@@MJComix They might not be super valuable, but I get excited for stuff from around the world!! I've already had my childhood/teen years collection destroyed after moving out and ANOTHER sizable collection had to be liquidated as a "friend" stole my car and blew it up. Now, I just try to get INTERESTING things for the walls and that make good conversation pieces. No longer collecting for possible future gain on top of just loving it was VERY liberating!!!! Lmk if your friend would want to trade a few for some American books,and I'll try to accommodate to the best of my ability!!
@@bobtrottier8178 apologies, I have just seen this comment. I will ask them, I can get hold of some UK Marvel magazine size comics if you want. Contact me via the website contact form or through instagram.
These books were stored for the last 20+ years in either the attic and shed. Not bagged or boarded, just sat on top of each other. So they are already not stored in the correct condition. Due to this the majority of books had foxxing which spread, you can easily see this on the UK comic prints as the outside is white paper. Any book that I perceived to have any significant value I believe I handled with the utmost respect.
Nice collection. They all look like they could use a press and clean, looked like foxing and mold/dirt on some of them. The market is picking up a bit for non-US books, even the UK Marvels The better places to sell are the Foreign collectors facebook groups, rather than eBay.
Very pleasant surprise to stumble across ur channel, great vid mate and even more surprising as a South African myself was to see a spawn (first Angela) from here in Sa😮in that collection.
I'm about half way through, hope you find something. Cool Captain Britain, X-men& Panther. , it would be tragic to have so many books and nothing at all with any value. It wasn't looking good with all the uk books.
I think “tragic” is a little extreme. It looks like this guys dad enjoyed his collection, and did it more for fun than profit, unlike so many collectors these days
@@literallyunderrated I will agree on your evaluation on the situation, but for the first half of the video there was nothing of any value. Given the time period of a lot of those books like the video says if he had been collecting in America it would probably been loaded with key issues. Sadly whoever now has those books probably just wants the value of the collection. Its got me thinking though. I'm at that stage in life where I'm wondering who I would pass my books to. Whilst I have people to leave things of value to, I really don't know anyone who appreciate the collection for itself or even know what to do with it. My girlfriend would probably get very frustrated trying to open those odd ones in the plastic slabs.
@@Whalewraith Yes, I’m kind of in the same boat. My collection means a lot more to me than to anyone I could pass it down to. And if I died with my comics my only regret would be leaving my loved ones with a chore of figuring out which ones are valuable to them. I guess the easiest way would be for them to sell it in bulk and at least get a fraction of the value. Like you said in this case the pence variants aren’t as sought after as the US so while its disappointing I guess its not a big loss either. My plan is to start to reduce my collection, instead of building it bigger. That way I can enjoy some of the profits from the care and work I put into it, and leave less stuff (if any) for my heirs to figure out. So while I pretty much stopped buying a few years ago I am still enjoying the ones I have. Cheers 🍻
I never held onto them but I bought all the uk Marvels for around 10 years when they 1st came out, then I discovered an actual comic shop and switched to the American editions.
Very much liked your exploration video but for the love of god don't use the background music loops again. It's really like listening to a dentist's drill.
