Selling collection..looking for dealer..

[hangman62]

Ive decided to part with the majority of my baseball card collection.

Its mainly lower grade ( VG G F P ), many complete sets,many partial sets,many oddball groups of stuff,

Rough list includes the following complete sets - 1933 Goudey, 1934 Goudey, 1934-36 Diamond Stars, 1934-36 Batter Up, 1953 Topps,..some 60s Topps sets, loads of other stuff, 1930s thru 60s , Yearbooks, memorabilia, limited edition signed statues,etc..

Hoping that an east coast dealer might be interested,and possibly bring it to the National to sell.

Again, many rough cards in collection, but Im being realistic with pricing ,as Ive been collecting for many many years and fully understand - supply/ demand/ grades/values/dealer overhead/ commissions /etc

I want to sell as much as I could in one shot...have ABOSLUTLY NO interest in selling just one set to this guy, one set to that guy

Im working up a price on everything, its going to be above 20 , and I feel at that..someone could easily make money on it

any interested party's feel free to PM me, I will gladly discuss over the phone

Ral G

[rjackson44]

Ralph pm sent

[4815162342]

I'm assuming the requisite fee has been paid for this main board ad?

[jimivintage]

Hate to see you getting out of it, ole buddy! Best of luck to you!

Jimi

[JasonD08]

I will pay 10% more than what Sean Bassik is offering you.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by JasonD08

I will pay 10% more than what Sean Bassik is offering you.

I will pay 2% more than what Jason is paying you

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

I will pay 2% more than what Jason is paying you

I'll pay 12.6781% less than Sean

or

14.999% less than Jake

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by JasonD08

I will pay 10% more than what Sean Bassik is offering you.

I offered him $24k.

[CurtisFlood]

Thanks for posting the pictures. You have a nice collection of things other collectors like, so whoever buys your stuff will be able to sell it quickly if he doesn't overprice it.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

I offered him $24k.

Jason are you officially offering $26,400? 10% more than Sean...

[4815162342]

This reminds me of that lesser known Aesop fable: The Man Who Cried "Cards For Sale".

[familytoad]

Great post, Brenden and great counterpoint Fred. (+others)

Some of us who waste time on chat boards know how to ignore , overlook and avoid drama if we want to. What harm does a post about old baseball cards maybe being for sale, or maybe not being for sale do? I didn't forcibly waste my time and I regretfully read the whole thing

It's not the OP (Ralph) who spun this thread out of focus into yet another diatribe and non-topic feud. It certainly could have remained more civil with posts wishing Ralph the best with his decision. (Hi Ralph, glad you are keeping the cards!)

Maybe the post counts turned the thread into a "must-read" , but it didn't have to be filled with such attacks. The posts that didn't involve donuts generally were caustic. We can do better as a group.

That doesn't mean that topics of concern or harm to the hobbyists (I mean the hobby *dollars* of course) aren't worthy of negative or constructive commentary.

It's really not hard to see the topics and threads that are harmless...(and treat them as such) if you try.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I can't believe some people are sticking up for this guy.

Do you seriously think it's okay to list items for sale, post pictures and prices, and then withdraw the items...multiple times???

In my world, that's considered flakey.

Edited to add: Even by his own admission, he wasted the time of "dozens and dozens of collectors/ dealers/buys/auctioneers". You justify that???

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

I can't believe some people are sticking up for this guy.

Do you seriously think it's okay to list items for sale, post pictures and prices, and then withdraw the items...multiple times???

In my world, that's considered flakey.

David--

Please explain "what harm has it done"?

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

David--

Please explain "what harm has it done"?

+1. Other than some wasted time.....Which is one of the main reasons some of us frequent Net54, to take a break from the "real world".

Why do you want to roast a guy because he had a change of heart about selling his collection? Something many of us that love the hobby can understand. The OP didn't contribute the majority of the posts either, we took this thread in a bunch of directions (including donuts....eeeemmmm donuts....).

Everything doesn't have to revolve around constantly consummating deals. This isn't heart surgery...

Best,

Steve