Did Your Mother Throw Your BB Cards Out?

[Stonepony]

Mom didn't throw out BB cards.... but she did toss all my Silver Age Spider-Man comics

[billyb]

Wow, that article could have been about me!!!!!
Almost everything to a tee, right down to my last name (Boyd). the only difference, while I was in the service, my dad told my mother to throw them out. About the same years of cards too, mid 50s to mid 60s. Rubber bands and all. Wow.

[ullmandds]

My mother knew better than to throw any baseball related anything away...I sold my childhood collection 0f late 70's-early 80's complete sets and most star cards from the late 50's-present through Mel Solomon...anyone out there know Mel? He belonged to my temple growing up in northern NJ...and I gave him my collection and asked for $1000...which he dripped to me as he sold cards and when I was made whole...he kept the rest.

I wanted the cash for a 77' camaro as I had previously totalled the 76 granada.

[kmac32]

Saved mine from mom and it grew into vintage collecting.

[71buc]

My Grandmother toss my father's cards from the 40's and 50's . He learned a painful lesson and thankfully all of mine survived girls and college debauchery.

[jimtigers65]

I grew up in the 1970's and my mom collected antiques so she knew not to throw out my cards. In fact, she used to drive me to baseball card shows in the Flint and Detroit area. She laughed saying middle age men carrying briefcases full of cards. Now, I mention to her that I am middle age and still collecting.

[bnorth]

I was already out of the house by the time I started collecting. On the other end of the scale my younger brother(38) just got his cards(99% junk era) out of our parents house a couple months ago.