Long story short, I need some advice

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Posted By: Paul Stratton

I'll spare you the details of how this came about but the situation is as follows: I am meeting tomorrow with an 80 year old man who has a collection of 600,000 vintage cards. I will get first look and have the chance to buy whatever I want out of the collection. We have only spoken over the phone and he has informed me in general terms what the collection consists of but, he has mentioned tobacco cards, as well as, large collections of pre-50's cards and memorbilia.

My question is : How do I approach this? Buy what I want, buy everything, consign the collection, etc.

Any advice would be appreciated. I know the description sounds pretty vague but I have reason to believe there are some rare things in this collection. Many of you have been in this situation before and I was wondering what you have done or better yet would have done if you could do it over again.

Thanks in advance, Paul