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This report is a straight forward, easy to use and follow, no nonsense guide to getting the best price for your comic books.

Here’s a brief overview of what is covered:

* The 6 best places to sell your comic books – and why!
* When and how to sell.
* The single biggest mistake made when selling comic books
* The pitfalls, winning strategies, and how to protect yourself selling on Craigslist
* How you can save time and make maximize your profits on E-bay (detailed step-by-step guide!)
* How to protect yourself from the high bidder dealer scam – what it is and how to avoid it
* How to avoid losing money on the one book comic book dealers love to get for pennies on the dollar
* Plus, the most Frequently Asked Questions I receive from people just like you with detailed, time and money saving answers

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All Winners #1 – I bought this book as part of a small Golden Age collection and unfortunately it had amateur restoration. I sent it to Matt Nelson for some professional fixing. The book that came back was awesome (a tribute to Matt’s fantastic work!). I don’t mess around with restored books too much because of resale, but for my own collection sometimes I don’t care. This is one of those instances. I wish I had this book back, restored or not.

Amazing Fantasy #15 – Same collection, same poor restoration. I sold it around the first movie. Having this back would be pure greed, it sells for more and would help my E-bay strategy. Oh well.

Human Torch #2 (#1) – This book was a VG copy, unrestored, and yes, I just would like it in my collection still. These Timely keys get sucked into personal collections and aren’t seen for years. There is nothing like some real comic book “geeking out” than fanning out a several copies of these old Timely comics – Human Torch, Submariner, Captain America. Sheer bliss for the Golden Age collector!

Amazing Spider-man #1 – See Amazing Fantasy #15 – same collection, no restoration!

Oh well, back to the collection and sorting out the keepers!

Happy Collecting!

The comic is being consigned by Michael Goldman of Motor City Comics. It is the first Silver Age appearance of the Flash, and is considered by many to be the book that started the Silver Age.

You can follow and read more about this beautiful high grade copy here.

Superman first hit the newsstands in Action Comics #1, and the comic book world hasn’t been the same since. Outside of this monumental issue, there are several other books any collector would love to have in their collection. Let’s look at a few:

Superman 1 – this is an obvious choice as the first self titles issue for Superman. One of the most expensive and desirable comics in the hobby.

Superman 61 – this issue has the first appearance and origin of Superman’s nemesis – green kryptonite!

Action Comics 6 – First Jimmy Olsen

Action Comics 23 – The first appearance of the famous Superman villain – Lex Luthor!

Action Comics 29 – First appearance of Lois Lane

Superman 233 – This is considered a modern day classic for it’s Neal Adam’s cover

Do have any other favorite Superman Comic Books? Add them below!

That’s one of the most popular questions I get at Comic Book Secrets.

If you have valuable comics you want to make sure you don’t get ripped off, and just as important, if you have worthless comic books you want to try to salvage as much money as possible. If someone is buying comic books and you are looking to sell, you must protect yourself.

If you are looking to sell your comic books, whether they are valuable or bulk, Alan Collins has a very interesting Comic Book Selling System you should check out. His system focuses on both your gems and well, your not quite gems. He offers selling advice on:

- Brand new comics you just bought.
- Comics you’ve tried selling on eBay before — but couldn’t get your price for.
- Boxes of comics you’ve got lying around that are just gathering dust.
- Fair, torn, spine damaged, taped up or poor condition comics.
- Restored comics — no matter how they look.
- Old collectible comics….that just about everybody wants.
- Back issues…that practically nobody wants
- Comics that dealers are dumping 3 for $1.00 (in their bargain box).
- Marvels, DCs, Image, Independents….just about any of the other titles.
- Golden age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Westerns, Romance, etc.
- “Hot” comics you invested in and hoped would go up in value…and didn’t.
- CGC graded comics – that grade out from from 9.5 to 2.5 or below.
- Just 1 single comic.
- Or 100 comics.
- Or 100,000 comics.
- Just about ANY comics you have…it doesn’t matter!

Plus, he has buying advice and many other great bonuses. Check it out!

They are currently accepting consignments for their February 26-27 comic auction and the deadline for submission is January 12, 2009.

Even if you don’t want to consign, make sure you take a look at their site to follow the action. If you’re a Comic Book Secrets Member, remember you can access all past auction results from Heritage via the live link in the Member Only section.

In the last issue of the member newsletter we discussed several buying strategies and touched a little bit on negotiating. Today I want to give you a couple more ideas to think about.

Negotiating Tip 1 – The Balance of Power

Any negotiating position consists of strengths and weaknesses. In the world of comic books it they usually consist of two items – the product (comic books) and cash. Let’s look at a couple of examples.

In some cases the comic book itself may be the item of strength. Action Comics #1 in VF+ CGC 8.5 unrestored condition? A power book if there ever was one. It is the highest graded copy, first Superman, etc. High end collectors will be falling over themselves to buy this copy when it comes up for sale. Definitely a strength.

But let’s look at the other item – cash. Let’s say the seller has a burning need for cash. They are in trouble, need to raise some money immediately. The seller now has a point of weakness that the buyer may or may not know. A buyer with a lot of cash may be able to diminish the strength of the book with his or her cash position. Interesting predicament, isn’t it?

The same ideas apply to lower cost, or common comics. Let’s say the seller has a huge stash of 1990’s common books. Not a lot of strength in those books. If the seller needs money they are in a real bind. If they don’t need cash they can hold out and see what happens. If you don’t need cash and have time, you can leverage a weaker position and hold out for more.

