How To Price Sets?

ok, just to be sure we are meaning the same thing. I dont mean the sets that are encased in plastic, I mean the kind that are in the cardboard blue folders made by whitman and you fill them yourself. just to be sure. I dont really like to use ebay for values because I'm not experienced enough to tell when they are giving an honest price or not and they seem to feed off each other on there. If one person posts a dishonest type of price other people use that as a guide and then none of the prices are very reasonable. (sometimes) Also, just as a note, not of my sets have spots or bad toning. I tried to fill them with at least VF or higher.

thanks
malissa

lol!! giant pics coming right up!

I don't know how best to price these self-made up albums but I did notice you could not resist selling a single your - 1926 "far 6". Well there drops the price for this set.

I think obtaining the general values of each coin would be your best bet. You or someone has put alot of time and effort into compiling this set and there is value in this too. Not to mention the additional time you may spend in obtaining values of each coin.

Might be using a grade / value book and using your vf grade as the grade would be your best bet. Checking on auction sites would be great however, finding an exact graded set of your coins would be unlikely.

I would be interested to know what you come up with for a price before you sell.

Well that depends! If I were the buyer certainly you should take alot off "that total" however, if I was to sell an assembled set as nice as you have here I would definately add to the total for the effort and time!

You might be better off with an auction in the auction forum. Say you want at least a certain amount for it, let's use $50 and that's the least you would take. Just start the auction out at that price. If you get no bidders, at the ending date just put it over in the sell forum for a sell price

Either way you go will help give you some experience selling coins

Personally, I'd put each coin into an Excel spreadsheet and assign a value to each one, then just total the column.

Don't worry about the mail, it's no big deal. Not sure about Canada, but in the US (USPS) you can pay a little extra for insurance and delivery confirmation. I'd be willing to bet Canada has the same deal going and that it's cheap like here. The key to shipping is PACKAGING. I would never send in an album like that, I'd take each coin out and put it in a 2x2 or, if they are lower quality, put them into a coin tube. If shipped in that album, chances are they will come out and be flopping all over the place. Always package your shipments well and tight and everything will be fine.

Actually not a bad idea.
You actually have a problem. Not many collectors appreciate those Whitman Folders. If the coins were in an album, that could make a big difference. Coins in those folders mean someone probably used their thumb or even a soft hammer to push them into the slots. Also, note the back of the slots are usually shinny due to the glue used to make the folder and that is not necessarily good for coins.
What you have is the one biggest problem I've found in coin collecting. To complete a set or close to complete is fun for a hobby. Once done and if attempting to sell there is a rude awakening about the REAL value of the set. This is why so many coin dealers that purchase one of those sets take them apart, place each coin in a 2x2 or similar and sell separately. Many, many of the coins in most sets are just sort of fillins with no great value unless in a very high MS grade. Due to the methods used to insert most of those coins in a folder, not many will aquire MS status.
In summation if you truly want to get rid of you sets as a set I suggest you invest in an album, place all the coins in them and then try either a coin show, on this forum or ebay.