Advice on Selling a 1953 Bowman Set...

[bobsbbcards]

Jim,

If you have to be addicted to something, you couldn't pick a better "drug."

Here's a few thoughts about selling your #2 set:

1) If you sell as a complete set, you'll lose some buyers due to the mixed condition of the raw cards. If I were buying a complete set, I wouldn't mind some upgrading, but if it got to more than 30%, it would become a consideration.

2) I had a complete duplicate 1960 PSA set that was all in PSA 7. I chose to sell it myself on eBay as a set break (572 separate auctions), and when the smoke cleared and fees had been paid, it turned out to be about a wash compared to what a complete PSA 7 would have sold. If I had it to do over, I'd probably consign it to a catalog auctioneer (the buyer's premiums are better now).

3) I think you'd do well selling the PSA cards individually. The cards don't come up much in PSA 5-6, but when they do, the prices (at least on eBay) seem predictable. The Buy-Sell-Trade section here would be fine.

Good luck with your pursuit!
Bob

[crose]

If you break up and sell items individually, I'm currently in the market for a Mantle around that grade. Please let me know. Thanks

Caleb

[autograf]

You will almost ALWAYS get more if you break it up. Hence the reason there are so many 1950's Topps and Bowman card dealers out there. Buy full sets. Break them up. Rinse. Repeat.