What is the best way to sell a collection, without looking through every card.

rikker

I have a collection of cards that was given to my son, All different sports cards , all different makers. A neighbor collected cards , after she got divorced kept this, part of his collection and gave them to my son. Many are in the soft plastic sleeves, some in hard plastic. He had prices on many of them from 10cents to a couple of dollars. some are mounted on wood in hard plastic. I collect coins and really don't have time to go through every card. I did sort the basketball cards alphabetically a couple of years ago and that was enough for me . We would like to sell them, what woud be the best way to maximize our profits? There are about 4 full 16 x16 x10 inch boxes about 3/4 full.

Rainman

if i were you, i'd sell it as 1 lot on ebay. however, you'd get more $ if you have more pics and also a detailed description of the years of collection. look under "sports card collection" or "5000 baseball cards" on ebay to see how some people list cards

Bobstar

You might also want to check what "years" these cards are from. The early 90s were a bad time what with alot of the card companies flooding the market. Also, if they have price labels from pennies to a couple of dollars, sounds like you don't have alot of high end stuff.
Might be worth your while to look through them for "star" names in all the sports.
If you go to ebay you might want to break them out by sport; sell all the baseball as 1 lot, hockey another lot, football & basketball. That way you'll attract fans of that sport.
We would be interested in all the hockey you might have. Let us know what years they are from & if you want to work a trade or sell
them outright. We would also be willing to help you with BVs on it.
PM us & let us know.

keithmcm

I might be interested in the basketball if you provide a general description of what you remember. I agree that the more detailed description you provide, the better price an auction will get. I always assume that 800 unsearced cards means 800 of the worst cards you can imagine with all the star players carefully removed. I have been burned by too many lot auctions.

campu2

It is usually worth your time to sort by player and provide a count per player.
If you list a 1,000 card lot and state "Includes Favre, Brady, etc.", the buyer
has no idea if he will receive 2 or 3 Favres and a bunch of commons or if the
lot contains a qood quantity of star cards.
If it states " (40) Favres, (35) Brady, (60) Marino , (35) Moss , etc." its all
but certain you will receive more bids.


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