What to do with 1987 Baseball Commons

fooz

I have a bunch of 1986,1987,1988 commons sitting around. What is the best way to get rid of them?



If the best idea is to donate them, what charity would be the best?



They would probably be good kindling for a campfire but I'm looking to help somebody get some enjoyment out of them...



Thanks for the suggestions.

BeRoyalKC

Honestly I chucked many of mine. Goodwill or Salvation Army will take them and sell them in thrift shops.

mknez

Use them for packing material.

bishop

Children's ward of local hospital or Child protective agency in your area

ugaskidawg

Give to a charity...$0.05 a card x 5,000 count box = $250 itemized deduction

MULLINS5

Google "paper bag floor"

JoeBanzai

Originally posted by: bishop
Children's ward of local hospital or Child protective agency in your area

+1

49ersGuy

+2 on what Bishop said.

If you don't need it, you are not going to use and it's just taking up space give it away to a good cause.

firedawg45

pm sent

rcmb3220

Use them as wallpaper in your basement. You get 80s nostalgia from the cards as well as the wood paneling in your basement.

Grimster

If I was a kid today, I would not be very excited at all to be getting 1987 topps baseball cards. free or not. haha. I wouldn't know any of the players...none of them are actively playing anymore...and I would know that they are worthless.

Just my opinion, but donating several thousand 1987 topps would be like saying "hey, I want the tax deduction....so you throw these away for me"


In the past I've opened a few cases of 1991 and 1992 upper deck. Yielded tons of commons with the same worth as the ones you are talking about. I just put them on craigslist and a facebook "beg, barter, trade" page for free if someone came to pick them up. They were all gone (about 35,000 cards) in less than an hour.

ldferg

Originally posted by: rcmb3220
Use them as wallpaper in your basement. You get 80s nostalgia from the cards as well as the wood paneling in your basement.

I have the same dilemma and have contemplated this before, but never have proceeded. I'd like to move around 400k of 86-99 commons and minor stars.

saucywombat

I think you would probably find a few buyers on Ebay at 30 or 40 bucks per monster box and you could just tape up the boxes, no special packaging. Might only net $5-$10 after shipping but its an alternative.

PMKAY

When I was 10 someone gave me a box of beat to snot 1974-75 opc hockey cards. I had heard of very few of the players but I was ecstatic - still have them today.

ugaskidawg

Originally posted by: MULLINS5

Google "paper bag floor"

Holy cow - that would be interesting to do in a game room. throw in some stars too. It'd be a cool sight!

plattech

Keep them and hand down to next generations. Maybe in 50 yrs someone can get more value out of them.

mtcards

Donate to a charity........you get tax deduction (for more than what they would ever sell for) and the charity gets an item they can sell/distribute

Coucher73

If you donate an item and take a deduction for more than what it would sell for, then you are taking an improper deduction.

If you donate something that is worthless, you aren't entitled to deduct anything for it.

spanky74

Make a mosaic?

RynoandBo

OK, that Bo is blowing my mind right now. So cool!

PMKAY

Originally posted by: Coucher73
If you donate an item and take a deduction for more than what it would sell for, then you are taking an improper deduction.

If you donate something that is worthless, you aren't entitled to deduct anything for it.

According to Burbank Sportscards you are sitting on thousands of dollars worth of inventory

Estil

Then they should be more than happy to give you at least a few hundred for it!

49ersGuy

Originally posted by: PMKAY

Originally posted by: Coucher73
If you donate an item and take a deduction for more than what it would sell for, then you are taking an improper deduction.

If you donate something that is worthless, you aren't entitled to deduct anything for it.

According to Burbank Sportscards you are sitting on thousands of dollars worth of inventory

Why do I get the feeling they are not as generous with the pricing when they are buying.

downtown

One of the coolest things I've ever seen

Originally posted by: spanky74
Make a mosaic?