What to do with 80's and 90's cards?

[bnorth]

Well looks like I am the lone fool that still collects 80's/90's junk.

[stat192]

I use mine for autographs. The face of the Topps cards from the 80's are perfect for them.

[Brian Van Horn]

Fireplace.

[sycks22]

I still have my box of my Frank Thomas cards as he was my favorite player and look at them every couple years. Sad to know some of the cards used to be worth $50 are now worth 75 cents. I also have some rookies from that era that I've kept.

[ethicsprof]

don't have 'em.
never had 'em.
but sure wish I'd kept the 60's cards that I cherished as a boy.
only to sell now, of course.

all the best,
barry

[AustinMike]

I've kept the complete sets I had (except the '86 Topps, I gave that away). I've also kept most of the star cards (or at least they were "star" cards when I went through them about 10 years ago). I still have all the minor league team sets I bought (I have around 3,500 different team sets and stopped getting them in 2002). Got rid of the rest.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

don't have 'em.
never had 'em.
but sure wish I'd kept the 60's cards that I cherished as a boy.
only to sell now, of course.

all the best,
barry

Yeah my brother and I had huge boxes of mid to late 60s- we bought all the time, ordered sets out of Sporting News ads and inherited a vast quantity of 50s and 60s from a neighbor. And Mom threw them all out.

[ethicsprof]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Yeah my brother and I had huge boxes of mid to late 60s- we bought all the time, ordered sets out of Sporting News ads and inherited a vast quantity of 50s and 60s from a neighbor. And Mom threw them all out.

Yuck!
Sadly, I'm the culprit for my story. I was in grad. school and just wanted some
money. There were a bunch of dealers at a mall so I asked the first guy what he'd give me for my big box of star cards. He looked through them quickly as he saw dozens of Mantles, Mays, etc. and offered me 250---his best and final offer. I took it.
all the best, ole buddy

Barry

[darkhorse9]

I took all mine to the local family emergency shelter. Plenty of kids there really loved to have them. You .

[matthew]

Originally Posted by stat192

I use mine for autographs. The face of the Topps cards from the 80's are perfect for them.

I started getting autos also. I've lost some in the mail but I usually have 12 duplicates to back it up

[CobbvLajoie1910]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Well looks like I am the lone fool that still collects 80's/90's junk.

Nope, you have company, Ben.

The mid/late 80s stuff I collected as a kid will always make me the happiest.
I just hate the word "junk" for this stuff -- because to each is own, right?