Comments on: Pricing an OA collection http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2005/08/22/pricing-an-oa-collection/ All things Boy Scout and Girl Scout memorabilia collecting Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Itibap188 http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2005/08/22/pricing-an-oa-collection/#comment-1090 Itibap188 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:22:31 +0000 http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2005/08/22/pricing-an-oa-collection/#comment-1090 Greetings!<br /> <br /> Now HERE'S the sort of subject that I find fascinating (probably because it IS my hobby, and not my LIVELIHOOD...). <br /> Hurricane Katrina got me to thinking - what if my OA collection was the only substantive thing I was able to save, and I had to sell it to get by (I don't know how fast insurance companies are settling for folks, and I like to think mine - being a pretty big entity - wouldn't hassle me too badly, so the question IS hypothetical). I mean, we ALL check the same guides to prices, so you really CAN'T sneak a $10 offer on my mint 388s1 by me, but how DO you figure the value of a collection you're looking at buying? Condition and grade of items all weigh in, but none of the major dealers MAKE money at this, by being "charitable" in their offers. <br /> If we're looking at selling (I'm not, btw), what percentage on the dollar could we typically expect to receive from a dealer buying our entire collection?<br /> <br /> Bob McCanless<br /> Pittsburgh Greetings!

Now HERE’S the sort of subject that I find fascinating (probably because it IS my hobby, and not my LIVELIHOOD…).
Hurricane Katrina got me to thinking - what if my OA collection was the only substantive thing I was able to save, and I had to sell it to get by (I don’t know how fast insurance companies are settling for folks, and I like to think mine - being a pretty big entity - wouldn’t hassle me too badly, so the question IS hypothetical). I mean, we ALL check the same guides to prices, so you really CAN’T sneak a $10 offer on my mint 388s1 by me, but how DO you figure the value of a collection you’re looking at buying? Condition and grade of items all weigh in, but none of the major dealers MAKE money at this, by being "charitable" in their offers.
If we’re looking at selling (I’m not, btw), what percentage on the dollar could we typically expect to receive from a dealer buying our entire collection?

Bob McCanless
Pittsburgh

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