List Of What I Have

posting JAMESTOWN anyways

greenlant408....OK...now you posted a photo of the #328-30 Jamestown set.
SORRY....not worth $5....1c damaged, 5c corner off, damaged, etc...
This is not even considering back condition.
I offered advice as best I can.....believe me.

This is really a nice series however not in the best condition. Another point that will hold the price down is the centering. There is no need to even consider having these graded. They might be of interest to someone looking for fillers until they can buy better condition stamps for this series.

I will give you an idea of what undamaged MNH stamps have sold for over the past year. Remember these are averages for sound stamps, others have sold much lower and for the perfect stamp it can be higher.

1 cent stamp #328 - $6 to $40 (78M stamps issued)
2 cent stamp #329 - $8 to $35 ($150M stamps issued)
5 cent stamp #330 - $45 to $165 (8M stamps issued)

Since yours are damaged they would fall well below the lower number. How much? I don't know but personally I would not buy either of those since there are far better ones in the market for great prices.

Remember I'm not trying to be mean but trying to help explain exactly what you have.

ok, pennys are worth not, Jamestown nada, opinions on Columbians?

I read previous posts saying these might be able to go to auction....?
suggestions on which one? if possible at all?

If nothing is of much value would anyone want the entire collection for $1 per stamp as a lot? lol

You listed 33 stamps. This is what the stamps sold for on ebay recently. I have chosen stamps based on the condition of the stamps you scanned.

PART 1

You listed 33 stamps. This is what the stamps sold for on ebay recently. I have chosen stamps based on the condition of the stamps you scanned.

PART 2

Wow, lord, did a lot of ebay surfing. Thanks, now I know approx. what I should ask for on these. Remember what I said, I paid nothing so anything I get little as it may be is profit. I may get no extensive financial gain but an average $197.13 give or take would get some Christmas presents for my boys.

And before anyone says it I know some of these will prices change and some have ended.

Hi once again,
Your two threads have gotten more response than many I have seen. Your situation is more common than one would think, and other hobbies I'm involved in (postwar Lionel trains, coins, etc.) have had the same situations - folks coming into collections that are deemed to be valuable - but really are not.

Seeing as all but 3 of the stamps are USA, here is what I would do...........
- Pick up a Scotts specialized US stamp catalog. Pocket editions are available on ebay for well under $20. The year of the catalog would serve your purpose if it was in the 2000s.
- Go thru the album and match each stamp with its counterpart in the catalog and note the values given. Remember, these values are only for guideline purposes - said another way, a method to tell inexpensive, from average, from pricy, and from valuable.
- Pull the more valuable ones and list on ebay singly or as a group (Columbians)- whichever seems best. Whatever is left, list in a single auction. I certainly prefer ebay, but there are other sites out there that may be more desirable to you.
- If your offerings are worthy, you will get the bids, if not, you won't. In example, I recently bid on 66 stamp auctions listed by an individual on ebay. All were started at 99 cents. I won 54 of the auctions, with about a third at 99 cents, another third between $3-5, and the remaining third between $5 - $15. The ones I didn't get were over $20.

For what its worth..............

thanx mobi, I plan on this :
1 getting the collection back

2 posting them on ebay in sets according to what hey are (1873-1899, 1900-1910, etc) If there are 5 stamps in the collection I start the bids at $5 IF it sells for that or more. its a profit. If the stamps in a particular set are wanted, more than one bid will be made.

3 or I get really bored and scan everything make up a web page showing them all and attempt to sell it all together asking $1 per stamp equals a lot, minus the cost of the ebay ad... lol

either way of putting the whole collection on ebay should turn a small profit...


excluding my Columbians, which I have not decided on what to do with as of yet.

ok Last question for all of you ...... since my stamps most likely are Banther Fodder so we wont worry about the majority of them.

question is, seeing as how some have suggested the Columbians MIGHT be good, how do auction houses operate? Do they charge to assess a collection or how do they operate?

Have any of you used an auction house?
I run off of 500 a month so if auction houses charge bookoo $$ then its out of the question.

This is my final bugging of you all so I ask for any help honestly.

Thanks in advance, even you lordD. :)

I leave you all with 65 posts and knowledge of stamps that I did not have before.

greenlant408,

i posted my recommendations on auctions houses previously (which you either missed or it got locked out). i've used them in the past, and I highly recommend that you go this route (instead of ebay by yourself, because its a lot of work etc). but is just my opinion--if you really love stamps, and going through Scott's and scanning, and listing and relisting and shipping etc--then do it.) Else

Try Regency Superior (LA or St Louis)
Cherrystone (NY)

Stay away from Colonial in LA.

I've used both of the above, including Paul at Cherrystone (who I like and sold over $750,000 of a collection for me as a Trustee of someone's estate).

Auction houses will charge a fee (15% +/-) but they do all the heavy lifting like scanning, classifying and maximizing value. And the fee is not upfront, only on success. They do this all the time, so are experts at the process. If you have a big collection, the might come to you to give you an estimate.

just my opinion versus going it alone.

Hi!
I've been out of touch for a week or so, and was wondering what the OP finally did with his collection.