Value Of My Collection ?

Yes that is basically what Great Collections is as well as some other auction sites like David Lawrence https://www.davidlawrence.com/sell-...e-rare-coins and Heritage Auctions as just two other examples for future reference. https://coins.ha.com/why-consign-wi...itage-080520

If you are comfortable selling on ebay and don't have a terribly low feedback account only, its just that you might be able to better control the asking selling price (and therefore not sell if too low initially), add a best offer after a bit if its not moving or even change to an auction in some cases etc and perhaps maximize return but is more work for you. Of course with the low fees, the Great Collections option is quite attractive in this case, while in others where the coin may only appeal to certain collectors may not be as good as selling yourself. David Lawrence has higher fees but other options like buy it upfront from you like a dealer, or even their guaranteed auction program in that link above.

Dealers are best for a quick sale with lower expected totals than the other options although some types of coins can be quite fair in their offering more than others. An example might be collectible silver coins which dealers might only offer the silver value rather than the added numismatic collector value and therefore wouldnt be a good option. Some individual sellers may offer consignment but the fees combined with the ebay fees are going to rarely be attractive in this case vs your other options. Perhaps with other types of product where auction sites are not a great option for it.

Keep in mind with the auction houses most bidders are going to subtract BP from their max bids. If you went with GC, their seller fee is 5%, their BP is 12.5% (10% if paying by echeck etc), so subtract 15-17.5% from your $1500-1600 you hope to get out of the 10 coins you detailed above. I added up the Numismedia values on those and got $1357. It doesn't seem like the hammer prices would be much different than a range of $1350-1500, and you'd net about $1150-1275. If that dealer offered close to $1300, I'd take the money and run. What am I missing?

Thanks kbbpll...
I don't know what a BP is (other than blood pressure); can you explain ? What you are missing is that the range I am looking for, $1500-1600, is a net price AFTER expense and is based upon the median price of sold NGC coins on eBay for the 10 coins in the grade. For my set of ten coins , the median eBay sales price was $1749. so $1500 net price is 85% of the gross price. Taking $1300 is a 25% reduction off the median eBay sales price and since I'm in no hurry, at the moment, I think I can do better than$1300
I am in the process of looking at the GC sales for my coins in their grade and while their expenses are lower, the gross sales price off GC appears to be significantly lower than the gross sales price off eBay. For example, 1934-S median sales price on ebay in grade 50 is 418 and on GC is more like 350 with a hammer price of 320. Similar story with the 1928-S and the 1926-D. Why the median gross sales price appears to be significantly lower on GC than eBay is unclear ( sophistication of buyer?)
So at this moment I am still doing my research but my preliminary thinking is to go through the learning curve and see how I do on eBay.

@shug23,

Your post illustrates the issues with selling. If you don't have time or your time is valuable, selling to a dealer makes sense but if you have time you can get the highest resale by selling it yourself. In the end the value of your time in addition to the expense of selling it yourself has to outweigh the profits. For some people like you, selling it yourself may make the most sense for others selling it to a dealer may make more sense.

As to why GC may net less is that there are less buyers on GC, the average GC buyer maybe looking for high grade/high cost coins. eBay tends to be higher priced on average, hence why some buyers rarely use eBay. You can also have a bad listing, I've gotten coins on eBay cheaper than what it cost the dealer to grade the coin.

I wish you good luck in whatever you decide.

$123 average value per coin.
May be viable to submit for public auction, some as individual coins, some in job lots of two or more.

I have a different approach to selling coins.
Low values coins (less than $20) go to eBay. Because grading fees at GC will kill any profit potential. I list these at BIN with an option to make an offer.
Higher value, graded coins go to eBay and are listed at BIN as well, with a NYP option.
High value ungraded coins go to GC for obvious reasons.
However, if I want to get rid of coins quickly, I list them on eBay in auction format.

expect around 60% of FMV from a dealer. or ebay them for 87% or so.

Greysheet has always delivered the most "up to date" information ... my buying "go to". When selling, in my experience, you will want to analyze your "time vs. value" situation ... "need the money quickly", expect to get less ... take the time to sell individually, expect to earn more.