My first experience at selling my cards

[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

[obcbobd]

Great post! Refreshing to see cards being sold (and in some cases given away) at reasonable prices. I frequent antique shops in New England and am so sick of seeing boxes of beatup 90s cards being sold for $1 a card or a 33 Goudey common in vg for $99.


Keep up the good work!

Bob

[btcarfagno]

Love hearing stuff like this Bill. It is what collecting is all about...the people, the hunt, etc. When you are able to give back by spurring interest in the younger generation, there is nothing better.

And to piggyback what Bob said, it is also refreshing to hear about cards at an antique center/store that are reasonably priced. Usually what I see are 1993 prices for 1993 cards. And they likely didn't sell in 1993 because the prices were too high even then, and there they still sit.

Tom C

[billyb]

Thank you Leon for your comments and placing this thread on the Vintage Pre-War site, and to all thank you for you kind comments.

Selling my cards at a small local venue amazes me how many people actually have cards or a collection at home. Many shoppers stop and talk about their cards, as we all have our cards in spoke stories as well as flipping for cards. I try not to put pressure on the shoppers, as I would rather gather a rapport with them. If they buy, they buy, but my best line is "let's talk baseball".

But the kids are the bonus. Just had a 14 year old in two days ago, and he had a speech impediment. I asked if he collects BB cards, and he said, no but I would like to. My heart melted with this kid, and I started with my sportflics, 5 or 6. Then a complete set of Donruss "84 Tigers, along with a couple more Tigers. May have been a few others, I don't remember, I got carried away with this kid. But thats OK, the reward was when I later seen him in the store showing his mother what he got.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by billyb

Thank you Leon for your comments and placing this thread on the Vintage Pre-War site, and to all thank you for you kind comments.

Selling my cards at a small local venue amazes me how many people actually have cards or a collection at home. Many shoppers stop and talk about their cards, as we all have our cards in spoke stories as well as flipping for cards. I try not to put pressure on the shoppers, as I would rather gather a rapport with them. If they buy, they buy, but my best line is "let's talk baseball".

But the kids are the bonus. Just had a 14 year old in two days ago, and he had a speech impediment. I asked if he collects BB cards, and he said, no but I would like to. My heart melted with this kid, and I started with my sportflics, 5 or 6. Then a complete set of Donruss "84 Tigers, along with a couple more Tigers. May have been a few others, I don't remember, I got carried away with this kid. But thats OK, the reward was when I later seen him in the store showing his mother what he got.

Wow Bill. this whole story has made my day. I love hearing about this. I think you are absolutely right about the hobby needing a nudge in the right direction. At the National this year, my kids did quite well with dealers cutting them very good deals or giving them free stuff. It was awesome to see. And their friends are collecting now as well. Makes me so happy to see all this (and their noses aren't buried in their video games). You are an example of all that is right with this hobby and I commend you for that.