Should I expect to get paid Guide prices for my comic books?

Should I expect to get paid Guide prices for my comic books?

Mark Zaid (Owner of Esquire Comics) gives expert video advice on: Should I expect to get paid Guide prices for my comic books?; How do I set a price for my comic books?; How do I get the best sale price for my comic books? and more...

The Overstreet Pricing Guide is just that, a guide. That doesnt mean that if you open it and it says the comic book is worth this price and this grade that that's what youre going to get. In some cases it's going to be less. For example, Silver Age comic books, especially in the mid-grade range usually will not command anywhere close to guide. It may be twenty-five to seventy-five percent of the guide price. But if youre talking about Golden Age comic books in high grade, which means there's not that many of them, theyre usually going to be selling above guide. So it all depends. The key is understanding a guide is a guide. Here's a starting price, here's a book that you can use for determining insurance value, to help you ascertain a particular value. But just use it as a means by which to initially price your comic book, but then you have to look to see, again what is the market bearing for that particular comic book, or books, or collection.