How to Sell an Old Comic Book for $317,200 (like the 1st Superman)

Are you an avid comic book collector? Do you have boxes and boxes of old comic books stored in your garage and attic?

Are you interested in making a substantial profit from a Superman or Batman comic book from the 1930s.

This eHow article will teach you step-by-step instructions for selling old comic books for a large profit.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

1. 
   RARE COMIC BOOKS

   **Visit comic book sites**
   
   Visit the auction site ComicConnect.com and post your old comic books online. Recently the winning bid for the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 sold for $317, 200. (The cover features Superman lifting a car.) Receive bids from other comic book collectors all across the country. Dealers of rare comic books are always searching for rare copies and even in a tough economy will pay top dollar.

2. 
   COMIC BOOK RESTORATION

   **Premier books**
   
   Selling your highest priced comic books can be difficult. Collectors are competing at all times. Only about 100 copies of the Action Comic No. 1 are known to exist. Rarely do they ever come up for sale. Review the comic book auction websites on a regular basis. Join the website for free. Provide your name, address and email address. Create a password and you are ready to join the online community of comic book collectors.

3. 
   SELL COMICS FOR CASH

   **Comic books and the economy**
   
   Look through your attic and garage. Find an old comic book and have it appraised. In a booming economy the 1938 edition of Action Comics would have gone for $100,000 more, but who couldn't use $317,200? Ask your parents and grandparents if they have any old boxes that you can look through. You never know what you might find.

Tips & Warnings

• HANDLE RARE COMIC BOOKS WITH CARE.
• SPEAK WITH RARE COMIC BOOK DEALERS.
• JOIN ONLINE COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RARE COMIC BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.
• DO NOT MISHANDLE RARE COMIC BOOKS.
• AVOID SCAMS ARTISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR RARE COMIC BOOKS.
• BE AWARE OF CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY THAT CAN AFFECT THE PRICE OF COMIC BOOKS.