About 3 years ago I gave a complete master 1956 Topps Baseball straight PSA 8 set to a major auction house and they set a reserve which was not met at $45,000 (SMR was $46,000+, the set stopped at $35,000). I broke it up card by card last year on ebay and netted, after fees, $42,000 and kept the Mantle, Aparicio and Aaron for myself. I think some sets like 68, 70, 73 Topps baseball etc. would be better to sell as a whole if they were complete PSA 8 sets. The population on some of the cards are so high in PSA 8 they will go nowhere and the set has its value without the nuisance and shipping costs of a card by card break. It can depend on the set.
Last edited by bbeck; 05-10-2016 at 09:41 AM.
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