11,000+ Baseball Cards In 2 Weeks

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Any late 90s stuff?

Lots of hidden gems in collections of 90s stuff people don't realize is extremely valuable. As someone searching fir these rare cards, uncovering them in collections is one of the only way they are ever seen.

I believe the majority is 1990s.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I believe the majority is 1990s.

If you need any help IDing rare 90s stuff, I'm happy to help.

Just a little anecdote: I went to a few card shops while on vacation a couple weeks ago. I asked the dealer if he had any rare 90s Barry Larkins. He said if he did they would be in the dollar boxes. I said I doubted what I was looking for would be in the dollar box. He proceeded to tell me how all that 90s stuff was overproduced and worthless, then tried to explain the junk wax era like I was clueless. I just chuckled and continued looking through boxes. Because now I knew if he did have some rare cards, he wouldn't even know it.

[notfast]

It’s tax season. Donations normally pick up around then.

Do you provide receipts?

[bnorth]

The part that amazes me the most is one of the employees/volunteers didn't take them home and return the junk. I know a ton of people that have worked in those type places and very rarely does anything decent actually make it to the shelves. The person that run the Salvation Army here had a perpetual rummage sale at their house from all the stuff they took home from work.

[jingram058]

These cards haven't been searched since their arrival at the thrift store, I can assure you. No one has taken any. They are kept in the manager's office. Anything that comes in deemed "high value" goes there. And you would not believe some of the things that come in...paintings, iPads, big screen TVs, jewelry, you name it. And it isn't a junk store. Everything gets sorted. Things we won't sell gets donated elsewhere, and unserviceable things are thrown away. Sometimes things are sold on eBay, with proceeds to the store. I don't know what will become of these baseball cards, or 4 original, numbered paintings of WW2 8th Air Force B-17s, signed by artist and crew members at the time they were done. I will offer the suggestion of perhaps listing some of these cards here.

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I don't know what will become of these baseball cards,

Being an adamant collector of unslabbed cards I'm surprised you're not buying the vintage cards. Seems like that would be a win win for you and the shop.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by LEHR

Being an adamant collector of unslabbed cards I'm surprised you're not buying the vintage cards. Seems like that would be a win win for you and the shop.

We will see. I got a big haul of 1950s and 60s Topps over the past few months.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by notfast

It’s tax season. Donations normally pick up around then.

Do you provide receipts?

The ability to apply donations as tax deductions ends December 31 of the tax year. Any donation now would apply to taxes filed in 2026. There is usually a surge on the last weekend of December at the Salvation Army I donated to when I lived a little farther north in Springfield, VA.