1 Reply by zebitty

(5 replies, posted in Buying & Selling Cards)

Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to pen such a detailed response. You make a few good points and I'm starting to think that selling cards individually might be the go, despite it being much costlier, timewise. I will say though, selling the top 1% of the collection as singles, will most likely make it harder to then sell the rest as one lot, as it's the really hard to find, expensive stuff that will entice people to shell out of the entire collection. I'll check out Rudy, as per your suggestion and see if there's any interest there.

I'll continue to seek a local purchaser, but as I mentioned, I'm in Australia and individuals and businesses with that kind of money to drop on a large collection are harder to find than in a larger market (like the US). That said, given the current covid19 situation, this is probably not the best time to be trying to sell something like this, as I realise that with some people losing their jobs etc there will be fewer people willing to spend money on non-essentials such as CCG's. Fortunately, I'm in no rush to sell, so I can afford to wait things out and see if new buyers emerge when things start to return to normal.

If I do decide to sell singles, I'll be sure to let you know.

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2 Topic by zebitty

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I live in Australia and I'm seeking advice on selling a large collection with an extensive number of expensive cards.

When I started playing MTG we were buying boosters from the unlimited set. There were alphas/betas also floating around, some of which are also in this collection due to trading (~35-40, some rares). I bought boosters from Arabians, Antiquities and so on right up until weatherlight/mirage when I stopped playing. I returned to the hobby around 2011, so there is also a decent amount of cards from the 2011/12 sets and the expansions released around that time.

Highlights include 4 complete sets of UL/revised multilands (so 40 cards - 4 of each land), 4 AN City of Brass, 4 x AQ Mishra's factory (1 of each season), lots of AQ Urza's towers, power plants and mines (with at least 1 of each artwork represented, but usually multiples of each), 2 x AQ Power Artifacts .. the list goes on like that for the really old cards .. also some slightly more contemporary cards - eg 6 x Alliances Force of Will, numerous Legends rares etc. In addition to the sets mentioned, there are also some oversized cards that were given out at events or obtained by purchasing other WotC products, as well as a handful of foreign language cards (a german Time Elemental from legends, for example), as well as a decent number of foil cards from the 2011/12 + expansions. Also, almost 100 Atogs, ~30 or so from AQ set - I started collecting them as a joke and before long people were just giving them to me since I was the 'Atog guy' smile

I catalogued all the cards here on deckbox.org so I could get an idea of numbers and value, and it comes to ~14,500 cards with a value of ~$30,300 - please note, this value is just the number arrived at using deckbox.org pricing for near-mint cards. While many of the cards are in excellent/near mint condition, some of the older cards (from the revised, 4th, 5th ed sets) are in played condition.

So, after all that, I'm seeking advice on the best way to sell this collection. I'd prefer to avoid selling them one or two at a time as that would take more time than I have to spare. I'm hoping to find a buyer who will just buy the whole lot. Any advice on how to proceed, or suggestions for shops/businesses that might be interested? I should also mention that there is no 'power 9' in this collection. I did have those, back in the day, but sold them to pay off some loans. That said, there are loads of other choice rares in the collection

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