Collectibles

The Metzee team2 min read

How to sell collectibles on Metzee

Edition, condition and packaging. If you only say one thing, say which edition.

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Buying collectibles in a live auction

Ask what makes this one different from the common one. The answer tells you what you are paying for.

Pricing collectibles for a live auction

Edition and condition first, then let a room of people who know more than you decide.

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Packing and posting collectibles

Work out how your own object breaks, then pack against that. It is the whole method.

Describing the condition of collectibles

Grade the object and its packaging separately, and say what you are not sure about.

What is your collectible worth?

Edition size, condition, packaging — and how certain you are about what it is.

Photographing collectibles

Name the material, then light it the way that material needs. The rest is the same everywhere.

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Delivering collectibles: courier, local or collection

Measure the packed box, not the object. That one habit prevents most of the losses here.

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Questions to ask before bidding on a collectible

What makes this one different from an ordinary one? The answer tells you what you are paying for.

How collectibles are graded

Most of the time, they are not. Here is what to say instead of a number.

Storing and caring for collectibles

Name the material, and the storage answers itself.

The Metzee team2 min read

Starting a collection, whatever you collect

A focus beats a pile. That is the whole of it, and it is harder than it sounds.

Common mistakes selling collectibles

The word "rare", and a box used as a shipping carton.