Alright, so it's time to get that very expensive, very tiny rock to go on my girlfriend's finger. So I am left with the decision wheather or not to sell the comics and figures that I have been holdng onto. I've got large runs of Amazing Spider-Man, Invincible Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and Uncanny X-Men, with a few issues of each one dating back to the silver age. And also about 500 vintage 3 & 3/4 GI Joe figures, almost a complete set of vintage Star Wars figures, over 100 MOTU and He-Man figures, Thundercats, Super Powers, Secret Wars....... I would say the most impressive books would be Iron Man #'s 1,2,3,5,7......, and Amazing Spider-Man #'s 40, 67, 70, and so on. Some of the better figures include Blue Snaggletooth, many straight arm GI Joe's, Scare Glow,...... I've been doing pretty well selling comics and figures in my eBay store, but I think I might sell these in full lots to the winning bidder. Also I really like these items so I am absolutely going to put hefty reserves on these lots. So my questions are: Should I list them in my store, or regular auction? Should I set a high reserve that's comfortable for me? Should I sell them in full lots of the same title, or maybe large lots of different titles? Or should I sell them at all? Thanks, and check out my store. Mike -The Comic Emporium
Ok, I'd say sell the Iron Man and Hulk stuff now, since the movies are out, you would get the most people wanting the items now after just watching the movie and all excited about getting the figures. Wait on the Spiderman figures until the next movie comes out and then sell. Keep the GI Joes as they will probably only go up in value over time. The same is probably true with vintage Star Wars. Not sure about the HeMan figures, but I think they are selling with good prices right now on eBay. Blue Snaggletooth seems to be doing well also. Don't know anything about Thundercats, Super Powers, Secret Wars, but I liked the Thundercats cartoon as a kid. My advice on selling them is you will almost always get more money listing separate than in lots... but that requires much more work and more fees on your part. So you have to ask yourself how valueable is your time? What I see that works the best is selling in small lots of action figures. Group them together by series, year, good vs. evil, team, etc. Nothing I hate more than a lot of mixed figures from all different eras, so please don't do it. (An example: No MOTU mixed with GI Joes). And finally, your X-men figures, send them all to me!!!!! Oh, and buy your girlfriend the ring too.
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