One thing I love about this channel, you spend months on a video in order to resolve things all in one video. You go from getting the comics, to getting them back from grading, all in one video. I love the effort you guys put in.

The way he's handling these comics is making me twitch!

@kevinsolie2208

5 ай бұрын

one spine tick after another

Always pay to have a key issue cleaned and pressed. It's typically a 10 to 15 dollar service and can really make a huge difference on grade

Bruh...your slamming on the top of the books when ur squeezing them back in is killing me smalls!! "The Comic Crusher"...lol...nice pick up tho!

I love that your branching out on so many different things love it … great job

@RoodStreetCollectibles

9 ай бұрын

Comics are a great niche because unlike sports cards there’s a demand for random back-issues unlike random base cards.

Some comics can be very valuable. I am a comic seller myself . I deal on ebay exclusively in the American publisher Zenescope which have better value in the UK. Though every so often I do comic cons where I sell anything and everything

Really enjoyed the video, Chase! Congrats on the grades on your cgc submission 😎 looking forward to seeing more comic content 🤙🏼

As fellow resellers it's always good to learn new areas. Love watching your videos and love to educate myself

I love the slow and steady method that ya'll have worked out to sell your inventory! That comic selling saying buy comics at 10 to 15 cents per modern is something new I just learned and makes sense! :D

Checked out Alpals video where he picked up those books and left some notes. After watching this vid, seems like there was still no mention of newsstand editions. I’m sure there was definitely some in the collection, and that’s a whole case study in itself. Some books in a 9.8 newsstand are double a normal direct edition 9.8 When some books have no “key” significance, yet command value, they tend to be iconic stories and/or covers. Many people follow select cover artists for example your Batgirl and Supergirl Adventures Books. They’re iconic Bruce Timm covers, so ppl want them just for that reason alone. Love this gents. Hopefully you do more with comics and learn about them as well.

The videos are so entertaining! Keep it up!

1000% crack and clean and press for a regrade. I'd also recommend finding a comic shop local that does clean and pressing. Much better to build a network, you also can save some money that way. Much much better. Or since i know you guys got a press for game boxes you could have some of your guys learn how to do it yourselves down the line. Very rarely is it a good idea to submit books without a clean and press and you could easily hit the 9s with one from a 7.5 depending on the notes. Main thing to look for is any notes on color breaks, you cant press those away.

Thanks so much for the advice and tips that you shared!! Great to know, God bless you all!!!

It’s funny that Skyler mentioned the smell. Some longtime old school collectors talk fondly about the smell of silver and golden age books.

@steeziology

9 ай бұрын

Especially those golden age boys 😂🙈🤷🏻‍♂️ no hate though.

Will you send me that KISS poster? The way you have it draped over your shelving is driving me crazy. I'll give it a good home.

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really enjoyed this long form video, especially as someone that is primarily an ebay reseller, I do whatnot just not as into it. thanks!

I about stroke out when I see you handling them lol

It might help your listings if you put in the description comics bagged and boarded and shipped in Gemini mailers. Gemini mailers are a must for shipping comics and they help prevent shipping damage.

Need more comic stuff this is great

Impressed with all the 9.8s without pressing!

You should crack it open amd send it back in and see what it gets, without the press. Would be funny to see it get a different score without actually doing anything to it. Then if it gets the same score resubmit it with the press. You're potentially out a little time and the $30, but it would be a fun experiment. Especially if a different grader at the same company looks at it and gives it a good grade. Grading is done by a human, and we are flawed. Some people are better at their jobs than a coworker etc. I think it would be well worth the money to see this get returned a 9.6 with absolutely nothing done to it. Or even returned at an 8

@TeflonDave

9 ай бұрын

Gotta admit, I was thinking the same thing. Might make a good video!

I would personally move on but for the content it makes sense to get it pressed. Fun video.

