Buying vintage collections - tips, lessons learned and advice
 

Hello all
Like most of us here, I am a collector first and foremost but do sell from time to time to help pay for my own collection.

I’ve learned a ton here and am back to ask about your collective experience, advice and lessons learned to buy large, vintage collections

Here are a few conversation starting questions, if you’d be willing to share:

How do you get started in buying large, vintage collections?

When you do have an opportunity to evaluate and purchase a vintage collection, what are your lessons learned to be sure you put a fair offer for both buyer and seller?

Thanks for sharing this your experiences - good, bad and in-between

Jeff

#1 for me, is to deal with people who have somewhat of a price in mind, so I know I'm not wasting my time and we have # to start with.

Otherwise its just too tedious for me.

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It really depends on percentage of bigger cards to commons and percentage for sale/personal collection. So anywhere from 25-75% retail. The more lower end and for sale the lower the percentage of retail.

EDIT: On the funny side I live in a small rural area so several times a year I get contacted by someone with old cards in mint condition. Every single time it is junk wax era cards beat to hell. When I tell them they are completely worthless and I wouldn't even take them for free they are highly disappointed.

Time
 

Make sure you value your time, big collections take tons of time to break down and sell, could be multiple weekends of your time