Comic Book Hoarder Races to Sell 90,000 Comics
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- Steve is a lifelong comic book collector, turned hoarder. At one point his comic book collection reached 250,000 comics. But now that Steve is moving, he is forced to part with a sizeable amount of his comic book hoard. Watch as Steve races to put together a bulk sale of comic book longboxes full of DC, Marvel, Image and other comic books.
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Pawn stars..."the best i can do is $5 for your collection."😂
There was one episode where the younger guy bought a collection that had New Mutants 98 in it. Then their “expert” came in and said it was all worthless and the comics were worth 5 cents each.
😂
Will you take 5.50$
Whoa! Im losing money here.
This is the best collection I’ve ever seen in my life.
Overstock means the stuff comic stores couldn’t sell for years. Even in $1 bins.
Agreed
After 15 years of collecting and 5 short boxes of keys,low print runs,rare variants,there is only a few more books I want. You have a ton of comics and personality I would just keep the ones that you really care about and sell the rest.
This is the way.
There’s no way you’re sorting through that in 4 days.
OMG. My blood pressure was going up just watching this 😅
I have about forty short boxes and I was getting mad at myself. This just shows that my collection is tiny - thanks for making me feel better about myself! :)
I’ve got 120 longboxes and it’s way too much. Tried culling the stuff I don’t need but that’s tough in itself because I’ve got so much emotionally invested in a large part of it.
You don't "need" any of it. Hoarding is a mental condition.
@@Hingusbingus4 Well you're wrong, you also need shelter. But back to my point, hoarding, is a mental illness.
My daughter in law's father passed away, and he hoarded everything. Record albums, unopened CD's, unopened DVD's, Hot Wheel cars , autographed pictures, MLB Baseball bats and Gloves, Baseball Caps, cards, and Jackets, Unopened toys, Multiple copies of Playboy and other adult books still in sealed bags, and about ten long boxes of comics. I just wish he spent his money just on comics. I can't hold a yard sale selling adult magazines.
What a journey lol. Thank you for documenting it, it was fun to watch. The buyer delaying for a week was a huge blessing in the end.
I just love returning to your video just to look at the boxes. Just organizing would be euphoric.
I must be the only person who likes Malibu and Valiant comics. Sure, Marvel and DC have my favorites but I always liked the other two companies growing up as a kid in the 90s.
Malbu was short lived but still has a big following. many of us are still holding out hope for a revival of the characters but legally it seems impossible. even if the creators want to bring them back, marvel still owns all the rights..... or do they? its all a strange legal mess!
Oh no. I love Valiant. I have complete runs of several series. Valiant is great. I still buy them.
Omg, I’am so glad I found ur channel. This is amazing ur collection, I’am a “hoarder” too. Lol, IF I knew you and lived close to you I would have volunteered to help rent a 10x30 indoor storage space, that way you could take ur time going through everything. Blessings to you and Family.🤠☀️👍
With that exceedingly large inventory of comics you would need a store to sell them because it would take forever to list them on eBay and mail them to buyers. I hope you made back your money.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
I can't believe I watched every minute. 👍 congrats
Me too 😁
I have 34 short boxes. A ton from Ollie's Bargain Market and Half price books over the 40 years of my comic book collecting.
The books that I sold are the ones that end up in Ollie’s. This is how the business model for those packs works: the person packing them buys these collections and then sells them to Ollie’s.
@@funnybookfamilyI buy from Half price and Ollies too so that means my collection is based of leftovers 😅
Just saw your channel for the first time. I love how you incorperate your family into your hobby! New sub here!
wow, great video. thanks so much
I use lateral file cabinets and CLZ too. The cabinets are great. Much better than long boxes
This video is amazing. It's like the House Of Leaves of comics.
Fascinating, but absolutely mentally exhausting to think about sorting this stuff, let alone trying to sell it. Love your organization of your filing cabinet comics, but the boxes are a nightmare, it must keep your brain absolutely scrambled just thinking about it.
great collection, but the more the video went on the more anxiety built up. reminded me of when i had 5 days to pack up everything i had. had no time to relax besides eat and nap and back to packing.
Oh I would love to finish my Asm, web of or Wolverine run. I’ve never saw so much comics before. I really like the vault, great idea and well organized.
My first comics were in 1987 when I was 10. Awesome collection you got. I'm a bronze age type of collector
Good years 1986 to 89. My brother and me loved Marvels... The Nam. Good series on the Vietnam War. Also bought Sgt. Rock and few other series.
I learned more about the comic book market than I ever have before just watching this video
Thanks for sharing this, truly excellent content!
