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Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan
Holy Crap! Wow what a story. Because the 1st dealer's offer was so ridiculously low, the 2nd dealer's offer looked like a windfall to the seller. Interesting moral dilemma...what's the correct amount to offer? Like Adam said it's not his job to offer top dollar and educate them to help get them the best price. But $8k for a collection that's worth over $100k?? Are you ripping them off when $8k probably looked like a great deal to them?
Couple years ago I was set up at the National and a kid and his Dad brought in a scrap book that was his Grandfather's filled with old tobacco cards. I tried to get them to consign it with Al and Love of the Game to maximize their windfall but they wanted to sell that day. Never found out what happened or how much they got.
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Hard to say. If you try and be VERY fair and offer then 75k or whatever, a lightbulb probably goes off and they think ‘heck I’m sitting on a million bucks here!’ And they don’t sell to you at your fair price. So very double edged sword.
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