How I Price Comics Books!

[@thequietrevolution3404]

Remember the days when we used to go by Instinct...Intuition...Spider Sense while buying specific comic books. Now there's all kinds of "resource materials" involved.

[@casino_comics]

Thanks for the info. I've just started selling some of the collection.

[@knobles2010]

Good stuff. That pricing looks spot on and very fair. The Machine Man issues are very often overlooked. Not too long ago, I found the complete mini-series, high grade, and got it for around 8 bucks. All 4 were also Mark Jewelers variants.

[@justinconn1214]

Most of them r $1 box fillers though. My comic book store sells all back issues for a $1 even seen a few here that's in the $+ bins

[@leeniren3706]

Nice segment I love how you always change things up and do something different thanks a lot

[@KimNguyen-zm7gi]

Good data. Very helpful. Thank you James.

[@charliedogg7683]

That was great James, a range of interesting comics and lots of practical advice. I think that having three resources to refer to makes a seller's prices very fair. I would add one more thing, which you briefly touched on at the end: if you pay very little for a comic, don't try to gouge the last cent out of the person you sell it to - selling it for say 85% of FMV will still get you a nice profit while creating trust and goodwill, and you can't put a monetary value on those.

[@patriotcomics]

Great advice James! Love these kind of videos! Hope to see you out at Golden nugget sometime! I try to get there once in a while but I’m all the way down in South Jersey.

[@chriscampanozzi6516]

Great information as always. Thank you.

[@Vp-jt3vl]

Great insight dude, thanks for sharing.

[@Ravensflock89]

Great advice. Do you know when or if you will have another KZbin sale?

[@MPScrimshaw]

That web of spiderman cover is so cool

[@MountainComicsandToys]

Thanks James. Some good info there

[@thedestructivegamermycomic2628]

Oooooooo thanks for the tips man that'll come in handy

[@pcantu3]

Much appreciated when someone gives an appropriate grade and sells for a fair price. To often people sell their raw comics at or above FMV for a slab, but is not slabbed. Then that case I will just buy the slab, why risk it. When the deal is fair, it can be very much worth it.

[@MountainComicsandToys]

Yeah, or they say “with a clean and press this is a 9.4”, and then they charge you the 9.4 price. Drives me crazy.

[@MintHunterComics]

This right here

[@expensivecardboard]

Huge congratulations on the 17k 🎊 👏

[@ihavecomicissues]

Very informative, a lot of great information. Thank you

[@BrokeasajokeTV]

Always jealous of your key finds. Great vid!

[@keithkovalic]

What platform are you pricing these to sell on? Facebook, eBay, Instagram, KZbin, etc?

[@andrewcai5042]

Excellent video!

[@kennethjohnson9370]

What do you think about the over street price guide

[@michaelandrewmeguizo834]

Wow you have so many awesome keys, but im still curious sometimes why some collectors tend to overprice a jim lee covers even if its not a key like i get he's a great artist

[@robertt9342]

A book is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

[@blood_sausage9620]

I believe the key collector price is a reccomendation of what we should pay in their opinion iirc

[@monkeyg0d]

Honestly Key Collector seems way more ballpark-ey to me. I tend to use a combo of them and the covrprice aggregate, but even they are off since they weigh in SUPER heavy on most recent and dont take into account anomalous sales. Super good info man, thanks much!

[@pacman52280]

Is there a comic book price guide app that gives details of every comic ever, not just the keys?

[@joenicklo]

thoughts on covrprice???

[@dandoty5677]

now take those prices, what would you expect a comic book store to offer? Do you find doing claim sales are where it's at or???? I am trying o figure out the next iteration of my hobby, selling to start moving up

[@shawnleonard3429]

Where do you sell your books

[@collectiblestoastonish]

Great breakdown!

[@thomaslatimer571]

Thanks for the fun video

[@collectorfromsweden9033]

Thanks for a great video!

[@gregwait3553]

Wow! My favorite video! Go collect nice place to judge prices! You sound very fair with prices. I just hate the word “Firm”! I think there’s always wiggle room even if it’s just $5. James keep them coming!