Man, sorting and moving that many boxes would literally have killed me. If I did survive I'd never want to touch another comic again. Hope you can keep shrinking it down to be as manageable as possible. You've seen long term hold bulk issues just doesn't pay off. You or whoever inherits it always just ends up bulking it all.
I"ll take it all, get in touch
I watched the whole thing. And I was feeling your anxiety.
I own a total of *50 Omnibuses, 50 Epic Collections and 50 Graphic Novels* (toss in a Compendium or two). And I thought THAT was too many. The first comic book I ever read as a kid was *Amazing Spider-Man #20. "The Coming of the Scorpion"*
Fantastic vid!!! Thanks a lot!
Great show guys, thank you
Wait for that John Sable movie to be announced
I'm gonna spec on it
Thanks for sharing this man. This is how my garage looks. But I have about 1/100th of your collection 😊
Great video, appreciate you sharing it!
when you cut your thumb that reminded me that when your at cons or shops if you look closely at the books sometimes you see dried blood on the back of them.
great stuff! i personally don't think any comic is worthless. many of todays keys we're at one time or another in the bargain bin. plus, great stuff for the guy that just loves to read and appreciate comics and nostalgia in general. i for one love Malubu's ultraverse. many of us out there that enjoy those books! englehart, gerber, warren ellis, etc.... Great stuff! I'm hoping beyond hope that Marvel (or someone else) revives those wonderful characters!!! oh, and that animated series was FANTASTIC!!!! sad that valiant is still considered a notch or two above trash but i still read and enjoy Bloodshot! I agree, Mike Grell's Sable literally IS everywhere and seemingly 0 interest in it. but i'm one of the few people that still remember the TV show and that it was once considered a HOT book. It truly is a shame cause it's still a good quality read and everything you'd expect from a Mike Grell book!
very helpful, worth the watch
It’s interesting you see this as hoarding or an amazing amount- I feel collectors I know have about 1/2 of what we see here. They also just have less indie and have it a lot more organized.
Can't wait to start my collection
Naked and Afraid is kind of the opposite situation, but watching this gives me similar vibes.
I wish people would just recycle their Jon Sable, Malibu, and anything they personally call "garbage nobody wants".
New sub here. That was definitely fun! Look forward to checking out new content. Let’s #growtogether and stay tuned.
alf 48 is one of the only comics i have still from my childhood haha....u want it?
ill definitely try that, thanks!
Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!
I thought my dvd collection was big but you got me beat.
It's amazing how similar your laugh is to another CZcamsr who is now deceased, Rich Piana. He was a body builder but, you two have an identical laugh.
😮😮 static.. again !!?? Everywhere ive looked lately this "static" keeps showing up !!
you could easily hire 1-2 people , who are comic knowledgeable, to help you sort
30 minutes in at this moment. 90s comics were massively over produced. The speculation brought about by newbie shop owners, many of whom were ball card dealers fleeing the same glut destruction they caused in that market, devastated comics and apparently left many warehouses and store rooms full of "hot" comics.
Yeah they may temporarily "heat up" again, but what happens when people realize there are tens of thousands of unsold copies out there.
There are dealers with hundreds of copies of many issues that they bought at pre-order prices or warehouse bulk prices. And this goes back at least to the very early 80s with X-Men, Daredevil, etc.
wholesale me a couple boxes. I want to get into comics
You should take all the comics with you and open up your own comic book shop cause that is what I would do and you should sell a ton of them too.
The problem is the cost of rental space. Two comic shops have gone out of business in my area recently. There’s just not enough people buying comics at the moment, it seems.
What if you want to look in the box in the bottom left corner of that back wall ❤ 😔 but WOW AMAZING COLLECTION
Malibu crap??…how dare you!😂
A bone-chilling cautionary tale. 5 stars.
I try not to buy everything and only focus on ASM for the most part. If i find something I really like, i'll buy it but I definitely hold back because of space issues.
The throwing away money thing actually feels like a sickness , you feel sick! I tend to watch the show Hoarders, force myself to watch these people struggle with it and just force myself to face that. Do I really want to become like that? Then throwing away money doesn’t feel so bad
This is awesome.wish Ida lived near you Ida bought your cards and some boxes!!! KILLIN me...I've been trying to obtain that wonder woman run😅
P.S.I personally have never seen any types of Comics, Magazines,or any other actual Books become worthless at any time whatsoever,but this is difficult for you and frustrating as hell and I myself have been through it as well.
I would be so scared that out building would leak or flood, its like a basement with no upstairs
I've got about 16,000. I've decided to pair down to a pretty focused collection and sell off the rest.
I was a GI Joe collector since 87 and stopped in 90. Wish I would have known to keep going. 🤦♂️
Mike Grell's Jon Sable getting no love :( 6:46
So there cherry picked already so its a 1 dollar bin books
I found that Ren and Stimpy comic 2 months ago at a swapmeet I grabbed it and a bunch of others from the run, what an odd coincidence
That's way too neat to be real hoarding.
