Sell or consign
Two ways out, and we will tell you which one pays you more.
Cash today is worth less than patience — sometimes a lot less, sometimes not enough to matter. Send us what you have and we will give you both numbers: what we will pay for it outright this week, and what we think it brings on consignment. Then you choose.
Outright
Cash, this week
You get a firm written number within 24 hours of sending photos and cert numbers — not a range, not “depends what it grades”. If you take it, the money goes out the day the cards land and check out against the description.
- Firm written offer inside one business day
- Prepaid insured label over $2,500
- Wire, ACH or a check — your choice
- Paid the day the cards are checked in
Typically pays 60–75% of what the same card would fetch retail. You are selling the wait and the risk along with the card, and that is what the gap buys you.
Consignment
We work the market for you
We photograph it under our own lights, write the comps up honestly, publish the certificate and field every offer that comes in. You set the floor. Nothing sells below it without your word, in writing.
- You set the floor — we defend it
- Live view of every offer made on your card
- Paid within 3 business days of settlement
- Pull it back any time with 7 days' notice
Under $500
Graded or raw, photographed and listed within 5 days.
20%
$500 – $2,499
Comp report before we set the asking price.
15%
$2,500 – $9,999
Private offer list goes out before public listing.
12%
$10,000 and up
Negotiated, with an advance against sale available.
8%
Collections & estates
A shoebox, a storage unit, or a whole life's collecting.
Inherited collections are the hardest thing in this hobby to price honestly, because the person who can explain the cards is usually gone. We do these carefully and slowly, and we put everything in writing before anything moves.
- We come to you inside 200 miles
- Dallas–Fort Worth and most of Texas and Oklahoma. Nothing leaves the room until you have a written inventory of what we took.
- Itemised, not lumped
- Anything worth over $250 is listed individually with a number against it. Bulk is bulk, and we say so rather than burying value in it.
- Grading handled for you
- Where a raw card is worth submitting, we front the grading cost and split the upside rather than lowballing you on the uncertainty.
- Executors and attorneys welcome
- We will write a valuation letter for probate at no charge whether or not you sell us anything.
Start here
Tell us what you have.
You do not need an inventory or a spreadsheet. A description and a couple of photos is enough to get a real conversation started — and you will hear back from a person, at consign@ironwithincollectibles.com, inside one business day.