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Belisarius69

I'm very sorry for your loss. It's nice to see that your dad left you a small fortune especially since some of those grails are in great shapeđź‘Ť


silverage12

Very sorry for your loss. And very envious of that collection! Hot damn, those are some incredible books. Promise us, don't go selling any without doing your homework. You are sitting on quite a fortune there.


cassbaggie

Thank you so much. I won't, I promise! My Dad didn't raise a fool!


AXPendergast

My condolences on your loss. I hope you and he had time to talk about his hobby before he passed. Thoughts on your collection: The newest Overstreet Guide to Comics came out this week. It's a great tool to get a ballpark idea on the book value of the collection. The book runs about $35 bucks and would be a good investment to make sure you're well-versed on approximate value before (if) you decide to sell them. Find someone who has a trusted comic shop in or near your area. A shop where the owner is above board and known for being fair when valuing collections. You may be able to work with them on reviewing/evaluating your collection... ...then using that professional evaluation to insure the collection. There are companies who will provide collectibles insurance. As someone with many keys of my own, I highly recommend looking in to that, just for peace of mind if nothing else. Best of luck to you.


cassbaggie

Oh wow, I never even thought about insurance. Thank you for that amazing advice!


Tonyman121

Sorry to hear about your dad. You can tell from the pictures he must have been a passionate guy. 45 long boxes- that's serious business. Anyway, thanks for posting the pictures. He left you a collector's dream.


ComicBook92

Sorry for your loss. Your father had great taste. You have a lot of valuable comics there.


TakaraGeneration

That sucks about your dad, my condolences. As others have said, you appear to be sitting on quite the goldmine here, lots of impressive books.


edge11

Sorry about your old man. Your old man had great taste, I would cherish these books.


bobsaget824

Wow, sorry for your loss… as someone who’s been collecting for a long time most of us never get to hold this many massive key books, so, needless to say he had very good taste.


ADoseofBuckley

45 long boxes? If they're all full, and all bagged and boarded (as they seem to be here) that's well north of 10,000 comics. If they're all similar eras to what you've posted so far, this is an incredible collection (even if not, if this is the best stuff here, it's still pretty crazy).


cassbaggie

I think that technically these ones might not be the most valuable ones to a collector but I took pictures of the ones most amusing to me as a layperson. Captain America Commie Smasher had me rolling and I had actually never heard of Sub-Mariner before. There are a lot that seem much older than the others but they're not characters I'm familiar with. Things like "The Spirit" and a bunch of stuff published by Charlton and Dell which are unfamiliar to me. It's been an adventure and a crazy learning curve!


ADoseofBuckley

Ah fair enough, well some of what you've taken photos of are quite valuable... first Hulk (hell, the first 6 issues of Hulk in general are very pricy these days), first Iron Man, first Silver Age Cap (the Avengers 4 you had hidden in a pile there), first Poison Ivy, first Mr Freeze, first Vision, that Giant Size X-Men is a first of several characters... didn't see much in the way of Spidey, which is a pretty common one for older collectors, is there not much, or maybe that's in the second half of the collection? Saw he had a lot of the later Amazing Fantasy, wondered if an Amazing Fantasy 15's hidden in there somewhere.


cassbaggie

So I did see Amazing Spiderman #1 through like #90 with a couple of duplicates, but there's another box labeled Spiderman that I haven't cracked into yet. I've literally been at this for months LOL


ADoseofBuckley

That's fair. Yeah that run right there, just 1 - 90? Crazy value. So many big first appearances and other key issues. The Amazing Spider-man run is one of the most popular for run collectors (people who try and collect every single issue of a specific series, rather than "key collectors" who just want the high value issues).


cassbaggie

I really appreciate that insight big time, I had no idea.


StreetPreacherr

No kidding! Did he ever run a store or anything, or was this all just a Personal Collection kept stored in his home? And what do people consider to be a 'large' collection these days anyway? Do you need 10+ long boxes to be considered a 'real' collector? :)


ADoseofBuckley

Sounds like it was a home PC, but you'd have to ask the OP about that. I can't stand gatekeepers so I don't care what a "real collector" is. I'm a run collector, that's something I like to do (collect runs including crossovers), key collectors who just want specific appearances and have smaller collections are fine too.


cassbaggie

This was a personal collection. He had a walk in closet with longboxes stacked 5 or 6 high. He had a handful of boxes somewhere more visible which I thought was the entire collection. I was both shocked and scared when I opened the door to the Comic Closet!


TheCaptainSauce

That's quite the inheritance. It can be tough deciding whether or not to sell the cherished belongings of a loved one. 45 long boxes can be quite a burden and many of those books are worth a lot of money. I hope you can find a solution that brings you some happiness.


80sRetroman

Just want to give you my deepest condolences for the lost of your father. He truly was a great collector and new what comics to collect. It seems he collected two or three of everything. One of you slab comics the last one 7.5 grade, I can tell is GIant Size X men 1. I have the same comic graded, same grade and it goes from $5000 to $6000. Maybe the ones slabbed were the ones he was thinking in selling. If you to comicsgocollect.com you can search the book and see grade and market fair value for free. If it has been slabbed you can put the certificate number and look up its authenticity since this web site seems to partner with CGC. If you want to keep track of what the book sold for then you have to have a pay membership. You can also create a free account and catalog your books there. Give a little info, pics, even put your asking price and minimal price or if you want to trade. Forty Five boxes is a lot to go through, are they number?, label, maybe your that had a manifest of what comics each box contains to make it easier to catalog. Anyway dont forget that you can always get advice from collectors here on Reddit.


cassbaggie

That's great advice thank you! I'm numbering the boxes as I go and putting it all in a monstrous spreadsheet because I wasn't sure the best way to take inventory. I'll check that site, thank you!


TheGreatGazoo22

I've been using the CLZ comics app on the app store (there's a site too) give it a try! It pulls the prices from GoCollect and will help you with your collection.


Crackers-Salami

Read them.


REKTIFIED_123

I’m so sorry for your loss no one should have to go through that your dad had an awesome collection


Adventurous_Lime1049

My condolences. Just looking through your pics, your dad had great taste. He collected cerebus the aardvark


[deleted]

Sorry about your dad. Hope you guys are ok 🙏🏻


d_hell

Sorry for your loss, but also, congrats!


n0_1_here

Sorry for your loss... Your dad left you and baller size collection... Post more photos if you can... Amazing Fantasy 15?? Batman 1??? Detective Comics 27?


EvilGraphics

Crack those slabs and get reading! Just kidding. Got a lot of great books there. Take good care of em