My first experience at selling my cards

[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!!

[TNcollect]

Great story-- especially the part about CREATING young collectors.

I am an antique photograph/ militaria dealer and set up at several Civil War shows throughout the country. I always take a box of lesser cdv and cabinet card photographs to let kids pick one out to start their collections. I see some of the militaria dealers with a junk box to let the kids grad something for free as well.

It really is a joy to see a child pick something out-- in fact I have had several return visitors over the years and some of the parents have ended up as buyers.

Keep up growing the hobby!

Scott