From: good@it.net
"Nick Knight" wrote in message
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> In , on 03/21/2006
> at 10:10 AM, Daimajin said:
>
>>I guess the general questions are is there much demand for stuff like
>>this
>>and would getting an appraisal of the lot be the best route ?
>
>>Is there a better place ( boards or such ) to post this question ( I know
>>there isn't much traffic here ) ?
>
> I don't claim to be an expert ... but I have purchased, recently, about 15
> "Scott Part 1 lots" like this. Your 1000 is a relatively low count ...
> I've
> picked up albums with as many as 10,000 stamps.
>
> While there may be a sleeper or 2 in the album; ones that are worth a
> little
> more than average, "most" stamps typically found in these types of
> collections are not rare. Nor expensive. Depending on the lot (the more
> "different" in the lot, the higher the value to me), you can fetch on eBay
> between 2 and 5 cents per stamp.
>
> Put it on eBay with as many pictures as you feel are justified and see
> what
> you get. Or, just go to eBay and search for a particular brand of album,
> or
> browse the worldwide lots/collections and see what's being offered.
>
> I recently sold 2 albums I had picked over. I was very disappointed with
> the priced the fetched. One album with 3500 stamps through 1949 and
> another
> with 1900 between 1940 and 1949. They sold for $32 and 27, respectively.
> If I would have known they would go so cheap, I would have kept them.
> Then
> again, what am I going to do with albums I've already reviewed? Plenty of
> great material, but nothing left that *I* need!
>
> Nick
>
Stamps were never an investment except for people who can afford the stamps
worth investing in. You can however cheaply build a nice collection by
trading and selling excess on Ebay and places like this. Ebay has actually
brought down the value of stamps by making harder to find stamps more
available.
BH
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