me about their price. How do I get big keys for cheap. I’m trying to get a better living condition as well and I’m trying to open a LCS as there are none here where I live

[@mikodizon8322]

good on you for helping this guy out. Well done.

[@MetalBum]

Great bry glad you took his whole collection. It is great to see the mutual respect

[@VictorGonzalez-gt9tf]

What's the difference between variants & facsimiles cómic books it's there any difference in price are they good to collect?.

[@richardwaddington2038]

Hi Bry & community ...I noticed you picked up a load of XXXenophile comics . I have a 1000 comic collection of X-rated comics that I got from various bulk buys . Ebay Uk refuses to let me list them . is there any where else that I can try to sell them ,? even slabbed raw media , jungle fantasy arent allowed . Any advice would be greatly recieved.

[@kylekudrick8218]

You are a man of honor sir. I raise my glass to you 🍻

[@anastacialehman9231]

Thanks for the tips. Good on you for walking. Most wouldn't be able to get over the FOMO and walk away. Without going through every book you'll never know whether you dodged a bullet or not. Best to trust your gut though.

[@tomhuynh4058]

Another great video! My go-to video for comics.

[@jarredsmith9187]

I have been there before a few times I have found boxes of comics for sell and nothing worth the value was there and that is why I only buy keys, low print runs and rare variants cause those will always hold there value. I did get 2 NM copies of Batman Adventures #12 for $2.00 each and some other minor keys a few months ago but finding good comics these days are hard.

[@BrysComics]

Nice score on the BA 12!

[@jarredsmith9187]

@@BrysComics Bry's Comics,I am looking at getting a few of my grail books but which one should go for first,AMS#129TMNT#1, Detective Comics#164,Hulk#181,X-Men#1 or Cerebus #1? They are all high dollar books and they will all be low grades cause those books in NM cost $1,000's.

[@ADGarvey1]

Really enjoyed this video and glad you popped up on my feed. Subscribed!

[@BrysComics]

Welcome aboard!

[@Stormcastlecomics]

Man I remember when the Topps stuff came out and I thought there was potential but hated the art in most of it i n the end.

[@twan5555]

Great vid. Also- who did your voice intro? Wow.

[@BrysComics]

My wife 😜

[@leeniren3706]

Even had you taken the books, that’s a lot of storage space one would need. If you brought it to your shop it would cut your space by large percentage. Not too many people could consider it for that reason alone

[@djvez1200]

its hard to tell. my brother has 3 long boxes of the marvel McFarlane stuff with the big boy books in them. not graded and not even new bags and boards.same bags and boards for the last 3 decades. I offered him $3,500 for all of it and he laughed and said its valued at $13,500 and he was gonna have a LCS look at it. I told him he will be begging for my $3,500 after he gets back lol. its hard to tell between what people want,think its worth and what they actually will get for their books.

[@BrysComics]

Yeah that’ll be interesting to see how that shakes out!

[@Jungle-Boogie]

That many low grade non keys would take forever to sell, not to mention the space they would take up. Many would probably never sell. I'd consider 50 pack bundles for $25 to people who just wanted reader copies of any books. $5000 was a very generous offer. I was honestly feeling $1500 would be fair. In my opinion, you dodged a bullet, Bry.

[@wiressss6852]

Agreed.

[@Iamnumberjuan1983]

I love the idea of selling comics but I am too much of a collector to get rid of the higher end stuff.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

What a cool story! If I was in NorCal I'd stop by just to hang out & make offers for a few books.

[@--thiago-]

Awesome thumbnail Bry!!!

[@ladypyro7987]

I was at a garage sale and saw 2-4 comics only in bags no boards in fine shape. The guy saw I was interested when I go to checkout he raises the price I’m like I can order a CGC 9.8 for $15 and you want $15 now. I walked away and he’s said “what you want it for free”, I said “no, but this is not eBay, you cant keep changing the prices, you give me one price them change it multiple times as I find (non comic) different things I want to buy”.

[@E_GIBSON]

Comics are like Sports Cards if you are looking to build a collection to make money you are in the wrong place, unless you already have vast knowledge and a sturdy bank account to invest.Trying to move off them for profit is not worth the investment of time and money for the vast majority of people. It is amazing how many people do not want to admit what they have is basically worthless or of little actual monetary value. I believe it is a hobby and I collect what I want to own regardless of its supposed "worth".

