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"This is from my private collection"

doog71doog71 Posts: 405 ✭✭
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Why do people put that in their listings?

As opposed to what, your other collection displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art?

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  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭✭
    My guess is that it has more sentimental value that way instead of buying and flipping.
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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Maybe the seller is Henry Weinhard.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
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  • ToppsFanToppsFan Posts: 88
    To make you feel something that will make you fall for the item.

    TP
  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    It could mean that the card was set aside as the best possible example the collector had ever seen at that point.

    However, it could also be just as significant as 'this was my grandfather's card' or 'this was in my cheating husband's collection'
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, unless your name was Andy Warhol, I don't think the "private collection" gimmick does much to add value.
  • mygottamygotta Posts: 1,652
    I think its to imply that they are the "original" owner. Much like a car where someone states they are the original owner to suggest either more care was given to it, or it has not been tampered with beyond what the owner did to it.

    But I agree, I dont think it really means much.
  • MapleleafMapleleaf Posts: 506 ✭
    It comes from collectable shows where sellers take their worst stuff or whatever they don't want to sell while leaving the good stuff they do like and collect at home.
  • GRGR Posts: 550 ✭✭
    may simply refer to the item being on the market for the first time.
    Nathan Wagner
  • MrNearMintMrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭
    For the same reason why people put "rare" in their listings.
  • spazzyspazzy Posts: 592 ✭✭
    I hear what your saying...but some folks have a collection such as a dealer who takes stuff to shows to sell ( public) but he has his own collection too and its private to him. They dont trade or sell it at shows. You can say it may be their untouchable stuff unless something else comes along.
  • smokeybanditsmokeybandit Posts: 177
    A collector who also sells (at least in my case) would keep the best example for there own collection so if a seller / collector
    Says it’s from there private collection it would indicate (to me anyway) it’s the best example they have.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Could mean his private collection is the good stuff and you dont want to see the stuff he offers for sale.
    Wait a minute!!??
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    Some people believe such statements add legitimacy and provenance to their items; some want to convey why their long cherished personal item is worth bidding on and winning.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WINDEX... " A family company"
    It's just life adds everywhere.
    YOu porved them right by it getting to you in some way.
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A collector who also sells (at least in my case) would keep the best example for there own collection so if a seller / collector
    Says it’s from there private collection it would indicate (to me anyway) it’s the best example they have. >>



    This. However, I doubt the effectiveness of this marketing ploy unless you're a well known collector. If I sold cards from some of the sets in my personal collection, they would represent the best of several similar graded examples I've owned through the years. However, potential buyers wouldn't care if I stated it came from my personal collection. The better marketing strategy would be to just state in the description something like 'this is the best example of the five PSA 8's I've owned' and then provide a nice, clear scan of the card so the potential bidders can see its strength.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • smokeybanditsmokeybandit Posts: 177


    << <i>

    << <i>A collector who also sells (at least in my case) would keep the best example for there own collection so if a seller / collector
    Says it’s from there private collection it would indicate (to me anyway) it’s the best example they have. >>



    This. However, I doubt the effectiveness of this marketing ploy unless you're a well known collector. If I sold cards from some of the sets in my personal collection, they would represent the best of several similar graded examples I've owned through the years. However, potential buyers wouldn't care if I stated it came from my personal collection. The better marketing strategy would be to just state in the description something like 'this is the best example of the five PSA 8's I've owned' and then provide a nice, clear scan of the card so the potential bidders can see its strength. >>



    Absolutely agree with you. I was not advocating this as a good marketing strategy just giving my opinion on why someone may make such a statement and how I would
    interpret its meaning
  • JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭

    I can only assume it is like "since it's from my private collection, I may not know the REAL value of the item compared to if I was a dealer and am fully aware of the value" and stuff like that.

    JJacks
    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
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    Maybe it means "it's the stuff I don't put out on the sidewalk, on top of a blanket, hoping that any Tom, Dick or Harry will pass by and make me an offer". image
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    This here box is from my public collection. I put it on a table near my mailbox whenever it's nice out. Some people stop and look.
    image
  • markj111markj111 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Have you considered professional help? (No, I am not serious).
  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would only be concerned if the Seller were Lorena Bobbitt.
    Kiss me once, shame on you.
    Kiss me twice.....let's party.
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    That would be a collection of privates, not a private collection. image
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