Are You Selling Yourself Short? Just Collect not only buys cards and collections from the public, but we also purchase a lot of our inventory from auction houses. Simple math suggests if we are purchasing sets and collections from auction houses, some of these consignors may missing an excellent opportunity to put more money in their pocket. Simple math? Yup, simple math. As an example, if Just Collect wins a set or collection at auction for $12,000, that means that the item
The Screw Down Collection We hear from many collectors through our email and via telephone calls engaging in conversations about their collections. Our specialists do a great job assisting these people with their inquiries. A few of the common questions revolve around storage of single cards and sets. We always suggest that the collector explore their options and determine what suits them best but one thing that we frown upon and would implore folks against using screw down holders and always
How Fun Would it Have Been? Imagine for a moment growing up in the New York metropolitan area in the 1950's and buying penny and nickel packs of baseball cards. How exciting it must've been leaving the corner store and thumbing through the packs for your favorite players from your favorites teams. Would you be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan searching for Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson or Pee Wee Reese? Maybe you would've been a fan of the New York Giants hoping to find
Seeing a Collection and Catching a Break The summer months have been very hot and very busy and August is usually a very full month for Just Collect. We attend the National Convention at the beginning of the month and usually spend the weeks preparing material for the show and the balance of the month processing the cards and collections that we've purchased at and around the National. Additionally, when we return, we focus on catching up on the work that
Starting at Square One Just Collect receives dozens of inquiries every day from our web presence on the Internet, via telephone calls and via email. Many times, these contacts have a pretty good idea what they have in their collection and they are either looking for an evaluation or a purchase offer. Others contact us trying to figure out what they have and if it has any value. We're happy to discuss collections with all of these folks and help people have