Large postcard collection

[KMpostcards]

Hello, I have several thousand postcards that belonged to my late Father, who collected over many years. Some were bought for 50p, some for £50... They are well organised into categories - topographical, 19th C/Early 20th C, Romance, comic, seaside, lots of Donald McGill and Bamforth, Stocker Shaw, Reg Maurice. A LOT of donkey cards. Also multiple babies/military. All in plastic wallets in very good condition. I would be really grateful for any advice on selling these. I'd rather not list them all individually on ebay. I wouldn't mind trying a collector's fair, or speaking to a valuer at an auction house, or selling direct to a dealer. Many thanks, Kathryn

[eastlondonpostcard]

The easiest and quickest route is to sell directly to a dealer who is likely to purchase the collection as a whole, but will obviously pay less than the retail prices made by your Father ... it would be an overall price. You can Contact a dealer/dealers near you from our list here: https://postcard.co.uk/dealers.php or speak to any dealer at a Postcard Fair nearby https://postcard.co.uk/fairs.php - they would be happy to advise.

Auction Houses offer an alternative and would likely sell the collection in smaller lots that may bring better prices... no guarantees however, and there would be commission fees to pay and a longer wait for any monies to be received.

If you take a stall at a fair, a certain number might sell ... but not straight away - it might mean several fairs and you will have overheads here too (stall rent, travel etc.) + you would have to price everything up beforehand - very time consuming!

Best luck!

[Maskinla12]

As an alternative, you might try selling the collection through an auction house but there are also commission fees to pay and a longer wait time until you get your money.
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[Moonraker]

You're probably wise not to consider selling the cards individually on eBay. Very time consuming scanning and listing them, then dealing with orders. Perhaps you won't know what prices to ask? Many sellers list starting prices that are close to or even in excess of those asked at fairs, others start with a low price and hope the bidding will take it to a good level; sometimes this works, other times it doesn't. And you're likely to have some left-overs.

[oldpostcarder]

You're probably wise not to consider selling the cards individually on eBay. Very time consuming scanning and listing them, then dealing with orders. Perhaps you won't know what prices to ask? Many sellers list starting prices that are close to or even in excess of those asked at fairs, others start with a low price and hope the bidding will take it to a good level; sometimes this works, other times it doesn't. And you're likely to have some left-overs.

The original poster already stated that they were not interested in online selling ... post was over a year ago and their questions have already been answered fully.

[Moonraker]

Sorry. I was misled by Maskinla12's post of the day before which brought the thread to the top of the list. Sadly, there's not much going on in this forum, even less than a few years ago, and the few recent posts, while worthy enough, are very niche.