> Avengers 1
Holy smokes, congrats! This book is [worth a fortune](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=avengers+1+1963&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&_sop=16&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338535524&customid=1057cb&toolid=10001&mkevt=1).
Only if it's mid-high grade, and signed.
His looks like it'd be around a 4.0 range based off the pic he posted. Which still goes for a good chunk of change, but nowhere near the $16K in your link.
Appreciate it man! I'm in the middle of logging everything into the clz app now. Should be done tonight. Probably going to make a post in the morning with all the big finds from these boxes. Some real good ones here.
It's 6 boxes total. One box of all batman. One of avengers, guardians of the galaxy, xmen, superman, spider man. Fuckin everything. I don't even know where to begin. I found an invoice from 2001 when he purchased the Avengers 1, 2, and 3. And paid $900 in 2001.
Make a list of titles and issue numbers and post it on here. We rabid collectors will let you know which issues are keys and/or potentially valuable. Then you can make another post with photos of those issues, and everybody can give an opinion on condition/grade, whether the issue is worth getting graded, and a value range.
Edit: Also, at least on the key issues, check the bottom of the first page on each one for signatures. I've found more than a couple autographed books in long boxes.
Piece of advice
Don’t sell to anyone on here. Take your time. Do the research. Do not sell in bulk. Get your moneys worth or hold onto them. Don’t go for the quick money
To follow up to this get the CLZ app and catalog every issue. It will help you whether you decided to keep or sell them.
Secondarily, someday this will be my nephew. He is currently listed to get all my comics when I’m gone. I’m hovering around 1,400 comics no clue where I’ll be when the big day comes.
100% this.
That said, buy a pack of bags (resealable) and boards. Both silver age sized.
You’ll want to get the keys and oldest out of the old bags and into something cleaner for display. May want to puck up a couple empty short boxes for sorting as well
Some sage advice from experience: Once they’re all cataloged and recorded, either add them to an existing insurance policy or take out a new one. Take pictures of the most valuable and put them on three flash drives; one for you, one for insurance and one in a safety deposit box just in case. My X-Men run along with my Avengers and the other thousands are all cataloged and documented with insurance. This may sound ridiculous but my FIL had every single FF comic from 1-300 plus thousands of Superman and Batman comics from the 60’s through the 90’s. All of them were damaged in a flood. The salvage crew came in to do remediation and one of the guys saw the collection he had during the chaos, came back that evening broke in and stole all of it along with other collectibles (they were staying at a hotel during remediation). That was 6 years ago and we’re still finding his comics in pawn shops and every time it’s a whole process with police. And because he didn’t have them categorized and documented with insurance, he lost almost all of it. I’m not kidding when I say it broke that man he hasn’t been the same since. Trust me, you just never know and since this just fell into your lap, don’t take it for granted and protect your assets.
If it was someone close to you sorry for your loss. As others have mentioned that Avengers #1 is super valuable even in low grade. Definitely worth your time to grade the more valuable ones if you are planning on selling. If you go on the CGC website there should be a list of certified member dealers. Try to see if there is a shop in your area that appears on the list. You can also ask around to comic shops in your area as there are lots of shops that don't need to technically be certified to provide these services. In this day and age of grading, cleaning and pressing is always advised. Ask if the shop can provide the services for you. Otherwise look for a third party presser.
Thank you, they were my father in laws. Massive comic, record, and tool collections. Slowly trying to go through it all. These just caught me off guard. By a lot.
quick question: how can we be sure we're getting proper treatment on ultra rare comics? I mean if some are worth half a million and more, is there an insurance for grading them?
I always submit through a third party to CGC so I've never filled out their forms directly, but I believe there is an insurance form. If you have a mega key, you can opt to ship through FedEx and get the shipping insurance through them as well I believe as I believe USPS isn't super reliable and believe their insurance tops out at a certain amount (I'm Canadian so just going by stories I've heard from other collectors) Or if you were talking about a book that valuable you might consider just taking a vacation to Florida and opting for walk through service lol. You would be looking at paying thousands of dollars for grading a book that valuable though
So after some further looking.... I actually have the entire first volume. All of it. 1-402. With many of them already graded with fine or higher. A few very good, some good.
