Opinions needed. How would you liquidate a small collection?
ElectricPrune
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A friend of my wife has asked me to sell a 1200+ card collection for her. I have some ideas, but was hoping to get more from guys that have done this many times before.
The cards are mostly baseball from '64-'71. There are some great cards involved, Perez Rookie, Palmer rookie, Hunter Rookie, Bench Rookie, Reggie Rookie, a few Mantles, and Clementes and Mays. A few Rose, Kaline, and Yaz' too.
There are a few football too. Some from '68 to '71 or '72.
Most of these cards are nice, but not high grade. A quick look through them amnd I doubt there would be any more than 1 9 or 10, and not many 8s. There are also some oddball stuff that I'm not even familiar with. Topps foldouts? Some TINY cards, more like stamps.
I'm guessing I should take most superstars that would be a PSA 5 or better and have them graded, then sell the rest as lots by year. Any other suggestions? Should I bother looking for low pop commons?
Thanks!
The cards are mostly baseball from '64-'71. There are some great cards involved, Perez Rookie, Palmer rookie, Hunter Rookie, Bench Rookie, Reggie Rookie, a few Mantles, and Clementes and Mays. A few Rose, Kaline, and Yaz' too.
There are a few football too. Some from '68 to '71 or '72.
Most of these cards are nice, but not high grade. A quick look through them amnd I doubt there would be any more than 1 9 or 10, and not many 8s. There are also some oddball stuff that I'm not even familiar with. Topps foldouts? Some TINY cards, more like stamps.
I'm guessing I should take most superstars that would be a PSA 5 or better and have them graded, then sell the rest as lots by year. Any other suggestions? Should I bother looking for low pop commons?
Thanks!
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Bosox1976
Try using the BST here; no sales fees.
EBAY the rest.
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Is it to maximize the value of the collection regardless of how much time it takes or is it to get rid of it as quickly as possible irrespective of whether or not you maximize value? Also, how much time and effort are you willing to put into it given that it's your wife's friend's collection, and not yours?
The fastest and most effortless way to sell the collection is as one entity, as Bosox suggested. Attempting to maximize value will take a lot of time and effort.
My first thought is to grade most of the big cards, and I think I can get $50 or so on several of them, but......if you guys have done this before, maybe I should sell it as a lot. (unless one or two is actually very nice.)
You can always do a reserve.
Bosox1976
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Yup.
With EBAY like it currently is, a reserve is a must. I would use a high-reserve,
even if it meant I had to relist a couple of times.