A question for those considering leaving the hobby.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by swarmee

The new Vintage Nonsports Auctions from our sister Net54 Nonsports board. Cards were listed very fast with a good description, and the service was excellent. Just got lower bids than I expected. Was kind of hoping after a few days of no bids that they would not have gotten any bids at all... and then I could send them to COMC. I'm sure some sellers were very happy with the bids.

Have one more big complete set that would probably do better as a set break through Greg Morris (#1 PSA T51 Murad Colleges Master Set).

From my experience non sport buyers are extremely cheap. They take the top on cheapness on card collector......and non sport unfortunately is deader then a door nail.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

From my experience non sport buyers are extremely cheap. They take the top on cheapness on card collector......and non sport unfortunately is deader then a door nail.

Depends what you have. Vintage Breaks has brought a lot of people into collecting sets from the 60s again that they have stock in. But yes, it's a graying market where there are more sellers than buyers.
Mainly the super rare or super high quality is doing well in Nonsports.

And while some of my items were rare, they weren't in the best of the condition and found limited interest. Whoever bought them will have nice break-up value, though.

[cardsnstuff]

interesting topic; personally, I have been slowly going through my accumulations, {much to big to call it a collection after 20+ years of mostly buying & some selling} but I was thinking the same thing. There has got to be a better way to expedite this process. I mean selling 500-1000 cards/year on ebay, is not earth shattering.

[bmattioli]

I am a lifelong collector/hoarder.. and I do not sell..

[Exhibitman]

If I really wanted out I'd probably go to a good dealer first and see if I could cut a deal for everything. No muss, no fuss, just come to my office and make a deal. if that didn't work out, the primo items go to a big AH, the lesser items go to a lesser AH. Maybe I retail a select few items.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

If I really wanted out I'd probably go to a good dealer first and see if I could cut a deal for everything. No muss, no fuss, just come to my office and make a deal. if that didn't work out, the primo items go to a big AH, the lesser items go to a lesser AH. Maybe I retail a select few items.

When I got out of collecting Topps baseball cards, that's what I did. Spoke to a few dealers, met with one, agreed on a fair price, I was happy, he made some money, and I cleared up some space.

Similar with my Sporting Life collections, although I sold it to another collector.

Now I need to do something with my Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and Baseball Weekly collections.

Doug

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

From my experience non sport buyers are extremely cheap......and non sport unfortunately is deader then a door nail.

Hmmm... You think there might be some correlation between these 2 statements?

[tsalem]

Contact me with details on the collection and let’s discuss