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What do you guys do with your thousands of common cards? Especially from the 90's...

MachoMuchachoMachoMuchacho Posts: 241
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I am no pro collector, but I have about 20,000 common cards from growing up. I have about gone through all of them and pulled my stars/semi-stars. I don't want to get rid of them b/c I see many PSA 10 commons going for decent money. My wife wants them out of the way. I've held her off as long as I can....almost. I still have tricks up my sleeves. What do you guys do with yours? I can give them to the local Goodwill or something, but what other tips do you all have?
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  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    I keep mine in a closet, in shrink wrap or cases, not to be opened in my lifetime. And, my fiancee is smart enough never to hassle me about them.
    Mark B.

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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    metalmike is looing for basketball cards to send to his sister in cincinatti,shes a schoolteacher there and gives em to the kids, i could fix him up with baseball or football,but they dont like them he said, basketball is their thing!
    randy
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I TRY trading out team lots for Red Sox, i would rather have a monster box of red sox than yankees!
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    they make excellent kindling. image

    i have 10,000 1989 topps commons in my basement....gonna burn them up in a bonfire! image
  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    I use the Yankee cards to start the BBQ.
  • clayshooter22clayshooter22 Posts: 727 ✭✭✭
    I shoot a lot of shotgun shells and I put the cards in the shotgun shell case boxes, about 1200 per. I pull the stars out but leave most of the semi-stars in. My wife sells them at her annual garage sale for $5 each and they are typically gobbled up the first hour she puts them out. I make space and she gets the $5...something about that doesn't add up but she never complains when I buy wax anymore....

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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
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  • metalmikemetalmike Posts: 2,152 ✭✭
    Try calling your local school board and /or school and tell them you'd like to donate them to any teachers that would like to use them as incentives. Goodwill is a good choice also but they will sell them off for whatever they can get for them. Either way get a receipt and you can use fair market value to take off your taxes. Mike
    USN 1977-1987 * ALL cards are commons unless auto'd. Buying Britneycards. NWO for life.
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ebayaddictebayaddict Posts: 232 ✭✭
    Put about 25-40 cards in a team bag and give them away at Halloween , kids love that stuff. Besides it adds up quickly you can get rid of 500-2000 cards easy...............I like to do this when i have commons.
    "You must understand the difference in things that are similar, and the similarity of things that are different"

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