Shop for Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles

Where is the best place to sell sports memorabilia - this article is begins here...Sports Memorabilia.

You can establish a reader base by advertising on local bulletin boards, in school newspapers, or a small notice placed in the classified section of national sports or trading card magazines. Your ad might read:

Free issue "Sports Memorabilia
Newsletter." Brings buyers and
sellers together. Latest news. SASE
to: Collectors, Box 11000, Anytown,
USA 10001

Along with the first free issue of your newsletter, include a subscription coupon and instructions on how to place a classified ad. You will also want to leave a stack at each of the retail trading card outlets, at the neighborhood newsstand, and in convenience stores that sell trading cards. The ads in the first issue can be placed free of charge by friends and acquaintances with material to sell. Offer to let a retail memorabilia store place a display ad in the first issue for free. The response to their ad will encourage them to buy an ad in a future issue. The important thing is to fill up your first issue, making it look attractive and professional.

Your newsletter can be easily typed up on your personal computer. Many software packages are available with templates (sample layouts) of newsletters of two to eight pages. Simply choose a format you like and type your information into the existing columns. You can even plug in your own graphics for a professional touch. If you don't have access to a laser printer, visit a local print shop and have your newsletter printed out on a laser. The quality will be excellent and will only cost around $2 per page printed.

Published bi-monthly in a 4-page format, you can have 1,000 copies of your newsletter printed up for about $80. Charge $15 per classified ad or $75 for a one-third column display ad. If you feature 2 pages of classified ads, 3 columns wide with 10 ads per column, you'll have space for 90 ads bringing in $900. Add to this $150 income from two display ads placed elsewhere in the newsletter, and you have generated a total of $1,050. Plan to leave 200 copies at various locations in town and mail the remainder to prospective subscribers. The first issue will be mailed to prospects in the self-addressed, stamped envelope they provided in reply to your ad. However, subsequent issues will be mailed at your expense through paid subscriptions. Mailing 800 copies via Third Class would cost $160. Your gross profit per issue will be approximately $810. This doesn't include any sales generated by your own advertising.

Selling sports memorabilia can be highly profitable. A trading card purchased for pennies can bring profits thousands of times the original cost. More than ever before, youngsters and adults alike are collecting sports keepsakes. You can grab a share of this lucrative market and parley your position into a profitable part- or full-time income. The decision is yours. Step into the batter's box and take a swing at success, knocking one out of the park! Good Luck and for more types of memorabilia look at discount movie posters!