Need Selling Advice

You wouldn't by chance have any CB&Q or GN engines? 

Any Alaska locomotives?

Jerry

Joe.What you want to sell-Brand,era,etc. and how many items will help in anyone trying to give you advise. Elaborate on this and I think someone can make realistic suggestions.FWIW  Bob

Dang it Jerry you beat to the punch line!

OR  ALASKA RR,  inventory as a whole for me !!!!!!!!!

thanks

Big determination is do you have the time for us that would consider purchasing items

& if you have the willingness to ship, out.  Or how much do you want to consider Stout,

Maurer, Ambrose, or others, for the $$ you will give out by using an auction house. 

You have a following of Santa fe, here, a PRR bunch, WV roads, Texas Spec, N & W,

and others,  post war and pre war.  Time , ship,  $$ , lot of decisions on this subject

You might also do a search, here and see some other reponses of similar situations 

Thanks Robert.. A slip on my end. Looking to sell a small portion of my collection, mostly modern era Lionel including tmcc and odyssey, MTH (mostly proto 2) and various rolling stock including Atlas.. Roughly 100 pieces...

I've known a few people who have used Stout auctions.

I have watched a few of their auctions, and placed a couple of bids here and there. They seem to get a good knock-down price. Don't know how much comes out in fees.

seems right here is a pretty good place to start....Jim

Modern Era gets dollar-f0r-dollar at Gateway Auctions in Chambersburg, pa...20 % Sellers fees,10 % buyers fees...internet exposure!  Worse results here for Post war!

Or you could do a search.  This topic has been covered many times over and there's tons of info in those other threads, which would give you immediate results/choices.

Good luck with your choice of how to sell.

Ron, as I had not heard of Gateway prior to your post, I checked their website and it states a 35% sellers fee. 

Brad

I don't think this post contributed anything at all. 

I see Stout do a ton of auctions on eBay, but most of what I see through them is postwar/prewar. Their items bring good money, though, because of the exposure on their site, eBay, and on location. I see items they're selling bring premiums over the same items listed on eBay with similar photos and descriptions.

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I don't think this post contributed anything at all. 

Who are you to critique someone else's comment?

Individual selling can be OK for one or two pieces at a time but not with a collection.  Trust me on this. 

Maurer Auctions.  Much less trouble than wrestling onesies with cherry pickers.  Fair fees, excellent results.  Once and done.

Unless you have a LOT of spare time, I agree with the folks who advise against selling one piece at a time.

A possible first step would be to catalog the entire lot, assign a price that is about 80-85% of what the items are worth (now, not what was originally paid for them), and put it on the for-sale forum.  Resist the urge to sell to cherry-pickers, unless they are close friends.  Properly-priced items seem to sell quickly on the forum - I'm guessing that you'll get a reasonable offer.

Next step would be a reputable auction - I can't speak for any of the houses in your area.  Like rolling the dice - some days, the bids are good, sometimes not so much.