Has anyone here bailed on their post-war cards to fund a pre-war collection?

[steve B]

Not specifically. I've sold off a bunch of duplicates of modern stuff, and the money usually gets spent on something more interesting. No regrets yet on the modern stuff I've sold which was mostly junk.

I did sell a 48 Bowman set I built to help finance a ski trip back in maybe 86.
Not much of a set, Musial had paper loss, Berra had been partly colorized - yellow uniform- and a couple other cards had been waxed and used for flipping so much they were round. Oddly, I still regret selling it.

Steve B

[Exhibitman]

I would definitely part with most of my postwar cards if the price was right. I've tried a few times to wholesale a lot of them through dealers but for what I was offered I'd rather just keep them. I have gotten rid of some of them via auction consignments but that too has been a break-even proposition at best given commission rates. I do not have the stomach to sell them individually on fleabay--not worth going through that many hassles to lose money...

[Tim Fritz]

In the last few years I've sold off most of my 70s and 80s sets on ebay. Used the proceeds on a few pre-war purchases and have no regrets.

The sets were just collecting dust and taking up space. Now I have more storage room for other stuff.

[tbob]

I got some really good prices on my postwar 50's and 60's sets on ebay a few years ago, at the current time I don't know that I would try it again on ebay with a minimum of $99.99 for EXMT sets. Might be brutal.