Here is what I did with the Money from my Canseco Supercollection

[orly57]

Can i ask how/where you sold the Cansecos? Did you do it slowly? There are hundreds of items in the collection. I was curious how you did it without flooding the Market. Seems like a lot of work to sell of that many items of one player, especially the more obscure and esoteric stuff. And congrats on the new collection. You chose some great cards.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by orly57

Can i ask how/where you sold the Cansecos? Did you do it slowly? There are hundreds of items in the collection. I was curious how you did it without flooding the Market. Seems like a lot of work to sell of that many items of one player, especially the more esoteric stuff. And congrats on the new collection. You chose some great cards.

Post #14 give a general description. I own one of Tanners former Canseco cards. He did get it from me originally and then when he decided to sell I had to get it back for my collection.

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by orly57

Can i ask how/where you sold the Cansecos? Did you do it slowly? There are hundreds of items in the collection. I was curious how you did it without flooding the Market. Seems like a lot of work to sell of that many items of one player, especially the more obscure and esoteric stuff. And congrats on the new collection. You chose some great cards.

As mentioned below, here is what I said: "Thanks! I actually wrote a book that talks about how I did it - Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict. But here is the rundown: I hit the supercollectors, then the resellers, then the public. That is a way, way, way dumb downed version, but that's how it happened. "

BUT ... to go more into it, I think it took inside of 6 months to turn a profit. It did take a lot of work, but it was fun trying to "tackle the beast". I had a TON of people saying I would never make my money back, was foolish, etc. so I had a vendetta to prove them wrong It goes to show you if you can sell the world's #1 collection of quite possibly the most hated player in baseball history, you can sell anything

Originally Posted by bnorth

Post #14 give a general description. I own one of Tanners former Canseco cards. He did get it from me originally and then when he decided to sell I had to get it back for my collection.

DUDE! I was just thinking about that card, actually. I am not sure if you have been following along on ebay, but 1990 Fleer base cards pop up for sale all the time for stupid amounts of money. I don't think they ever sell, really, but what a strange thing they are doing, targeting that card!