Large lot purchase

mtcards

Just curious as to what a fair offer would be for a large collection I am looking at purchasing. 90% of the lot is non sport items, 10% is sports related. Raw numbers include approx. 1150 wax boxes, 1400 sets, some 1980's garbage pail kids, 27 sets of 1981 Donruss Golf and a bunch of odds and ends. Most of the non sport items are from 1980-1991 and include such overprinted stuff as 110 boxes of Dick Tracy, 61 boxes of Hook, 89 boxes of Desert Storm and things like that.


Doing the research on ebay, I found that the average sell price for all the items came to $23,500 before ebay fees/paypal fees/taxes are figured in. Many of the items are junk that wont even sell for 99 cents and some of the better items might sell for $50-$80. With roughly 3000 different items, thats a little under 8 bucks and item before fees. I have a number in mind, but wouldnt mind hearing from people who might have purchased large lots with a lot of items as to what a fair price would be.

hammered

$5k

mygotta

If it is something you are really interested in, then keep your heart out of it. Consider the time it will take for you to sort and create eBay pages for all of that. That alone is almost worth not getting into it. But should you really consider it, purely for financial purposes, be prepared for the person to turn your offer down. Because you are going to explain to the person that it is tons of work for little profit and it will take years to move it all! So, the only reasonable price I can offer you is $1,000. If the guy does not like the price, be happy and walk away. That is my best advice to you. Good luck.

On a side note, I bet those golf sets are nice to get.

mknez

See if you can just make an offer on the stuff you want to keep or can move easily. No reason to buy 110 Dick Tracy boxes that you have to move and store and then sell!