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Best Way To Sell Off Collection

ouboy79 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 3991 posts, RR: 23
Posted (4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3418 times:

Trying to get some opinions on what is the best way to sell a collection off. Not sure how thorough I want to be yet. However, I'm sitting on probably 200-300 timetables, around 70 models, and a ton of miscellaneous airline memorabilia. I'm talking anywhere from Piedmont paper cups to the MD-12 promotional photos and materials.

Ebay is the obvious initial place to post, but not sure if anyone else had better luck elsewhere. Hate to get rid of anything, but I'd rather someone else enjoy these items now instead of them sitting in storage cabinets hidden away.

Any opinion/comment posted is that of my own and not that of Southwest Airlines Co.

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YXD172 From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 426 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3204 times:

Ebay is probably the easiest, though I've seen many people post here as well (with varying success). Another option would be to take it to an aviation memorabilia show and sell / trade it there (even if you don't set up a booth, I've seen many people take their own stuff in to trade for some very nice items in return).

Give us a heads up wherever you decide to sell, I'd be interested in seeing what you have!

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TWA772LR From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 752 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (4 months 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3203 times:

Quoting ouboy79 (Thread starter):
around 70 models

What models do you have? And how much are you looking to sell for?

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B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11
Reply 3, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3138 times:

Quoting TWA772LR (Reply 2):

Also interested in the models if you decide to sell them!

Is it 1:200 scale?

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ouboy79 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 3991 posts, RR: 23
Reply 4, posted (4 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3130 times:

Thanks guys. I'm working on a spreadsheet of everything I have, so once that's done I can send that over. Just toss me a message here on the forum with how to send it to you.

All the models are 1:200 plastic models except for a couple that are a little higher scale (US 733 and some A388s).

Any opinion/comment posted is that of my own and not that of Southwest Airlines Co.

B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11
Reply 5, posted (4 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3019 times:

Quoting ouboy79 (Reply 4):
All the models are 1:200 plastic models except for a couple that are a little higher scale (US 733 and some A388s).

Oh, too bad they are all plastic. I only collect them in metal.

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