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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 2917573, member: 88526&quot;]Hi everyone, as the title says what is the best way to liquidate a collection?&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about a large collection of 300+ that has high/mid to high value coins.&nbsp; Anyone have experience doing this? What was your experience like?</p><p><br /></p><p>The way I see it you could:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sell your collection off quickly piece by piece on ebay starting at $0.99.&nbsp; This may get you more money long term (if you attract bidders) but it&#039;s time intensive and not for the weak of stomach.&nbsp; You have dead beat bidders and the hassle of shipping coins out and the danger of them getting lost in the post.&nbsp; You&#039;re also committed to sell regardless of final bid.&nbsp; Ebay and PayPal fees...</p><p><br /></p><p>Sell your collection on ebay with &quot;Buy it Now&quot; or Best Offer.&nbsp; This would take longer to liquidate and higher or lower grade coins may not sell at all.&nbsp; You&#039;d have to deal with all the lowballers and shipping as above</p><p><br /></p><p>Sell individual coins to your local dealer.&nbsp; If you have a good relationship with your local dealer you could sell parts of your collection back over time.&nbsp; In most cases you&#039;d probably get around 50-75% of the coins value depending on the coin.&nbsp; It could be even less for low grade coins if they want them at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sell the entire collection to a dealer in one shot.&nbsp; This may be the easiest but most difficult to do.&nbsp; Not many dealers have the capital to drop $20K+ to acquire a collection.&nbsp; They probably have a formula to work out an average price per coin rather than go through each one individually.&nbsp; You&#039;d win some but you&#039;d probably loose out more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consign coins to an auction house.&nbsp; Large auction houses have huge customer lists and good coins will command good prices.&nbsp; There is the risk of shipping coins oversees or across boarders but once there they handle everything. Fees may kill any potential profit and some may not sell at all.&nbsp; Reserve or no reserve? You loose control of how it is sold, some coins may go into group lots and important coins may be overlooked in the write up.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have time you could consign through a dealer with your minimum price. Dealer would pay you once coin is sold and he&#039;d deduct his commission.&nbsp; This may be the best option but it would take a very long time to liquidate everything and they may not be interested in consigning lower value coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Did I miss anything?&nbsp; What has been your experience.&nbsp; I&#039;m toying with the idea of starting over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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