Questions about selling a collection

Chrono Collectibles buys video game collections and pays cash. We do local pickup around Temple Terrace and Tampa, Florida and Thurmont and Frederick, Maryland, and we buy by mail from anywhere else in the United States. Send photos for a free valuation — there is no obligation to sell.

Chrono Collectibles buys Pokémon collections outright and pays cash, from a single graded card to twenty long boxes of bulk. We buy sealed product, graded slabs, raw singles and unsorted binders, and we take the whole collection rather than picking out only the valuable cards.

It depends on what is in it, what condition it is in, and how complete it is. A handful of key items usually accounts for most of a collection's value. Chrono Collectibles gives free valuations based on recent completed sales rather than price-guide numbers, and will show you the reasoning behind any figure we quote.

Listing individually usually nets more money and always costs more time. For a handful of high-value items, selling them yourself is often worth it. For a full collection it can mean months of photographing, listing, packing, shipping and handling returns. Chrono Collectibles buys the whole thing at once and pays immediately — and we will tell you honestly when we think you would do better selling it yourself.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles buys single items, small lots and entire estates, with no minimum. If a collection is small enough that you would genuinely net more listing it yourself, we will say so rather than making a token offer.

Ask them to show their reasoning, and check their public record. Chrono Collectibles researches recent completed sales rather than asking prices, explains how a number was reached, and has a public eBay feedback history of over 20,000 sales at 99.9% positive that anyone can read before dealing with us. Getting a second quote is always reasonable, and we will not object to it.

Chrono Collectibles does. For anything larger than a box or two we come to you and pay on collection, throughout our Maryland and Florida service areas. We agree a price from photos before travelling, so there is no renegotiation at the door and no pressure to accept once we arrive.

Chrono Collectibles usually returns an offer within one to two days of receiving photos, and arranges pickup or shipping as soon as it is accepted. Most sales complete within a week. Larger collections take longer to research properly and we will say so up front.

No, and please do not clean anything. Cleaning, polishing or repairing collectibles frequently reduces their value rather than improving it. Chrono Collectibles would rather see items exactly as they are, unsorted and unpolished, and photograph them that way.

Cash on collection for local pickups. PayPal, Zelle or bank transfer within one business day of arrival for mail-in collections. Chrono Collectibles does not deduct fees and does not take consignment, so the number you agree is the number you receive.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles buys by mail from anywhere in the United States. You send photos and we agree a price before anything is packed, shipping is covered on larger collections, and payment goes out within a business day of arrival.

Chrono Collectibles buys video games and consoles, trading cards, sports cards, action figures and Funko Pops, comics and manga, statues, memorabilia, signage and general pop-culture collectibles. If someone collected it, there is a good chance we are interested — asking costs nothing.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles buys bulk cards, loose figures missing accessories, water-damaged comics, non-working consoles and parts lots. These are worth less than clean complete items, and we will tell you that plainly, but we take them as part of the collection rather than leaving you with the remainder.

Usually not. Grading costs money and takes months, and it only pays off on high-value items in genuinely excellent condition. Chrono Collectibles prices raw cards and comics on their grading potential anyway, so for most collections selling raw nets more than paying to grade first.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles regularly buys whole estates and mixed collections spanning several categories. Valuing everything at once is usually better than splitting it between specialist buyers, and it means one pickup instead of four. We can work with executors and family members handling a house clearance.

Chrono Collectibles is based in Temple Terrace, Florida, with a staffed satellite in Thurmont, Maryland. We are a service-area business rather than a storefront, which means we come to sellers rather than the other way round. We also buy by mail from anywhere in the United States.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles LLC is registered with the Florida Division of Corporations and has traded since 2022. Our eBay store has over 20,000 completed sales at 99.9% positive feedback, which is public and readable by anyone before they deal with us.

Yes. Chrono Collectibles sells through our eBay store, and we sell directly to collectors who contact us — usually about 10% below the eBay listing price, since there are no marketplace fees involved. If you see something in our inventory you want, just ask.