Buy/Sell/Trade Forum

supply and demand lol. how many 1988 topps were made... i had a guy at my local flee market try to sell me 15 jumbo pack boxes for 10 bucks a piece, and then make me a deal if i bought all of them. i look at it this way, i donate my extras to my local card shop (he in turn gives me great deals or free cards that comes in) or give them to a coworkers kid. but there is only so many 1990 score i can look at before they need to go to the way side. maybe by me throwing them away that reduces the numbers and makes the other 4.3 billion score cards worth more.

There is only ONE reason that I will ever throw a card in the trash! That is if it is seriously damaged AND from the 'Junk-era'. If I get a base card from 1986-1992 and it has creases, it's in the trash. OR I give it to my 4-year-old niece without a toploader and let her do what she wants with it. ;-)

When I got a better-condition 1978 Topps Lou Brock card, I put the old, creased one in a screwdown case I had laying around and gave the card to my nephew (now 8 years old). He still has it (three years later) and cherishes it because it's the oldest card he has and he's never wanted it to be removed from the case. I still have a 1971 Joe Namath card in my collection that's in poor condition, just b/c it was the oldest card I acquired as a child. I've had that card since the late-80's and it's been in a snap-tite case since a few days after I made the trade. You never know what cards a child will cherish, no matter the condition of it. THAT is why I can't throw away cards (unless they are severly damaged and I already have at least two copies of it)!

Interesting replies....I'm a card hoarder...nothing gets thrown away except for water damage...still haunts me- 2 1989 UD 5000ct boxes heaved in the trash. sad day...

If I threw away all my extra 70s and 80s...I would never have started collecting errors and variations....that was my CARD COLLECTING REBIRTH...E&Vs..took years to go back through those boxes and boxes to collate my E&V collection.

Great story...I was doing a card show and a fellow walks in with a large cardboard box of cards, as he passed dealer after dealer they turned down  buying the box. The dealer next to me at least looked, rubber-banded stacks of cards...not great shape..but ~BOB~'s dream, MAYS, MANTLE, AARON, etc. dozens of 50s and 60s. The raincoated man needed some cash, so the dealer handed him $100...I shuttered..had $ in hand. S_IT!

At the same slow show, the dealer on the other side of me bought a whole stack of wax and proceeded to rip the packs...kept the insert and with a garbage barrel next to him threw everything else away...1000s of cards...oh, I would have "dumpster" dove if I had the guts. That also changed my collecting...you can't have every set or card especially with the glut of production.... refocused my collecting,,, up to that time I had every BB and FB set produced that year. Couldn't keep up or afford it.

The good news of that same show, as I hung to the very end....A guy fresh from AC was looking for RCs of Sheffield, Glavine and more....so I proceeded to pull a RC each for him.....$800 later he took them all, 100s of RCs!!!!!

Hope I didn't bore,

~BOB~

Nope, not boring - love the stories from card shows!

I don't have the luck like that.. i need that big score- like Bob says, "the glut of production". i unfort, a few years ago, had a series of very bad circumstances only to end with a house fire in which i lost just about all my collection. so had to refocus on what i wanted and go from there. good side, had a good couple local dealers who helped me with a few extra's they had..still no where near where i was.. so appreiciate what you have and where/what you started from!!!

nice stories, thanks for sharing

I have a box that I put damaged junk era or newer cards in as I get them, and donate to thrift store (and deduct from taxes)

I like lower grade vintage a lot- much cheaper way to collect the vintage years

mark

hey fellas, i have not got out the cards yet i apologize, worked without a day off to get to the post office. i will try to get out this early next week. thanks