Anyone use an Auction House to Sell Their Collection?
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Greetings all! I'm new to the Stamp Forum, but not collecting. I've posted over on the Coins Forum (I collect those too) a few times over the last couple years, but this is my first Stamps Forum post. Although I haven't posted here before, I usually check this forum every week or so to see what's going on.
I have a question regarding selling a collection. Has anyone had experience selling their collection through an auction house...i.e. Heritage, Regency-Superior, etc? If you did, did the results me your expectations?
Reason I ask, is that I'm about five months from retirement, and am looking for ways to supplement my retirement income. I Started collecting when I was about 11 (my uncle worked at the post office and would get plate blocks for me). I collected off and on until my mid-20's, then took a break, and got back into it a time or two since then. Collection includes complete mint commemorative set from 1892-1945, a group of Columbian and Trans-Miss plate blocks, plate number strips, 10 different National Parks complete cover sets with cachets by Imperial, Roy, Parsons, Dyer, etc., plus a bunch of misc. pre-30's plate blocks, British Colonies, about 300 Collins hand-painted covers...ya-da, ya-da, ya-da. I didn't really know how much I had accumulated over the years until I started going though my collection.
I thought about selling items separately on E-bay (when I'm retired, I should have time), but don't know if I'd likely get less, more or significantly more there than going the auction route.
Any thoughts/opinions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Ralph
I have a question regarding selling a collection. Has anyone had experience selling their collection through an auction house...i.e. Heritage, Regency-Superior, etc? If you did, did the results me your expectations?
Reason I ask, is that I'm about five months from retirement, and am looking for ways to supplement my retirement income. I Started collecting when I was about 11 (my uncle worked at the post office and would get plate blocks for me). I collected off and on until my mid-20's, then took a break, and got back into it a time or two since then. Collection includes complete mint commemorative set from 1892-1945, a group of Columbian and Trans-Miss plate blocks, plate number strips, 10 different National Parks complete cover sets with cachets by Imperial, Roy, Parsons, Dyer, etc., plus a bunch of misc. pre-30's plate blocks, British Colonies, about 300 Collins hand-painted covers...ya-da, ya-da, ya-da. I didn't really know how much I had accumulated over the years until I started going though my collection.
I thought about selling items separately on E-bay (when I'm retired, I should have time), but don't know if I'd likely get less, more or significantly more there than going the auction route.
Any thoughts/opinions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Ralph
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If you paid good many for your material at the time of purchase - use a "real" auction house to sell. If you bought on the cheap, purchased at the post office, etc - use ebay.
Something I wrote several years ago on eBay selling here: http://www.rfrajola.com/features/ebayselling/ebayselling.htm
I would be please to recommend a good auction house if you email mail with more information (I make my living advising clients on choosing an auction house and buying at auction). See my website.
www.rfrajola.com