Need advice on trading my entire vintage card collection

[jchcollins]

Interesting reading, as I ponder my continued failed efforts to be any type of set collector. This is bad timing, as officially I am back in the mode of going after a few ('67 Topps has been this year's theme) right now - but if I'm being candid - we'll see how long that lasts.

I'm 41, and besides my volumuous boxes of wax junk-era crap from my childhood that I can't bear to get rid of, the bulk of my collection that I really care about lives on one shelf in my closet. These are stacks of toploaders and a dozen or so more expensive graded vintage cards that I'm really into. I have 2 daughters (currently 12 and 8...) and besides having succesfully made them both into Chicago Cubs fans, I doubt they will ever seriously be interested in baseball cards. These posts make a good case to stick with a smaller collection of the few things that you are really into, and while I don't think of myself as "old" yet...things are certainly not going in the other direction.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Interesting reading, as I ponder my continued failed efforts to be any type of set collector. This is bad timing, as officially I am back in the mode of going after a few ('67 Topps has been this year's theme) right now - but if I'm being candid - we'll see how long that lasts.

I'm 41, and besides my volumuous boxes of wax junk-era crap from my childhood that I can't bear to get rid of, the bulk of my collection that I really care about lives on one shelf in my closet. These are stacks of toploaders and a dozen or so more expensive graded vintage cards that I'm really into. I have 2 daughters (currently 12 and 8...) and besides having succesfully made them both into Chicago Cubs fans, I doubt they will ever seriously be interested in baseball cards. These posts make a good case to stick with a smaller collection of the few things that you are really into, and while I don't think of myself as "old" yet...things are certainly not going in the other direction.

John, we could be brothers in every respect....except the Cub part.

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

John, we could be brothers in every respect....except the Cub part.

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Ha!


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[Exhibitman]

Speaking of junk wax, John, I just purchased a collection that was 80% 1990s junk. I told the disappointed seller that I wouldn't pay him for it because I did not see any actual value there but I would haul it away for him and see if I could trade it to my local card store. My LCS didn't want to trade for it and didn't even want it for free as a toss-in with the cards I did trade them. I ended up putting 50# of shiny crap into the recycling last week.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Speaking of junk wax, John, I just purchased a collection that was 80% 1990s junk. I told the disappointed seller that I wouldn't pay him for it because I did not see any actual value there but I would haul it away for him and see if I could trade it to my local card store. My LCS didn't want to trade for it and didn't even want it for free as a toss-in with the cards I did trade them. I ended up putting 50# of shiny crap into the recycling last week.

I wish I could have all the $ I spent as a teenager on wax back now to buy vintage...

[CobbSpikedMe]

Adam,

That Chuck Connors is awesome! I never knew the Rifleman had a baseball card. That's one of my favorite old shows too. Thanks for sharing that man.

[bbcard1]

FWIW, full sets are as readily liquidatable as star cards if you do them as a clump and not try to break them up. Granted, there is a "full set" discount in most situations, but that's equally true if you trade them for a ruth/cobb. Outside of a few monster cards, it's hard to trade for something you know will be a home run.