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Have you ever had part of your collection appraised?
I had my vintage Greenberg collection appraised for free yesterday by the good people at Just Collect in Somerset, NJ. I had never had my collection appraised before, so I was a bit anxious to hear what they had to say in terms of what value they deem my collection.
I'm not going to give out exact #s, but all in all they valued my collection about $600 more than what I paid for everything, which was pretty great to hear. Have any of you had appraisal experiences? Have the appraisals been high or low? Looking forward to hearing what you guys have to say. Thanks, Brian |
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How did it work?
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Two of their associates took down my graded and ungraded cards (and condition). Assuming they took this back and cross-referenced recent sales and VCP, then gave a high and low sale for each card. They then totaled it up and gave me a low and a high value for everything.
I told them that I wasn't interested in selling so no offer was made, but I'm going to guess that they would have made an offer for 50% of their higher value |
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So, in other words, unless you need a third party for insurance purposes, with the internet you can appraise your own collection and get the same results.
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Each collector should be able to give a fairly good estimate of their own collections values. As far as t206 errors go I would only trust 1 or 2 others regarding value.
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Yeah, but don't most of us overvalue the cards that we own? Besides, it's nice to hear that we have some valuable items from a knowledgeable third party.
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Not really but Sean Bassik is available for $250 per hour according to his website. You may want to jump all over that deal. On a serious note, curiously did you have this done for insurance purposes?
Jason |
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Some collections have cards where there is no way to know a value unless they go to auction.
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This. I was really just curious about what it was valued at.
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Totally understand. When I try to value mine I get a very, very wide spread. My wife asks about it every now and then and I sort of scratch my head. I really don't know the value but it's more than it should be relative to other resources . (and she is cool with it).
I just tell her that if we have a financial issue I will sell a few cards and that usually quells the worries.
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About 25 years ago I was purchasing my first home. Had the down payment and enough income but my net worth was low (note to those under 40, things were different back then). So I mentioned I had some cards. Offhand I recall the best were a 1933 Goudey Ruth, Old Judge Monty Ward, and a few N28 commons.
They suggested an appraisal might work so I went to AJs Sport Shop in Vienna Va and they gave a value around $3K, typed up the appraisal on their letterhead, and I gave it to the loan company. It worked. In hindsight it shouldn't have worked since anyone could have given a bogus appraisal. |
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I've been using that for a few years, but I fear that's run its course. The wife is starting to go on offense. "You know if you sold a few cards like you are always telling me you can, then we could............."
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Theoretically you could have your collection appraised...then have to sell the collection to pay for the appraisal
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My insurance company required either purchase receipts or examples of comparable sales. Very simple process.
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Has anyone ever had to file a claim? If so what's the process like? Feel free to respond via PM.
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