Advice on selling ungraded 1960 Topps cards

kennylow

I have about 400 ungraded 1960 Topps cards. They range from VG/EX to NM...with the majority probably EX/NM. A very few are NM to NM/MT which I may wind up sending to PSA. But my question is: when I sell the ungraded cards, what's the best way to sell them? My first thought was to sell them as one lot. But then I figured I'll probably leave too much on the table by doing that. My second thought was to sell them as individual cards. But that's a ton of work...probably too much than I really want to do. My third thought was somewhere in between - sell them in team lots. To me that seems like a happy medium. But I'm not all that sure about it...so I am soliciting advice and thoughts.

sagard

Cherry pick the nrmt and better cards for either submission or later individual sale, no exmt/nrmt sliders. Not worth your time.

One big lot with the remains. Take good scans and include stars on the lower grade cards.

I'm convinced this will earn you most $$$/time.

cardfan07

You could sell them, after taking the best of the best, as singles, in a several auctions. That way, you break up the listings, fees, packaging, shipping into more manageable chunks.

crsportscards33

Or you could send me a list of ones you have and grade, and maybe save yourself some time

Chris

SDavid

I think you're better off organizing your lots by condition. Raw set collectors are usually looking for cards in a specific condition range. You might consider selling some of the better conditioned ones (that you don't submit) as singles w/ quality scans, especially if their high numbers. I would sell any high numbers that are ex-mt or better as singles.

Also, make sure you have big scans and good descriptions for your lots. Vintage common lots on ebay tend to be even more overgraded than vintage common singles, and everyone will assume you're doing the same thing unless you somehow demonstrate otherwise.

kennylow

selling them by condition sounds like an interesting alternative...thank you.
I guess no one thinks team lots is a good idea? I thought that would have been a popular way...but I guess not.

stevek

My main collecting interest is 1950s thru 1970s cards. I have found from selling "team lots" on ebay, that generally the same money is realized as regular lots do with different team players. Except earlier 1950s card lots with Yankees or Dodgers do tend to bring more money. But for 1960 Topps it doesn't matter.

Smaller size lots as a rule will usually net you more money per card than larger lots but like you imply, is the extra time worth it?