A recent post got me wondering if anyone else did anything with their damaged cards besides throwing them in the trash?
I thought I'd share with you where my damaged cards go...
I bust a lot more retail packs than hobby and know my risks in doing so. Rather than throw away the numerous cards that come out of the pack bent, with printing flaws, nicked corners, thumbnail scratches from pack searchers, New England Patriots cards
D), etc; I donate them to my four year old daughter.
Her little shoe box has filled up quite fast in the last few years I have gotten back into collecting. Now, not all of these are pulled from packs but the overwhelming majority are (some are from trades, others cards from my very small collection as a kid that I had no use for now). She really enjoys getting new ones to add to her box. Sometimes they end up in her purse which she likes to carry around everywhere now. She always likes to go through the box and pick ones out that appeal to her eye and will ask "Who is this guy?" I'll usually answer with a lot more information than I think sometimes her four year old brain can process, such as what team he plays for, a stat or two, or something that I associate that player with.
Anyways, it's really a cool thing that she likes to do and a way of spending quality time with her. She really values them as if they are in mint condition and gets really excited when I give her a "shiny card" (refactor) to add to her stash.
I would estimate the "book value" of this lot to be in the hundreds if in nrmint-mint condition. Originally I was saving them to maybe take a picture to send to the card manufacturers, but the pile just kept growing and still is. I'm not worried much about it now though. I see how much enjoyment she gets out of them. That is worth more than any monetary value.
I just skimmed through and pulled out a few of the better cards.
I thought I'd share with you where my damaged cards go...
I bust a lot more retail packs than hobby and know my risks in doing so. Rather than throw away the numerous cards that come out of the pack bent, with printing flaws, nicked corners, thumbnail scratches from pack searchers, New England Patriots cards
D), etc; I donate them to my four year old daughter. Her little shoe box has filled up quite fast in the last few years I have gotten back into collecting. Now, not all of these are pulled from packs but the overwhelming majority are (some are from trades, others cards from my very small collection as a kid that I had no use for now). She really enjoys getting new ones to add to her box. Sometimes they end up in her purse which she likes to carry around everywhere now. She always likes to go through the box and pick ones out that appeal to her eye and will ask "Who is this guy?" I'll usually answer with a lot more information than I think sometimes her four year old brain can process, such as what team he plays for, a stat or two, or something that I associate that player with.
Anyways, it's really a cool thing that she likes to do and a way of spending quality time with her. She really values them as if they are in mint condition and gets really excited when I give her a "shiny card" (refactor) to add to her stash.
I would estimate the "book value" of this lot to be in the hundreds if in nrmint-mint condition. Originally I was saving them to maybe take a picture to send to the card manufacturers, but the pile just kept growing and still is. I'm not worried much about it now though. I see how much enjoyment she gets out of them. That is worth more than any monetary value.
I just skimmed through and pulled out a few of the better cards.
