Help with comics please ..... hopefully tonight !

[Andy1672]

A friend of mine sent me a text to tell me there was a box full of Action Force comics in our local auction room.

Unfortunatly the auction is 11am tomorrow morning and I cant make it ( im working ) !

All I know is there is roughly 80 AF comics ranging from 1981 to 1989

I was going to ask him to bid if they were going cheap but have no idea what they are worth ?

I know the info is a bit sketchy but any help would be appreciated !

I dont collect comics myself so have no idea !!!

[SteveD]

The price of them seems to have gone a bit crazy andy. I'm missing about ten for a full run so if there were any I needed in there I'd pay good money for stannd alone issues. For me I tend to bid a pound a comic on big lots, but that's perhaps ott? If there's 80 there must be some complete runs in there! Prices are so up and down it's hard to say!

[SteveD]

Just re read that andy - got to have in mind baf only ran 84 to 86 I think? (not near pc to check my lists!)

[The Kraken Wakes]

There could be marvel af comics given those dates? Prices vary so much on ebay its hard to get a good idea of true value but hopefully if its being sold in an auction room (assuming its not a dedicated comic sale) there wont be many people seriously interested and they might go quite cheap...

If they are marvel era af I would be interested in taking any off your hands you dont want...

[Andy1672]

There could be marvel af comics given those dates? Prices vary so much on ebay its hard to get a good idea of true value but hopefully if its being sold in an auction room (assuming its not a dedicated comic sale) there wont be many people seriously interested and they might go quite cheap...

If they are marvel era af I would be interested in taking any off your hands you dont want...

I dont really want any, but thought it would be a shame to let them go at auction for a fiver or something ridiculous !

It is just a standard mixed auction, they sell garden stuff, pots,beds, sofas, electrical goods, etc ... basically anything second hand sells !

I may ask him to bid up to 20 quid and see what happens ?

[SteveD]

just checked few watched items from last few days -batch of 30 running from jan to July 84 just went for £37. Another random set (not consecutive) of 13 from 1983 went for about £7! Idsay worth a twenty quid punt at least! If you win them I'll send you my missing issues list and cross my fingers!

[Andy1672]

just checked few watched items from last few days -batch of 30 running from jan to July 84 just went for £37. Another random set (not consecutive) of 13 from 1983 went for about £7! Idsay worth a twenty quid punt at least! If you win them I'll send you my missing issues list and cross my fingers!

well if I win these for a fiver they will be free to a good home, Im just thinking .... some people buy at auction to sell on Ebay etc so some collector or other may bid on a job lot of 80 comics regardless of what they are to make a profit ?

I suppose if I look at 50p per comic then theres 40 quid, but thats more than im prepared to shell out, so I think I will stick to 20 quid max and hope for the best !

[jamarmiller]

Im missing a few issues myself, so if you do win these Ill definatley be interested in trying to fill in my gaps , if they are in it!

[Andy1672]

Sorry guys ! this lot sold for 50 quid which was well over my limit.

Ho Hum ........ maybe next time ?

[SteveD]

That's pretty high for a miscellaneous set. I'd guess they will surface on Ebay as separate lots by some profiteer. that's the thing with local auctions these days - you get people buying up stuff they often know too much about just to try to sell it on. I deal with auction houses quite a bit through work and they say it themselves - Ebay Buyers have come to form a big part of their attendees. Auction bargains are as rare as car boot sale finds unfortunately.

Thanks for trying though Andy - was worth a go!