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<p>[QUOTE="jaytant, post: 4534352, member: 6902"]I went though something like this a few years ago. I did have time on my hands (2 years). I didn’t have any dealers nearby, let alone a trusted one.</p><p><br /></p><p> First offered them to aquaintences, forums and eBay Buyitnows at my price. (I sold like 15% like that over 2 months). Then divided the rest into two piles based on a weekend of researching sales values on eBay and auction houses. Whatever seemed to get good pieces on eBay, I consigned them (to avoid packaging and shipping hassles) all to an eBay seller with no reserve. The rest went to auction houses. I first tried three houses with small consignments (when small consignments were acceptable) and then sent the balance to the best one from my experiences. They didn’t do too badly, nor too great. If you use eBay consignment sellers, you end up with roughly the same in hand whether you use them or an auction house. (It wasn’t some super valuable collection that I could negotiate a lot on reducing seller fees). Both those venues had their surprising duds but also a few items went shockingly high. I ended up with about 95% of what I expected which wasn’t bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaytant, post: 4534352, member: 6902"]I went though something like this a few years ago. I did have time on my hands (2 years). I didn’t have any dealers nearby, let alone a trusted one. First offered them to aquaintences, forums and eBay Buyitnows at my price. (I sold like 15% like that over 2 months). Then divided the rest into two piles based on a weekend of researching sales values on eBay and auction houses. Whatever seemed to get good pieces on eBay, I consigned them (to avoid packaging and shipping hassles) all to an eBay seller with no reserve. The rest went to auction houses. I first tried three houses with small consignments (when small consignments were acceptable) and then sent the balance to the best one from my experiences. They didn’t do too badly, nor too great. If you use eBay consignment sellers, you end up with roughly the same in hand whether you use them or an auction house. (It wasn’t some super valuable collection that I could negotiate a lot on reducing seller fees). Both those venues had their surprising duds but also a few items went shockingly high. I ended up with about 95% of what I expected which wasn’t bad.[/QUOTE]
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