Should I break up a booklet of old postcards?

[robotc]

I am new to postcards and I have come into possession of a set of 19 cards showing views of Tahiti in the 1920's. They are bound into a booklet and are perforated to tear out. I want to sell them and wonder if I should sell them individually or as a set bound in the booklet. I don't want to break up the set if it has more value to a collector in its bound form. Thanks for any help.

[Moonraker]

Keep it intact. Most such booklets would have been broken up anyway, so a complete one is much rarer.

[Brianz]

Ditto, what Mooraker said. It is more likely to command a higher price if you are able to sell the booklet intact since it preserves the item's original integrity. This holds true for most collectibles whether toys in their original boxes, blocks of postage stamps, uncut banknote pages, etc.

[robotc]

Thanks to Moonraker and Brianz. I will keep the booklet together.

[kevinramsdale]

See also this thread from last March:

http://www.postcard.co.uk/messages/post ... klet#p1487

[Brianz]

Just back from Quebec City where I sorely wanted to purchase a couple of vertical "strings" of postcards being sold during the city's 400th anniversary. I did not purchase because there was no way to pack them and retain their integrity as units.

The reason I bring this up is to illustrate the difference between types of collectors and sellers regarding composite collections and booklets of cards. Those collectors wishing to preserve the historical record of postcard manufacture will not wish to separate the cards Those interested in preserving particular views will have no such reservation. Seller's will, of course, have price as a priority. One's purpose dictates procedure.