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Posted By: jaguar50

Tim, I'm a new Ebayer too. However, I've studied their vintage sportscard auctions rather extensively during the past few weeks, and I haven't generally observed that veteran sellers fare better than newcomers with respect to the prices that their auctions bring. I realize, of course, that some of the newbies might have had professional assistance with their presentations, but their rookie Ebay status is readily observable by their limited feedback numbers.

But since you need to sell your card soon, I agree with some of the others here that it would be a good idea for you to seek selling assistance. And if you have problems with locating a local assistant, you might want to check with Ebay's trading assistant service.

Someone also mentioned the possibility of a starting bid price of $350, but I don't know... Many of the sportscard auctions which fail to get bids have starting bid prices that are in the range of what the seller should expect to receive as a final price. It seems to me that many Ebay buyers don't like to see that, and they sometimes refuse to bid on an item which leaves only a limited amount of room for bidding. However, a graded EX '57 Topps Mickey Mantle might have enough of a demand factor that a $350 starting price wouldn't discourage bidders; It's difficult to predict. But I would seek professional assistance as to what might be a good starting price for your card.

Best of luck.

jaguar50