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Collector services
We have handled more than 200,000 books since 2011 — for collectors sending a single key, and for estates liquidating forty thousand issues. Every service below is run in-house by our own graders, not brokered out.
$39
per book, plus grader tier fee
We are an authorised submission centre for both CGC and CBCS. Send us your books and we handle packing, declared values, tier selection and the entire round trip.
$25
per book
Heat and humidity pressing removes non-colour-breaking bends, spine roll, and dents. Correctly done, it is fully accepted by both CGC and CBCS and is not restoration.
$19
per book
Long-wave UV examination, high-magnification inspection, and paper-weight analysis to detect colour touch, trimming, married pages, glue, and reproduction covers.
Quoted
quoted by collection size — from $250
Formal written appraisals for insurance scheduling, estate settlement, divorce proceedings and charitable donation, built on realised auction data rather than guide prices.
Quoted
8–15% commission, no listing fees
List your books through the Rare Comics Collectors store and our auction channels. Professional photography, market-priced listings, and payout within seven days of a cleared sale.
$12
per book, per year
Climate-controlled, humidity-stabilised, fire-suppressed storage for high-value slabs, with per-item insurance and 48-hour retrieval.
Why in-house matters
When grading, pressing and appraisal all happen under one roof, one person is accountable for the outcome — and nobody is incentivised to submit a book that shouldn't be submitted.
Roughly one in three books we pre-screen gets sent back ungraded because the tier fee would exceed the value gain. That advice costs us revenue and saves you money.
Press, submission and shipping are all ours. If a book is damaged in the process, there is no finger-pointing between vendors — we cover it.
Your books are scheduled on our $60M policy from the moment we sign for them until they are back in your hands.
Not sure where to start?
No obligation, no sales pitch. Most enquiries get a written answer within two business days, including a rough value range and whether grading makes financial sense.