Bookery Fantasy

Tomorrow we'll premiere over 500 misc. magazines. There's a long run of Famous Monsters, a group of Vampirella, and a broad assortment of other titles. Some premium material, but the majority of books are only 99c or $5.

A real mix of new collections today -- silver & bronze-age comics, modern variants, magazines, some pulps, a collection of coverless golden-age, and a few premium back-wall books. (Walk-in in-store sales only - no advance reserves).

Seasoned collectors can skip this, as it's old news for them. But if you are looking to sell a collection you've inherited, one of the first bits of information you'll want to establish is the age of your books. Comics have publishing dates inside, often of the first page, but it can be buried in tiny text, and some reprint editions such as from Gold Key, Dell, Classics and others don't always give the newly-printed date, so that a 1975 comic may still read the original date of 1956 on the inside.

So one of the quickest ways to narrow it down is by the original cover price. The sweet spot for comic collectibles is 1930s through the early 1970s. Of course there are valuable items after this era, and there are also comics from this period not worth much, but your odds of having something valuable greatly increase from these years. Comics from this period range in cover price from 10c to 25c (giant-size issue may be up to 50c). Generally, 10c was the standard price on comics 1933-1961, 12c ran from around 1962-1968, and 1969-1974 ranged from 15c to 25c. After that, comic cover prices rise quickly up to this day.

(-- Bookery is one of the largest dealers for vintage comics in the Midwest. Most comics shops are small and have limited resources to purchase major collections. At Bookery we are positioned to make strong offers on collections valued up to $1-million or more. We also purchase original pulp magazines, vintage paperbacks, and specialized collectible books.)