Considering the board’s collective age and experience, I figured a few of us have some experience on this subject. I know the demographics for most of these collectors has collapsed, to the point that many collections are considered waste that may be hard to give away but this has come to play for me recently.
A couple of days ago, much to my step-mothers surprise and happiness, my father unloaded a part of his old collection of stamps (it was something he did from the mid 1940’s to the mid 1960s or so) as well as a number of his silver coin collection (mix of US and international coinage) with the explicit instruction to sell them however I want.
With the speculative prices for silver these days, most of the coins are worth a good bit based on metal content alone, and he believes a few might be worth more than that, though not by a large amount.
The stamps, probably less so, especially since at a glance, most have not been stored well, and show substantial aging/yellowing.
So my questions - can any of you suggest a good, current website or other resource to evaluating the coins (only about a full quart zip lock bag’s worth) to see what if any additional value they may have? A reputable chain or other enterprise to sell them through? And the same for the stamps, though they don’t have a minimal value like the silver content of the coins. Or (as the title says) that it’s not worth it to go through the effort on them (it’s a box of old folders and holders, maybe 2’x2’x2’).
Please and thank you!