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Hello All,

I know a ton of folks have recently began selling off some of their collections at the crazy demand we're seeing. I am looking to consign my World Series ticket collection and have reached out to at least two auctions houses that are recommending that I pay the grading fees for each ticket and subtract that from my final value. My concern is the outrageous cost for grading and if I will see a valuable return.

Has anyone had any great experiences lately with an auction house that they would recommend?

This is the collection I am looking to sell off (1920-2020 World Series run) - https://www.collectorfocus.com/colle...series-tickets

I would not slab them, as the incremental return is typically less than it is for cards. It would be difficult to recoup the TPG costs, and ticket collectors don't seem nearly as frenzied by slabs as card collectors.

Try reaching out to Al at Love of the Game.... He is a straight-shooter and will steer you in the right direction. These fit the LOTG format well, and their fees are very reasonable/competitive. It might be a tad too late for their Spring Auction, but you could definitely get into the Summer Event.

Best of luck, whichever direction you go.

I don't think you necessarily would need to get everything graded, but I think you would see ROI if you spent the money to have some of the 1920s tickets graded, esp. the 1927 Yankees one, and probably the 1932 ticket as well.

Well if your sure that you dont want to continue with the collection. You could reach out to some other collectors and hopefully fill in some of their needs. Might not yield top dollar but remember those that helped you in the past how good it felt to get them. It feels even better to pass them on to people who could use a hand up. I say this from experience having filled in a bunch of stubs from 1936 to 74 including a nice 1960 green pass to a Collector just getting started.

+1 Agreed