PSA compete sets

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Posted By: Neil

Hello,

It seems to me that after reading multiple boards this is where the real experts chat. I have recentl soldmy buisiness and I have been intersted in set building for along time. BOth as an investment as well as a hobby. My question is simple. THe first seti am trying to complete is the 1970 Topps in all PSA grade 9. My question is this is this set worth more after I complete it, or is a set worth more broken up. I have bought and broken a few raw sets in my time and always made more breaking them. But from what I see it seems a completed high grade set is worth more as a whole on the high end auction circuit. I figured this would be the best place to get some advice.

Thanks in advance for letting me become part of your world

Neil

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Posted By: Phil Garry

IMHO the 1970 set graded all PSA 9 would bring more money at selling time individually than as I set. I believe the high $ complete sets that have sold at auction recently have been primarily pre-war sets and would be much tougher to put together than a high-grade 1970 Topps set.

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Posted By: Frank Evanov

By selling the set intact you eliminate most buyers: [1] Those who haven't got a large amount of cash [2] Those who already are deep into the set- they're unlikely to buy a whole set just to get a few cards they need.


Best off to break it up and sell on EBAY. The extra work will pay off in the long run.


Frank

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

1870?

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Posted By: davidcycleback

You can always offer a complete set for sale first and, if you get no takers, break it up.

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Posted By: Richard Masson

How many mint 1970 Topps sets are there in Larry Fritsch's collection waiting to come out? 10? 100? 1000?