Advice on moving a collection on vintage

[Topnotchsy]

Someone called me today and because they heard I sell baseball cards. While this isn't completely accurate, I went over to his house and looked through his stuff. He mostly has vintage (primarily late 60's and early 70's) and I told him I'd take the binder of nicer cards to see if I found anything particularly valuable.

Looking through the stuff he has lots of pretty big names and decent cards (couple of 1971 Clemente, half dozen Steve Garvey RC cards, RC cards of Winfield, Ozzie Smith, Brett etc.) but while most are in ok shape, there's nothing that I could find that really warrants getting graded.

At this point I'm trying to figure out what the best advice I can give him is. It seems to fit that window where it is clearly not worth nothing, but it's not quite worth enough that a consignor would give it much attention. There are hundreds of cards from the end of the 60's and early 70's (as well as some from the rest of the 70's) including some pretty nice names, but I can't see anyone really piecing through it.

I guess the question I'm trying to solve is how to balance the amount of effort while still trying to get some money out of them. He wants to take the money and help his parents out (who apparently could use some financial help) and while I went in letting him know there was a chance the stuff is not worth anything, I do think there is value to be gotten here.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

[Krom]

Maybe list them here so set collectors have a chance to fill some holes and maybe make some sales.

 

[mmier118]

I would list the bigger names individually and then create lots by year. An example would be a 1971 star lot, a 1971 semi-star lot and a lot of 300 1971 commons. If you break it up this way it seems to still bring in a decent amount of money with minimal effort. I've sold off my duplicates after putting some of the 70's sets together this way and done ok. Selling them this way doesn't maximise your sales but it did cut down on the work and I felt I got a fair price for the duplicates.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Maybe list them here so set collectors have a chance to fill some holes and maybe make some sales.

It would be really nice if it helped the folks here. That said the challenge is that the work involved in sorting by year and card would be immense and the value of the cards does not really warrant it especially since he is not familiar with what is really valuable (and I myself am not familiar enough to do it all that efficiently even if I had the time which I don't really...)

 

[CollectorsCorner]

How many cards is it? All in reasonable condition? I would have interest in looking at the collection and making an offer or consigning it. I'm sure other dealers on here would have similar interest.

 

[Austin]

That said the challenge is that the work involved in sorting by year and card would be immense

Why would the work be immense to sort by year and card? You wrote in your original post that there were "hundreds of cards."
That's like an hour or two of work at most. The owner could even do it himself while watching TV.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

i would still grade the RCs if you're going to sell them online

 

[SouthSideSluggers]

Dont forget about the High Numbered cards as well, those still sell well for most sets even the commons. Also take a look at the PSA registry as it might be worth it to grade a common in great shape and sell it that way. Just my .02 cents

 

[Topnotchsy]

I just spoke to the owner and he estimated there are 2000 cards from the 60's-70's. As SouthSide mentions, the reason it would be a challenge for me (and the owner) is that neither of us are too familiar with the sets and cards that are particularly value (like high-numbers etc.)

At this time he would be happy to consign it out and I told him I'd try to find the best arrangement for that. If anyone has expertise in this area, please pm me.
[MENTION=3065]CollectorsCorner[/MENTION]

 

[Topnotchsy]

I just spoke to the owner and he estimated there are 2000 cards from the 60's-70's. As SouthSide mentions, the reason it would be a challenge for me (and the owner) is that neither of us are too familiar with the sets and cards that are particularly value (like high-numbers etc.)

At this time he would be happy to consign it out and I told him I'd try to find the best arrangement for that. If anyone has expertise in this area, please pm me.
[MENTION=3065]CollectorsCorner[/MENTION]

Anyone deal with this kinda thing? Thanks