Burke & Stock has been running the gavel since 1982. We photograph every card, write every description, and put your collection in front of thousands of collectors who bid against each other. You collect the check.
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Not estimates. Not "valued at." These are hammer prices from recent Burke & Stock auctions — the number the winning bidder paid.
Prices realized are published after every sale. See the full results board →
Four steps. You do the first one.
A list, a few photos, or a shoebox description. We'll tell you what's worth putting in the auction — and we'll say so plainly if something isn't.
Ship them or drop them off. We handle grading submissions when a card is worth slabbing, and we'll tell you when it isn't worth the fee.
Every lot photographed front and back, described accurately, and listed with a title collectors actually search for. Then it goes live to our bidder list.
Settlement after the auction closes and buyers pay. You get a line-by-line statement showing what every lot brought.
Not sure if it's worth anything? That's what the free appraisal is for. Forty-four years in, we've told plenty of people their box was worth more than they thought.
The commission slides with the hammer price — the more a lot brings, the smaller our share of it.
Every consignment is different, so we quote your terms collection by collection and go through the complete schedule with you before you ship a single card. Larger consignments are negotiable, and estates get their own terms.
Book a call and we'll appraise them free. Card values swing hard on condition — a 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt rookie in sharp shape and the same card with a soft corner are two very different lots. We look at recent comparable sales and tell you what we'd expect it to bring at auction, not a retail sticker price you'll never actually get.
Sometimes. Grading costs money and takes time, and it only pays off above a certain card value — below that, the fee eats the gain. We'll tell you which of your cards are worth submitting and handle the submission for you if they are. Ungraded cards sell fine at auction when they're photographed and described honestly.
Your appraisal is free, and photography, cataloging, and grading submissions are included — you don't pay us to get your collection ready. Seller's commission runs on a sliding scale from 2% to 15%, and it slides in your favor: the more a lot brings at hammer, the smaller our percentage. Terms depend on what's in the collection and how much of it there is, so we quote you directly and walk through the complete schedule before you ship anything.
A dealer buys at wholesale because they need to resell at a profit — that's an honest business, but it's a lower number. eBay puts your card in front of a search box and hopes. An auction puts your card in front of collectors who already showed up to buy and lets them bid against each other. For anything scarce or in strong condition, competitive bidding usually wins.
Auctions close on a set date, buyers pay, and settlement follows. You get an itemized statement showing every lot and what it hammered for — no lump-sum mystery number.
Yes. Most of our consignors ship in. We're based in South Lake Tahoe and the auctions run online, so where you are doesn't limit who bids on your cards. For large collections and estates in Northern California or Nevada, we can arrange to come look in person.
We hold the discretion to relist unsold lots in a later auction, which is usually the right move — a card that found no bidder one week often does the next, in front of a different crowd. The specifics are set out in the consignment agreement, and we walk you through it before you ship anything.
That's a normal call for us. Don't sort it, don't clean it, and don't throw anything out — packaging and storage condition can matter. Book a call and we'll take it from there.
Pick a time, give us a callback number, and we'll go through it with you. Forty-four years of doing this, and we still like opening other people's boxes.
Book a free appraisal callTakes about a minute · No cards leave your house