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Old 04-25-2016, 03:33 PM
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Hello, I was a Forum member for quite a few years but stopped participating around 8-10 years ago a while after I sold my 2000 coupe. I'd owned a '62 for around 20 years which I sold to buy the 2000.

Anyway, we're downsizing (again) and I want to sell my complete set of Franklin Mint models (1:24, I believe) that began with the '53 (I think) and the last one I bought was a C6. They're all in perfect shape and I have the original boxes for most of them. Just need to dig them out of the shelves in the garage to be able to detail each piece. I also have the smaller set that came with a wall display unit.

I see them on eBay for around $60 to much more, but I don't think I can afford the time to piece out the set, photograph all of them, and do a whole eBay listing.

If anyone is, or knows anyone who is, interested in taking the entire set I'd be very willing to make them a very good deal. Email me through my member account here.
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Hello, I was a Forum member for quite a few years but stopped participating around 8-10 years ago a while after I sold my 2000 coupe. I'd owned a '62 for around 20 years which I sold to buy the 2000.

Anyway, we're downsizing (again) and I want to sell my complete set of Franklin Mint models (1:24, I believe) that began with the '53 (I think) and the last one I bought was a C6. They're all in perfect shape and I have the original boxes for most of them. Just need to dig them out of the shelves in the garage to be able to detail each piece. I also have the smaller set that came with a wall display unit.

I see them on eBay for around $60 to much more, but I don't think I can afford the time to piece out the set, photograph all of them, and do a whole eBay listing.

If anyone is, or knows anyone who is, interested in taking the entire set I'd be very willing to make them a very good deal. Email me through my member account here.
Need an asking price for the whole set, forum rule.

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Need an asking price for the whole set, forum rule.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...eir-parts.html
OK. I get that. I guess I'll have to open all the boxes, log all the models (I think there are 25 or so), and check eBay for prices to get a starting point. I was hoping someone would have a simpler idea, but it seems that won't fly. Back later!
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OK. I get that. I guess I'll have to open all the boxes, log all the models (I think there are 25 or so), and check eBay for prices to get a starting point. I was hoping someone would have a simpler idea, but it seems that won't fly. Back later!
Sorry, I thought you were asking someone to take the whole set. If they did, how much is your asking price for the whole set?

An alternate, would it be possible to ask the same price for each, or would the wanted prices be that different from one to another?

I'm not trying to make this difficult, just trying to follow forum rules.

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I do want to see if I can sell the whole set at once, but it is all packed away in boxes so I was just trying to get some input on a) any way to do that, and/or b) see if anyone here would be interested. I didn't realize I needed a price to start the conversation. Actually, I thought these models were known well enough that anyone interested might be better equipped to estimate a value than I would.

I'll be back when I've had time to unpack them and do more research.
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I do want to see if I can sell the whole set at once, but it is all packed away in boxes so I was just trying to get some input on a) any way to do that, and/or b) see if anyone here would be interested. I didn't realize I needed a price to start the conversation. Actually, I thought these models were known well enough that anyone interested might be better equipped to estimate a value than I would.

I'll be back when I've had time to unpack them and do more research.
Will wait and leave thread open.
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