Comic Price Guide.com

[iSteve]

Curious to know whether anyone else on the forum uses http://www.comicspriceguide.com/default.asp to keep track of their comics?

A friend turn me on to the site. For about $50 a year, you can log in your comics by title and issue number. It's a wonderful tool if you are into keep track of your comic collection. Even though I consider myself more of a reader than collector, there is a part of me that wants to know what I have. Comic Price Guide allows you to generate Excel lists of what issues you have in a given title. I've used these lists to fill in back issues of titles I am especially interested in.

I collected comics first in the late 1960s and early-to-mid 70s. I started again about three years ago. Now, when I go to comic conventions or warehouse sales, I look for good runs of a few titles that I began collecting as a kid. Using Comic Price Guide has helped me to fill in some great Bronze Age runs of Capt. America, the Avengers and the like. So even though I missed them the first time around, I can go back and read the storylines with some consistency now.

[ConorKilpatrick]

Interesting. Do you use it just for keeping track of your comics (and what you need) or for valuation too?

When I was much younger I used a crude database program that I created myself. Putting all my comics into that was so much fun. I'd love to have the time/space to do something like that again.

[iSteve]

Interesting. Do you use it just for keeping track of your comics (and what you need) or for valuation too?

I do use it valuation - though loosely. For each issue, the Comic Price Guide gives you an estimate of worth. They give you two values - one for an issue that is near mint (9.4) and another if it is CGC rated (9.4). So say issue #1 of Captain America (current series) is valued at $6 and $12 respectively.

The overall value of my collection is therefore an estimation. The actual value is of course dependent upon the condition of the individual comics. But it is still nice to know what my overall collection is potentially worth. Right now I have a little over 2,300 comics entered and still have several long-boxes to go.

[fred]

I used to do a lot of sales on Ebay and my experience with this particular site was that the prices were too high. That was a while ago though. They were even higher than Overstreet

[ConorKilpatrick]

I used to do a lot of sales on Ebay and my experience with this particular site was that the prices were too high. That was a while ago though. They were even higher than Overstreet

The prices on all of these lists - Overstreet, ComicPriceGuide, Wizard, etc. - are all made up numbers, and are probably way too high.

[fred]

these were particularly 'way too high' though

[ConorKilpatrick]

these were particularly 'way too high' though

I can imagine. Any price guide that doesn't list your comics at prices per pound/issue is way too high.

[fred]

I can imagine. Any price guide that doesn't list your comics at prices per pound/issue is way too high.

I've found that the best way to gauge what the particular value of something is eBay. If you search using the completed sales flag you can see what something sells for.

[iSteve]

I agree about the inflation of estimated value. Ultimately, you won't know what something is worth until you decide to sell it. It's all imaginary until then.

[Ekval]

It's not merely imaginary, it is actually a tool for continuing to sell your wife on how much you spend on comics.

"Come on dear, my comics are worth $15000, someday they could fund our son's education, because the more I buy, the more the collection will be worth!"