How do I value my set.

CommemKing

The thought has crossed my mind that I may someday want too sell my Early Commemorative 50 piece type set that can be found in the link below. Most if not all of the coins are excellent for the grade and were hand picked by myself. Most if not all have excellent eye appeal and colorful toning. Obviously there is not good price guide for the more eye appealing/attractively toned pieces and this is not your every day white set of coins. It took me about 8 years to acquire all the coins.

My Registry set is ranked 30th and has an average grade of close to MS65.

I think most of my coins will be at least grey sheet or higher.

Any ideas on how to value it or even sell it for that matter?

TopographicOceans

The value of any item is what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller in an arms length transaction.

keets

posted tongue-in-cheek --- after you cypher what the price is and sell it, I'm sure the buying dealer will have them posted online at the correct price in short order!!

Eagleguy

Based on my experience in selling my set all at once, I'd say take the price you paid for them and multiply by 0.55



If you sell it piecemeal, you could possibly do better.

ricko

To quote an old song......."~~~~you gotta shop around~~~" Cheers, RickO

TwoSides2aCoin

It's always worth more , in hand. Once it's out of your hand , it costs more to get back. That's true value.

stevepk

Join a local coin club and sell directly to like-minded collectors such as yourself. Be patient and realize there is in inverse relationship between how quickly you make a sale and how much you get. Of course, you cannot have crazy expectations either. Put yourself in the position where you name your prices rather than allowing the buyer to name his price. Carry out transactions you feel are fair. A transaction should happen once a buyer and seller have reached an agreement. It should work both ways, not just from the buyer's best interest.

DIMEMAN

Try here on the B,S&T. Like keets said a dealer won't give you squat! When they sell coins like that they are PQ+.......when buying it's grey sheet-....!

TheDukeK

lol Dimeman your awesome but didn't I see a kudos to you on your sales?
Doesn't that make you a dealer?
So are you saying you won't give squat!!

Yep so as you can see not all dealers are the same.


I agree that you should try to sell them here if you ever come to that because I'd want a shot at them! They are like Tony the Tiger say's "They're Great!

roadrunner

True "collectors" don't worry about trivial matters like what they can sell their coins for or how much they paid. At least I read that here a lot.

SeattleSlammer

I see just a small handful that I'd ever, ever think about letting go for greysheet.

I see the vast majority at retail+. And a few at big money.

As was mentioned already, try the BST first where you'll keep the most money.

Or advertise on various platforms to sell as a complete collection at an added premium.

Great set!

coinhack

Wow, what a nice set. Beautiful natural toning.

That would be a hard set to sell. To even let it go, that is.

As far as pricing, I think people have already hit that.

Sell it all at once and take a big hit. Most of us who have done that, including myself, regret that later.

Best way to sell might be to auction at a site like Great Collections where people appreciate what you have.

Just another thought.

Cougar1978

Did you record these in a spreadsheet or use a TPG inventory manager recording cost, market value, etc?

The set is worth whatever they add up to. I would take the higher of CW Trends or TPG price for starters and that Column would add up to MV. Then I would tack on a premium for a complete set. I don't give a hoot about grey sheet. I sell at retail only.

Otherwise just use cost plus.

I would start listing them individually in my eBay store plus doing shows. You have a super base for a beginning inventory. You can buy more pieces of your favorite type and upgrade.

As cheap as an eBay store is I would go that route. You have more options and are in control. I can manage mine with my I phone. Coin facts is an amazing tool and should help you w pricing decisions.

grip

If there is no hurry I would send 10 coins to GC and see how

they do.

erwindoc

Beautiful set of coins! I've got a few empty slots in my commemorative type set when/if you decide to sell.

BAJJERFAN

The likelihood that any collector would buy a pre-built set intact is small.

pennyannie

You could probably share a table at a big show with another dealer and watch the sharks circle. Sell the best ones you got and then spend more on something else at the shoe and come home with less money.

CommemDude

Virtually impossible to sell the set intact except at an unacceptable discount; dealers don't want to work to sell off 50 coins

Lots of collectors and dealers are willing to cherrypick your set for the color coins and the top pops, but that will leave you with coins that could be replaced from any auction, and those will be hard to move anywhere near retail.


In this very soft market, and because you don't have coins that will appeal to the registry crowd, I would try to hang onto the intact set.

By the way, been there and tried all this.

CommemKing

Well, I don't even know if I'm selling, but some good info here. I kinda like the idea of selling off in chunks somewhere like GC. Hope I never have to sell.

erickso1

Eagleguy, did you say allllll, your collection?



Like stone mountain and Norse all?

SoCalBigMark

Any Scher coins in the set?

Eagleguy

Originally posted by: erickso1

Eagleguy, did you say allllll, your collection?



Like stone mountain and Norse all?

Stone Mountain and all others in 144 set, yes. Norse, no.

Cougar1978

The auction houses you will get hit with the juice both ways. If all of your coins are PCGS / NGC just use their respective inventory managers and they will be valued for you.

Justacommeman

Originally posted by: Cougar1978

The auction houses you will get hit with the juice both ways. If all of your coins are PCGS / NGC just use their respective inventory managers and they will be valued for you.

He will have to plug in his own values. Coins with high eye appeal are not properly valued in the system. On commems sometimes multiples of book difference. If he sold his collection in tact in a major auction he won't pay a penny on juice. I would expect him to get 103% on a whole collection.



mark

BG

Some Super coins in your set!









I'd like to purchase a few.

CommemKing

He will have to plug in his own values. Coins with high eye appeal are not properly valued in the system. On commems sometimes multiples of book difference. If he sold his collection in tact in a major auction he won't pay a penny on juice. I would expect him to get 103% on a whole collection.



I like the sound of this.