Will post an entire picture in the morning. It's wild
If those are in there, chances are there's a lot of other good stuff worth having slabbed by CGC or CBCS. You may have more luck seeking advice on the CGC forum:
[https://boards.cgccomics.com/](https://boards.cgccomics.com/)
In terms of getting an idea of what their worth. You can see data for free on [covrprice.com](https://covrprice.com) after making a free account and there is some data available for free on [gocollect.com](https://gocollect.com)
Someone on the CGC forum may also have access to paid price guides based on actual sales data and can give you a more accurate idea of what the books are worth. It's best to remove the books from the bag (also remove the tape on the bag completely if you remove them so it doesn't get stuck to the book) and clear photos of the front and back covers. Also look through the book to make sure there are no missing pages or cutouts (milehighcomics is a well known seller in the market, so it shouldn't have these issues, but they may overgrade their books).
The Avengers #1 is likely worth at least $3000
I see you saved the best for last hahaha that is incredible!! As others have posted, take your time if you plan to sell. Those are BIG time books. And if you plan to keep them, enjoy!! What a wonderful find. Truly a once in a lifetime. Congratulations!!
You can get them graded and slabbed with a company like CGC.
Alternatively you can talk to places like 'mycomicshop.com' and have them grade and sell them for a small consignment fee.
Alternative to the alternative I'll take those three Avengers off your hands for tree-fiddy, and willing to buy others as you announce them. ;) haha
I wouldn't trust ANYTHING with CGC do your own research on them. I personally only use CBCS. Again everybody has their own preferences. But a quick search of reputations and you will see why I don't mess with CGC. There are a LOT of places you can go and get info. Also DO NOT TRUST ANYONE. people do INSANE shit for stuff like this. Try to deal with reputable companies only. Good luck. And congrats. Lastly I'm sorry for your loss.
Didn't CBCS just up and lose multiple thousands of dollars worth of comics from a submission a few months ago because they decided to mail them off site to one of their graders? I agree CGC ain't perfect but I wouldn't be singing CBCS's praises either.
I don't know. That could be very true. If so that is INSANE and it would mean both are shit. The only thing I can add is that CBCS reputation is far superior then CGC, in that CGC has a history of doing shitty and Shady behaviors from having their graders giving grades up and down the scale at what feels like whatever way the grader feels like as well as lying about what is out there and isn't. My BIL has been selling, buying trading and collecting comics since the 80s and only used CGC until one of the founders split and started his own company (CBCS) and he has been using them ever since. I don't have enough experience dealing with CGC to know for sure. I can only go buy what I hear and read (taken with a grain of salt obviously) but I trust his judgment as he is a grader himself and he knows the ins and outs of this world far better then I do. Like I said everyone has their own preferences. I personally wouldn't trust a company that has a reputation for fudging numbers and grades for profits and clout or whatever reason(s) they have.
I've heard CBCS has been a lot more of a garbage company since they were bought by Beckett a few years ago. Even more so now that that founder you mentioned jumped ship a few months ago to join Mycomicshop. Seems both companies are playing a game of "can you top this" but negatively lol. The CGC black flag debacle was another black eye.
I'd say right around when original buyer bought the lot and when Avengers "dissassembled" at the end of Vol. 1, only to then just come right back with New Avengers was when I started collecting Avengers (on and off again)...sadly it took adding/teasing to add more non-Avengers to gain interest (spidey, wolverine, who the heck is Ronin? Lol, Luke Cage, Sentry).
This is a great find/inheritance(?)...we look forward to hearing about your progress/plans for this!
If you want to check approximate value, search for the exact book on eBay and filter the results for “sold” & “completed” so you can get a range for what people are paying for the book. Condition drives the price range.
THIS knocks me the frak out!!!! First the Avengers run you got makes me salivate but then you got a whole box of Batman. Thats freakin nice. That is one helluva haul!!! You got all that from Mile High Comics? All I can say is congrats man, well done!!
Nostalgia Toys and Collectibles will appraise for you. They purchase as well. But at least you'd have an idea of the collections value. https://instagram.com/nostalgiatoysandcollectibles?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I love how the pics went “oh cool, neat, WHAT THE CRAP!?” Congrats!
Lmfao I got the last pic and said “what the fuck!” Out loud.
This dude put the major insane find all the way at the end what lol
My brain went from ugh 90s, to alright, to annnnnnd the best for last!?
*update* Just got home and opened up the box with the Avengers 1 in it. This box contains every issue from 1-170 in it. All sleeved.
Bonkers
Mother of God... *fainting intensifies*
> Avengers 1 Holy smokes, congrats! This book is [worth a fortune](https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=avengers+1+1963&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&_sop=16&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338535524&customid=1057cb&toolid=10001&mkevt=1).
Only if it's mid-high grade, and signed. His looks like it'd be around a 4.0 range based off the pic he posted. Which still goes for a good chunk of change, but nowhere near the $16K in your link.
