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New member intro, and a request for advice
Greetings all,
Thought this might be the best place to solicit some expert opinions. I'm (obviously) a noob here, but not to message boards in general, so I know that places like this are the best sources of info and (mostly) friendly advice. so here goes: Outside of my early teens, I'm not a collector. However, my wife's late cousin most certainly was. When he passed away unexpectedly three years ago, among the possessions he left to my wife and I was an extensive baseball card collection. Based on recent perusal of some dealer sites (mostly Dean's), I'm aware of the potential value of this collection, and would be interested in selling it. I've emailed someone at Dean's, who suggested I send them part of the collection for evaluation (none of the cards have been professionally graded). I'm hesitant to do so, for obvious reasons. I'd prefer to sell the entire collection at once, as opposed to piecemeal, even though I could probably get more for some of the more valuable individual cards. Unfortunately I don't have the time or resources to dedicate to such a project. Also, a portion of the collection was damaged when the climate controlled mini warehouse we were storing them in flooded (I dried the individual cards out, but they warped, and in the process I had to take them out of their meticulously organized folders - yeah, I'm still sick about all that ) Any way, tl;dr version - I'm looking to sell a large and very valuable vintage collection, and am asking y'all for help - any suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
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You may want to take a few pics and post them...I'm sure you will get some 'qualified' responses.
Good Luck
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There are a lot of knowledgeable people here, but first things first. Why don't you provide some essential information to get things started. Give us a breakdown of the collection. What years is it comprised of? What types of stars does it include, etc., etc? And very, very importantly, post a bunch of photos or scans to let us know what you have.
Good luck.
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welcome!!
congradulations btw on the collection.....
as Darren said, take pics.... post them here.....heck, you might sell the whole damn thing here! lol... if not, ebay them, or send them to an auction house....we will give you the best advice.... btw....look for a t206 wagner, a 52 mantle, some Baltimore news ruth's, a few joe jax ect... it will be like hitting a mini lottery evertime |
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There are multiple companies who read/post on this board like JustCollect and InvestinBaseball. Call them up. If the value of the group is over $10K, they may come to you directly.
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Didn't even notice you were in Pensacola; if you need help appraising it and determining what to send in for grading or to sell directly, send me a PM.
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Sorry to hear about your loss due to flood damage. But you may be able to recoup some of your losses if the self-storage unit was insured. Did your wife's cousin ever have his collection appraised? If he did (and the cards were insured), you should then have the cards professionally appraised again and file a claim for the loss (what they were worth minus what they're now worth). Just an idea.
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Scan some cards and post them
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+1 ...Would love to see some of them!!
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Without knowing what type of cards they are, some types of cards are soaked in water regularly to remove things like excess paper glued to the back. Then they are dried by placing them between something like paper towels and and placed between large, flat, heavy items so they dry flat. Check some of the threads about soaking cards, maybe you can get them flat again, depending on type. Not advocating doing this, as a lot of people frown on the practice, but usually if you are willing to sell them as soaked, others may not care. Again, check the type for being okay to soak, and ask people on how to do it, so you get it right.
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Let's see...
Frank,
We are all intrigued by your story, but no one can help you assess your cards if we can't see them. Not only can some very knowledgeable members here tell you pretty much what you have, but the rest of us love vintage cards and are biting at the bit to see any "new" find. With that said, SHOW US SOME CARDS! Please...
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These are sample pages from complete sets, save for the Play Balls - still have to go through those to see what's there and what's not. |
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how far back do the sets go? most cards look mid grade. it's the big name rookies in top grade that will command the really big bucks!!!! 52 topps mantle? 54 topps aaron? 55 topps clemente?
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