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Posted By: Bryan

I have a 1955 topps complete sell with the major stars being graded that I am looking to sell. My question is how does everyone feel about going through an auction site other than ebay? 19thcenturyonly? Mastronet? etc. What would be the best choice for exposure and possible realized price? Is Ebay the best way to go given the money that some auction houses take for "their" part? It is a nice looking set and I am looking to sell it to help supply funds for a few pre-war purchases. Any advice would be great.

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Posted By: tbob

Bryan, I have tried both ways. I have sold sets on ebay and through Mastro and others. Right now, if the set is a higher condition set, I would go with Mastro or another auction house on a 1955 set, but if it is is mid grade, I would go with ebay, spending the extra money to have it listed as a feature item and making sure you had plenty of clear scans of the higher priced cards and also a very good description of the
% breakdown of number of cards and conditions.
I have had success and disappointments with both alternatives but have found that my biggest successes and surprises came on ebay.

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Posted By: Ben

Knowing that your set is most likely in the lower to mid grade range, ebay is your best bet. Like tbob says, presentation is everything - clear scans and good descriptions will really make a difference. You might want to put some sort of reserve or at least have a high starting bid so that you can protect yourself from taking a significant loss. Oh and Bryan, I still havent seen a scan of your new OJ Anson!

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Posted By: Bryan

Funny story about the anson card. I'll have to e-mail you and let you know about it. Needless-to-say it is not in my collection
Oh and Ben, Believe it or not but the 55 set that I have is actually in really nice shape. Sometimes I even surprise myself

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Posted By: dennis

my advice....keep the 1955 set.find something else to sell.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

with ebay, YOU have control over what you are willing to sell it for with a reserve. With mastronet, they'll go for $500 MB and if it sells for that, it sells for that......

Give it a shot on ebay with a decent reserve. If it sells, it sells. If not, you can always contact the high bidder to offer it to them through ebay or even outside of ebay. If you don't get the best bids, you can go with one of the others.

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Posted By: Scott

In my opinion Mastro gets top dollar for '50s sets, but you have to consider consignor fees,etc - check out prices realized in recent auctions; however, if you are interested in selling to a reputable individual I know someone who would give you a fair price and who specializes in that general era. Email me if interested.

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Posted By: Bryan

Dennis, Why keep it. Do you something I don't? Scott, I'm always interested in selling to another if the price is right. Thanks for all the help people.

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Posted By: dennis

bryan,i sold mine(wasn't complete) to buy a big screen tv and still have regrets. and believe me i love the tv. did you ever think of selling as singles, more work but high #'s and graded stars fetch high dollars.i just figured if you completed it you too might regret.i made a lot selling as singles and was missing high #'s and koufax,snider,clemente.when collectors see that a complete set is being broken(on ebay) and sold they really watch and i find tend to bid and want to buy more.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

I agree with Dennis. Selling the set as singles should both maximize your headaches and your return. I have had luck consigning my headaches to an eBay seller who specializes in 50s material. It is worth it.

You may want to try to sell some of the higher priced items yourself, particularly if they are graded.

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Posted By: Bryan

So you guys are saying sell some of the higher graded stars that I have and maybe get rid of the singles as individual auctions and I may reach a higher price in the end than selling the set as a whole. Interesting, never thought about that.

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Posted By: dennis

there are sellers on ebay who snatch up complete sets/lots and sell as singles and turn a good profit. if i were to sell any of my sets this is the only way i would go. there are many short prints in the 55 set that people will get into a bidding wars over because they seldom come up. also just do an ebay search on completed graded stars and i think you'll see they go for a lot.(this is a slow time for ebay with christmas and new years so you might not find many examples and this is a bad time to list) GOOD LUCK

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Random old thread reply of the day.

Yes eBay works great for selling baseball cards!

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Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Random old thread reply of the day.

Yes eBay works great for selling baseball cards!

In my opinion, eBay is the best of the online, mass-user, long-established, fee-based auction websites

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Originally Posted by arc2q

In my opinion, eBay is the best of the online, mass-user, long-established, fee-based auction websites

So what you're saying is that eBay is the best eBay auction site on ebay.com.

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I'm glad we have settled this 11 year debate.

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