Selling large, High ranked Registry Complete Set

dodgersin9 · June 14, 2010 6:37AM

Good afternoon all-
I am looking to sell a complete Vintage set, ranked #4 on the Registry- 1971 Topps Baseball.
I don't think I want to go the Auction route. Any suggestions on how to go about this? Do I just send a mass email to every dealer around and see what happens? I'm just not sure what to do and I would welcome any suggestions.

Thanks
Rob

tigerdean · June 14, 2010 7:43AM

Rob, I think you need to break that set to get the maximum $$$$ and unfortunately that will probably entail going the Ebay route at some point. You can start by selling some cards on this board. Anything you can sell here first is usually a plus and will keep a little more money in your pocket. You could then sell the major stars and key cards that are left through an auction house but you are still probably better going the Ebay route. If you don't have the time or patience to do this yourself then you can shop around for someone to do it for you by consigning the set or what is left. There are some folks on the board here that are trustworthy and would be happy to do it so they get their cut of the pie or you can go to someone who you know does consignments. If you start on this board then start a little high and be ready to budge because most of the members here will want to negotiate unless the price is good enough to instantly grab a card before someone else does. JMO and my best advice. Feel free to PM me if you like. Dean

TheDudeAbides · June 14, 2010 10:29AM

Hi Rob, I agree completely with the previous post. Part it out on Ebay. With the number of 9's you have, it will be no problem to bring in some tall cash. The C. Raymond in 9 is just one of many big ticket cards. I broke my set last year, and did very well. IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT!!! Mark

packCollector · June 14, 2010 11:13AM

haven't there been a few sets broken in the last few months? that could negatively impact you by going the ebay route

tigerdean · June 14, 2010 12:48PM

Rob, bottom line is that the market is soft right now. If you are forced to sell like a lot of people currrently are then sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I would recommend if you don't urgently need the money to hold onto the set for a little while longer as there have been some nice 1971 sets broken in the last year and because of that 71's are kind of soft right now. I have a 1971 set composed of mostly PSA 7's that I would love to sell but I refuse to give it away. Dean

fiveniner · June 15, 2010 11:59PM

DO NOT SELL TO A DEALER!!!!!!!!!Follow members suggestions above.

dodgersin9 · June 16, 2010 1:43AM

Thanks for the great ideas and feedback. I've got some thinking to do.

1954 · June 16, 2010 2:09AM

Sell the set to Crandell-It can be his #98

Wabittwax · June 16, 2010 3:25PM

You have a Claude Raymond in PSA 9? Holy cow. Did you see what an 8 just went for?

Your going to get offers for your set, no doubt. But every offer will be below break up value which should be expected as the amount of work required to piece that out. My last big purchase was about 700 or so cards and it took me a solid 40 hours+ of work. Although, I listed them fixed price and VCP'ed every single card. If they went straight to auction, it would have been much quicker.

BTW, I'll do the work for you. I have a solid Ebay account and my own website for image hosting so that I get big, nice 200 dpi pictures instead of crappy Ebay picture hosting. I have a couple hundred 71's in my store right now so I have a decent folowing for them too.

Davalillo · June 17, 2010 11:01AM

Rob,

I would potentially buy it at a price and I know another person who would buy it at a price.

Selling it card by card entails a lot of work and a lot of risk.

Boom and your done the other way.

Suggest a price--e-mail me at jdc122@aol.com

Jim

Cincykid8123 · June 18, 2010 12:13AM

Card-by-card = larger return. IMO

sagard · June 21, 2010 7:38AM

<< <i>Card-by-card = larger return. IMO >>

Absolutely. But you would also get far more frustration per hour and much less $$$ per hour.

theczar · June 21, 2010 11:43PM

markj111 · June 23, 2010 6:43AM

<< <i>I consigned a lot of 60+ 1986 Fleer basketball PSA 10's to Mile High a few years back with 0% sellers juice. Most high pops and the biggest star was Joe Dumars. It went unbeliveably well. It sold for much higher than what I paid collectively.

Maybe that is a exception to the norm story, but there is a lot aggrevation and time committment to breaking it up piece by piece especially if you have a regular job. >>

I would compute the chances of doing better selling is a lot at less than zero. It will not happen. Of course, breaking it up is a pain.

Wabittwax · June 24, 2010 1:29PM

<< <i>I consigned a lot of 60+ 1986 Fleer basketball PSA 10's to Mile High a few years back with 0% sellers juice. Most high pops and the biggest star was Joe Dumars. It went unbeliveably well. It sold for much higher than what I paid collectively.

Maybe that is a exception to the norm story, but there is a lot aggrevation and time committment to breaking it up piece by piece especially if you have a regular job. >>

Well one thing, the market was super hot in 2007-2008. If you bought in 2004-2005 and then sold 3 years later, you would have done really well on just about any card. Not sure when you bought and sold though.

theczar · June 24, 2010 11:06PM

Bought in 2005, sold in 2006.

Selling large, High ranked Registry Complete Set

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