Buy/Sell/Trade Forum

I've been able to reduce my collection by thousands of cards in a short time and it has been amazing for me. But I have an uncle that has a massive collection of autographed memorabilia like autographed baseballs (several dozen), game-used bats (easily more than 50), helmets, signed cleats, official lineup cards, and tons of autographs through an umpire friend. Plus some football and basketball memorabilia of similiar ilk. He would like to start downsizing his collection. I'm wondering if anyone here knows of a good place to get fair value (he doesn't need to set sales records but it's also harder to value those items than cards) for the things he's ready to sell. If you believe a dealer or store is right, it would be great to have a specific dealer or store. I should also add he's not the most online person in the world but I can help him get set up if a site like this exists (besides ebay) for hard good collectors. He happens to live in Central Florida which is probably relevant.

You are most likely going to get the least bang for your buck so to speak using a dealer/store. They will not give you market value for any item and may even discount offer (even less than expected) for a bulk amount. They need to spend as less as possible to get the most out of any sale they could potentially get, all depending on what it trying to be moved.

I would consider a well known local auction company. This type of item is going for pretty high prices at auctions in my area and you can liquidate everything quickly.

Or a national specialty auction company like Heritage, Robert Edward, or Goldin.  Really depends on the players and provenance of the items.

BSwagger wrote:

I would consider a well known local auction company. This type of item is going for pretty high prices at auctions in my area and you can liquidate everything quickly.

There is a company called Maxsold https://maxsold.com/usa that is an online estate sale type auction site. "caters to individuals looking to downsize, settle an estate, or simply declutter by offering a hassle-free solution." Their words not mine, but they seem to take care of everything. All your uncle would have to do was decide what to get rid of, they'll do the rest (take pictures, run the online auction, arrange winning bidder pick-up & collect payments) for a fee of course, but it's another option.