Should I sell my collectables from youth ?

[loverofallthingsfemale]

A quick Google search turned up this. "The 1979 O-Pee-Chee #18 Wayne Gretzky is often one of the most sought-after rookie cards around. Due to its iconic status, it remains the holy grail of hockey card collectors."

True depending on the condition. The factory cut on mine is a little off centre so it affects the value. A hard core collector told me a few years go that my card is easy 5-figures in the condition its in.

 

[loverofallthingsfemale]

The people who pay big money for collectibles usually fit one or more of these profiles:

a) Super-competitive men who are often more interested in preventing someone else from acquiring something than they are it acquiring the item themselves.

b) People who acquire something rare with the intention of flipping it for a profit to one of the unsuccessful bidders.

c) People who have too much cash; they want to diversify into other holdings that have value.

d) Middle-aged affluent men who want to either re-acquire something they owned in their youth, or to acquire something they once really wanted, but couldn't or didn't have.

e) Geeks and incels who want to impress others similar to themselves.

I never really put it out there that I was looking to sell any of it so not sure who would come knocking but good to know who your target audience is though.

 

[NotADcotor]

The people who pay big money for collectibles usually fit one or more of these profiles:

a) Super-competitive men who are often more interested in preventing someone else from acquiring something than they are it acquiring the item themselves.

b) People who acquire something rare with the intention of flipping it for a profit to one of the unsuccessful bidders.

c) People who have too much cash; they want to diversify into other holdings that have value.

d) Middle-aged affluent men who want to either re-acquire something they owned in their youth, or to acquire something they once really wanted, but couldn't or didn't have.

e) Geeks and incels who want to impress others similar to themselves.

If I had major lotto money I think I'd get back into stamps. I'd stick with jerk countries, communist/fascist. They often have interesting looking propaganda.

Don't really care if anyone else has them.
No intention of flipping it, if plausable I'd go for a complete collection and flipping ain't it.
Again no plans to sell so not party if diversification which is otherwise important, also not a fan of collectables.
I did collect stamps as a youth but never seriously, never focused, just got those bags of international used stamps and see what the cat dragged in.
I know plenty of geeks and forever alones [no Incels(TM)], and much like my kdrama and bwood thing they would all think it's weird. Also no homo.

 

[onomatopoeia]

If I had major lotto money I think I'd get back into stamps. I'd stick with jerk countries, communist/fascist. They often have interesting looking propaganda.

Don't really care if anyone else has them.
No intention of flipping it, if plausable I'd go for a complete collection and flipping ain't it.
Again no plans to sell so not party if diversification which is otherwise important, also not a fan of collectables.
I did collect stamps as a youth but never seriously, never focused, just got those bags of international used stamps and see what the cat dragged in.
I know plenty of geeks and forever alones [no Incels(TM)], and much like my kdrama and bwood thing they would all think it's weird. Also no homo.

People don't pay big money for stamps from 'jerk countries'.

With most collectables, the person who makes a lot of money when they're sold is the middleman. An antique store might give you a dollar each for Red Rose Tea figurines, but they would be $10 each, if you're a buyer.

 

[NotADcotor]

People don't pay big money for stamps from 'jerk countries'.

Well even better. I wouldn't bother with my financials because I am a bit of a completionist or as far as reasonable possible, but with 70 mill from the Lotto Max, it seems I could do pretty well without spending that much.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I'm on the e-mail mailing list for Heritage Auctions, a company that arranges sales of high end collectibles. They have a representative in Toronto who would appraise collections worth $5K USD or more. If you contact them by e-mail, they will respond promptly. Consider them as an alternative to eBay, if any of you are looking to move merchandise with more than sentimental value.

Many of you would find their mailing list e-mails interesting as well, even if you have no intention of buying or selling.

I like the comic book and comic strip original art auctions.

Example:

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/john-buscema-and-klaus-janson-tarzan-14-story-page-9-original-art-marvel-1978-/a/322314-46035.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

click the image to see a large version.

They auction just about anything; current auctions include wine and rare coins.