Greetings and questions from a lucky guy.

[brianp-beme]

I do not have personal experience with him, but many on here would suggest Greg Morris on Ebay for nice raw, individual cards. There will be consignment fees, and I imagine now buyers will be charged sales tax, which will affect the final outcome.

As far as auction houses, I can personally recommend Scott Brockelman, where you will be treated honestly and with integrity, there is no consignment fees to sell, and the buyers's premium is 12-1/2%, which is much lower than the the industry standard of around 20%, and evidently no sales tax added to the purchase, which should net you better results, because most buyers factor all the extra fees into their bidding. Except for the bigger star cards, you would likely be submitting the cards in group lots.

brianp(arker)-beme

[scooter729]

From the looks of those, I would suggest the star cards do get graded. I wouldn't bother grading the commons (unless you're able to learn if you have a particular card in super high grade which is hard to find in a high grade), but those star cards likely would be worth the grading investment. It would take some time to have them sent to PSA but high-end stars should net you a nice return on your cost of grading.

Good luck!

[111gecko]

If you don't want to consign, you can always partner with someone. Many on this board have done transactions like that. You may not have the time or don't want to extend the additional capital for grading etc..
You could set a fair basis and then maximize it with the 2 of you. There are several people on this board I would trust to do that. It may help if you share what region you live in.

Just another thought.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I do not have personal experience with him, but many on here would suggest Greg Morris on Ebay for nice raw, individual cards. There will be consignment fees, and I imagine now buyers will be charged sales tax, which will affect the final outcome.

As far as auction houses, I can personally recommend Scott Brockelman, where you will be treated honestly and with integrity, there is no consignment fees to sell, and the buyers's premium is 12-1/2%, which is much lower than the the industry standard of around 20%, and evidently no sales tax added to the purchase, which should net you better results, because most buyers factor all the extra fees into their bidding. Except for the bigger star cards, you would likely be submitting the cards in group lots.

brianp(arker)-beme

Sound advice...

But are any auction houses still not charging sales tax by now? Seems like every one I deal with has now implemented the applicable tax (with Mile High, REA, Hunt, and Lelands being the most recent).

If anyone can provide the short list of AHs NOT charging the state tax, it would be most helpful... thanks!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Sound advice...

But are any auction houses still not charging sales tax by now? Seems like every one I deal with has now implemented the applicable tax (with Mile High, REA, Hunt, and Lelands being the most recent).

If anyone can provide the short list of AHs NOT charging the state tax, it would be most helpful... thanks!

I do not know of any others. Just yesterday I received an email from Brockelman Auctions with this info included, which I pasted from the email:

As a consignor to this auction you receive two instant increases to your take home money over most other auction houses. We offer only a 12 1/2% buyers premium which is well below the major auction house levels AND as a small volume auction we are only required to collect sales tax from Texas residents, saving most bidders 5-8% and enabling them to place more bids to buy an item at the same "all-in" price. This extra money is going to the consignors pocket rather than being bled off in the form of sales tax. Combine the two and consignors will get a much bigger piece of the final sales price!

Brian

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

We are still small enough where we are under the sales tax collection threshold.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

We are still small enough where we are under the sales tax collection threshold.

I haven't consigned with Aquarian (Birmingham Auctioneers), but have been very pleased as a buyer in the past.

So now there are two auction houses that we can list as not charging buyers sales tax:

Brockelman Auctions
Birmingham Auctioneers

Brian

[JollyElm]

Jeez, that grouping is quite drool-worthy. Wow!

[todeen]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Jeez, that grouping is quite drool-worthy. Wow!

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