{"id":104272,"date":"2011-09-23T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=104272"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:35:30","slug":"ask-the-readers-how-would-you-sell-a-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/ask-the-readers-how-would-you-sell-a-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"How would you sell a Barbie doll collection?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am a collector. I always have been. When I was a boy, my parents gave me one closet in the trailer house to have as my very own. They called it the “rat’s nest” because I’d fill it up with all the sorts of things a boy might collect: bugs and twigs and baseball cards and comic books, among other things.<\/p>\n
As an adult, I’ve remained a collector. It’s both a joy and curse. I love collecting, but I recognize that it’s a drain on my finances and<\/i> a source of Stuff. (I have a finished post about how to build a collection without breaking the bank, but I’ve never seen fit to publish it. It seems wrong to encourage this sort of hobby.)<\/p>\n
That said, the other<\/i> side of collecting seems like a great topic for Get Rich Slowly. How do you sell a collection? How do you get rid of it? That’s what Jenny wants to know. Here’s her question:<\/p>\n I inherited a large collection of Barbie dolls from my grandmother<\/b> \u2014 more than 300 dolls! They’re stored at my mother’s house about five hours away, but there’s a good chance she will be moving in the next year or two and I need to figure out what to do with them. I’ll probably end up keeping a few for the memories, but I’d like to sell and put the money towards our savings for a down payment on a house. I just don’t even know how to begin to tackling such a project.<\/p>\n Some dolls were originally bought for around $50 and others for only about $10. There are a few that were over $100, but not too many. My grandmother kept copious notes of all these dolls she loved collecting. I’m wondering if you or any of your readers might have some suggestions for how to go about trying to get these dolls appraised and sold?<\/b> Thanks for any help you can offer!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Selling a collection can be tricky. Collections are rarely<\/i> worth as much as the owner believes.<\/p>\n