Have to sell my Munsons, dang it

doog71 · April 26, 2005 9:07AM

Immediate family enlargement means I'm selling off a good portion of my PSA Munson collection. Almost all 8s or 9s, 59 of 'em in one lot. Hate to do it, really, it's taken awhile to amass all of these. Not Ebay spam, just need to vent.

Why do I feel like I'm losing my dog or something? Worth selling 'em, though, for the youngsters...

Doug

WinPitcher · April 26, 2005 9:53AM

one lot? you may take a bath. I would break them up no?

edited to add" congrats on the family enlargement!!

Davino · April 26, 2005 10:23AM

When will you be selling them and what's included? Sorry to hear that you have to sell them, but hopefully the proceeds will be put to good use!

doog71 · April 26, 2005 10:28AM

I almost always start auctions under a dollar, but I'm giving it a shot with the minimum bid at around what I want for the lot, about $2900. If I've got to break it up (so I don't lose $ on it), I will. I'm not in a rush but I wanted to try it this way first.

As far as what's in it, there's a PSA 8 1971 Topps plus 14 "9"s, etc. It's up now...

Doug

ctsoxfan · April 26, 2005 2:52PM

Can you supply a link - I would like to see how well you fare...

Good luck, and congrats to you!

goudeygold · April 26, 2005 3:45PM

Wow. congrats on the next in line!! Hopefully your auction works out.

GG

larryallen73 · April 26, 2005 10:22PM

Congrats on the family and good luck on the cards. Nice looking auction. What's the SMR for the whole lot?

balco757 · April 26, 2005 10:55PM

Doog, congrats on the pending baby. Kids are great.

You probably know, I am a big Munson collector too. I doubt if you will get any bites at the $2800 range - not that they are not worth it!! I've seen Munson's get a little soft on the Bay of late, (sans the PSA 8 71 of course).

My best guess is that you'd get in the neighborhood of $1600-$1900 with a .99 opening bid.

Best of luck and I'd be glad to buy a few offline if you dont get any bites. Send me a PM if you are interested.

Steve

mccardguy1 · April 27, 2005 2:19AM

Good luck on this sale and congrats too. If you decide to break up the lot I would have interest in the 1973 psa 8 or 9 if you have one.
Email is whitehse@warpnet.net

Thanks

calleocho · April 27, 2005 2:30AM

good luck

Stone193 · April 27, 2005 5:25AM

Hi Doug
Congratulations on the new family addition RC! On the sale....all my best! Just out of curiosity, what would be the approximate SMR on the lot?

Again good luck
mike

balco757 · April 27, 2005 6:20AM

Mike and Doog,

SMR on the lot is $2768. This is off a bit, since the 77 and 71 Munson SMR is way out of whack. On the other hand, the market is softer on the PSA 8s for 72 - 76, 78-79....

I still standby my earlier comment. No takers at what is essentially full SMR, but a low starting bid should attract enough buyers to net at least $1500. Heck, the 71 PSA 8 is so scorching that alone will bring 500+.....

A great lot, Doog.

Steve

doog71 · April 27, 2005 7:03AM

Thanks for the comments, everybody. We've already got a 2-year-old little girl and we're very excited about the new addition. I'm basically selling these not for diapers, clothes, etc., but to more aggressively save for their future.

Steve, thanks for checking out the SMR, I hadn't looked into that yet. Basically what I'm hoping for is someone who'd like this many Munsons (some of which are tougher to find) without taking all the time and effort. On some of these I've paid over SMR, some under. Haven't decided how I'll sell them if I don't get this minimum bid, but I'm not in a big rush. We'll see!

Doug

1967topps · April 27, 2005 1:32PM

Not that anyone can't do whatever they want with your cards, but
8 1974s and 13 1979s, is that a whole horde of cards or is "hoard" more the word?

Yeah, I agree sell the cards. What are the odds the kids will care about 30-40 year old cards in
plastic containers?

CDsNuts · April 27, 2005 1:55PM

I think you will get at least your minimum bid. There's got to be a rich Yankee/Munson collector out there who's willing to fork over that kind of money for this lot. I like your strategy here.

Lee

67standup · April 27, 2005 1:57PM

Any OPC Munson's?

ctsoxfan · April 27, 2005 3:24PM

Now that I see your collection, I have to think you might do better breaking up the lot. I think the person who would want 4 or 6 copies of the same Munson card is more rare, than the collector (or set collector) who might want one or two of them. I would bid on the 77, for example, but not the whole lot. Good luck, regardless!

wallst32 · April 27, 2005 9:43PM

The ebay "going rate" on that lot is currently in the 1200-1400 range. Going rate is based on recent ebay transactions of the cards in the same grades.

Your best bet is to sell them individually, or at least the higher dollar cards such as the 70 and 71. Sure there are Munson collectors out there, but they probably want a run of 1 each of 8s or 9s, or one of each of whatever grade they can find and afford. But they're not going to want several multiples, especialy of the 7 and 8 grades, unless there is a huge discount. And that is good for them and bad for you as you'will end up essentially giving some of the cards away.

doog71 · May 7, 2005 11:16AM

Sold the Munson lot, took $2375 for it, in case anyone's interested...

Thanks again for everyone's input.

Doug

sagard · May 7, 2005 1:37PM

<< <i>Sold the Munson lot, took $2375 for it, in case anyone's interested...
>>

You may not have done that well in relation to what you paid for the cards, but with your high starting price I think you maximized your selling price with minimizing your work. Well done.

Stone193 · May 7, 2005 2:02PM

Congratulations Doug
All and all, close to your minimum. You can buy a lot of diapers with amount of cash!

All my best
mike

Have to sell my Munsons, dang it

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