Best way to sell a collection

Spidey111 · October 22, 2014, 12:31:43 AM

MuggyWuggy · October 22, 2014, 12:33:29 AM

Fuuuuuu juzam djinn

ihasfrozen · October 22, 2014, 12:40:16 AM

PM'ing about power

Falcon182 · October 22, 2014, 01:06:36 AM

Those are so clean!! I wish I had bought power in the 90s. Damn.

cltrn81 · October 22, 2014, 12:33:52 PM

I know I enjoyed the video. Thanks Pete!

Great collection....you have some gems there my friend!

Nganter31690 · October 22, 2014, 12:58:55 PM

Best thing to do with your higher value cards like the lotus and stuff that goes between 800+ is to send them to Beckett to get graded they are valued higher this way and you will have no problem getting between 85-100 percent of the value on eBaycold hard cash:)

Spidey111 · October 22, 2014, 01:38:26 PM

Quote from: Nganter31690 on October 22, 2014, 12:58:55 PM
Best thing to do with your higher value cards like the lotus and stuff that goes between 800+ is to send them to Beckett to get graded they are valued higher this way and you will have no problem getting between 85-100 percent of the value on eBaycold hard cash:)

Thanks for this suggestion. I had been wondering about grading services and whether it would be worth it. I am familiar with CGC from comic books, and so I assume there is a similar "premium" effect when a high-grade card is also graded.

Where I'm a little more fuzzy is how to package and sell off the common cards. I could sell off the Revised set tomorrow (btw, the set is completely 100% unplayed. I simply opened packs back then and stuck them in that binder 20+ years ago. None of them have even left their sleeves since!), and the "power" cards could all be sold piecemeal too. But that still leaves me with 5,000+ cards, right? So what do I do with those??? Most of them are going to average out to $1 a pop, but no one is going to give me $5,000 for a box of common cards, right?

So that's where I could really use some help. It has already been suggested that I sell "lots" on eBay? Are there other (efficient) ways to break up a collection, but still get rid of it all at the end of the day? I don't want to be on here two years from now STILL trying to sell my Commons!!! :)

Thanks,

- Pete

MuggyWuggy · October 22, 2014, 01:40:06 PM

Lol you won't sell em
I'd say garage sale boxes for like $30-$50

Aladormax · October 22, 2014, 02:07:59 PM

I may have some interest in some of your alpha lands if you want to sell to me. I'm a bit fuzzy on value, but I can google with the best of them.

ihasfrozen · October 22, 2014, 02:41:57 PM

Don't have any great ideas about selling small commons, though everything that is alpha/beta should be treated separately, as even commons of those should be desirable/worth something.

Here is a link to the High End facebook group I had mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/groups/477939485577313/

You have to request to join, but there's no requirement or anything. I would look through some of the posts there to get an idea for how people sell the higher end stuff (you can even see me selling things :) ). You can also try listing your whole collection in the group and see what people offer (normally you can't sell individual items that are less than $50 there, but a collection with one price is acceptable).

Spidey111 · October 22, 2014, 05:23:15 PM

Quote from: Taysby on October 22, 2014, 03:20:48 PM
And they just happened to have 50 spare lotuses hanging around to make their header with... :P

HAHA! (Yeah, who ARE those people!!??!?)

Spidey111 · October 22, 2014, 05:24:31 PM

Quote from: ihasfrozen on October 22, 2014, 02:41:57 PM
Don't have any great ideas about selling small commons, though everything that is alpha/beta should be treated separately, as even commons of those should be desirable/worth something.

Here is a link to the High End facebook group I had mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/groups/477939485577313/

You have to request to join, but there's no requirement or anything. I would look through some of the posts there to get an idea for how people sell the higher end stuff (you can even see me selling things :) ). You can also try listing your whole collection in the group and see what people offer (normally you can't sell individual items that are less than $50 there, but a collection with one price is acceptable).

Thanks, yes, I got accepted to the group the other day and did exactly what you said. Seems like a lot of people there are concentrated on buying/selling power. If that were all I was trying to do, cool. But I do like the idea of posting the entire collection there and see what happens.

Thanks,

- Pete

Spidey111 · October 22, 2014, 05:25:26 PM

Quote from: Taysby on October 22, 2014, 02:24:24 PM
Do some of those ebay repacks where they can possibly get power. figure out how much the whole thing is worth, divide that by the number of cards you have to get the price per card.Then make a repack of 5 or so cards.. Then times the price per card by the number of cards in the pack and add about $5 or so onto that. Then offer discounts for mass purchases ($1 off per pack for 5+ $2.25 for 10+ 3.75 off for 15+ etc) while still keeping a profit.

That would get rid of most of your collection.

Not following...? I don't know what you mean by "ebay repacks"? Do you have a link that I could check out?

Thanks,

Falcon182 · October 22, 2014, 06:06:05 PM

Quote from: Spidey111 on October 22, 2014, 05:25:26 PM
Quote from: Taysby on October 22, 2014, 02:24:24 PM
Do some of those ebay repacks where they can possibly get power. figure out how much the whole thing is worth, divide that by the number of cards you have to get the price per card.Then make a repack of 5 or so cards.. Then times the price per card by the number of cards in the pack and add about $5 or so onto that. Then offer discounts for mass purchases ($1 off per pack for 5+ $2.25 for 10+ 3.75 off for 15+ etc) while still keeping a profit.

That would get rid of most of your collection.

Not following...? I don't know what you mean by "ebay repacks"? Do you have a link that I could check out?

Thanks,

The idea is put all the bulk in small batches, say 500 packs of 5-15 cards, mix of rarities, etc and sprinkle some power or beta duels in there. People love to gamble on packs or repacks if there is a chance to win the lottery by getting a $500+ card. Basically you add up the total value you'd hope to get and divide it by the number of repacks you make. Say you have $2k worth of "money" cards (value $100+) and 3000 "bulk cards" ($1-2), and you make 1000 repacks, you've got $5k worth of cards, at $5-$6 per repack, you're getting above sale value for the total of the cards, at the expense of a lot of work to make the repacks.

MuggyWuggy · October 22, 2014, 06:31:23 PM

Worked well for me, mention a badlands or plateau and 100 repacks sell fast