hey comic book collectors

[bogey]

I need your expertise. The guy next door is moving out. He's having an estate sale today. This guy is a very nice guy, keeps to himself but we have occasional conversations. He's eccentric (sp), odd, 60ish years old. Anyway, he has a collection of comic books, 3 boxes, at least 1000 books. At least 50% are still in wrappers. They're clean, dry dust free, blah, blah, blah. Is there any way to put a value on this? He's not a collector, he bought out inventory of a closing comic store. He's never looked through the boxes. He wants $300.00 (firm).

Those of you that are into this kind of collecting, and have a knowledge of this. What would you do? Should I run away? I'm thinking at the very least, I can get my money back by reselling as is, or do a little investigative work and I might make a little profit. What do you think?

I told him to hold the magazines for me.

[WhawhaWhat]

If you aren't getting any return on your investment and you don't want them for yourself, you can also ask a children's hospital if they would take donations in the form of comic books.

[Red Gorilla]

If he's a collector, those things have definitely been picked through, You should pass.