Is There a Price Tag for Your Collection

[zlpeterson]

Let me clarify first, this thread isn't about what your price tag is. I'm not interested in that and that is personal information.

What this is about, is what if someone with money...lots of money, approached you and offered a huge sum to you for your entire collection. Would you sell it? And what type of offer would it take? 3x value, 4x value, 5x? I got to thinking about this because many people on FCB are what I would call super collectors. This is your life, your passion, you've spent all your years amassing these things that wow us. But would you sell? Honestly, seriously, would you sell?

I am certainly not a 1%, I "ask" my wife anytime I'm spending more than a few hundred bucks on a card. But I do have a friend of friend who does not worry about money one second of his life. He doesn't collect cards, memorabilia strictly. He has quite the man cave. Anyway, he doesn't spend any effort in finding these things he wants (unlike some of us that spends decades). He finds it at an auction or someone that already has it and he makes a huge offer. If said offer is rejected and he really wants the items he doubles, triples the offer. I've actually seen him write a check for $100,000 for an item I would say was worth $20,000-$25,000 just to get that item.

I for one think I would do it and it would probably take four times what I value my collection at to do it. Yes, I have a price tag.

 

[Ashburn Alley]

Everything is for sale at the right price. Only things I would hesitate to sell are items given to me as gifts.

 

[RStadlerASU22]

It comes in goes. Some days if I'm not into collecting because of "life", I think about it. But most days I realize I'm not ready to call it quits so it would take quite to offer. If the price was right I'd probably do it, just to start again and try to find everything again, cheaper.

Ryan

 

[Yanks2151]

I would say yes but they would have to take it all. For me, selling it all in one shot would be the way to go. If I held on to any part of it I would probably be back in the game before I knew it.

 

[zlpeterson]

I would say yes but they would have to take it all. For me, selling it all in one shot would be the way to go. If I held on to any part of it I would probably be back in the game before I knew it.

With some fresh cash in your pocket to kick start!

 

[Hawk8]

As unlikely as it would sound, I would sell mine. If someone offered me $1 for every Andre Dawson card I have then I would sell it all and find a new hobby.

 

[michaelstepper]

Yes except for 1 card. I would sell at full value to the right buyer. Non of that buying to flip crap. The only card I'd keep is my 89 UD griffey my mom gave me for my 10th birthday

 

[Hawk8]

As unlikely as it would sound, I would sell mine. If someone offered me $1 for every Andre Dawson card I have then I would sell it all and find a new hobby.

I already don't like this answer, maybe $2 a card

 

[finestkind]

If a person offered me money for my collection, I would look at them like they were nuts. My collection isn't worth much. A few cards might be worth $300.00 - $500.00 each.

 

[RStadlerASU22]

I already don't like this answer, maybe $2 a card

So a 200xs value...???

Ryan

 

[Hawk8]

So a 200xs value...???

Ryan

lol, I don't think that would be a bad deal at $1 a card for the time and money I have invested in my Dawson collection so I had to up the price

 

[RStadlerASU22]

lol, I don't think that would be a bad deal at $1 a card for the time and money I have invested in my Dawson collection so I had to up the price

Just messing w ya... Yes a lot goes into collecting/Supercollecting besides just the $.

Ryan

 

[mrmopar]

The thought of cashing out is intriguing. Like Kevin said, I would prefer to sell it all and if I had a shot at getting what I felt was a fair price and not someone looking to buy at a cut rate to flip for profit, I'm sure I would take the deal. The amount I would accept would depend on a lot of factors, such as my age, health and financial situation at the time. The alternative is to sell it piece by piece over a very long time or take a steep discount to sell it off at once when you need to and not when you want to.

 

[MrMet]

Nope, don't think so, first off, my collection means more to me than it would probably anyone looking to buy it, secondly, there's nothing super amazing or expensive, therefore I wouldn't be making too much on it, so it's not like selling would put my son through college or anything, I'd rather hang on to it and share it with my son instead of selling and buying something else stupid, haha

 

[Fandruw25]

My collection used to be not for sale, everything in it meant something to me and I was turned down lots of offers on certain cards. Now that I'm older, have my own house, got married, have had 2 kids my priorities have changed. I have been piecing it out over the last couple years but I don't feel like I'm making much product on downsizing.

$7K w/o my Tek's or Crusades and a couple personal favorites and I would watch it walkaway in a heartbeat.

 

[rexvos]

If someone gives me the right amount then I put it all into 1 nice card and build a higher end collection

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Nope, don't think so, first off, my collection means more to me than it would probably anyone looking to buy it, secondly, there's nothing super amazing or expensive, therefore I wouldn't be making too much on it, so it's not like selling would put my son through college or anything, I'd rather hang on to it and share it with my son instead of selling and buying something else stupid, haha

What means more to u? Your card collection or Bunt and Huddle collections?

 

[MrMet]

What means more to u? Your card collection or Bunt and Huddle collections?

Easy, my cards, but id love a way to get bunt and huddle in hand, that would be awesome too, haha

 

[AmishDave]

Yes, there is, but if someone is stupid enough to offer what I'd take for everything, they have more problems than I.

 

[1st4040]

I went back and forth with this for a bit then sold mostly everything I had while the market was high.. my focus and priorities as I get older have changed nobody in my family was going to want this stuff so why not get out while the gettin was good right? I'd let the last 900 or so items go for like $250 shipped just to have it all gone.