Who sets the pricing for collectible comic books?
Comic books like any hobby have prices determined by the market and by the deal to some extent. But at the end of the day what the market will bare, that will vary from day to day, week to week and month to month. Comic book characters can gain in popularity or they drop in popularity. But you can use the price guide as a guide to get the sense of general value of your comic book. You can go on to entities like EBay to gain sense in searching through comic book issues that were previously sold comic books, to whether or not to achieve the 5 dollar bill or 50 dollar bill. There is a website called gpanalysis.com which tracks sales of books that are sold by CGC through auction and private sales to give you a sense of where a particular comic book might be in the particular time frame. You can go to auction and look online at what past sales have been. At the end of the day the comics are collectible and that means it could be a volatile market. It is an industry that has not seen the down turn that has been featured in all other hobbies like stamps for example, but it is still in the history that can switch and move and get tied as time goes by. Understand where market will be on that day when deciding what price you command on that day. The price you command on day one need not be as same as day two. Because as a buyer you weren't around on that day you first offered it for sale. So again this is also influenced on how quickly as an investor you get your return. You can buy a comic book and hold it for one to three years to command a higher price, or you look to buy and sell within a weeks time . That will be influenced by where you sell, how much you buy and how much you sell and price falls back. It's on all these factors that you need to educate yourselves on to find out how to best maximize your potential in selling your comic books.
