General Forum

As I have been going through my collection from my childhood, some my my cards are well loved.  I have some questions going through my mind.  Curious as to what everyone's thoughts are on the following:

1-What should I do with my mid-80s midrange condition cards?  I have a bunch of 84-85-86 cards that I would want to have if they were 74-75-76, but they were born 10 years later.  Corners are dinged, not the greatest condition.  Trash or not trash?

2-Junk wax duplicate commons.  I have a ton of them.  I am trashing any that are not in mrMt or better, but what about the thousands that are in Mt condition.  Is it even worth the time to try to list them all for sale/trade?  Should I trash them?  They are not worth the shipping cost unless someone really wants them.

I know there is not a right answer to either of these questions, but wondering where you all stand.

Thanks,

I give my midrange condition cards away to a friend's son who is old enough to be into cards but not old enough to care about condition.  I've sold a few 5000 ct boxes of NM junk wax on Craiglist for $20 a box.

I've started trashing a bunch of duplicate cards that aren't something I'd trade to someone else. As far as the junk era cards that are in good condition, list them here for trade. Lots of set builders trying to finish off the few cards they may need. Younger collectors may want them someday also.  

I have donated some of those style cards to local community stores.  When I usually go back I may see them there once on the shelf but eventually someone buys them I suppose.

There's a market for everything. There do exist people who would happily buy bad condition cards at a cheap price just because they can't afford to pay for the mint price. So either give them away or donate to charity or to a thrift store. Also can check an LCS to see if you can give it to them. You wouldn't be able to get much if anything if you gave to LCS, but the LCS would have more connections to the people that buy junk era cards and have ways to move that product.

Take them to a local children's hospital where they will hand them out to kids. 

I donate lower condition modern cards to local thrift store when the box gets full.

If major star or insert or oddball, sometimes I keep and note condition here in case someone wants it.

Mark

I'm looking for tons of junk wax commons, just saying...

When it comes to cards from the late '80s and later my criteria, for something I already have, is 'would I feel comfortable trading this card to someone?' If the answer 'no' then I usually trash, but that means the condition is pretty bad. Just a dinged corner or something isn't enough for me to trash it. It has to be bent, ripped, damaged beyond normal quality for me to dispose of it.

Agree - I use the same criteria. As a set collector I would definitely not get rid of the commons that are in good condition. If I need them to complete a set I would definitely take them off your hands.