CGC like most grading companies has no consistency with their grading , i have seen books that had no business being 9.8's get that grading and other books i defy you to find a flaw get a 9.2 . Also for people that buy graded books you will get returns from them even with it graded because the book does not look like what one expects from that grade, it has happen with me (for 4 years all i did basically was sell on ebay comic books for a dealer.) Also graded books can be sun/light faded if stored wrong or displayed and that of course wont translate to the grading because it is obviously graded already.

@megamob5834

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s really frustrating how inconsistent their grading is.

Great video

Nice shirt chase, different than the usuals.

this guy should do an episode on how to not handle comics and just do what he's been doing.

Back then the long boxes where the thing but am glad they made short boxes

I already knew the comments were gonna come after you with handling those comics 😂 Don’t worry dude the same thing happened to me a long time ago and ever since then I’ve been EXTRA careful with them haha

You guys mentioned having connections to get rid of bulk that is very important in the reselling business I myself have a lot of connections from toys to tools etc. I make an extra $1000 to $2000 a month just reselling off bulk inventory I also setup and sell at my local flea market which can be very profitable I have made $800 in 6 hours just depends on what items you have just other ways to make some quick cash other than eBay great content guys keep it up thanks

Love comics .. just started reading the last couple years so I don't have any old keys or anything. Guardians of the Galaxy is my favorite series. Cool to see so many at once.

I was getting pretty ticked off how you were treating those comics

This HITS HARD LETS GOOO... JUST GOT SOME 77 STAR WARS SETS NOW I HAVE ALL 4 LOL... 45000 NET FOR ALL PSA GRADED...

I had a large comic collection that actually surprised me due to it really declining in value over time. The switch to digital formats is actually something I thought would see an upswing in paper value but doesn’t seem to be the case. In my case I obv missed the peak to sell

watch for reprints, but you are on the right track. worth it on the advice of running sets etc. and condition and presentation, backing boards, and plastic covers,, it you have to set up like that it is a cost not worth it for small amount of comics . sets are different.

Great content guys… you should really invest in a Heat Press just in case you run across some pressable comics.

It's your money, obvs, but I'd support pressing the Batman Adventures #12. You can advise your new sellers to be safe and risk averse, yet still take chances with your own, very robust, cash flow for the sake of educating your viewers. I don't know the economics of it, but it'd probably be worth it just as content even if you lost money on the deal. Tho, it seems like the worst you might do is break even 🤷‍♂

Let’s see a crossover with @minthuntercomics

I've got 20 longboxes of comics in my storage I need to go through. This might be the motivation I;'m looking for to do get it done. Only have 7-10 months left before I need to shut my store down and liquidate.

I've got like 16 long boxes of comics and this video makes me want to sell them. Need to see what key issues I have

Chase and Team: Consider also doing creator-specific comic buying and selling. What I mean is: Find a creator whose work sells and what series / characters they have worked on and then buy those. This helps you because it's more broad -- there's no need to know a lot of details of nearly endless characters' first appearances, deaths, guest appearances, etc. It may also enable you to do faster turnarounds on books. So here are some names and titles the sell consistently and quickly: Rob Liefeld - X-Force, Deadpool Steve Ditko - Spider-Man, Mr. A John Byrne - X-Men, Fantastic Four, She-Hulk Jack Kirby - Captain America, Fantastic Four You can look up the years those creators worked on those books and then go from there.

I just want to come intern with the crew lol. Love sorting through stuff myself.

Definitely Crack it & have it pressed! Try to get that 8.5 or higher 💯

Love the video, live you guys! Always great seeing start to finish videos. But it sometimes makes me cringe a little seeing you guys handle comics and collectables a little less than careful

When he gets into the 10c comics you can turn in ones that are literally like a 2.8 and if it is the right issue still worth hundreds if not thousands.

