Suggestions for the best way to sell many cards

[selling4nana]

I am still very overwhelmed! I picked up the cards and saw that most of them graded very low. I'm testing my scanning abilities now. These are just a few of the cards I have. The T202 Johnson/Street is the best one at 80 EX/NM. The guys at SGC got most excited over the T201 Crawford/Cobb cards. I have 3 but the best one graded at 30. The other two have A's.
My cards are clearer than they scanned. I will keep trying but I wanted to put something up.

[Jaybird]

Looks like you have a CIS scanner instead of a CCD scanner. This is just the type of sensor used in the scanning process. CIS scanners are fine but focus just on the glass. You can see on the back of one of the cards that the SGC logo embossed in the plastic is clear but the card which is just slightly above the glass is out of focus. There may be a way to adjust these scanners to focus just slightly above the glass, but I'm not sure how.

A CCD scanner will have better depth of field and will keep the entire field in focus. Just FYI -

[Ladder7]

CIS scanners are worthless for any 3D items. Ive tried several.

I recently ordered the Epson V300 (CCD), that includes the slides and negatives attachment as well. $82.50 from Amazon, w/ free shpg.

Several slabheads have spoke well about this unit.

[ullmandds]

Cards like those would best be sold privately...either on the bst here or Full Count Forum or on ebay...in my opinion.

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Cards like those would best be sold privately...either on the bst here or Full Count Forum or on ebay...in my opinion.

I agree completely. Not rare enough or high grade enough to get major $$ in an auction. Best to save those fees and sell them on your own.

[smtjoy]

Nice Cobb!

If they were mine, I would get a one day subscription on VCP and use that to price them here on the BST, most of your cards will have listed sales vales so should be pretty straight forward.

[dstudeba]

Jason and Steve, thanks so much for the info on scanners, I never knew there were two types.

Becky - I see no reason to send those to an auction house, I too would sell them here or on eBay after checking www.vintagecardprices.com

[selling4nana]

Thanks for the scanner info and selling advice. My grandmother just got a helicopter ride to the hospital this afternoon. I'll be working on this stuff over the weekend and all of next week as I have time. I may post things here and on ebay. And I will look into getting a different scanner. The price isn't bad and I have over 100 encapsulated cards. I am having a hard time trying to take photos of them without having myself in the reflection! But I do have many other ungraded cards. I will add things to my album as I scan new stuff.
You have all been so helpful. I will continue to educate myself and look forward to chatting more in the future!
Becky