Questions about selling a postwar collection

[rjackson44]

caprice great stuff if you dont need the money dont sell them .they are your dads memories .put them away there as good as fine wine.once you spend the money you have nothing to show for it ,,,put them in order protect them and put them away ,,enjoy octavio

[capricesquad]

It's a bit hard to make out some of the cards on the table in the giant shot.

I did go through and make a list along with the sold values for most of those cards in PSA 8 on ebay and the number of doubles he has if anybody wants to skim it.

http://docdro.id/WhruwG2

Obviously his cards may be in much lower condition but I wanted to get some idea of what is worth grading in any condition.

[Exhibitman]

Those 'mini post style cards' are from Bazooka gum boxes.

The cards look great and are worth quite a bit. I'd get all of the Mantle, Mays and Koufax cards graded by PSA first, because a grading fee is rarely wasted on them. Also invest in a big pile of Card Saver 1 and put the cards in them carefully to preserve them as best as you can. A crease or bumped corner can cost you hundreds of dollars.

[capricesquad]

Thanks for the Bazooka info. As to protecting the cards I had already ordered some top loaders but based on recommendations earlier in the thread I ordered a few hundred Card saver 1s

[swarmee]

Since you posted them, here's my opinions of the cards you've uploaded:
Gaylord Perry probably a 5 due to corner wear.
Frank Robinson maybe a 6.5
Phil Rizzuto also around 6-6.5; bottom right corner keeps it from a 7
Shantz is around a 7.
7th series checklist could be a 7 with slight corner wear on two corners
Green tint Babe Ruth probably an 8(OffCenter) or a 7 straight. Ask for no qualifiers if you don't want it to be OC.
Regular Ruth probably a 7 due to bottom border wear.
Buhl would also get OC since it's 20/80 left to right, or even worse if they measure to the curve of the P for pitcher.
Top right and middle left Witt look the best for centering; both are off top/bottom, but normally collectors don't mind that as much as left/right.
Top right and bottom Landrum are the only ones worth grading when looking at centering. Only the bottom Foytack would be worth grading due to centering.

Hope that helps.

[capricesquad]

Thanks for looking them over that helps me get an idea of where most of the collection will fall.

This may be a stupid question but is there a preferred method to inserting and removing cards from top loaders and card savers? The card savers seem like they would pinch the corners when you put them in so I feel like I must be doing something wrong. I want to figure out the best method and practice with a bunch of 80-90s commons before I try with anything old.

[stlcardsfan]

The Card Savers do take a little practice to get used to. Another approach is penny sleeves (very soft plastic) and rigid top loaders, but I don't think PSA likes cards sent to them in this fashion.

You have a lot of 'nice 61 high numbers. These are numbers 532 and higher. They are hard to come by and can be worth some nice $$$ in good condition for set builders. I saw a couple nice looking Pirates teams cards in there. The Twins / Senators team card is the other team card in the high #s. Bob Cerv is another I saw. And of course those all star cards. I wouldn't necessarily get those graded as most set builders are probably going to prefer those cards in their natural state.

Great cards overall, good luck.

[mintacular]

Card saver I's are larger ones than the Card Saver II's.... They are designed for the larger pre-57 cards but actually work best for your post 56 cards b/c they have more wiggle room, you can also use a sleeve when using the I's....

I personally like sleeves/toploaders but as others have said PSA prefers cards being shipped in cardsavers.

[Bestdj777]

I just received an email from PSA indicating that they are running a special this month of $5.50 a card with a 50 card minimum. It seems like a pretty reasonable deal if they are something you want to grade on your own.

If they were mine, I'd probably get the better ones graded--stars, high numbers, cards that are in really good shape--and then consign them to one of the eBay auction guys (Sean Bassik, PWCC, Probstein). They receive breaks on eBay fees, so you may net more going that route. Obviously do some research first though and ask around.

[capricesquad]

Update:

We ended up getting a bunch of snow the day of the sports show so we didn't end up making it to get anything graded.

In the meantime I Joined PSA. As I understand the 15 card deal it only applies to cards under $500. Should I send in 20 cards and just expect to pay the difference? If I send in a card and it grades over that do they just bill me the difference? Is there any tips I should know about the mailing in cards process?

My dad was going through some stuff in the basement and found another box of cards which answered some questions I had. I couldn't figure out why he had doubles of everything except the Bazooka All time Greats cards. Turns out the doubles were in another box.



He also had a few baseball player stamps. Turns out those were the doubles of the 3 albums he had collected. I'm guessing these are not worth much due to being put into albums but they are neat because he wrote little notes about the teams and their series records on the pages. He has quite a few of the teams completed in 3 different albums.





He also had this set of weird 3d gun cards or art or whatever they are