Need Advice Regarding Selling My T206 Set

[FUBAR]

if you are getting your t-206's graded, do yourself a favor and go with SGC. For aesthetic reasons alone, they have the nicest holders.

[scottglevy]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

if you are getting your t-206's graded, do yourself a favor and go with SGC. For aesthetic reasons alone, they have the nicest holders.

Jim,

I have to respectfully disagree. If the primary reason for grading is resale (which is what it sounds like here) I'd be willing to bet quite a bit that the seller would get more money for slabbed PSA cards than for comparably graded SGC cards.

In fact a group of T206 collectors (myself among them) recently bought and broke a T206 set that was mixed PSA and SGC. We purposely assigned a 10% discount to any commons that were SGC.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by scottglevy

Jim,

I have to respectfully disagree. If the primary reason for grading is resale (which is what it sounds like here) I'd be willing to bet quite a bit that the seller would get more money for slabbed PSA cards than for comparably graded SGC cards.

In fact a group of T206 collectors (myself among them) recently bought and broke a T206 set that was mixed PSA and SGC. We purposely assigned a 10% discount to any commons that were SGC.

As much as I like SGC (and use them exclusively), PSA graded pre-war cards still bring more than SGC IMHO. SGC is the choice among posters on this board, it seems, but a lot of collectors still prefer PSA although I think the gap has narrowed somewhat. SGC holders ARE much better looking aesthetically and you don't have sliding cards like some PSA holders. Plus I believe SGC does a better job spotting trimmed cards although I sometimes disagree with their assessments.

[ethicsprof]

i have to agree with Scot and Bob.
since you're talking money, you'd best do as they say methinks.

all the best,

barry

[T206Collector]

I had just planned to list about 20 T206 cards on ebay last night, all graded 4, 5 and 6. A few hours before I did that, I made a B/S/T post with all the cards, and asked for what I really wanted to sell each for. Within an hour or so, I had racked up $800+ in sales and only had to list 15 last night. It is a simple, low cost alternative and it takes almost no effort to list them here. Heck, I didn't even post scans -- I just emailed scans to people who were interested in specific cards. Then, a few hours later, I pulled down the B/S/T listing and put the remainder on ebay -- 1 card at a time, $.01 starting bid. We'll see how it goes when they end Sunday night...