trilliansphere
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Is it better to sell one by one on eBay or perhaps somewhere else, or as a lot?
Value of my collection?
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monkey_roo
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Hey Welcome along
The short answer is you'll likely make more by selling individually, but that also takes longer and inevitably the higher value items go and the lower will hang around and may not even go. Bulk selling will ensure everything goes, so folks that may want those Last 17 figures you have will have to pay a bit more and take the lot but not a lot more.
In reality most of what you have here looks well loved and well played with, so isn't going to fetch a lot - but if you can find the weapons/accessories to go with the figures that will greatly help your cause - as I am sure you know the Last 17 figures you have are by far and away the highest value items here. Also cleaning up what you have will help as well.
Good luck
The short answer is you'll likely make more by selling individually, but that also takes longer and inevitably the higher value items go and the lower will hang around and may not even go. Bulk selling will ensure everything goes, so folks that may want those Last 17 figures you have will have to pay a bit more and take the lot but not a lot more.
In reality most of what you have here looks well loved and well played with, so isn't going to fetch a lot - but if you can find the weapons/accessories to go with the figures that will greatly help your cause - as I am sure you know the Last 17 figures you have are by far and away the highest value items here. Also cleaning up what you have will help as well.
Good luck
trilliansphere
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Thank you. Is eBay advisable for this type of thing?
monkey_roo
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Thats a tougher one to be honest.
eBay is an option yes, personally I wouldn't sell anything there (there are threads on here all about eBay), its very much skewed towards the buyer these days - but it is a valid option if your comfortable with it.
Listing on here and selling directly is an option.
I believe there are Facebook Market Place Group things (I'm not on there but plenty of folks are).
I would say for what you have one of those three are best - beyond that, there are dealers who will offer for bulk lots (never what it is worth), or there are shops who might sell on your behalf for a cut - it all depends how quick you want rid of stuff, how much you want for it and what sort of effort you want to put in.
eBay is an option yes, personally I wouldn't sell anything there (there are threads on here all about eBay), its very much skewed towards the buyer these days - but it is a valid option if your comfortable with it.
Listing on here and selling directly is an option.
I believe there are Facebook Market Place Group things (I'm not on there but plenty of folks are).
I would say for what you have one of those three are best - beyond that, there are dealers who will offer for bulk lots (never what it is worth), or there are shops who might sell on your behalf for a cut - it all depends how quick you want rid of stuff, how much you want for it and what sort of effort you want to put in.
trilliansphere
Youngling
Interesting. One other thing I was considering was getting my figures graded to give a little more verifiability and hopefully value. I saw on TV that this is recommended but have no idea where to start with that.
Yes, sorry I should have given them a little clean before I took photos.
I'm aware of the last 17 and it looks like Yak Face is the most valuable figure I have, any ideas on the others? Last I heard on the last 17 figures was £45-60 for most of them, but I don't have values for the other figures?
Yes, sorry I should have given them a little clean before I took photos.
I'm aware of the last 17 and it looks like Yak Face is the most valuable figure I have, any ideas on the others? Last I heard on the last 17 figures was £45-60 for most of them, but I don't have values for the other figures?
trilliansphere
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Also, wondering about the ships and vehicles?
monkey_roo
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To be honest I am not sure you have anything there that can be graded quality wise. But, If you want to get figures graded then they need all their original accessories and need to be as clean and sparkly looking as you can get them - Of the bits above only the last 17 would be worth the effort but as per the photos they are all missing bits. Although hard to tell from the photo's the Yak Face and the Ananaman both look pretty clean, so they may be your better options, but just because you get something graded doesn't mean it will sell either - the collecting community is rather split on graded stuff, a bit like marmite, love it or hate it.
As for the ships/creatures, the Wampa looks pretty clean so anything between £15 and £30 just depends on the day, but most everything else would fall into the beater/spares category. that said, if you can find the missing parts to Jabba's Palace and the Star Destroyer playset and get them cleaned up, they would be the two most valuable items, both go for over 100, if everything is in good order, but all of it in its current state, not so much I afraid.
If you do have a go at cleaning, I recommend a soft toothbrush, warm soapy water (fairliquid) a lot of kitchen roll and take care around the sticker, everything should be done very lightly.
As for the ships/creatures, the Wampa looks pretty clean so anything between £15 and £30 just depends on the day, but most everything else would fall into the beater/spares category. that said, if you can find the missing parts to Jabba's Palace and the Star Destroyer playset and get them cleaned up, they would be the two most valuable items, both go for over 100, if everything is in good order, but all of it in its current state, not so much I afraid.
If you do have a go at cleaning, I recommend a soft toothbrush, warm soapy water (fairliquid) a lot of kitchen roll and take care around the sticker, everything should be done very lightly.
trilliansphere
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I can see there are star wars figures on Etsy - has anyone on here used this site for selling/buying?
