My first experience at selling my cards

[billyb]

Dave,
Yea, it sounds funny, kids in an antique store. Their parents drag them along and handing out free cards to the kids serves a dual purpose. When I hand out the cards, the sportflics are new to them. So they are busy studying the cards, and they don't handle the antiques so much....lol. And their parents don't have to keep telling them to put things down. It all works out good.

[PolarBear]

Sounds like fun.

[billyb]

Don,
It is fun, and Dan, I am only selling off my collection to start collecting prewar cards. So I am not done with the hobby.
Here is the kicker. Now that I am trying to sell, I have fellow antique collectors wanting to sell me their cards. I told them not really interested, but I could not turn down one offer. Numerous binders of cards which included many cards from the 70s. And some from the 60s. About 8 to 10 thousand cards, most in binders, many stars, all for $150.
So instead of getting smaller, the collection grew quickly to about 85 thousand. Yea, I am stuck with a lot of early 90s proset football cards and a lots more cards from the 80s, but those 70 cards were well worth the $150. I even sold a complete binder of basketball cards already. As long as the price is right, they will buy, and I am close to making the $150 up already just from the cards I bought.
I don't want to do that too often, but other customers have asked if I am buying cards. Nothing form the 80s or later, is my answer.
My first full month without any advertising, I sold over $700 in cards and memorabilia.
Yes, an antique store. I know you cannot make a living on that amount, but being retired, and I don't really need the money, it is just a hobby and I am having fun, and getting a few sheckles for my pockets. Why not. And I only work there, one or two days a week. Other antique dealers sell my items for me as well as I sell their items. If they need me to give an answer regarding an offer to buy some of my items, they just call me.

[almostdone]

Really cool story. Sounds like a great and new spin on our hobby. I would love to set up as a part time dealer but life and time constraints don't make that possible at this point but maybe someday
Keep up the impact on those kids.
Drew

[SAllen2556]

Bill,
Where's the store? When are you there? We have a place near Harrisville, so I drive through Standish quite often.

[billyb]

It is in Gladwin, about 45 minutes west of Standish. Come on by and lets talk baseball.

[Leon]

This is such a cool story I copied it from the watercooler section to here. And as Bill did, even though I sold my collection, I am still knee deep in building my 2nd, albeit more humble collection. The chase is a lot of the fun!!