I purchased twenty storage containers because my short boxes were too taking too much space in my basement.
I would be terrified of moisture or water overflow/ roof collapse etc
Even at cover price all of them are literally worth millions of dollars in all actuality and will most likely be bought by various types of financially secure individuals who definitely would like to actually have all of them for themselves currently,so don't worry about it and just enjoy the attention and the actual prospect's of getting real buyer's and other Big Comic Collectors who may actually see your video presently-"Man Im somewhat envious of you and that extraordinarily large Collection tgat you have ultumately brought together-"Wonderful!!"
Love the story and the journey
6:20 You even have a German edition of Spider-Man "Die Spinne" issue #83 from the 70s. In VF 10,- EUR
Holy Crom! thats alot of boxes. i had 14 short boxes and i thought that was alot lol. i downsized to 9. i'd love to pair down to just keys and stories that i truly love but i can't lol
If you are looking to move it all let me know. Depends where you are. I buy large mixed inventory but would buy it all as long as its not just independent. I would need the mix with marvel and dc
Username checks out
The hunt is priceless
Dude seeing those comics not bagged and boarded up literally has me pulling my hair out
Maybe some people
The ending is hilarious! It is exactly what I do when im about to throw something out and then see that theres a little value to it hahaha!
Insane stash! Wish you could hold on due to market timing :(
I just listed a few dozen items on ebay while watching this
I myself actually learned a long time ago that there are people who actually want to buy an extraordinary larger collection of comics worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for only a few hundred dollars and ultimately intended to resell them all for far more money instead of actually paying for them all at a reasonable price and actually helping another person out in the process and I have never been that type of person and never will or actually wanna be in life.
Claim the Spidey boxes!
Wow!! I would take a long box of marvel 👀👀
Whats the humidity level in the area? Do you use a dehumidifier in that garage? Bec here in Ottawa its considered dry here but during Spring to Fall i can fill a 50pint dehumidifier every 1-2days at 40% humidity level
Light a match...🔥 This reminds me when I was a new parent everyone I knew couldn't wait to give me all their clothes, toys , furniture, anything to make more space for their own homes ( but ...at the same time great gesture lol ) but I quickly learned the game and payed it forward lol ...too much junk comics light a match bro light it up lol
Sounds like the wife laid down the law and said either the comics go or he goes...
No, that’s not what happened. As I stated repeatedly, we moved.
The name of this channel is “Funnybook Family.” My wife is fine with me buying & selling comics.
Over 90'000 WOW, what the hell !!
Wow, I wish i could find that many longboxes, or any for that cheap. Where do you find $40 longboxes?
I'm over hear hating when I had to buy short box number 6.
Where's the golden age?
where you located i would buy boxes? i'll take 5 boxes
I just saw the pinned comment and Pawn Stars offered $5 only for 90k comics? That's a joke. Even if they're not collectable they're worth $0.25 each so that's at least $22,500 if you sold each one for a quarter. PS was only offering you $0.00005 for one comic. They know they would get at least $900 for them. That's one cent per book.
My brother and I own our own comic and retro game store. Would you take $20k for the lot? We can't go higher. But only for the lot shown in this video. We can't buy anymore for now.
Thanks for sharing but i feel bad at the same time. hope u got a good buyers or customers so it wont ruin the books im pretty sure theres a lot of holy grail best of the best comics right there that all collectors been looking for years.. hayz it just sitting down right there hope it wont get mold or get moist And it wont fade the print due to sunlight.
This is why I have gone strictly digital now.
Valiants Magnus #1 isn’t the characters first appearance is why it’s not valuable.
😮😮😮 wow...every comic fan only dream of...
Bro has a fourth dimension shed. :o
Just open a store in the town you move to.
I feel you dude, I collect manga and at a point where I want to sell some of the manga I've had since childhood. I started collecting when I was 12 and fell in-love with manga and anime at the age of 14!! So I'm at that age where I still love comics for teens but I'm so over certain series. One manga series that I'm going to sell when I have all 30 of the books is RaveMaster. I started collecting the comics when I was 12 and it and naruto were my first anime and manga series.
I know I'm going to collect and read all of Naruto, cause it's timeless and it also is a series that is for anyone young and old. However, RaveMaster is dated and seems to be one of those comics that is strictly for teens from 12-15 and at the same time stuck in the early 00's. So RaveMaster, will be collected up to 30 and then sold and re-homed to someone who can take care of them.
I know every collector goes through this, you just get too much stuff and a lot of it you've out grown so it's time to get rid of them.
How much are you actually looking to get for the whole garage