[@COFFEEWITHJIM]

Know when to walk away..know when to run. Good for you Bry, you went w/ your pre-determined walk away $.

[@nolie9981]

What does "keys" mean? Im new to this collecting stuff ahaha

[@BrysComics]

Key issues, things like first appearances, first cover appearance, first solo story, significant story arcs etc…

[@joaquinrubio3230]

These are some good comics. 👍 I collect venom should buy mostly raw or graded?

[@jayblack7495]

I feel like I just watched someone drink 5 pints of stew, and all of it was broth. The Dark Horse books moved my needle a little bit, but not much. You made a wise choice! Great video!

[@BrysComics]

Now that’s a phrase I’ve never heard before!

[@noyanhilmi1361]

More than fair offer and honorable approach.

[@justabgkidscomicscollectab8976]

Great tips. Thanks!

[@johnbower7225]

Super stand up move for not taking the dark hawks and showing the guy what books are the value books. There needs to be more people like you in the comic community.

[@extremechaps]

Top-notch video! Thanks for the helpful tips!!

[@cwwheelz]

Love the ASM50 homage on the thumbnail!

[@BrysComics]

👏

[@goldsilverandiamonds]

Based on 15,000 comics. I could see offering him a .05 cents more per comic than your original price. It bumps your offer up 750.00 to 5750.00. The other option is you bring in a buddy/partner to invest a 1000.00 or more and work out the details on what he gets for that grand that makes sense to both of you.

[@senatetailford]

I really enjoy this channel.

[@kirbycarpenter9775]

Proud of you walking away this time. There would have been a lot of hard work in the long run.

[@1ObsoleteMan]

I brought one 3k last year he pretty much had keys lined up after I went down other books I thought maybe biggest books were asm 300 edge of spider verse 2 had list mostly set up online great app I suggest league of comic geeks still going 3000 books.

[@imperialmerchant7770]

Your will is strong💪

[@FitzKnighner]

Always great info. Thanks!

[@MILESTONEStudio]

Love the thumbnail for this video 👍🏼

[@brucecree9170]

Totally dodged a bullet there! Huge inventory of dollar bin books. Probably an occasional gem but it didn’t sound like the conditions of any of the books were pristine. You have been so successful with buying and reselling well curated collections. I would stick with your winning strategy rather than investing in a field of muck with the hope of finding a diamond.

[@georgefotiadis4869]

You made the right decision. So much work to sell a collection like this piece by piece. Great Karma coming your way from turning down the DarkHawks

[@andrewcai5042]

Props to that guy.

[@garywoods3196]

Good show Bry!!!

[@Cpt.SnaggleTooth]

Respect him🤔😁 Maybe he should not have dropped money on something he new very little about as you stated, to help his family. Sorry, hear it all the time about how they are doing this for there family hoping to crank on those emotions lol.

[@hogations]

I think you dodged a bullet - no doubt you could have many some reasonable money on this, but the amount of time and effort required to make it work might drive you batty. Very decent of you to give him good advice!

[@FELIX123SAINT]

Its always tough not buying books, but at the end of the day its your cash

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

Well if they are high grade, 100 copies mostly would be worth grading.

[@stevemartin8003]

Love your ethics Bry

[@Vp-jt3vl]

Wow thats a massive collection, great vid and advice.

[@sidneyrivera3578]

So many books to go through and so many deemed worthless. Makes me think about my current collection and how it is also has a high chance of being worthless later.🤦🏻 Thanks for the video Bry. Keep grinding bro!✌🏼

[@David-zj3bp]

They're worth something, at least a dollar plus each. Don't try to sell to comic book shops. They will always tell you that your books aren't worth much. Yet they'll turn around and sell them for $2 plus each to their customers. I thought they said they're "worthless" or 50 cents 😅😅😅. They're like the car dealerships, they will always offer you less than what your car is worth. Because they're running a business and must make a profit in order to stay afloat. They have yo pay their employees, bills, and turn a profit at the end of the day. I would try to sell them on eBay and other apps. There are a few out there today, even on Instagram. Good luck to you!

[@Gameaddict2o9]

I feel like you're expecting to find keys that are in the $100 - $500 range, you won't find them. I'm sure there are some keys comics in those long boxes just not the expensive ones.

[@Hydrus96]

Great video as always