1964 Topps Tallboy Hockey Selling Advice

ShootyBabitt

A co-worker has a really sharp complete set (I would say overall EX-MT, centering is a problem), but hockey cards are not my expertise. He is on the fence about selling, and I told him that I had no idea what it would fetch at auction (that's what I usually do with my own stuff - throw it up at $0.99 and let the market figure it out). I guessed anywhere from $3-6k, which is kind of a huge range. I did a rough guesstimate just by adding up all of the PSA 6 VCP values to get a ballpark, and that's around $6,500. Of course, these are all raw, so it wouldn't fetch that much.

So, I guess the questions are - if he decides to sell, should he get the keys graded? Would you tempt fate with an auction? Would you set a high BIN with BO? Some scans below...








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Tomi

Definitely grade, especially the Hull, Beliveau, and Sawchuck. These cards sell for a premium in high grade and every grade point helps. That should maximize the sale. These cards are very tough.

ShootyBabitt

Thanks for the reply, Tomi. Here are a couple more of the key cards, some have serious centering issues, while some are really nice:

ShootyBabitt

And, for the coffee and doughnut crowd...

Piggs

There's some tough SOBs right there. Cool cards, and grade all the key cards and the commons that are centered. Doug

ThoseBackPages

FANTASTIC Cards, especially the unmarked Checklists

Slab those for sure

diamondman

definitely get the star cards & checklists graded and any commons that could pull a 7 or higher. best way would be to sell them all one by one at auction but time consuming, if selling as a whole set set the starting bid at the least you would take for the set.

Ebay is a big gamble especially with hockey cards if you want the maximum amount.
another route with a tough set of this quality would be get the stars graded and contact a major auction house. jmho