August 2018 - Sneak Peek

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BUY AND SELL ....................................................................................................... BY WENDY MASORTI sales director wendy@stamps.org A Tip to Our Sellers Catalogs Carry Similar Basic Info, But Pricing Can Vary We often receive inquiries as to how sellers price their material, specifically which catalogs they use as the prices sometimes vary drastically. We therefore feel it is important to provide a quick review on catalogs. In the United States, the catalog used the most and the most understood for price comparisons is the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, published by Amos Media annually in six volumes. Specialists in U.S. material usually reference the Scott Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps and Covers, a specialty catalog from Amos. The majority of the items on StampStore and in our sales books use the Scott catalog for pricing. When sellers use other catalogs to price U.S. material, buyers will still want a favorable comparison with Scott before deciding to buy items. For instance, we have a few sellers who will price their U.S. material using the U.S.-based Brookman catalog, which presents more of a retail price and is This United States 2-cent coil Electric Light’s Golden Jubilee of 1929 stamp, Scott 656, was a top-selling U.S. item in May on StampStore. Overall monthly sales reports are posted each month online at stamps.org/Stampstore-Sales-Report. You can view sales and see what is hot for the month. 780 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> While there are several reliable catalogs on the market, pricing stamps to be competitive on StampStore means paying attention to what other sellers are using. generally higher than Scott. In this case, buyers will notice several of the same items on StampStore but some are listed with higher overall prices and, of course, the cheaper, comparable item will sell first. Sellers should therefore keep in mind that they are selling mainly within the U.S. market and should price accordingly to compete with other sellers. Items not found in Scott catalogs might be listed in other specialized catalogs or in specialized dealer price lists and auction realized price lists. Those listed prices could be considered retail and pricing at 50 percent below retail will place your material in the ballpark with other sellers. Note that the other major collecting areas of the world have widely recognized catalogs, and our sellers of specialized collections prefer to use them for varieties not listed in Scott catalogs. Michel, Stanley Gibbons, Zumstein, Yvert-Tellier and Unitrade cover German, British, Swiss, French, and Canadian areas, respectively. As for pricing in these catalogs, be aware that the values in the specialized catalogs may be based on the philatelic market where the catalog is published. This means that the market prices may be comparable or higher than the U.S. market prices. Sellers should know that most of the collectors buying from our services would base their purchase decisions on the U.S. market. Likewise, buyers need to know that items of a specialized nature not addressed in the Scott catalog may warrant the higher prices from the specialized catalogs. Circuit Book Sales Categories Needed We continually monitor categories that are in particular short supply for the Circuit books (not StampStore). To see our full list of stamps needed for circuits visit www.stamps. org/Stamps-Needed. If you have material in these areas that you are interested in selling, consider using circuit sales. For those new to selling, seller information is available online or can be requested by contacting our staff at 814-933-3803, ext. 231.
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