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The question is?   Should I break a set (small ones) to trade/sell one or two cards out of it.   I have been asked to break sets for a few cards.  So far I have only broken a few when the price was right.  

I have not been able to move some of the sets so at what point does one do it?

Then as a buyer would you buy a set (say) for $6 - $10 just for one or two cards (Say value worth only 30%)?   I have as the seller would not break them.  I still have the extras.

I understand there will be some on both sides.  This is just a feel-good question (for me) if I go one or the other way.

I am almost exclusively a set builder . . . In most cases,

As a  buyer:

• I would be more than willing to buy a set for $6 - $10 just for one or two cards. I would keep the set together.
• I would consider buying a set for $60 - $100 just for one or two cards. Depends on the set.
• I would NOT be willing to buy a set for $600 - $1000 just for one or two cards.

I break up box sets all the time to get cards for my pc then toss the rest in my FS/t list usually find homes for most of them eventually

I'll buy oddball sets, or cheap sets just to pull the Browns cards that I need. I will then trade other cards to friends for their own team collections.

But I agree with you in that the price has to be right.

If the set is cheap enough, especially now I’ve been listing cards here. 

I've been asking myself this same question.  I have an early 90s Topps Traded set.  Not worth but but I'm questioning whether it is worth breaking it up for trading to try to get some similar era cards.

Lotting up teams is a great way to break up and move a set as well.  

I think it is worth buying a cheap set for a few cards because it is usually easier to move singles than sets. once you have the full set now you have extra traders. I also think that most people are not willing to grind to sell a complete set card by card. so they think it is worth taking less for a full set so they don't have to work extra.