Best ways to sell these inexpensive complete sets and set fillers?
MULLINS5
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Recently I've opened 42 boxes of 1989 Topps Hockey and about to open another 20 boxes as soon as this new case arrives.
That's almost 30,000 cards!
198 cards per set, I'm guessing I'll be able to piece together about 100 sets.
What's the best way to sell these?
I've bought 1,000 9 card album pages and a few 200 ct card boxes.
I like the album pages as I can move the cards around easier and piece together sets with better eye-appeal.
Breakdown of complete sets:
Each card has cost me about $0.03
A set costs about $5.94
Album pages are about 0.10 each x 22 for a set = 2.20
Binders = $2.00? I'll probably go with ones from Wal-Mart to keep cost low which will give the buyer the opportunity to upgrade if they wish. What's the best size binder for 22 pages?
200 ct boxes are $1.00 each not purchased in excessive quantity.
I'm thinking about piecing together sets with nice eye appeal in the pages at a slight premium (considering the extra time it'll take to do this) at $20 NM / $30 NM-MT / $40 NM-MT+ / and the top two to three sets at $50. I realize these are above market prices, but they will definitely be strong sets, accurately graded and I'd rather keep the strong sets than sell them low.
Cards not physically appealing go into the 200 ct boxes at $8 to $15.
Set Fillers:
I don't want to use Gretzky, Sakic, Lemieux, etc. as I will need these for the above sets, but for the commons...what's the best way to sell these? I don't see a lot of sales history for individual cards priced at $1 (which is what I was thinking about doing). But I also don't want to waste a lot of my time with this, as I don't have much of it these days with two jobs and a 15 month old.
So, I'm thinking about unloading them at 0.03/card in bulk, and possibly lowering that price if it doesn't sell, just to move them out.
What are your thoughts/suggestions with the above?
Thanks in advance!
That's almost 30,000 cards!
198 cards per set, I'm guessing I'll be able to piece together about 100 sets.
What's the best way to sell these?
I've bought 1,000 9 card album pages and a few 200 ct card boxes.
I like the album pages as I can move the cards around easier and piece together sets with better eye-appeal.
Breakdown of complete sets:
Each card has cost me about $0.03
A set costs about $5.94
Album pages are about 0.10 each x 22 for a set = 2.20
Binders = $2.00? I'll probably go with ones from Wal-Mart to keep cost low which will give the buyer the opportunity to upgrade if they wish. What's the best size binder for 22 pages?
200 ct boxes are $1.00 each not purchased in excessive quantity.
I'm thinking about piecing together sets with nice eye appeal in the pages at a slight premium (considering the extra time it'll take to do this) at $20 NM / $30 NM-MT / $40 NM-MT+ / and the top two to three sets at $50. I realize these are above market prices, but they will definitely be strong sets, accurately graded and I'd rather keep the strong sets than sell them low.
Cards not physically appealing go into the 200 ct boxes at $8 to $15.
Set Fillers:
I don't want to use Gretzky, Sakic, Lemieux, etc. as I will need these for the above sets, but for the commons...what's the best way to sell these? I don't see a lot of sales history for individual cards priced at $1 (which is what I was thinking about doing). But I also don't want to waste a lot of my time with this, as I don't have much of it these days with two jobs and a 15 month old.
So, I'm thinking about unloading them at 0.03/card in bulk, and possibly lowering that price if it doesn't sell, just to move them out.
What are your thoughts/suggestions with the above?
Thanks in advance!
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<< <i>My suspicion is that you aren't going to sell any 1989 hockey sets for $20-$50, regardless of the quality. >>
+1, though he did say in his post before that that he'd rather keep them than sell them low. Take a look at completed sales of these sets before you list. Granted you have to take into account wide variance in shipping charges by different sellers, but notice that there are sold sets that look decent w/ prices of $0.99. Unfortunately your $20/30/40/50 categories might realistically go for more like $1/$2.50/$5/$10. I'd advise you try to recoup some of the funds through sales of the stronger Sakic cards and then start selling the sets off w/o Sakic for $5 or so.
Maybe assemble some all-Miscut and all-gum stain sets; could be a quirky market for those at $5 per set?
<< <i>You would do better making up team sets and selling them that way. >>
Sometimes these "team sets" end up only being 5 cards from the 1989 Topps hockey set.
Lee
<< <i>but Halloween is right around the corner. just imagine how many kids would be interested in a notebook filled with pics of hockeyguys they never heard of being dumped into their pillowcases and crushing their miniature peanut butter cups.
Lee and I have discussed the possibility of using low dollar PSA cards as dealer tips in the casino. Perhaps there's some room for expanding this idea, and using '89T hockey singles instead? You could probably really turn some heads if you dropped a 20ct. team bag of Kirk McLean RCs on the felt at the Pai Gow table, and told the dealer 'you're riding with me on this one'.
Is there a Mantle card in there? Be careful with the shoes...
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Is there a Mantle card in there? Be careful with the shoes... >>
LOL Now that's funny!
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Is there a Mantle card in there? Be careful with the shoes... >>
LOL Now that's funny! >>
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These 89s are cheap cards, but I love them because it's an issue I actually opened and collected as a kid.
There's a handful of people interested in this set, but they are probably like in in the sense that they can build their own from busting boxes...which they'd enjoy more than buying a set out-right.
The main thing is, I don't want to spend a lot of time with this. I'll go ahead with the binder option for sets with good eye appeal because I don't mind keeping them. And I'll probably end up keeping them at the price. I've been, for a long time, wanting to build raw sets from different issues/years and store them in binders, so this can go toward that future project.
Love CDs idea of grouping stars together. I see NESC/4SC does this. Was hoping to keep these for the sets, but it really does looks like the best way to move them out.
Nascar360 - No error card. Still looking. Not holding my breath though.
itzagoner - I live in "Elkton" Virginia. The kids here probably think hockey sticks are farming tools and my Miata is a time machine.
PMKAY - I'll make some team sets and see how that works.
Boo - There's 104 at PSA now! Like the tip idea.
rabbit and otw - thanks for the laugh