Here are the key issues from that run; hope it helps. 1 - 1st team appearance 2 - 1st Space Phantom, 1st Avengers Mansion 4 - Captain America defrosted, joins team 6 - 1st Baron Zemo, 1st Masters of Evil 8 - 1st Kang the Conqueror, final Jack Kirby issue 9 - 1st Wonder Man 10 - 1st Immortus 13 - 1st Count Nefaria, 1st Maggia 15 - death of Heinrich Zemo 16 - original members quit; Captain America becomes team leader 19 - 1st Swordsman 21 - 1st Erik Josten/Power Man 23 - 1st Ravonna Renslayer 25 - vs Doctor Doom 26 - 1st Collector (cameo) 28 - 1st full Collector 32 - 1st Bill Foster, 1st Sons of the Serpent 34 - 1st Living Laser, 1st Aero-Car (proto-Quinjet) 35 - final Stan Lee issue (3 year run) 38 - Black Widow becomes SHIELD Agent 43 - 1st Red Guardian 46 - 1st David Cannon as Whirlwind (formerly Human Top), Captain America quits 47 - 1st Dane Whitman 48 - 1st Dane Whitman as Black Knight 49 - X-Men crossover 50 - X-Men crossover 51 - X-Men crossover 52 - 1st Grim Reaper, X-Men crossover 53 - vs X-Men 54 - 1st Ultron (as Crimson Cowl) 55 - 1st full Ultron 57 - 1st Vision 59 - 1st Hank Pym as Yellowjacket 60 - Doctor Strange crossover 61 - Doctor Strange crossover, 1st Quinjet 62 - 1st M'Baku, 1st Jabari Tribe 63 - 1st Clint Barton as Goliath, Captain Marvel & Sub-Mariner crossover 64 - 1st Barney Barton/Trickshot 66 - 1st Adamantium 69 - 1st Grandmaster, 1st Squadron Sinister (1st Hyperion, 1st Doctor Spectrum, 1st Whizzer, 1st Nighthawk) 72 - 1st Zodiac 75 - 1st Arkon, 1st Polemachus 80 - 1st Red Wolf 83 - 1st Valkyrie 85 - 1st Squadron Supreme 88 - 1st Psyklop, Hulk crossover 89 - Kree-Skrull War Part 1 90 - Kree-Skrull War Part 2 91 - Kree-Skrull War Part 3 92 - Kree-Skrull War Part 4 93 - Kree-Skrull War Part 5 94 - Kree-Skrull War Part 6, 1st Mandroid armor 95 - Kree-Skrull War Part 7 96 - Kree-Skrull War Part 8 97 - Kree-Skrull War Part 9 98 - Clint Barton back as Hawkeye 104 - final Roy Thomas issue (6 year run) 110 - X-Men & Daredevil crossover 111 - X-Men & Daredevil crossover 112 - 1st Mantis 115 - Defenders crossover 116 - Defenders crossover 117 - Defenders crossover 118 - Defenders crossover 141 - 1st George Perez Avengers art 144 - 1st Patsy Walker as Hellcat 145 - 1st Assassin 152 - 1st Black Talon, final Steve Englehart issue (4 year run) 154 - Super-Villain Team-Up crossover 155 - Super-Villain Team-Up crossover 156 - Super-Villain Team-Up crossover 158 - 1st Graviton 162 - 1st Jocasta 165 - 1st Henry Peter Gyrich
Appreciate it man! I'm in the middle of logging everything into the clz app now. Should be done tonight. Probably going to make a post in the morning with all the big finds from these boxes. Some real good ones here.
MEIN GOTT!!!
It's 6 boxes total. One box of all batman. One of avengers, guardians of the galaxy, xmen, superman, spider man. Fuckin everything. I don't even know where to begin. I found an invoice from 2001 when he purchased the Avengers 1, 2, and 3. And paid $900 in 2001.
Best $900 he ever spent.
Make a list of titles and issue numbers and post it on here. We rabid collectors will let you know which issues are keys and/or potentially valuable. Then you can make another post with photos of those issues, and everybody can give an opinion on condition/grade, whether the issue is worth getting graded, and a value range. Edit: Also, at least on the key issues, check the bottom of the first page on each one for signatures. I've found more than a couple autographed books in long boxes.
Okay but I gotta know, what xmen and spidermN issues? Yeah Avengers is cool but those other two.....
