darwinianlaw wrote:I am not sure if anyone will even have a clue about this question but what the heck I am going to ask it anyway. I have two collections of Dragon Magazines. One is complete (except for 3 issues) and the other is missing about 25 issues. I am looking to fill in the holes on them both and then auction them off as two complete sets. Have any of you ever seen a complete collecction auctioned off on eBay and if so do you recall what it went for? I know it was next to impossible to auction off a complete collection prior to August of 07 when they quit publishing but maybe someone did or saw one similar. Just looking to get ideas. It will probably be a few months before I get the holes filled in so I have some time.
benjoshua wrote:Frankly, you'll get WAY more money for your collections if you sell them individually from issue #1 to about issue #45 and then sell them in groups of five or ten issues after that. However, you do what you want.If you doubt me, one way to verify this is to look at completed sales of large/huge collections of Dragon magazines and divide the price by the number of issues compared to individual sales. Of course, you have to take into account shipping costs and condition of the issues, but with enough analysis, what I am saying should be obvious.Also, I suspect there are members of the Acaeum who'd love a shot at buying everything before you pay the eBay fees. Just a thought. Again, you do what you want. Just trying to be helpful. We do that around here.
darwinianlaw wrote:Have any of you ever seen a complete collecction auctioned off on eBay and if so do you recall what it went for?
benjoshua wrote:Frankly, you'll get WAY more money for your collections if you sell them individually from issue #1 to about issue #45 and then sell them in groups of five or ten issues after that.
serleran wrote:If the price is right, I would be interested in a complete collection. I only have two actual issues of Dragon, both given to me, so getting them all at once would be much more cost effective and easier ...
Xaxaxe wrote:I've only seen it twice ... but, to be fair, it's been quite a while since I've had Dragons as an active eBay search.Sadly, I do not recall the final total for either listing. One was quite a while ago (long before I'd joined the Acaeum), but the second one was more recent. It might even be mentioned in one of the old "Interesting Items" threads ... although that would involve a lot of searching. I'm pretty sure that second one ended north of $500, though. I seem to remember that as my "jump off" point at the time ... but I just don't remember what the final price was.
Xaxaxe wrote:+++++A final thought: what's the worst that could happen by attempting to sell a complete lot? Eating a listing fee. Big deal.Personally, I'd give it a shot, setting up a beautiful listing that was protected by a reserve and/or a fat BIN. Best case: I get a juicy PayPal payment, spend a weekend packing up, and those issues are out of my life forever. Worst case: no bids ... and either re-list or go to Plan B and break it down into smaller lots.
Badmike wrote:What you might do is what you are doing now..solicit buyers off Ebay, and see what happens.
beasterbrook wrote:I wouldn't mind the whole thing.. just make sure all the mags have the inserts!
Mars wrote:Is there a list somewhere that describes the inserts and extras that came with each magazine? There are a bunch in the 200s that came with CDs and catalogs, etc.