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Just picked up a fairly sizeable collection, would like some thoughts.

RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
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Got a 5000 count box of all 50's and early 60's stuff yesterday. 80-90% complete sets of 56, 57, and 58 Topps, with some good star power, the rest is 51 to 62. Condition is all over the map, from low grade to EX-Mt and some better probably.

Here's the deal, though. I don't have the time I normally would to break this down and parse it out. I'd like to sell it all - or most of it - in one fell swoop. I got it cheap so someone who has the time to do what I normally do can make some money on it, what would be the best way or options to go about selling it?

The Beckett value on the entire box is a little over $52,000. So it ain't baked potatoes in there. image
Ron Burgundy

Buying Vintage, all sports.
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    mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Ron -- what about lots per year? or partial set sales?
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    RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Partial set sales are one option for sure. In the past I've done fairly well even on Ebay with partial sets as long as there are stars and it's fairly close to complete. The 56, 57, and 58 sets are somewhere between 80 and 90% complete, I haven't done an exact count yet, PLUS there are several hundred duplicates in each year.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
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    Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like a nice pickup - anything worth cherry picking for yourself?
    Mike
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    JHS5120JHS5120 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭
    Do you have any scans?
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    RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Mike -

    I pulled about 15-20 commons from 1960 that were really clean. That was it in that box. I did buy a 2nd box with it of late 60's stuff I'm still going through. Nothing else I wanted/needed, and wasn't in the market to buy but as we all know there's a price where we'll pull the trigger anyway.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    send me a pm with a price, I'm so busy with my job I don't need to buy it but you know me. image
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    Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do know the feeling.

    It is a tougher time to do a quick flip these days - but those are good years. Am sure you can chunk it out into 5-6 lots pretty well here for a decent flip. Time is money too.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
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    WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Why not just hang on to the stuff until you DO have the time to do what you normally would do, and maximize your profit?
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    larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭✭
    I didn't realize I popped on to the BST forum by accident. I am going to go look for the forum I usually read where people aren't selling stuff.
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    swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    the rules dont apply to some...

    you already knew that though...

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    jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>what would be the best way or options to go about selling it? >>



    He's asking for opinions on HOW to sell it...
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    RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    I see the board is improving, made it through several helpful replies before the douchebags appeared.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i love baked potatoes. image
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    BarfvaderBarfvader Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I see the board is improving, made it through several helpful replies before the douchebags appeared. >>



    Archived!

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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    This thread has potential.


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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    list it on ebay with a BIN of 1 trillion dollars.
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    TomGshotputTomGshotput Posts: 1,358


    << <i>Why not just hang on to the stuff until you DO have the time to do what you normally would do, and maximize your profit? >>



    That's what I was thinking. Exactly how many years are you predicting your time is going to be such a scarce resource?

    If not complete sets, larger lots will sell best organized by year and condition with higher priced cards included. But it should be easy enough to estimate hourly earnings by each route. Then compare them to how else you would spend your time, both now and in the upcoming months and years
    Tom
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    leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    I'll give you $1 for it so we can all move on!
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