| ou ever read a comic book before? I imagine just | | | | same book collecting interests. |
| about everyone, at some time in their life, has read at | | | | I ran into a major thrill the other day glancing through |
| least one comic book. But do your interests and | | | | the want ads of my local newspaper. Lo and behold, |
| enjoyment level go beyond that? You may have said | | | | someone was selling a book collection. A quick call and |
| to yourself, at sometime or another, I would like to start | | | | a meeting in the shopping mall parking lot and I was the |
| comic book collecting some day. Heck, you may even | | | | proud owner of 189 comic books kept in beautiful |
| have several comic books lying around that you have | | | | condition. And get this; it cost me $50.00 for the whole |
| just never organized. | | | | book collection. I have as yet to determine the actual |
| What do I do to start comic book collecting and what | | | | worth of the collection, but it has got to be substantially |
| all do I need? Well, as I am sure you realize, you need | | | | more than what I paid for it. As time goes on, I will be |
| to start with a passion. You have a comic book | | | | organizing all of these book collecting items in a |
| passion, you say, but you don't want to be labeled a | | | | spreadsheet and using my trusty copy of the |
| "comic book collecting geek" and remain alone in your | | | | Overstreet Book Collecting Price Guide to determine |
| enjoyment. Well, my suggestion to you is "Don't Sweat | | | | my new book collection's total worth. |
| the Small Stuff" and believe me, you are not alone. | | | | Through all my research over the last many months, I |
| You would be amazed at the multitudes of individuals | | | | have even created an ebook product on how to start |
| who have a passion for book collecting. | | | | collecting, which is filled with Internet resources. I want |
| I couldn't get enough of these colorful action-packed | | | | to have an inexpensive resource available to help |
| little devils when I was young. But like any supposedly | | | | others, with the same passion I have, to get started. |
| responsible individual, I lay my book collecting passion | | | | When you start your collection, you will need to start |
| aside when I got older and went to college and got a | | | | thinking about sources to purchase your books from. |
| good job. Well in the last several months, I have | | | | You will want to start learning about the supplies to |
| rekindled that childhood passion and have spent a | | | | help preserve and organize your magazines. You will |
| good share of my time researching and creating my | | | | want to learn how the rest of the industry goes about |
| own comic book collecting website. And what a rush it | | | | grading physical condition and what your individual |
| has been reintroducing myself to myself. I am finding | | | | comics are worth. Personally though, I believe some of |
| quite an avid interest in all the new book hero movies | | | | the greatest worth in a comic book is what it means |
| Hollywood is cranking out. I have even started my own | | | | to you and the enjoyment you receive from owning |
| book hero DVD collection. And this is big business, so I | | | | these little pieces of art. |
| know there are throngs of people out there with my | | | | |