How would you tackle this collection?

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

[Rich Klein]

Did you post that on Beckett as well. I was reading that thread earlier. Everyone has an idea, and everyone is correct so the real answer is however you are most comfortable.

And one of the answers was bulk out the lesser material and, as you pointed out, take your time with the better and cooler items.

But you need to do whatever you are comfortable with.

Rich

[Republicaninmass]

I had the same type of thing. After weeding and weeding and weeding I came up with exactly ONE card worth grading. An 89 ud griffey jr which was a 9/10 candidate. I sold the rest for what I had paid for it . In hindsight, it was a terrible idea and a total waste of time. Though it was just my experience!

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Hey no I didn't post this on Beckett. Just got it last night. I was wondering if I should just chuck commons or make Team piles. Stuff like that.

[bnorth]

Unless they are full sets just go through and pull the star cards and throw away/give away the rest.

Those type of lots are fun to go through as a collector but $ wise as a dealer for resale they are almost completely worthless if you consider your time sorting them worth anything.

[swarmee]

1) Take out the graded cards and anything with a sale value of $2 or more.
2) Donation of remainder to Goodwill and tax writeoff, presuming you itemize. Of course, this year they're doubling the standard deduction, so you would need a big mortgage to get anything back from the Feds.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by swarmee

1) Take out the graded cards and anything with a sale value of $2 or more.
2) Donation of remainder to Goodwill and tax writeoff, presuming you itemize. Of course, this year they're doubling the standard deduction, so you would need a big mortgage to get anything back from the Feds.

We are always accepting donations and one of my donators mentioned that you can write off the shipping as well the card value when you mail a donation. If you ever want to ship me what you don't need for my Adat show, I'll be happy to provide you an address to ship to and send you a tax receipt

Rich

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

dump the 1980's and later cards and use the boxes for shipping
they are worth more than the cards