Selling Off Sets in Favor of Singles

[Jewish-collector]

Robert - You gotta do what makes you happy in this hobby. Only you can decide for yourself. Because sometimes you just gotta say, WTF.

[Ronnie73]

The hunt and the chase is most important to me. That's why I'm known for saying that I will only collect sets I know I can't complete over a lifetime. I've finished to many projects in the past to just sell them off once completed.

[Bigdaddy]

I like your idea and have thought the same for a while now. But I find myself not able to pull the trigger after investing that much time and effort into building a set.

Anyway, after pulling out the cards that I would want to keep, I would consign the rest of the set to one of the larger eBay sellers that deal with individual cards - like Greg Morris (highly recommended) or PWCC. They sell single cards and seem to be able to sell them at a premium. I would be willing to wager that even after paying a consignment fee, you would come out better financially than if you sold them yourself.

[Qcards]

I see a lot less collectors interested in completing and keeping huge card sets with the focus now turning to stars, rarities and high grade singles.

I dabble in comics as well as cards and I see the comic industry heading in the same direction where fewer collectors are putting together full runs any more and people are just buying key books.

[BeanTown]

Im currently doing the samething. Selling some Exhibit sets along with some 50s sets. Set building is challenging and when I get close to completion, I tend to chase more on cards than what its worth. Concentrating on singles is more my passion now, not too mention a lot easier to keep track of.

[Promethius88]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

I like your idea and have thought the same for a while now. But I find myself not able to pull the trigger after investing that much time and effort into building a set.

Anyway, after pulling out the cards that I would want to keep, I would consign the rest of the set to one of the larger eBay sellers that deal with individual cards - like Greg Morris (highly recommended) or PWCC. They sell single cards and seem to be able to sell them at a premium. I would be willing to wager that even after paying a consignment fee, you would come out better financially than if you sold them yourself.

I agree with this and it is worth getting in touch with Greg. My experience was that they didn't really like to take the lower grade commons on consignment but it's for sure worth a try as it saves you lots of headaches scanning, listing and shipping. Maybe Greg will see this and chime in?!?!

Good luck with your decision. I think I'm like many others here. I like putting the sets together but then they don't mean much to me after I complete them. It's the chase that is fun. But that's like most things in life. Just think of when you were single and dating!!

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I think each of us approach sets in our own way. I prefer sets over singles but with that said I am also putting together a type set of any issue I can find.

I like the history of the game so commons are not common to me, liek I said we all approach this in our own ways.

WPS! I went to see Chad Morris last night, great speakernone of Bielema's coach talk. And GO REDDIES!