[@MintHunterComics]

That's how you gotta be! I'm happy to be the one with fair prices in the room!

[@ericwilliams1845]

I look at how often something sells on eBay too. Like that infinity inc book. Sure someone may have paid $8 and $15 but over what time period? A month? Several months? If those are the only two sales in over a month I consider it still a $2 book if I want to move it

[@tristanrujano]

where do you sell your comics? mainly instagram or ebay? in person sales

[@RobinComics]

Great video 👏👏👏

[@noyanhilmi1361]

Love to see your process, 🙏

[@PasspointComics]

Great topic

[@cnote729]

Captain America 241 goes for way more from what I seen in a grade 9.0 or higher

[@comiccapcollectibles]

Where or how do you sell your books?

[@markleneker9923]

I need you to put The Heckler 1 on a whatnot or ig sale lets see what happens

[@rafebennett8021]

Hey James. Nice one👍 Anyone - what comic book character would you ‘delete’ if you were able to go back in time and be sure that the creator of that character never actually thought it and hence, that character would not exist today? I was strangely thinking about it the other day when pondering through the character encyclopaedias for marvel and dc

[@gregwait3553]

Mine would be the robot human torch.

[@zimmothyd1266]

Damien Wayne, hhhhhate him.

[@justinconn1214]

Well my comic book store sells all back issues $1 each. Hundreds of long boxes. 4 $1 each. So that iron man comic would be $1 at my comic book store. I don't pay more than. $1 unless I can't find it and really want it. On books anymore. Comics u see on ebay 20-40 $1. If it's a minor key anf faded out or in bad shape it would be in $1 box as well. And that avengers with scarlet witch would be a $1 as well with the wizard behind her.

[@bigjax731]

Great video

[@davidallen4026]

Love the channel. Must say, I would never pay anywhere near the prices set for Hawk and Dove. I guess there must be some diehard fans out there, because I just couldn't pull the trigger on that book for more than $8.00 - no matter what the grade was. Yes, I'm also a curmudgeon about Mark Jeweler "variants" and newsstand copies - advertising and UPC corner boxes are never going to make me pay more for a book.

[@MintHunterComics]

Makes sense!

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got squadron supreme #1.😀👍

[@berkfamily54]

It’s Morphin time

[@ResidentRaccoon]

You understand that the less time you spend squabbling over a few dollars here and there. the less time you will sit on inventory...people come to you for the goods because you are consistently not shrewd

[@jamesmoss3424]

I will remember that tip. 😀👍

[@johnvincentmalilaytesta5072]

#Pricingbooks #comicbooks #howto

[@21Million]

keycollector is inaccurate if you ask me, by a lot. i think it represents what people "should be paying" for books BUT unfortunately, it seems like popular books actually go for 2-3x what keycollector says, in auctions. avengers 83 is a good example: on ebay its sold recently at 9.0 for about $300. So, keycollector isn't even considering what a 9.0 (or higher) book would be valued! Warp Elfquest1 is another good example: totally incorrect.

[@acevedoe]

Key collector program prices are not based on value. It s a guideline on the price of the book on a good deal. They purpusely show prices 10% lower then value. Golden age guru said it in a youtube video last year.

[@MintHunterComics]

Problem is it's wayyyyyy under 10 percent. Green lantern 39 (1st Larfleeze) sells for $20-35 in high grade raw, and they and many many many other GL keys they just list at $3 LOL! they're way off

[@odinknowsbest]

2nd like 1st comment

[@bumchumdingla3259]

in 1994 we were buy comic in low price😢😢

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got iron man #126.😀👍

[@npdawgs]

Am I the only one that looks at adding the price of shipping for a total value?

[@MintHunterComics]

I usually ship raw books up to 10 books at $7 shipping, anything over goes to $15

[@jasondoyle2474]

I noticed this as well. Especially when factoring books that come from overseas

[@echo.comics7441]

Key collector is very wrong most of the time, I wouldn’t use it to price

[@michaelhinton2738]

I really want a cap 241! @hoodwood_comics