I’ve been watching this documentary series on Prime Video: Selling Superman. You probably heard about this father in Michigan, who died with hundreds of long boxes of comics in his house. He was a difficult person to deal with, divorced and hard on his kids, and never let his family near the comics. His son moved the hundreds of long boxes to a “vault”, which seems like shipping containers in a climate controlled warehouse, with industrial strength locks. The son and a couple friends started going through the collection. They found Superman 1 from 1939 and Batman 1 from 1940, each high grade and worth millions. But, the value of the rest of the comics exceeded those two! Golden age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, he collected everything. Some he bought multiple copies! For example, Strange Tales 169 (first Brother Voodoo) he had dozens of those. I saw a stack of New Gods 1. The first Silver Surfer series, multiple copies of those. We’re talking glossy, great condition comics here. It’s a big job for them just to sort through the comics and figure out how to sell them. They work with a couple of local dealers. It’s both exciting and very moving to watch.
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