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Best place to sell 1986 and after sets?

HofpostcardcollectorHofpostcardcollector Posts: 17
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Looking to move most of my baseball collection but it seems most of the dealers are (not surprisingly) interested.

What's the best way to move these?

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    EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭
    Try th BST boards.

    Also, note that some sets sell for $2.
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    WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Unless you have a lot of sets from this era, and you can find a local buyer who is willing to buy them all in bulk, my advice is don't bother. Your time is worth more than the return you would get. Put them back in storage if you have the room..... or donate them, or throw them away.
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    PeteZariaPeteZaria Posts: 288


    << <i>What's the best way to move these? >>



    They're pretty heavy, so lift with the legs, not with your back.
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    HofpostcardcollectorHofpostcardcollector Posts: 17
    Thanks for the advice guys. I think I will eventually hand them down to my nephew (who is 7 months right now)
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    HoneyBadgerHoneyBadger Posts: 152
    Consign to guys that'll safety bid em for ya! image
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    al032184al032184 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭
    Get creative with them..
    Commons into Art
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    JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭

    How about giving some away to kids, and helping the cards be better viewed someday by tearing up the rest? I literally tore up an entire 1989 Donruss wax case once (!). Multiply that by 100 and you never know...
    Always buying music cards of artists I like! PSA or raw! Esp want PSA 10s 1991 Musicards Marx, Elton, Bryan Adams, etc. And 92/93 Country Gold AJ, Clint Black, Tim McGraw PSA 10s
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    dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    Here is another place taking donations.

    Commons4kids
    Collecting 1970 Topps baseball
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    digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    I listed a bunch as a single lot on Craigslist. So far in 1 month, I've gotten 2 hits from spam/scam-bots, and 1 from a deadbeat who arranged a time to meet and never showed up.
    My Giants collection want list

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    RipkenRipken Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    Ten Things You Can Do With Your Cards That Aren't Worth Much
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    mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,342 ✭✭✭
    Find a flea market and try and sell to someone that sets up all the time. Be willing to accept about 5% of book and be happy someone offered you anything at all. I generally have most of my sets from the overprint era priced at $5 per sealed factory set and $3-4 for hand collated. They actually sell ok, but I would only pay about a buck if offered to buy
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
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    Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭
    Craigs list. It's worth a try.

    Dave
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    fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭


    << <i>Perhaps think about donating them to places like these and take a tax deduction for 'book' value. >>



    Do you get a receipt from them or do you just write them off on your taxes?
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