What is the best way to sell my T-206 set (520 cards)?

[Cory]

The best way to maximize value to you is going to be to sell it card by card through a combination of here, facebook and ebay.

But that is A LOT of work. Is it worth it? You have to decide.

You can consign to a large auction house like Heritage or REA and they will likely sell it as a complete collection where it nets less. Plus fees.

You can consign to a smaller auction house that may piece it out and sell individually. Net prices may be less given smaller audiences, but overall may net more.

You can consign to an ebay seller like probstein or greg morris which will likely yield the highest gross prices as it gets pieced out on ebay, but not sure about net. It seems lik GM fees were pretty high (25%?) And I think probsteins recently went up.

Another option may be to sell the highest value cards yourself (Cobbs, Mattys, Youngs, WaJos, short prints etc) then lot the others into southern leaguers, minor leaguers, commons, other HoF etc.

My thought. Curious what others think.

[Cory]

By my simple calculations, for my set the top 20 cards are roughly 55% of the value(cost).

So to maximize what you net and minimize the hassle - that's probably your best bet - sell the top 20 or so cards yourself with no fees. Then consign the rest to someone that will sell them individually.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Cory

The best way to maximize value to you is going to be to sell it card by card through a combination of here, facebook and ebay.

But that is A LOT of work. Is it worth it? You have to decide.

You can consign to a large auction house like Heritage or REA and they will likely sell it as a complete collection where it nets less. Plus fees.

You can consign to a smaller auction house that may piece it out and sell individually. Net prices may be less given smaller audiences, but overall may net more.

You can consign to an ebay seller like probstein or greg morris which will likely yield the highest gross prices as it gets pieced out on ebay, but not sure about net. It seems lik GM fees were pretty high (25%?) And I think probsteins recently went up.

Another option may be to sell the highest value cards yourself (Cobbs, Mattys, Youngs, WaJos, short prints etc) then lot the others into southern leaguers, minor leaguers, commons, other HoF etc.

My thought. Curious what others think.

+1

[SDGsports]

You may be under valuing your collection ...
(Condition Pending)
I started this set 13 months ago.
I currently have 461/520

I have spent $40,613

Of the 59 cards I'm missing, 39 are Short Prints or HOFers and I calculate I'll still have to spend another $20-25K to reach 520 / 520 with anything better than a Beater.


PM me before you sell.

[SDGsports]

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[rand1com]

You will clearly get the most cash by consigning to a major auction house. You will be able to get a favorable consignment rate of zero for a consignment of this value so you would get the hammer price. Some houses would even give a small portion of the buyer premium for a $50K consignment.

My opinion is that selling as a set will yield the most because there are plenty of collectors who do not have the patience to put a set together but would pay more for a complete set minus the big 4 and would pay more for not having to put forth any effort other than spending cash. But, the auction houses may have other opinions depending on condition of the better HOFers.

Sets rarely come up for auction and are usually pieced out so selling a complete set would be an oddity.

Based on your valuation, the set has to be in lower grade condition. If the Cobbs, Mathewsons, Youngs, Johnsons, and the other key cards are graded higher than 1 or 2, then breaking the set might make sense.

Even on Ebay, you are giving up 12.35% of the hammer so using an auction house with no fees easily surpasses selling it yourself on Ebay with no effort required on your part.

Just one opinion of course. I'm sure there will be plenty of dissenters.

[Rhotchkiss]

Can you post a pic of maybe a few Cobbs, a few HOF portraits and the PB Demmett and O’Hara? I think condition makes a big difference. You may want to have them all graded, as the set will certainly bring more that way, but only if the biggies are worth grading

[bbcard1]

I can't imagine a 520 being worth less than 80K-100K...I mean presentable low grade commons are fetching in the $40 range now.

[Kidnapped18]

Post them here and sell on the BST
I know I would certainly be interested in looking at a few and prefer buying direct on net54