Advice for selling Kellogg’s baseball collection
mrburns443
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I have a binder filled with every Kellogg’s baseball set from 1970-1983, including the 72 all time greats but missing the 1971 set which I know is the most valuable. I’m looking to sell this and just wanted some advice on the best way to go about it. Should I split the sets up? Keep it together? Consign? Any insight would be appreciated
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Two big issues with Kellogg's and I'm in the same boat. 1 - curling of the cards which leads to cracking. 2 - how to ship without curled cards cracking. I've basically written off my Kellogg's sets (I have the same collection as you) as something I'll likely only sell in person via a show or Craig's List. I loved collecting Kellogg's, but they're just so fragile. I heard even graded cards have cracked after being encapsulated!
Break them up for certain, unless you don't like more $! Lots seem to almost always sell for less than the sum of their parts.
Selling by individual yea may be best or if you don't mind the work, selling them as singles may even net you most.
If the cards are in binders and flat now w/o cracks, you may be OK. I believe once they curl up, trying to flatten them will result in cracking. Damn shame, as they were definitely a cool concept. 78 remains my favorite year/design, but no Garvey that year is the downside for me.
Even with good pictures in an online listing it can be difficult to assess whether a Kellogg's card is cracked. That would worry me if buying one of the older 3-D sets. It is probably easier to do in person if you are in a large metropolitan area.