What to do with late 80's cards? I had an idea

[Cozumeleno]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. So cool, in fact, that I'm going to tackle one.

I'd like to put one together using inexpensive, but significant cards from my collecting. For example, the very first card I ever got was a John McNamara 1986 Topps card. Woof.

For me, Dwight Gooden was my favorite player growing up and my first 'expensive' card was a Gooden 1987 Topps that I paid like $2.00 for as a 9-year old kid. A Gregg Jefferies 1989 Topps rookie card was one of my first big 'pulls'. A 1981 Fleer card since I found a pile of them in my grandfather's attic and no one knew how the heck they got in there. Crap like that.

I've got dozens of these types of memories of cards from the 1980s and 1990s and nearly all of them are commons or throwaways.

I know about Burbank Sportscards and their whole $1.00 for commons deal. Can anyone recommend dealers with large common inventories that don't charge an arm and a leg for them? I want to do this project, but don't want to pay $150.00 for it, no matter how cool it might look.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

I know about Burbank Sportscards and their whole $1.00 for commons deal. Can anyone recommend dealers with large common inventories that don't charge an arm and a leg for them? I want to do this project, but don't want to pay $150.00 for it, no matter how cool it might look.

try sportlots.com you'll find 1000's of late 80's commons (and plenty of hofers) at 18cents each plus shipping. Some dealers offer free shipping on large lots (150ish)

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by tonyo

try sportlots.com you'll find 1000's of late 80's commons (and plenty of hofers) at 18cents each plus shipping. Some dealers offer free shipping on large lots (150ish)

Thanks - appreciate it. Will check them out.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

Thanks - appreciate it. Will check them out.

How many junk era commons are you looking for? I have several 1000 that I would send you for the price of shipping.

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by bnorth

How many junk era commons are you looking for? I have several 1000 that I would send you for the price of shipping.

Thanks, really appreciate the offer.

Only enough to do one of these projects - I'll likely use 100. I have already started going through my newer cards (I only collect pre-war stuff but still have tens of thousands of newer cards from that era) and found a bunch I wanted to use. I'm picking out cards that meant something to me over the course of my childhood for one reason or another and have a list already in mind.

I've found about 50 already and will probably just look for others that I'm after once I find out which ones I still need.

Thanks, though - cool of you to ask.