Selling off a huge part of a collection

kingraider75

Due to life and space constraints, (we are expecting our 2nd child soon) I need to get rid of a large amount of cards in the near future. I have been trying to sell some through Ebay, but with fees and the labor intensive nature, it's not very cost effective for me (per hour, I think working at McDonalds would be more cost effective).

Anyone know which company I should try to get a quote from? I see the ads in the SMR and Beckett for companies willing to buy large collections. My collection has sports and non-sports, and at this point not much graded to sell off, mainly cheaper raw items (cards from $20-100 book or ebay value) and sets (anywhere from $20-500 book or ebay value). If anyone has gotten a good price from someone please send me a PM.

Thanks

lawnmowerman

Keep your head up Kingraider. Working at McDonalds is not the end of the world. It will get better!




Congrats on the upcoming son / daughter

storm888

I would try BST on everything.

Also, the non-sports board.

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If you want to end the fees, and don't want money instantly, you
might consider loading everything on ecrater. No fees; any payment
method is OK.

ecrater has a bulk-load protocol. It will import all the EBAY stuff.

IchiroDeported

there might be interest in some of the oddball stuff you dont see very often. Plus everyone likes a good deal!

bman90278

Best of luck selling your collection kingraider and congrats on the 2nd baby coming! That's a blessing!

brian

lsutigers1973

Definitely post some of the better items on the BST board. Will only cost you Paypal fees. You can even avoid spending the time scanning by just posting what you have and stating that scans are available upon request.

corvette1340

what have you got in the way of vintage cards ('69 or earlier). I would be interested in all of them.

WinPitcher

King without knowing exactly what you have makes it difficult to advise you.

Steve

julen23

do fries come w/ that shake?

heheh

j

joestalin

Don't expect anything more than 10% of value. This is a bad time to be selling, if you have to then you have to. Don't get emotionally involved, dump it
and move on, kids are worth it!

Kevin

larryallen73

Dang. Second time today I totally agree with Joestalin.

rube26105

rube needs 52 topps baseball guy s that are still alive if u have any, most dont

kingraider75

Well not going very well on the dumping part. If I were to do a book value estimate, it would be closer to 5%. Dealers will buy the cards, but a $1 and $20 is considered the same. I guess the dealers need to make money, but this is probably less than 5% of book value for the entire collection. I am better off just sitting on it, or slow piece meal on feebay.

Ahmanfan

you will get fair prices on the buy-sell-trade board without the ebay fees!
John

tennesseebanker

Why dont you mention a few of your best items right here, right now. You might be surprised at how much interest you may have.

stevek

<< <i>Dang. Second time today I totally agree with Joestalin. >>



Be careful - that will get you a long prison sentence in 49 states. I think Utah allows it.

WinPitcher

Again without knowing what you have it is very difficult to give any opinion.


Steve

scooperqpr

What Mark does'nt take I will buy