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How to Sell My Grandfather's Collection
I've been lugging around my grandfather's collection, which I
inherited, for ages. He died forty years ago. I was wondering: what's the best way to sell it? I took some pictures, and exported them to the Web he http://s90632679.onlinehome.us/stamps/index.html |
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How to Sell My Grandfather's Collection
Ben wrote: I've been lugging around my grandfather's collection, which I inherited, for ages. He died forty years ago. I was wondering: what's the best way to sell it? I took some pictures, and exported them to the Web he http://s90632679.onlinehome.us/stamps/index.html Hello Ben: I looked at your website. No world cruise, I'm afraid. Most of the stamps in your photos are minimum value and the damaged stamps (stained, folded, torn, etc...) have no value. My suggestion would be to donate it to a young collector (perhaps a descendant of your grandfather) as a starter for or addition to their collection. The value that they offer is in the enjoyable hours and learning possibilities that they will bring to their new owner. I hope that this has been helpful. Blair Some other reading: http://www.usstamps.org/inherit.html http://www.virtualstampclub.com/inherit.html http://www.linns.com/howto/inherit/inherit.asp?uID= http://www.spotch.com/~robjen/philat...ps/worth.shtml http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/...edCollections/ |
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How to Sell My Grandfather's Collection
"Ben" wrote in message oups.com... I've been lugging around my grandfather's collection, which I inherited, for ages. He died forty years ago. I was wondering: what's the best way to sell it? I took some pictures, and exported them to the Web he http://s90632679.onlinehome.us/stamps/index.html The rcsd FAQ, posted every two weeks or so, should have an entry on this. It should be on your newsserver. Unless there is something valuable not visible or not noticed by me, I would guess a value under $50, depending on the total count. Some of the stamps appear torn, some appear glued down (judging from pages torn when some were removed), and some appear to have been attacked with cellophane tape (judging from the brown squares on both pages and stamps). All of these have no value unless they had extra value to begin with, and then the value would be greatly reduced. tjr |
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How to Sell My Grandfather's Collection
May I suggest my recent article, "What to do when you inherit stamps,"
which is available on my club's web site, at http://www.bcphilatelic.org/bcphilnewadditions.html. (I concur with the other opinions that have been expressed -- not much of cash value, it seems. However, a careful hunt could certainly turn up some collectible stamps. Bob |
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How to Sell My Grandfather's Collection
Ben,
Please follow Blairs' suggestion ;-) There is nothing for a young/new collector as magic as going through these 'very old' stamps of mysterious far-away places("Look, this one is even from before WW 1"). Maybe if there's a stamp collecting club for kids nearby, you could have them handle it. Bye Jan "Blair (TC)" schreef in bericht ups.com... Ben wrote: I've been lugging around my grandfather's collection, which I inherited, for ages. He died forty years ago. I was wondering: what's the best way to sell it? I took some pictures, and exported them to the Web he http://s90632679.onlinehome.us/stamps/index.html Hello Ben: I looked at your website. No world cruise, I'm afraid. Most of the stamps in your photos are minimum value and the damaged stamps (stained, folded, torn, etc...) have no value. My suggestion would be to donate it to a young collector (perhaps a descendant of your grandfather) as a starter for or addition to their collection. The value that they offer is in the enjoyable hours and learning possibilities that they will bring to their new owner. I hope that this has been helpful. Blair Some other reading: http://www.usstamps.org/inherit.html http://www.virtualstampclub.com/inherit.html http://www.linns.com/howto/inherit/inherit.asp?uID= http://www.spotch.com/~robjen/philat...ps/worth.shtml http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/...edCollections/ |
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