Collections in Trying Times We're living in unique and challenging times. Lives and daily routines have changed for so many. Some, quite dramatically. The worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 has had a great impact on the sports card industry and on the hobby, as well. Before the pandemic, Just Collect would receive between 10-15 email inquiries and another 5-10 or so telephone inquiries about collections and values on a daily basis. Since the onset of the pandemic, those numbers have nearly tripled. The
There's a Diamond Among the Stars In the middle of a world wide COVID-19 pandemic, amazing hobby finds still find their way to Just Collect, and we are prepared and able to work with the public to facilitate the evaluation and the potential sale of some great collections even in the midst of most states, travel, and personal interaction between people being extremely limited. Buying a Collection During COVID Just Collect received an email from a gentleman in West Virginia
The Making of a PurchaseOur saga begins with a late September email from the son-in-law of a Boston area collector that was interested in getting an assessment and valuation on a few cards in the father-in-law's collection. The initial email featured 6 cards (the image to the immediate left is the image that we received), which included a T206 Ty Cobb, 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth, 1954 Topps Hank Aaron and 1951 Bowman Willie Mays. The cards appeared to range in
What is the Motivation If you're a regular reader of the Just Collect Blog, then you're quite aware that many people that sell their collections to Just Collect have a wide range of reasons and motivation for selling some or all of their collection. We've had people that sell their collection to put a down payment on a new home, to upgrade a kitchen, to buy a car, to put a child through college, to pay for a wedding and to distribute
Repeat Business is Great Business It has been said that repeat business is the sign that you're doing right by your customers. At Just Collect, we feel that we're doing things right and that is regularly reinforced by the amount of people that sell collections to us and come back with more and/or refer friends to Just Collect. Rare T206 Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb Advertising Back About a year and a half ago, a New Jersey collector contacted us with a