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

[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 .

[conor912]

The non-shiney cards (pre-1992ish) make excellent and absorbent drink coasters. Mid-late 80's are the best as those years had the highest percentage of players with ridiculous mustaches. I use them all the time for guests and at cocktail parties and everyone always gets a kick out of them. It's a great way to let people know you collect. I love talking about the hobby, but most times there's no good way to slip it into a conversation. This is the smoothest way I have found.

[Wildfireschulte]

Great thread - seeing some of the recent BST auctions of 1980's cards gave me an acid flash back. I threw all loose cards but HOFERS and a couple random wax cases out about 10 years ago. Every once in a while I set up at a flea market where any old wax box will sell for $5. Funny, I found a stack of 100 each of 1988 Donruss Sandberg and Maddux the other day - these will be my give away to kids if I set up at National this year.

[gashouse34]

I highly recommend selling them in a garage sale if you are looking to get rid of them. I "garage sale" all the time and am absolutely amazed to see people constantly buying them up. Of course, you cant overprice them too much...but people are willing to pay a few bucks for a box of cards. I often wonder how much profit they turn on them in their own flea market booth/stores? (assuming they aren't keeping them for themselves)

[t206blogcom]

I'm keeping the cards I collected as a kid so I can give them to my son when he's old enough and if he expresses an interest. I handled them so much that most cards have rounded corners, creases, etc. so even the RCs aren't worth anything. If my son expresses no interest, I'll probably throw 90% of it out.

I'll buy a few junk wax boxes from time to time to relive some childhood memories. I'll keep only the key cards, such as a Maddux or Glavine or Griffey Jr rookie or error cards. As for the rest, I've donated to charity, sold or given away singles to fellow Net54 members and thrown a ton away.

So really, I've done most of the poll options.

[bbcard1]

I have experimented with ways to use them as firewood but have found nothing that really works.