Your base cards???

jimmybutters · 04-14-2008, 07:36 AM

What does everyone do with their base cards?

1. Do you keep them and try to make a set?

2. Do you throw them in a box and put in a closet?

3. Do you sell them?

4. Do you give them away?

5. If you do keep them all do you organize them into separate boxes or years?

Just wondering what everyone dose with them.

thanks

lrogge1979 · 04-14-2008, 08:00 AM

I sort mine after i get a bunch, then i throw them in the closet...lol

docgumby · 04-14-2008, 09:02 AM

I throw them in a box then a closet, I would like to sell all of them as a lot, need to organize them and estimate how much they cost.

jimmybutters · 04-14-2008, 03:21 PM

yeah I did the same thing for years. Now I am paying for it. I just pulled all of my cards out of the closet which take up half of our computer room. My wife got mad because it was full of cards and she couldnt put anything in there. so I have started to go thru each individual card and I am trying to make sets and will probably try to get rid of all my doubles.

Has anyone tried to put all of their sets (or sets in progress) in binders and pages?

iluvfish2 · 04-14-2008, 09:45 PM

The Binders are nice, but take up way to much room in my opinion. All of mine are in 5000 ct monster boxes, sleeved and sorted (or atleast this is the goal). Sets are boxed off, marked, and set aside for future use.

jimmybutters · 04-15-2008, 02:42 AM

hmm. monster boxes are a good idea. right now i have mine in shoe boxes

bubbyande · 04-15-2008, 08:14 AM

I'll usually take the base cards and send them either to CHKD or Ronald McDonald House or some place like that in my area.

swjedi2000 · 04-15-2008, 08:56 AM

I take some to local schools and my childs day care.

go_steelers07 · 04-15-2008, 09:48 AM

i've found that commons are good for starting camp fires.

bziddy · 04-15-2008, 11:06 AM

has anyone had any luck donating them as a tax writeoff?

I tried to read thru the code (not a tax lawyer or a CPA) and it seemed that there is a cap (not sure if it is annual or lifetime) before you need to have a collection (baseball cards are in the same category as fine art I believe) professionally appraised. I want to say $3,000.

MrSnyder · 04-16-2008, 12:44 PM

I have them sorted by year and product and only keep the guys I know, of value. Once the monster box is full I sell on eBay. Clears some space and brings in some cash. Currently, my football collection in up; 2100+ cards.

jimmybutters · 04-16-2008, 04:13 PM

Do the Monster boxes full of name players sell pretty good?

04-14-2008, 07:36 AM	#1
jimmybutters Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 236 jimmybutters jimmybutters	Your base cards??? What does everyone do with their base cards? 1. Do you keep them and try to make a set? 2. Do you throw them in a box and put in a closet? 3. Do you sell them? 4. Do you give them away? 5. If you do keep them all do you organize them into separate boxes or years? Just wondering what everyone dose with them. thanks

04-14-2008, 03:21 PM	#4
jimmybutters Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 236 jimmybutters jimmybutters	ok, i am not alone. yeah I did the same thing for years. Now I am paying for it. I just pulled all of my cards out of the closet which take up half of our computer room. My wife got mad because it was full of cards and she couldnt put anything in there. so I have started to go thru each individual card and I am trying to make sets and will probably try to get rid of all my doubles. Has anyone tried to put all of their sets (or sets in progress) in binders and pages?

04-14-2008, 09:45 PM	#5
iluvfish2 Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 26,685 iluvfish2 iluvfish2	The Binders are nice, but take up way to much room in my opinion. All of mine are in 5000 ct monster boxes, sleeved and sorted (or atleast this is the goal). Sets are boxed off, marked, and set aside for future use. __________________ Blowouts Resident Wade Boggs Super Collector

04-15-2008, 02:42 AM	#6
jimmybutters Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 236 jimmybutters jimmybutters	Monster boxes hmm. monster boxes are a good idea. right now i have mine in shoe boxes

04-15-2008, 08:56 AM	#8
swjedi2000 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,807 babtickets swjedi2000	I take some to local schools and my childs day care. __________________ If you see a card of mine you like, IM me with a offer price. Ty BB

04-14-2008, 08:00 AM	#2
lrogge1979 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: There Posts: 5,154 lrogge1979	I sort mine after i get a bunch, then i throw them in the closet...lol

04-14-2008, 09:02 AM	#3
docgumby Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 73 gamatacardstx	I throw them in a box then a closet, I would like to sell all of them as a lot, need to organize them and estimate how much they cost.

04-15-2008, 08:14 AM	#7
bubbyande Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 491	I'll usually take the base cards and send them either to CHKD or Ronald McDonald House or some place like that in my area.

04-15-2008, 09:48 AM	#9
go_steelers07 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nittany Lion Country Posts: 11,168 psu98	i've found that commons are good for starting camp fires.

04-15-2008, 11:06 AM	#10
bziddy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,963	has anyone had any luck donating them as a tax writeoff? I tried to read thru the code (not a tax lawyer or a CPA) and it seemed that there is a cap (not sure if it is annual or lifetime) before you need to have a collection (baseball cards are in the same category as fine art I believe) professionally appraised. I want to say $3,000. __________________ They called me Mr. Glass.

04-16-2008, 12:44 PM	#11
MrSnyder Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA Posts: 7,034 mrsnyder	I have them sorted by year and product and only keep the guys I know, of value. Once the monster box is full I sell on eBay. Clears some space and brings in some cash. Currently, my football collection in up; 2100+ cards.

04-16-2008, 04:13 PM	#12
jimmybutters Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 236 jimmybutters jimmybutters	Monster boxes Do the Monster boxes full of name players sell pretty good?