Best way to sell a group of Autographed Baseball Jerseys?

Allen

So I am in a deal to sell about 25 Autographed Authentic MLB jerseys. They are all 100% legit signatures and I know their provenance so that is not a concern. I just shipped 6 Mets jerseys to PSA/DNA and it is going to cost about $210 total to get them authenticated. These are all very nice Authentic jerseys and the Mets ones have the Shea stadium commerative patch on them. I was told some are game issue jerseys, not game used though- I have not tried to research this yet.

Anyways, what is the best way to sell these? I realize it will take some cash to authenticate them all, but that needs to be done. Would this be something I could consider contacting an auction house about? Do they take care of the authentication or authentication fees? I also considered listing a huge ebay lot for them or maybe selling them individually on ebay. But if an auction house could get my certification done and cut my fees maybe I could do that? What do you guys think?

Some of the names include:
Albert Pujols
Derek Jeter (2)
Ryan Howard
David Wright (3)
Johan Santana- Mets Jersey
Carlos Beltran
Carlos Delgado
Pedro Martinez
Billy Wagner
and other superstars.

smtjoy

Sell them seperate for sure, you will leave a lot of money on the table if you sell them as a lot. Not sure best avenue to sale ebay vs auction house, I would wait for feedback from others to decide. I do think you would get more from the auction house but will have to wait a lot longer to get your cash.

fur72

Perhaps get them framed and maybe add a sports card to the frame with the PSA/DNA COA.

envoy98

You are generally responsible for any authentication fees and more than likely, the auction house would toss them all in a lot anyway.

I might be interested in Jeter and Pujols jsy when you decide to sell.

leathtech

I would not lot them... I also think you will not get top $$$ that way. I'm sure there would be enough interest on the MB to move several of them.

Any Cubbies in the lot?

thenavarro

If you are going to send them to an auction house to sell on your behalf, then DON'T pay to have them authenticated before hand. Typically the auction house will bear the cost to do the authentications as they get a great bulk rate. I send in items to be auctioned quite frequently to http://www.rrauction.com (historical autographed items) (he is also one of the PSA/DNA historical authenticators) and my items always end up being PSA/DNA authenticated and I don't pay for it, just the commission charges.

The only items that I get PSA/DNA authenticated myself and actually pay for it, is items that I'm collecting for my own collection, or items that I want to sell on ebay and don't want to wait on sending them to a catalog auction, otherwise, wouldn't make sense for me to pay to have them PSA/DNA'd and then send them to the auction house, as they will do that for you.

(a great tip if you want to get free PSA/DNA authentications (typically only time and cost effective on items that would cost you $100.00 or more to have authenticated) is to ship them to an auction house and set so high of a reserve that no one will meet it, so that your lot goes unsold, then it will be returned to you with the PSA/DNA authentication that the auction house did. You will just be out the lot fee if any and the shipping and you will have your item PSA/DNA authenticated.) (it probably pays to have a pretty good business relationship with the auction house or they will tire of this and rightfully so, but it's a good perk if you can get it)

Mike




<< <i>So I am in a deal to sell about 25 Autographed Authentic MLB jerseys. They are all 100% legit signatures and I know their provenance so that is not a concern. I just shipped 6 Mets jerseys to PSA/DNA and it is going to cost about $210 total to get them authenticated. These are all very nice Authentic jerseys and the Mets ones have the Shea stadium commerative patch on them. I was told some are game issue jerseys, not game used though- I have not tried to research this yet.

Anyways, what is the best way to sell these? I realize it will take some cash to authenticate them all, but that needs to be done. Would this be something I could consider contacting an auction house about? Do they take care of the authentication or authentication fees? I also considered listing a huge ebay lot for them or maybe selling them individually on ebay. But if an auction house could get my certification done and cut my fees maybe I could do that? What do you guys think?

Some of the names include:
Albert Pujols
Derek Jeter (2)
Ryan Howard
David Wright (3)
Johan Santana- Mets Jersey
Carlos Beltran
Carlos Delgado
Pedro Martinez
Billy Wagner
and other superstars. >>