Just checked Bruce’s auctions for tomorrow. Why did they have to separate a complete set of LCs like The Birds? Sets are hard enough to find complete, now someone most surely will end up with an incomplete one. I don’t get that. Keep the sets together.
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According to Bruce's earlier posts, splitting sets is totally under the control of the person consigning them. The seller believes the split set will go for an overall higher price, even with Bruce's larger commission for each card. The 8 cards combined are at $686 with a day to go, and will undoubtedly go higher. Just looked at Bruce's archives and the set has traditionally gone for $500-650.
Besides, building the set is part of the fun. I collect sets when available, but also have many partials that I slowly build up. It is a real rush when you find that 8th card to complete a set.