TL;DR: A cash offer is money now, priced from real sold prices, with nothing left for you to manage. Consignment means we list and sell the item for you and you receive 60% of the net proceeds when it sells - more of the final sale, but later, and only for items that are worth marketing one at a time. Most collections end up a mix of both.
The two options, plainly
Cash offer. You send photos, we price from what comparable items have actually sold for, and if you accept, you are paid at drop-off. The number reflects that we carry the work and the risk from then on: listing, storage, returns, and the chance that something takes months to sell.
Consignment. You keep ownership until the item sells. We photograph it, list it and handle the buyer. Under the published consignment agreement, you receive 60% of the net proceeds of each sale and we keep 40% as commission. There is a $100 marketing fee, which is non-refundable whether or not an item sells. Read the agreement itself for the exact definitions - it is the document that governs, not this page.
When consignment tends to make sense
- The item is individually valuable and individually marketable: a sealed or graded piece, a signed item, a limited edition, something collectors search for by name.
- You are not in a hurry. A consigned item is paid out after it sells and the sale settles - here is what happens after a consigned item sells.
- You would rather wait for the market price than take a price that reflects our risk.
When a cash offer tends to make sense
- The collection is large and mostly ordinary pieces. Those sell as lots, not one by one, and a lot of low-value items rarely earns enough per piece to be worth consigning.
- You want it done: one scheduled drop-off, paid once the items are checked.
- You are clearing space - a move, an estate, a storage unit - and the time matters more than squeezing out the last dollar.
What we do not consign
Consignment is not offered for common loose or bulk die-cast (Hot Wheels, Matchbox), common loose Funko Pops, common plush, mass-market DVDs, common modern action figures. With those, the realistic outcome of consigning is months of waiting and a marketing fee for very little - so we will not suggest it. We can still evaluate them for a cash offer, and anything boxed, sealed, graded, signed, numbered, a chase or a limited edition is always looked at individually, whatever the category.
A mixed collection is normal
Plenty of collections are a handful of standout pieces and a lot of everyday ones. It is common for the standouts to suit consignment and the rest to suit a cash offer. Tell us in the notes that you are open to either, and we will say which parts suit which.
If you would rather do it all yourself
That is a real option too - selling it yourself versus consigning lays out the time and the hidden costs honestly. And if you want the short version of how both of our paths work step by step, see how to sell or consign your items to us.
Not sure which fits? Submit for evaluation and say you are open to either.