selling 1960 topps baseball PSA sets

sinnbadd

Hi there, I am posting this both for any potentital interest and as well for information on how to proceed. I have the number 16, and 44 PSA sets on the registry. I am well aware of the financial downtuwn affecting the current market, but I am never the less going to proceed with the sale of both sets. I am not sure if selling on Ebay is the best bet? To date, I have a perfect feedback, but entirely as a buyer. I would think I might be better off going to the auction houses, but given the financial instabilities of the market, I am not sure if all these companies are on solid ground at present.
Also any ideas on setting a reasonable price/reserve for both sets.

Any interest or advice is much appreciated. Jeff

1960 Topps number 16 set
Number 44 topps 1960 baseball set

sinnbadd

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Number 16 Topps 1960 baseball

benderbroeth

i have an interest just not the money ha ha

SS

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Awesome set! Good luck with the sale. I'm selling the #16 1959 Topps master set right now, and also wondering if one of the big auction houses may be my best bet.

sinnbadd

Any ideas regarding pricing for these? Or which auctionhouse to use? Jeff

bigwilli

I would love to buy the set if i could afford it . I am in the process of building this set in straight 8 . Unfortunetly I am
getting ready to move .

SS

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No idea, sorry.

markj111

If you have the time and patience, you will do better breaking it up.

sinnbadd

I think I want to sell them as sets, partially for time reasons, and partially because of the relative drop in PSA 7 commons. Any ideas on the current state of the auction houses?

Dboneesq

I just got finished posting my reply on another board to a similiar question. This is my opinion:

I recently was forced to sell almost my entire collection due to medical expenses (My wife and little girl BOTH had Cancer!) I thought a large auction house was the way to go, so I consigned all of it to MASTRO. I had some real nice stuff, including about 250 -300 unopened graded wax and cellos from the 50s, 60s and 70s. In addition I had a few thousand graded cards, including a complete 1968 set that was ~ #18 on The Registry, a real nice 54 Mantle Bowman (PSA 6) and several other real nice cards.

Unfortunately Mastro (in their past two auctions) put SO MANY of my CARDS/PACKS into each lot that I did NOT get close to the full value. My best guess is that I lost about 30% because of this. ANYWAY, what I am saying is that if you have high valued INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, an auction house like MASTRO is probably the way to go. If not, I agree that selling on eBay or on these boards will net you the most cash.

JMO.

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Yankeeefan

Break it up on eBay. I had the #42 set (when I began selling it) and despite the sluggish economy, there's still a bunch of collectors building this set.
At the very least, I'll break even selling my 1960 set off.

pb19991

Hello, I just noticed this post and was curious how you decided to go about selling the set. I have built and sold the set twice myself and i've done it both ways selling as a complete set and breaking it up by singles. i have'nt sent anything into the auction houses so i can't comment either way on that. i believe E Bay would not be a very good way to go on selling the set complete, a set recently was on e bay with a buy it now of $19,999.00 or best offer it included 30+ Psa 9 cards i don't believe it sold. if you have the good cards and some of the low pops in Psa 8's you can do very well breaking the set on e bay. I've noticed lately 20-30 card lots have been selling at between $5 to $6 a card for Psa 7's. not a bad way to go and then you can sell some of the stars and tougher low pop cards you have in 7's by singles. just a few thoughts i had. good luck Phil

bobsbbcards

These boards are also a very good way to sell a complete registry set. I would have bought the #16 set already from you if I didn't already have one.

EarlsWorld

I have dealt with Heritage Auctions out of Dallas, but only as a buyer. However, I have always received the utmost courtesy and attention to all my purchases & concerns. I believe they would be a great help in deciding and a good point to check all avenues.

EARL