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

[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

[rjackson44]

I have 221 different and love buying from dave bergin ,hi dave..i will never sell only to upgrade,,me and my pup love looking at them .thats why i love net 54.anyway good luck with sale octavio

[bbcard1]

You know, sooner or later one of the breaks is going to do a T206 set. I would not be surprised at a $175-200 per slot price point...I bought a slot in a 1952 Topps break and it was exciting to watch, even though I only ended up with a common. You might check with some of the breakers like Burls. I know he'd love to do it.

[unamuzd1]

This is a great question, and one that I ponder sometimes. I won't hold my 520 forever, but it's not a "standard" 520 because I have a fondness for oddball/unique cards. Backstamps, funky registration errors, double names, visible portions of a second back - I hope Net54 is still around and as helpful for me when the time comes as folks are being for you!

And even though I know most of my "big" cards aren't going to grade more than a 1 (if that, in several cases!), I'm probably sending a bunch to SGC shortly, because it'll just feel that much safer to have Cobb et al. in slabs. Around 120 are currently in slabs, according to my spreadsheet.