Yes

Next garage sale, find Chase a neddy pot and some Thieves oil from Young Living and clear out those sinuses!! We use that all Sept thru January. No colds, no allergies and no sinus problems!! We started about 6 years ago!! Try it!!

excellent

30:00 CGC pressing service takes a long time and they don't really do a good job. Take a trip to your local comic shop and see if they clean and press or know someone that does. There's a bunch online, but less risk with local. It's also very easy to do. I learned from youtube videos (and some trial and error) and clean/press before every submission.

29:51 Sadly, graded books aren't necessarily always safe sales. Comic buyers can be ultra picky... they'll return for a scratch on the case, disagreement with cgc's grade, newton rings, etc.

Whatever you do. Do not pay for CGC’s Pressing service. It is very very subpar and way overpriced. It also makes book returns way longer

Especially the older comics you have to see if they're white pages that's a key right there

Get that Batman Adventures #12 cleaned and pressed and resubmitted to cgc!

Sitting here waiting to see my Flash set I just bought a couple days ago. Fingers 🤞

@IReckYou2

8 ай бұрын

I bought the 150 Flash comics. I must of missed the set of 15 you showed I would have bought those too.

Wouldn't mind a short or clip of how you shipped lots of comic books.

Also got to look for reprints and reproductions. I've came across some that I thought were 1st run prints, but they were reproduced 20 or so years later and worth way less, if anything at all.

It's crazy that so many books came back 9.8's without a press.

ive always stayed away from comics when it comes to reselling. whats the best way to ship one?

@TimothySmiths

9 ай бұрын

Depends on value of it for me, but if it is decent value then invest in Gemini shippers, they really protect 1-3 comics the best when shipping them, you can fit up to around 7-8 in one pretty well, i personally if it is a more valuable one will order from USPS their legal size envelope.A Gemini box fits into it nicely and that way you can get the priority mail flat rate fee of one and not have to worry about the weight. A lot of people ship comics media mail, but you are taking a risk doing so, because i have had chargebacks by post office for doing so since comics arent allowed to be shipped media mail technically. If you ship graded comcis, best way is using a medium priority box and i think it is #1092 or 1097 i cant recall offhand priority box, i bubble wrap up the graded book really well, put it in the 1092 and then that one slides into the medium flat rate, so you get it double boxed as well and helps protect it even more from damage, only ever had one damaged shipping that way and the post office looked like they dropped that thing from a skyscraper.

Can you make a specific video on how you photograph items for EBay?

@adammonahan687

9 ай бұрын

Point camera or phone at item. Click to take picture. Do this multiple times from multiple angles. Upload and done. Lol

@noahboat580

9 ай бұрын

​@@adammonahan687point camera and take picture of it while its in a glare, do it multiple times and not realise that the picture is blurry. He means an in-depth how-to

I would leave it and sell as it lays. More authentic especially due to the video. Still looks really good graded

Always worth it to better a vintage comic book

crack it, press it, grade it

Great Video! CGC has also published a book on how they grade comics which is very good.

I collected comics from about 1988 - early 00’s, mainly DC, had most of those key issues, got rid of them all for virtually nothing!

As a collector, all I can say is lucky bastards lmao. That is like a comic collector's wet dream.

Please use acid free backing boards when you send the books!

5, 6, or 7 graded prediction was right lol. and yea cgc specializes in comics so they def must have good slabs !

I imagine you’ve learned this by now but Keys (important single issues, first appearances etc) are for more important and valuable than full sets or runs.

id take those elastic bands off those.

Haha…. Dude, much love but you’re killing me watching you handle these comics lol. Almost every one you touched, if they didn’t have spine ticks before, they defiantly have them now 😂😂 because of the way these were handled, I STRONGLY recommend paying the extra for cleaning and pressing through cgc. Edited: I see the reveal in the same video. Wow! I’m shocked they graded that high but good job!

@thegardenstatepicker

Ай бұрын

CGC just opened up grading and authentication of autos without witness. You don’t have to do cbcs and I wouldn’t recommend cbcs for top dollar. Cgc bought JSA to be able to offer the service. Beckett bought CBCS.

