Another t206 question~ What's it worth?

[Phillies*phan]

A "complete" 520 card set in raw vg condition. Demmitt and O'Hara $1000 each. Cobbs all in good.
Is it worth more neatly assembled in 15 card pages or broken down and sold separately? I have to think someone would pay more for the whole set considering it's vg and not a higher grade.
I was trying to find some comps but they are hard to find. REA has sold a few sets but mostly all SGC graded even if in low grade. You dealers out there have probably sold some sets. What do ya think? Thanks

[bbcard1]

If I were looking to maximize the profit, no question, break it. A Vg demmitt and Ohara would go for much more than 1,000...there are dozens of us chasing pieces of the set but few people chasing a full one...the thrill of the set is the acquisition of the pieces not the purchase of the full set. I would guess that it is worth 50 percent more broken than full...

[Phillies*phan]

It just seems silly to put a set together piece by piece and then sell it off the same way. Wouldn't you just beak even? I guess the question should be, Is there a market for a complete set. It seems with the few prices realized on the REA site that there is. I have to think there are people with a lot more money than I have who would pay extra for the complete set just so they have it. I don't know.

[ullmandds]

I would agree that breaking it up will yield a substantially higher hammer partially due to the large size of the set...combines with what has been said...much larger group looking for parts over the whole!

[BleedinBlue]

I think many who buy sets now buy them for the breakup premium and they profit they can get from selling a set off in pieces. At least that wasn't experience when I tried to sell other sets last year.

[docpatlv]

Doug,

There's a very low grade near set of 516 on eBay right now with a BIN of $22,500. Might give you a point of reference as to value.

[caramelcard]

Doug,

For my T206 set, I would break it up.

If I sold it as a complete set, I believe that some of the cards would get lost in the shuffle. I have several cards in the set with nice backs, errors, etc.

Now, if the set is pretty standard with common backs, maybe I could see selling it complete.

Rob

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Doug,

There's a very low grade near set of 516 on eBay right now with a BIN of $22,500. Might give you a point of reference as to value.

This must be the set that was built by pleading for help on the BST the last few months.