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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: cmoking
Here's a hypothetical question. Say you have a small set of vintage cards - let's use the E92 Dockman & Sons set of 40 cards (only because that's the only one I'm vaguely familiar with). Let's say all of them are graded PSA 4 or SGC 50. |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: Sean Coe
With a set like that I'd go with Mastronet. |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: Julie Vognar
the buyer gets from buying a whole set or a large number from one set...if the are MOSTLY in really nice shape..why sell them as a set? Besides, I've always wondered: who are the guys who buy a WHOLE SET? Dealkers mostly, because collectors will alrady have some--of course, a collector could always upgrade the ones he had and etc. |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: JimB
Some set collectors who are trying to put together a high grade set may buy the set if it had a significant number of upgrades for them and sell the rest or use them for trade bait for other similar (caramel) cards. |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: cmoking
I think it is clear that in the past, sets almost always sold for less than the sum of the parts. However, in recent years, there are signs that this is changing (I think). |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: cmoking
as for the question "who are the buyers of whole sets" ... well, I'd be a buyer of a whole set if it's a set that I've been interested in, but didn't get involved in yet. There are a few sets that I'd be interested in bidding on if I saw them in an auction. For example, I don't own one DeLong card, but I've had my eye on that set for a while. Since I am trying to complete other sets, I've decided not to start that set until I finish my goals in other sets. I just don't want to be searching for too many different cards all at once. However if a complete Delong set came up for auction, I'd definitely have interest in bidding on it. Also, in the future, when I finally turn my eye onto the T206 set, I'd probably be more willing to bid on a near-set than go card by card...there are just too many and the task seems too daunting to start from scratch. So, I thought that might answer the question of "who are the buyers of whole sets". |
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hypothetical question: sets vs singles in an auction
Posted By: JimCrandell
Sell as a set and use one of the prominent auction houses. Many vintage collectors do not check ebay regularly but they would always look at a Mastronet or Robert Edward catalogue. |
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