How Many Cards Do You Own?

Stone193 · July 18, 2005 12:21AM

A great corrollary to the stacks on the desk is - do you know how many cards you own?

For us modern guys, that's going to be interesting!

How many graded?

I don't own a lot of graded - not even on the vintage side - mostly raw in boxes or binders.

mike

rbdjr1 · July 18, 2005 12:31AM

Way too many!

jrdolan · July 18, 2005 12:32AM

<< <i>For us modern guys, that's going to be interesting! >>

Yikes, no kidding. "13,406,577. Wait, I just won a 2004 Heritage common. Make that 13,406,578."

I can't wait for the "How many dupes do you own?" thread. I'm jumping into that with both feet. In fact, I think I'll start it.

Caricon · July 18, 2005 12:32AM

Somewhere between 90-100,000 cards. And all baseball. There might be 200-300 football and basketball scattered thru there.
As graded goes, less then 10.

ydsotter · July 18, 2005 12:41AM

I am constantly distilling... I can't bring myself to own more than a thousand or so...
When I was a kid, I got up to approx. 65,000~
But now... I just keep reshaping, upgrading etc...
I used to own a couple hundred graded... but now, I am down to a measly 20 or so... adding a few more each week...
But again... I am sure once I have 60-100 graded again, I'll sell 20 or so and sink all of the money into one really nice card.

I simply don't appreciate them when I have too many.

Barfvader · July 18, 2005 12:41AM

Haven't really counted them up in a while but it's close to 300,000 cards.

And I am the proud owner of TWO SGC graded cards.

Only have those because they were thrown into a lot that I bought of of eBay awhile back.

Wide range of years with lots of late 80's and 90's stuff that everbody loves so much. Sets,singles,unopened. In boxes and binders. Basically where ever I can find a place for them.

And for me it doesn't matter if they are a worthless common or high dollar card as I enjoy every last one of them.

lostdart58 · July 18, 2005 12:45AM

Its only a guess...........I may own 25,000 cards.............none newer than 1992.

How many of those cards are worth more then $1.00 a piece? maybe 3000

How many are worth more then $10.00 a piece? maybe 900

How many are worth more then $100 a piece? maybe 15

How many are graded? about 675. 99.9 % from my 72 set

How many dupes do I own?? Not that many......maybe 2000-3000

How many dupes do i own worth more then $1.00..........maybe 50....they get sold.....

ALL the cards are baseball!!

bobsbbcards · July 18, 2005 12:46AM

Fifteen.

envoy98 · July 18, 2005 12:46AM

I am probably around 200,000+ cards. As for graded... I would guess I have 150 or so that are on one of my various registry sets. Then I probably have another 250 or so that are either not on any of my registries, have since been upgraded on my registry or were just graded because I had nothing better to do with my money.

zef204 · July 18, 2005 12:47AM

It has got to be over 400,000.

Thats a lot of cardboard.

And a lot of dead presidents.

lostdart58 · July 18, 2005 12:49AM

<< <i>Fifteen. >>

Fifteen what???

jrdolan · July 18, 2005 12:53AM

I think he means 15 closets full of cards.

VintageJeff · July 18, 2005 1:14AM

I'll let you know in 5 years when I'm done counting.

Stingray · July 18, 2005 1:18AM

I have 4 tupperware type containers in my basement, full of cards (set, singles, packs) of stuff from late 80s to early 90s, all junk. Each container is 2'x3' and 1.5' to 2' deep. I probably have 10,000 cards in these tubs. Worthless crap. Right now I have about 20 graded cards.

Stingray

bowdowntome · July 18, 2005 7:18AM

Up until about 3 years ago, I still had about 95% of all the cards I've ever bought in 35 years of collecting, including my brothers BB collection I bought from him about 5 years ago. It's too hard to even estimate since I have stacks of 5000ct boxes full, and dozens of 600 and 800ct boxes, in just about every closet in the house.

An approximation would be:
10-12,000 singles (football, which I collect)
28 graded
50,000 FB dupes

150,000 baseball (which I don't collect)

eyebone · July 18, 2005 7:26AM

Comparatively few.....I would say about 5K. The large majority are raw early '70s HOCKEY. Strangely enough, however, all my graded cards (15-20) are vintage baseball.

Eyebone