Worse than not keeping a collection. When I stopped through to visit my aunt in 1970, she had a stack of 30s -40s comics that my cousin who was 15 years older than me had. One of the comics in good shape was the Superman #1 and I remember the cover specifically. Also #1 Batman. She offered them to me but I was on leave with only a fully packed duffel bag and no room to bring them along so I turned them down. She ended up giving them to her grandchildren who tore them up. Wish I had given that a little more thought before I turned them down. Oh well...
>>She offered them to me but... I turned them down
What you have instead is a perfect story to eat out on for the next ten years. When the comic book sells, print out the article and plasticize it! That is a story that deserves telling and retelling.