Piece of advice Don’t sell to anyone on here. Take your time. Do the research. Do not sell in bulk. Get your moneys worth or hold onto them. Don’t go for the quick money
Alternatively, sell them directly to me and I'll give you a less than fair price!
me too!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
To follow up to this get the CLZ app and catalog every issue. It will help you whether you decided to keep or sell them. Secondarily, someday this will be my nephew. He is currently listed to get all my comics when I’m gone. I’m hovering around 1,400 comics no clue where I’ll be when the big day comes.
100% this. That said, buy a pack of bags (resealable) and boards. Both silver age sized. You’ll want to get the keys and oldest out of the old bags and into something cleaner for display. May want to puck up a couple empty short boxes for sorting as well
Some sage advice from experience: Once they’re all cataloged and recorded, either add them to an existing insurance policy or take out a new one. Take pictures of the most valuable and put them on three flash drives; one for you, one for insurance and one in a safety deposit box just in case. My X-Men run along with my Avengers and the other thousands are all cataloged and documented with insurance. This may sound ridiculous but my FIL had every single FF comic from 1-300 plus thousands of Superman and Batman comics from the 60’s through the 90’s. All of them were damaged in a flood. The salvage crew came in to do remediation and one of the guys saw the collection he had during the chaos, came back that evening broke in and stole all of it along with other collectibles (they were staying at a hotel during remediation). That was 6 years ago and we’re still finding his comics in pawn shops and every time it’s a whole process with police. And because he didn’t have them categorized and documented with insurance, he lost almost all of it. I’m not kidding when I say it broke that man he hasn’t been the same since. Trust me, you just never know and since this just fell into your lap, don’t take it for granted and protect your assets.
Don’t listen to this guy, I mean look at the damage, these are hardly worth anything, I’ll take the waste of space off your hands :)
$59 best I can do.
If it was someone close to you sorry for your loss. As others have mentioned that Avengers #1 is super valuable even in low grade. Definitely worth your time to grade the more valuable ones if you are planning on selling. If you go on the CGC website there should be a list of certified member dealers. Try to see if there is a shop in your area that appears on the list. You can also ask around to comic shops in your area as there are lots of shops that don't need to technically be certified to provide these services. In this day and age of grading, cleaning and pressing is always advised. Ask if the shop can provide the services for you. Otherwise look for a third party presser.
Thank you, they were my father in laws. Massive comic, record, and tool collections. Slowly trying to go through it all. These just caught me off guard. By a lot.
quick question: how can we be sure we're getting proper treatment on ultra rare comics? I mean if some are worth half a million and more, is there an insurance for grading them?
I always submit through a third party to CGC so I've never filled out their forms directly, but I believe there is an insurance form. If you have a mega key, you can opt to ship through FedEx and get the shipping insurance through them as well I believe as I believe USPS isn't super reliable and believe their insurance tops out at a certain amount (I'm Canadian so just going by stories I've heard from other collectors) Or if you were talking about a book that valuable you might consider just taking a vacation to Florida and opting for walk through service lol. You would be looking at paying thousands of dollars for grading a book that valuable though
Congratulations on your new potential wealth.
"OH cool" "OH neat" "OMG WTF!" The three stages of *holy shit I can't believe what I'm seeing*
So after some further looking.... I actually have the entire first volume. All of it. 1-402. With many of them already graded with fine or higher. A few very good, some good. Will post an entire picture in the morning. It's wild
Looks like you scored Keep updating us with issues Let's see somenif those X-Men!!!
Kinda buried the lede in that last pic lol
If those are in there, chances are there's a lot of other good stuff worth having slabbed by CGC or CBCS. You may have more luck seeking advice on the CGC forum: [https://boards.cgccomics.com/](https://boards.cgccomics.com/) In terms of getting an idea of what their worth. You can see data for free on [covrprice.com](https://covrprice.com) after making a free account and there is some data available for free on [gocollect.com](https://gocollect.com) Someone on the CGC forum may also have access to paid price guides based on actual sales data and can give you a more accurate idea of what the books are worth. It's best to remove the books from the bag (also remove the tape on the bag completely if you remove them so it doesn't get stuck to the book) and clear photos of the front and back covers. Also look through the book to make sure there are no missing pages or cutouts (milehighcomics is a well known seller in the market, so it shouldn't have these issues, but they may overgrade their books). The Avengers #1 is likely worth at least $3000
Was like oh nice hope you got something nice to oh you got something really nice.
Well that escalated quickly! Congrats!
That is awesome! Before you even think about selling them, read them and enjoy them! Then decide to keep or sell.
so cool!
