A serious question about baseball card porn

[tinkertoeverstochance]

Currently, I flip through each magazine once when they arrive, then they go into the recycle on the porch. If I see something I like, I usually make a note of it in my iPhone and browse online later. I had a bunch of catalogs saved over a decade and just decided to recycle them all one day. Too much bulk in my spare bedroom that has become my baseball room (well, the room some of my baseball items sit in and I occasionally sit in....nothing too awesome going on here). The recycle truck had 2 full bins plus a large cardboard box of auction magazines (they were heavy!). I did save the few Barry Sloate and final few Mastro auction catalogs I had, and anything I received from Lew Lipset (auction catalogs, sales sheets, and progress notes he sent to his bidders - which I thought was neat, but is a completely electronic experience now).

Lee

[earlywynnfan]

Wow, glad to read this thread. I've tossed the catalogs into the recycle bin for years, but I always thought the purists on the forum here would look down on me for that. I felt I should have some sort of reference library, but since, as mentioned, everything is online, why take up the room??

[Exhibitman]

I recycle all of them. There is no need in this day and age of internet based auctioneers to retain old catalogs. If there is something I want to have for research purposes I download it from the AH web site and store it that way.

[irishdenny]

"More Jewelry!"... Never Toss an REA LoG

[T206Collector]

We are collectors. We hoard by nature.

If we do not take time to identify precisely what to hoard, we will consume ourselves.

Throw away the magazines with the pictures of what you actually collect.

[Bestdj777]

I remove the specific pages you think you might reference in the future, store them in a folder, and toss the rest. I have only kept one catalog in the time I have been receiving them, and when I get the next REA one this will go in the trash.