Questions about selling a postwar collection

[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

[swarmee]

No, don't send 5 additional cards with your 15 free coupon. Wait until you select 25 or so that are $100 or less and send them all in on a Club Special for $6/card. You'll need to pay separate shipping back anyways, so there's no real incentive to mail the other five cards right now. Great collection. Thanks for checking back in with an update. You might want to put those stamp albums on eBay as Buy-It-Now/Best Offer. I think that with an auction you might not get the price you want, but if you BIN/BO them, someone will come along and offer you a fair price.

[glynparson]

i have seen so many corners get bumped using penny sleeves. also be xareful the way you have them lying all over each other. i advise against handling any of them again except to put in crd savers. the slightest bump makes a world of difference. there are cars between 5-8 from the way the scans look.