Alright, serious question: What does one do with an excess of cards?

mrpaseo

I was a collector of Baseball cards back in the early 90's. I will be doing yet another move soon a few hundred miles south. Basically I have to many cards to move... I'm thinking Ebay, maybe some random auctions with a mixed lot... How should I list them? Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,
Ray

zef204

Ray,

If you list the years, quantities, condition and any rookies you may get some better advice.

onlyanumber

Zef's right--you may also get some offers right through the boards. Breaking them up by particular players on Ebay may help.

You may also want to consider donating cards to charity--children's hospitals etc. The write off may be worth more than Ebay...

mrpaseo

<< <i>Ray,

If you list the years, quantities, condition and any rookies you may get some better advice. >>



Holy smokes.... Maybe I'll take a few pictures tomorrow to give you all some ideas what I'm dealing with... Truthfully I haven't touched the cards in years... I think I added two cards since I joined the Army in 1992...

More tomorrow
Ray

storm888

Sort the stars and the players you like; keep those.

The rest probably will not bring much on EBAY.
Maybe you could build some partial sets, and
list those.

It is hard to turn common 90s cards into money.

mrpaseo

<< <i>Zef's right--you may also get some offers right through the boards. Breaking them up by particular players on Ebay may help.

You may also want to consider donating cards to charity--children's hospitals etc. The write off may be worth more than Ebay... >>



We just donated 7 bags FULL of stuffed animals to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Clarksville Tennessee... I deffinantly thought of donating some/most of them but figured I could make a little money and roll it back into the coin collection... The stuffed animal collection was about a quarter of my daughters collection... She obviously has the collectors bug that I have. All my collections (Yes there are more) will be going to my daughter someday so if they are in the form of Coins, Cards, Magic Cards, Beanie Babies or Comic books then she'll get it. At this point I want to liquidate some (NOT ALL) of the cards and maybe pick up a few coins

Whatever is left before I move will be donated

Ray

mrpaseo

<< <i>Sort the stars and the players you like; keep those.

The rest probably will not bring much on EBAY.
Maybe you could build some partial sets, and
list those.

It is hard to turn common 90s cards into money. >>



I hear ya, and expected as much. Maybe a few of you could help me figure out what I have and the rest go to the kiddies

zef204

Sounds good. Ask Goose about liquidating his dad's collection. His cards were 50's and early 60's and in great conditoin. They made $10k+.

mrpaseo

I probably have about 100 dollars worth... and 10,000 cards....

Maybe I should use them as fire wood... Isn't that what the Germans did with the mark when they went south?

Stone193

Ray

Are you still on active duty? You referenced Clarksville - Ft. Campbell. I went there for airassault school.

mike

Stone193

Ray

I'm in aggreement with most here - that there's not much of value in the early 90s stuff - it was so overproduced.

Even the 90L which was so popular tubed with Frank Thomas's career. Griffey and Sosa were hot in the set also - now? I would say cold.

I like the idea of donating and taking a deduction? And maybe finding the most valuable cards to sell?

Well, whatever you choose, I wish you all the best.
mike

mrpaseo

<< <i>Ray

Are you still on active duty? You referenced Clarksville - Ft. Campbell. I went there for airassault school.

mike >>



Sorry it got late I had to crash Yes, I am still active duty, stationed at Fort Campbell KY (Home of the Air Assault)