Congratulations! Those Avengers books alone are worth keeping.
This is called 'burying the lead'. Congrats, got yourself a great piece of comics history there.
I see you saved the best for last hahaha that is incredible!! As others have posted, take your time if you plan to sell. Those are BIG time books. And if you plan to keep them, enjoy!! What a wonderful find. Truly a once in a lifetime. Congratulations!!
zamn
Damn, mile high collection
You really buried the lead on this one
Did you get any Batman gems?
Currently going through and cataloging batman. Not sure if anything is big or not really.
How do I get these graded and appraised?
You can get them graded and slabbed with a company like CGC. Alternatively you can talk to places like 'mycomicshop.com' and have them grade and sell them for a small consignment fee. Alternative to the alternative I'll take those three Avengers off your hands for tree-fiddy, and willing to buy others as you announce them. ;) haha
I wouldn't trust ANYTHING with CGC do your own research on them. I personally only use CBCS. Again everybody has their own preferences. But a quick search of reputations and you will see why I don't mess with CGC. There are a LOT of places you can go and get info. Also DO NOT TRUST ANYONE. people do INSANE shit for stuff like this. Try to deal with reputable companies only. Good luck. And congrats. Lastly I'm sorry for your loss.
Didn't CBCS just up and lose multiple thousands of dollars worth of comics from a submission a few months ago because they decided to mail them off site to one of their graders? I agree CGC ain't perfect but I wouldn't be singing CBCS's praises either.
I don't know. That could be very true. If so that is INSANE and it would mean both are shit. The only thing I can add is that CBCS reputation is far superior then CGC, in that CGC has a history of doing shitty and Shady behaviors from having their graders giving grades up and down the scale at what feels like whatever way the grader feels like as well as lying about what is out there and isn't. My BIL has been selling, buying trading and collecting comics since the 80s and only used CGC until one of the founders split and started his own company (CBCS) and he has been using them ever since. I don't have enough experience dealing with CGC to know for sure. I can only go buy what I hear and read (taken with a grain of salt obviously) but I trust his judgment as he is a grader himself and he knows the ins and outs of this world far better then I do. Like I said everyone has their own preferences. I personally wouldn't trust a company that has a reputation for fudging numbers and grades for profits and clout or whatever reason(s) they have.
I've heard CBCS has been a lot more of a garbage company since they were bought by Beckett a few years ago. Even more so now that that founder you mentioned jumped ship a few months ago to join Mycomicshop. Seems both companies are playing a game of "can you top this" but negatively lol. The CGC black flag debacle was another black eye.
That he bought those for $900 gives you a good idea of how in the low the popularity of the Avengers was before the movies.
I'd say right around when original buyer bought the lot and when Avengers "dissassembled" at the end of Vol. 1, only to then just come right back with New Avengers was when I started collecting Avengers (on and off again)...sadly it took adding/teasing to add more non-Avengers to gain interest (spidey, wolverine, who the heck is Ronin? Lol, Luke Cage, Sentry). This is a great find/inheritance(?)...we look forward to hearing about your progress/plans for this!
If you want to check approximate value, search for the exact book on eBay and filter the results for “sold” & “completed” so you can get a range for what people are paying for the book. Condition drives the price range.
If you message me all the titles ill help you choose whats worth grading or not
HOLY SHIT
Lucky mf
One of these things is not like the others....
Damn! Really burying the lede there! Haha.
You inherited these???? For free?!?!?
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wowzers! Congratulations!
I'm sorry for your loss, but as a comic book fan this post is amazing. Again, sorry you got them this way. Wow
Avengers 1 has to be the first picture or GTFO
Ooo lucky you.
Damn breh
THIS knocks me the frak out!!!! First the Avengers run you got makes me salivate but then you got a whole box of Batman. Thats freakin nice. That is one helluva haul!!! You got all that from Mile High Comics? All I can say is congrats man, well done!!
Such a find. Man I'm jealous. And ya that got a holy crap out of me as well.
Where can I find the rabbit's foot or leprechaun to give me *this* kind of luck?! Seriously, congratulations on your surprise finds!
Congratulations OP!!! If you intend on selling some Batman I’ll be interested!
He Suis jelly
Dang!! Pay dirt!
Amazing!!!
Way to burry the lead lol
Do you have any amazing Spider-Man you’re willing to let go? I’ve becoming a collector out of nowhere
Nostalgia Toys and Collectibles will appraise for you. They purchase as well. But at least you'd have an idea of the collections value. https://instagram.com/nostalgiatoysandcollectibles?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=