Help with Best Way to Sell Complete Sets???

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by uhlhockey

….Question is…what is the best way to sell to maximize $$$$??
I see a lot of “set breaks” (many are not even close to complete sets, but don’t see as many complete sets being sold. Is the return not worth selling as a complete set?
uhlhockey@aol.com

When it comes to post WW vintage complete sets vs. breaking them up, the market doesn't pay as much attention to the true breakup value as it should (especially when it comes to how top-heavy the set is, and how popular those top cards are).

If something is loaded at the top with highly liquid huge cards ('54 or '55 Topps, for example), you're better off buying the complete set or breaking it up to sell it. The opposite is true of something like '61 or '62 topps, since naturally the abundance of commons and minors in those won't sell anywhere near the way that the top HOFers will.

You'd think that the market would mostly price this in, but as mentioned, it really doesn't. I've seen '55 Topps sets sell for around just 20-40% more than a similar grade '62, but the difference in the realistic value of the two is like night and day