Category Collecting and Investing Tips

It's the Journey. Comic collecting is such a goal oriented activity. It’s all about finishing those runs, picking up all those keys etc. Often we don’t even realize that a very big and important part of our

A few tips ago we went over how to look for restoration on comic books. Not even 3 days after that post I submitted for grading a copy of an Amazing Fantasy #15 for a customer who had the week before

Collecting Raw. Most comic books are bought and sold raw (ungraded) so it's important to know a thing or two about grading.

Storage. The proper storage of comic books is often overlooked, sometimes with costly results. The main focus of storage should be preservation of condition. Convenience of access or visual display should not be deciding factors for comic book storage.

Watching out for restoration The first thing I’d like to say is that restoration has its place in the comic book marketplace. Some copies of very, very important comic books would not even exist if it were not for the…

Buying locally is not a very easy thing to do these days. The internet has all kinds of sites offering to sell you old collectible comics, new weekly comics and everything in between with just the touch of a

Diversify Diversifying your investments is all about spreading the risk. As the old saying goes ‘it’s never wise to have all your eggs in one basket’. If you had all your money in real estate and the real estate market tanked…

Know your investing goals! Before one starts investing in anything the person should have a clear picture of their investing goals. Are we investing long term, short term, somewhere in the middle or in all three time frames at once. Investing in…

Know your pet peeves! OK so you’ve figured out your collection focus and you’re doing a pretty good job sticking to it (see Collecting Tips #2 Stan). So why are there still comics in your collection that you don’t like?…

Know your comfort zone and try not to leave it! Remember Sesame Street had that great segment about things not belonging. There was a catchy song – “one of these things just don’t belong here, one of these things just has to go…”…

Look for the first post of this weekly feature Thursday September 3rd.