O/T: What to do with old Auction Catalogs?

[Kawika]

I have several dozen old catalogs, Mastro, REA, Goodwin, even three or four of Barry's, going back 7 or 8 years. I finally started throwing newer ones away because it was just taking up too much room. What I do now is tear out the pages that have the items I've won to keep as part of the provenance plus I save pages for items that are of particular interest. The old catalogs are a great resource of information about a myriad of cards, memorabilia etc; the only problem is that it is difficult to find something specific if you don't know which auction house or auction date to refer to. What I wish is that some enterprising type would create an index of auctioned items from all the old catalogs, scans would be good, too. Probably would require about a jillion man-hours of effort but it would be nice.

[barrysloate]

At least my old catalogs don't take up any room. I save the ones I consider classic auctions, like Halper and Copeland, among others, and toss the rest. I'm simply running out of space to store them.

[SmokyBurgess]

Donate them to the local Christian Outreach Center and hope they can get a dollar or so for them.

[E93]

I keep the significant ones (all Mastro, REA, etc.). As mentioned above, they are a great reference. They also make for a good toilet read a few years down the line.
JimB

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by SmokyBurgess

Donate them to the local Christian Outreach Center and hope they can get a dollar or so for them.

If you have a local weekly consignment auction put a few in there and see how they do. I once got $15 for a Hake's catalog (Pinbacks and Americana).

[kcohen]

I throw mine into recycling. Too much space and too heavy. Besides, the auction houses archive completed auctions so that can be used for reference.

As to all you guys that accumulate them, when can we expect to see you featured on an episode of Hoarders?

[SmokyBurgess]

I donate them to the local Christian charity...maybe they can get a dollar or two for them to help needy families pay their bills or get food.

[Bicem]

[drdduet]

Same as FKW.

[onlychild]

A surgery gone bad left me cane Dependant in 09. What to do with the ever-so-awesome REA catalog? Clip the pics, arrange them tight, paste, add 5 coats of lacquer and fashion it all into a very usable cane which was hand made from scratch.


Kevin

[rc4157]

Now that is cool, very creative Kevin.
RC

[Peter_Spaeth]

Kevin, you are raising canes to a new level.