Considering selling everything - Final Update/Tally

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by drcy

I'm curious what the collection will eventually sell for. In the end, perhaps you'll get what you paid or even turn a little profit. It sounds as if you were envisioning huge profits on resale, which is a source of the disappointment.

I think 4 grand back is a good goal. There are lots of binders of near sets that have been majorly picked over from the stars (I think this happened before I committed to the sale, but if after, that is very disheartening).

There is a 50 bowman partial set that I will parse out and sell in 25 card lots. 54 52-55 Red Man cards with tabs in mid grade (some are lower) Posted on Ebay as a 7 day auction. Williams, Mays, etc. In retrospect based upon the feedback, I should have punted and went slower, selling them in lots of 5 or card by card. I have 2 bids on them now, so I don't think that I can pull it down or if it would ethical.

The 56's might be worth $500 on the high end. There are about 150 different. The Koufax, Mays and Robinson were lower grade, but it was intended as a common lot to try and put a big chuck into the set.

There is also a really nice framed signed picture of Mantle/Williams and a framed signed picture of Mantle/Mays. I have a signed picture of May/Aaron and a signed picture of Aaron hitting 715, so this actually fits very well. Aaron/Aaron-Mays/Mays-Mantle/Mantle-Williams. There are also autographed balls of Aaron and Mays. That is what I will keep. If the pictures are $300 each(?), and the balls are $100 each on the high side, that would be $1300 worth of value that I plan on keeping - so whatever the final tally is, I will add $1300

I had hoped to keep the Red Mans and the 50 Bowman partial set. I was going to work on getting the other 75 cards to complete that one. Now, I think I am going to have to move them to recoup.

There is an T205 Cobb that is "A" altered. I wanted to keep it, but I am going to move to recoup some of the investment. I posted it at $50 and has 14 watchers and is now up to $59. CT says that the last 10 sales have gone between 300 and 400, so I am hoping for a similar amount. It has 8 sharp corners. I will get this card in a higher grade later in my collecting career. It was something that I overvalued in my head when he said that he had it. I didn't do enough research to understand just how low the A cards went for.

A big unknown is a Carl Hubbell Collection that has a signed bat, glove (mid 80's model glove, not Carl's), and a ball. When he told me about it, I pictured one of those finger gloves from years ago. He signed it in 1986 on a modern glove - that was something that popped when I was having some pause when I was making the deal (yet still followed through). There is also a Lefty Grove autographed bat.

Other than that, lots of mid-low grade 50's/60's commons. No high numbers or SPs very few stars.

If I get 2 grand out of all of everything above and beyond what I am keeping, I will be surprised and that would make it an 11 grand hit - with a ton of time, trouble, energy, and travel costs in it - so, I think it is that bad. When I was parsing out when I got home on Friday, that was when it hit me when I was doing the head math.

I will keep a tally as it sells and let you know the final figure.