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Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando
For a recently manufactured pack of cards, it would be 49. However, the old stuff is considered more like coins, stamps, or a work of art. Those are Chapter 97 (specifically, HS9702).*
* - I'm 99% percent sure this is how they'd want you to file, but always defer to their advice.
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And exactly why I advised the OP to still contact U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to get a better estimate from them. He did not mention what the collection was made up of, old pre-war or vintage cards, sets, packs, modern, or a mix. As you noted, depending on what is in the set and the age, etc., he could have different portions of the collection subject to different tariffs/duties.
And as someone else noted, getting the seller to maybe come to the U.S. to drop off the collection may save the OP the hassle of going through customs, but the collection is still going to get hit with whatever tariffs/duties are going to be owed on it. And the seller may want quite a bit more than expected then to now cover his travel costs and the tariff/duty charges he'll be getting hit with. And I still wonder if the seller was planning to be reporting this sale for tax purposes in Canada. If not, he may not be wanting to bring it to the U.S./Canadian border himself and giving officials his name and telling them any other information about the collection he's selling then. Do not discount the possibility of Canadian and U.S. authorities sharing info about their citizens moving back and forth across their borders.