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How to sell sports cards on Metzee

Centring, corners, edges and surface. Show those four and you have described the card.

Describing the condition of bags and accessories

Corners, hardware, lining, shape, smell. Five headings, and nothing hides between them.

Packing and posting bags and accessories

Stuff it, wrap the hardware, and never post a bag flat in a soft envelope.

Pricing bags and accessories for a live auction

Condition moves the price further here than in almost any category. Price the corners.

Buying bags and accessories in a live auction

Ask for the corners, the zip working, and the inside turned out. Then ask where it came from.

How to sell bags and accessories on Metzee

Corners, hardware and the inside. Those three decide the price, and all three are camera work.

Describing the condition of jewellery and watches

Say what is worn, what is missing, what has been repaired, and what you have not tested.

Packing and posting jewellery and watches

Small, valuable, and the one category where a lost parcel is a serious loss. Pack for that.

Pricing jewellery and watches for a live auction

Metal has a floor you do not set. Everything above that floor is what you managed to show.

Buying jewellery and watches in a live auction

Ask for the scale, the hallmark and the second hand. Three requests that cover most of the risk.

How to sell jewellery and watches on Metzee

Weight, purity and the hallmark for gold. For a watch, whether it runs and what has been replaced.

Describing the condition of cricket memorabilia

Condition and provenance are two separate statements. Collapsing them into one is where this goes wrong.

Packing and posting cricket memorabilia

Bats are long, frames are glass, and ink fades. Three different problems in one category.

How comic condition is described

The 0.5-to-10 scale, page quality, and why restoration must always be declared.

Pricing cricket memorabilia for a live auction

Price the certainty, not the name. An unverified bat is not a cheap verified one; it is a different item.

Packing and posting comics

Board it, bag it, and make the parcel rigid enough that the comic is not the stiffest thing in it.

Buying cricket memorabilia in a live auction

Ask how they know. The answer, not the item, is what you are really bidding on.

Pricing comics for a live auction

Printing first, condition second, and lot the rest.

How to sell cricket memorabilia on Metzee

Three words decide the price — worn, issued or replica — and the fourth is how you know.

Buying comics in a live auction

Ask for the spine edge-on, the indicia and the page colour. Three requests that settle most of it.

Describing the condition of film posters

Paper grades on what has happened to it, and every repair is part of the description.

How to sell comics on Metzee

Spine, staples, pages and the indicia. Show all four and the room can price it.

Packing and posting posters and cinema memorabilia

A tube for what was rolled, boards for what was folded, and never the other way round.

How saree and textile condition is described

New, worn, vintage — and the specific flaws that have to be named.