Ultimate Seller and Buyer Positions

The ideal situation for the seller is power books and no immediate need for cash.

It’s not always realistic, especially if you deal in comics. There is an opportunity cost you must take into account if you decide to hold on to a specific comic. Could the cash raised by selling a comic book now be used more productively? This use may be inside the hobby by purchasing other books you want more, or outside the hobby in some other investment or pursuit.

Also, you can’t discount the downside price risk to your comics. Will the particular book stay even or increase in price, or will it decrease? Who knows what will happen.

In the end, you have to balance the upside with the downside along with your personal situation. Try not to get into a bind where you have to let your comics go for an immediate cash need. You’re giving too much away to the buyer.

The ideal buying situation is cash. Cold, hard cash. No rush to buy, time on your side, and a wad of big bills to flash in front of buyers. A lack of cash means you can’t even get in the door (unless you have some great trades).

Even if you have cash you’ll have to speculate on the future price of any comic book you want to purchase.

Will it go up in price?

Will it increase in price faster than you can get a return on another investment vehicle?

Will you be kicking yourself for not buying it today for $2000 when it will sell for $4000 in two months (see the Avengers 1 post for more on that)?

These are all important questions only you can answer.

In any situation, buying or selling, just remember to keep that poke face. Oh, and keep the power, either in books or cash.

When you hear “eBay” and “money” in the same sentence you probably think of becoming an eBay seller. While many of you do sell comic books on E-bay, you can actually cut your fees significantly and make some extra money from your comic book collecting at the same time. The latest issue of the newsletter has a video course that discusses the strategies at length, but here is another tool to actually help turn the tables on E-bay. Read on…

You place product listings in the eBay marketplace, buyers bid, you pay your eBay seller fees and what you have left is your profit margin.

There is, however, another way to build a business which still revolves around
eBay but which doesn’t involve you selling a single thing in the eBay
marketplace.

This “other way” opportunity is based on the eBay affiliate program
and a great tool which makes entry into this opportunity not only
possible but also super easy. This tool is called “Build
A Niche Store“.

Now if you don’t know – an affiliate program enables you to promote the products of a company in exchange
for a commission on all sales that you refer.

You are basically operating as an internet middleman and connecting internet
browsers to particular products and companies through you own network of websites
and marketing methods.

If we return to the eBay affiliate program, eBay actually invites you to
promote all of the product listings in the eBay marketplace and in exchange
for your efforts will pay you up to 75% of the revenue they make from each
sale you refer plus up to $35 for each new active eBay member you refer.

You can have a read about the eBay.com
affiliate program here

You can earn up to three quarters of eBay’s
revenue simply for connecting people to the products listed in the eBay marketplace.

Not only do you get to partner with the best branded marketplace in the world,
you also get access to and control over ALL of the products listed in this
marketplace. The eBay product inventory becomes YOUR product inventory and
yet you do NOT have to stock items, deal with customers, organize shipping
or process refunds.

You are no longer limited to selling only those products which you can buy
and sell for a profit margin. You can choose ANY niche market, not just comic books, and promote
those eBay products relevant to your chosen niche outside of the eBay marketplace,
funneling targeted traffic through to eBay and into your own affiliate commissions.

Golf clubs, sewing kits, laptops, dog collars, diamond rings, Florida real
estate…

If you know eBay you know how BIG it is – there are NO limits.

At this point you might be thinking – well this sounds interesting but in
reality is there any money in it? Well, here’s the shocker – eBay’s
top affiliates make over 1 million dollars a month. That’s right –
8 figures a year without stocking, selling or shipping a single thing!

Now eBay does provide some basic free tools to help you succeed as an eBay
affiliate and build an affiliate business BUT it has been the development
of a tool outside of eBay that has really opened this up as a legitimate business
opportunity.

The tool, as I mentioned earlier, is called “Build
A Niche Store” and what it enables you to do is build eBay affiliate
websites targeted to any eBay niche you want. These act as the medium through
which you funnel targeted visitors to eBay.

Here are a couple of examples, one targeting Race Cars and the other Golf
Equipment:

Race Car eBay Affiliate Website
Golf eBay Affiliate Website

These are professional looking websites that contain all
of those eBay products related to their target niche inside a searchable store
format, each of which automatically contains your eBay affiliate id.

These stores then automatically update as new products are listed for sale
and old listing expire from the eBay marketplace and the software has built
in development features which enable you to create new store pages, add content
to these pages, create content pages, modify your template etc etc.

Basically, in the space of about 10 minutes (once you are familiar with how
the software works) you can create a fully functional eBay affiliate website
targeted to the niche market of your choice.

Your store content is all search engine friendly which will provide the foundation
for attracting targeted traffic from the search engines and you can then use
the development features to attract more targeted visitors which will in turn
mean more eBay affiliate commissions.

It really is a brilliant concept and I’ve been hearing great things
about the guys behind the project and the member forum which you get lifetime
access to when you purchase the product.

Build A Niche Store comes with a step by step user manual which will walk
even the most technically inexperienced through setting up their eBay affiliate
website, 9 professional template layouts which can be customized (from inside
your admin panel) to match your target niche, lifetime member forum access,
comprehensive product support and possibly most importantly – an UNLIMITED
domain license which means you can build as many of these niche websites as
you want for the small one time fee.

If you want to start having E-Bay pay you instead of just making “them” rich check it out today…

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