What do you do with your base cards?

[gracecollector]

Please choose the one answer that most accurately describes your collecting style.

 

[thenumberonemetfan]

i keep them all unsorted

 

[HPC]

I keep mine sorted by players last name.

...I usually keep them, but, occasionally i'll give some away to team/player/set collectors

 

[notjomommasclint]

my ocd allows me to sort alpahbetically by players that i like or i think are fun to gather, then i take the commons and give them to my boss's children... actually thats not ocd thats brown nosery...

 

[klktbear]

currently in the process of converting from unsorted to sorted by team so i can let team collectors have them

 

[c&cfan]

I sort them by set

 

[All The Hype]

I keep them all, sort out my favorite players from the 'scrubs' and then put the scrubs into boxes. I figure if many cards from the early 1900s are now worth anywhere from $50-$50000, maybe I can make my great grandchildren extremely wealthy. Even if every card I owned was worth $1, I would surely have a small fortune on my hands.

 

[ru4scuba]

I keep everything sorted by set. I use them for IP and TTM autos.

 

[cwells46]

I give all of mine to the kids on my baseball and football teams that I coach They seem to make for good incentive

 

[Jakpi20]

I give them all away as a member of the Team Collector's Group to their respective collector.

 

[wmb1289]

my option isnt there
i have kept most of them
some sorted some unsorted

 

[predatorkj]

Mine wasn't there either but I chose the closest thing to it.I usually keep all of the stars and rookies and inserts.I also keep any player that I collect that isn't necessarily a star player and then I take the remaining cards and trade them in bulk lots to a dealer I know for boxes and other single cards.

 

[Rudzud]

realisticly I'd like to sell the few hundred I have of each team from 96-08. I've tried this twice now. Each time I get a person or two who is interested, but then various things occur at my house that makes selling them impossible.

 

[Hallsgator]

I just sold 95% of my base last week at a sale

 

[bouwob]

J have about 40,000 late 80s early 90s common cards that I m not sure what to do with.

If anyone lives in NW arkansas and wants them I will sell them to you for a nickle.

 

[magicpapa]

me..... well........ :mrgreen:

 

[Rudzud]

J have about 40,000 late 80s early 90s common cards that I m not sure what to do with.

If anyone lives in NW arkansas and wants them I will sell them to you for a nickle.

I actually burned all of my worthless 90s early 90s commons.

 

[CAROLINA BOSOX]

I have been keeping the players on the Phillies for my brother but everything else I have been slowly giving to my kids' school for the after school programs they have there. Kids don't see the monetary worth of cards all they care about is getting players from their favorite teams or players that they like, the same reason all of us started collecting when we were kids.

 

[Autismic]

I'm getting ready to give away a bunch to board members...either a contest or just post free cards to give away.

 

[Labratt21]

I'll keep a few of the Yankee cards, give my mom the Mariner cards and I'll usually give the rest away. I usually keep a ton of them, put them in team bags, give them to my parents and they hand them out for halloween. They usually give the kids a choice and most take the cards.