Another t206 question~ What's it worth?

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Doug,

There's a very low grade near set of 516 on eBay right now with a BIN of $22,500. Might give you a point of reference as to value.

This must be the set that was built by pleading for help on the BST the last few months.

[docpatlv]

Tony,

You are correct.

[usernamealreadytaken]

I would suggest the following:

Sell Individually: HOF's, SLers, High(er) grade, Rare Backs, and any other premium cards (ex. Doyle, Titus, etc.)

Sell as lots in varying sizes: commons (I would suggest varying sizes because not everyone can bid on 50+ lots, but will bid hotly for 5-10-25 card lots -- this approach maximizes the bid pools).

I agree that often bidders on large lots/complete sets do so to profit on breaking up.

**Of course, big upside to selling as a set -- avoid hundreds of seperate payments, packages, trips to post office, etc.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by usernamealreadytaken

I would suggest the following:

Sell Individually: HOF's, SLers, High(er) grade, Rare Backs, and any other premium cards (ex. Doyle, Titus, etc.)

Sell as lots in varying sizes: commons (I would suggest varying sizes because not everyone can bid on 50+ lots, but will bid hotly for 5-10-25 card lots -- this approach maximizes the bid pools).

I agree that often bidders on large lots/complete sets do so to profit on breaking up.

**Of course, big upside to selling as a set -- avoid hundreds of seperate payments, packages, trips to post office, etc.

+1
What is the premium for Titus based on? the mustache subset?

[BradH]

Agree with the others that you could make more money doing them individually or in smaller lots, but it also takes a lot more time and effort. There is definitely a market for sets, you're probably just trimming some potential profit for yourself.

For what it's worth, I bought a "set" of 510 (with HOFers all graded) for a friend last year. We paid $19,500 for it and he is very happy. And there was a nice set of 520 in Bill Goodwin's June auction that went a little under $20K (with juice).

[usernamealreadytaken]

Titus is hot right now -- selling for a premium over other commons. I would also put Tenny, Taylor, and a couple others on that list.

[Bocabirdman]

I can understand the added premiums for Titus and Dummy Taylor etc. I had my T206 out over the week end. I happened to notice (I had completely forgot) that my Titus has a good chunk of scrapbook that needs to be soaked off. I recently practiced on a C046 with great success. Will his mustache survive a soaking?....

Originally Posted by tonyo

This must be the set that was built by pleading for help on the BST the last few months.

I'm not sure about that. Do you know who owns the set are is this an assumption.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Pup6913

I'm not sure about that. Do you know who owns the set are is this an assumption.

An assumption.
I'm not certain of many things in life, so I suppose this is an assumption. Based on the ebay sellers store name being the same name as the net54 member who posted multiple WTB's on the BST wihin the last few months - to help finish his set . That doesn't say who technically owns the set, just points to it being the same set.

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by Pup6913

I'm not sure about that. Do you know who owns the set are is this an assumption.

I am sure it is and so far as I am concerned, it's perfectly fine. He's a good dealer I have bought from and traded with many times. I think he had a blast putting the set together and now if he wants to sell it that's completely fair.

[tonyo]

A year or two ago, I bought several t206's from an ebayer.

The description for each card included something along the lines of: "I wanted to get one of every card and that's what I did so now I am selling them" He listed his cards individually about 50 at a time over the course of a few weeks.

I wonder what he made on his set with that effort?

[T206Collector]

I sold virtually all of my set of 520 a few years ago. The entire thing was graded by SGC. I broke it into different groups and singles by grade, scarcity, HOF, SL, toughies, backs, etc. I was rather pleased with how it turned out.

You will get people who will pay a premium for bulks of T206 cards -- you know, a big lot of 75 or so to get someone well on their way to a complete set.

The bigger the group, however, the smaller the market for the cards. The trick is to maximize price and market by pulling in collectors and dealers from as many interest points as possible.

[t206hound]

There's definitely a premium to be paid on a slabbed set over a raw set. Just look at the Legendary results. The difference in cards between these two lots are: Cobb/Green, Crawford/Bat,Elberfeld/Wash.Port

Mostly raw "set" of 516 (Grades 53% VG to VG/EX (with a few nicer)) sold for $27,500:
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...ntoryid=129500

All graded "set" of 519 (averaging 4.23, VG/EX-VG/EX+) sold for $65,700:
http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...ntoryid=128991