@thegardenstatepicker

Ай бұрын

Absolutely crack it very carefully and resubmit with pressing

It really depends on the notes you got for BA 12. I probably wouldn’t crack it open. It seems like CGC gets more critical of key issues vs more common issues. It’s definitely frustrating.

@robertwilliams869

8 ай бұрын

He bent the spine on it.

sell the 7.5 as is take it as a learning xp. still a w

Probably could’ve had 9.8 on Mad Love if you didn’t wag it around earlier in the video 😂

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Big books always clean and press. I just have cgc do it all or you can look for a good press and cleaner to do it.

I'd leave the bat girl issue in the slab to be honest. The return was definitely worth it overall

Crack it, press it and get it re-graded. Totally worth it for a book of that caliber. I have friends who have done this and gotten much higher grades the second time around. 👍

Press and grade you took it out of a complete set might as well

@chase bless your family your friend from Miami Biggymiami

Halfway through the video and wanted to comment- missed an opportunity to explain what the different ages mean

Amazing that you received so many 9.8's after those books were handled and sorted by your team. They must have been very careful.

@HermannTheGreat

8 ай бұрын

Can't it depend upon the graders? Or would the same grader have done all of that submission?

Hey Chase. Great video! And don't worry about your Nintendo Power Magazine getting pressed and graded from CGC. I took my Mortal Kombat 1995 Movie Magazine to a comic shop locally. They submitted mine to CGC. It took over a year to get back with a grade of 9.0! LoL I paid extra for the pressing service. Apparently CGC puts priority on Comics 1st, Magazines take longer to get back. Thanx for the video!

@robertwilliams869

8 ай бұрын

The priority over magazines is not true. It's the fact that you had an extra service tacked on that is a delicate process and takes longer than just grading, and they have fewer people cleaning and pressing.

Wow handle them with at least some care. Jheeze

9:16 very good shape for a comic is actually very bad lol It's interesting how different types of collections have their own grading system!

Do not press with CGC. Their pressung is not the best since they are just chruning and burning books. Find a reputable person in the comic book community to press/clean the book for you.

Is there any value for explicit comics? I swear i aquired like a box and a half of vampire erotica, robot erotica, some of them still in original packaging and coming with signed art prints- but the problem is is that some are like-new, while some had rusty staples. I just dont know the market for mature/adult comics from the early 90s

@noahboat580

9 ай бұрын

I guess for context there was a demo job at a comic book store, and whatever the owner didnt grab all of it was in literal piles in their basement. And it wasnt just comics, there were piles of horse racing magazines and other random crap. But through all that crap would be like original D&D books, graphic novels, 90s star wars graphic novels, it was all cool stuff

@chrismeulen8108

8 ай бұрын

"is there any value for explicit comics?" depends on rather or not the pages are all sticky 🤣

Chase stresses me out with his pokes. He pokes everything so hard, so stressful to watch as a collector

i would be curios to see grading consistency. crack and send to another company. or see if the same company grades it different.

Hi! :D

I would just leave the Harley first appearance as it is you sent it off you got it back if you crack it open and send it off again it could get lost in the mail. I know you’re just out everything. I will just leave it as it is, you’ll make a decent profit off of it and be done.

Time to crack it and press it.

Crack for content !

Crack it; press and good luck 🍀

Sell it. If you aren't familiar with grades and what can be corrected, you are sinking money into something that could possibly come back an even lower grade. No guarantee it will go up vs down. It is all a subjective call by whoever is grading at CGC and if you get a bad grader, or someone that had a bad day you are taking a gamble.

Def redo the Harley Quiin first appearance the mney to press will be nothing compared to what you can get for it.

CRACK IT!!

Al Pal is the type of guy who would bring your daughter home by 9:30 with a midnight curfew.

Crack and press. I would be curious to see what the service can do to increase the grade.

All this is sold by now I’m guessing?

Press it