...then you might actually be willing to burn up some of your extras in a backyard bonfire. Last year I burned between 80,000-100,000 cards in a bonfire while desperately trying to downsize from a large house on 5 acres out West, to a small house with almost no yard down South with just a few weeks notice. By the end of the year, I was living somewhere in the Northeast. It wasn't just baseball cards that I was getting rid of, my backyard bonfire included a living room couch. When I first shared this information on a popular website forum, I was immediately attacked and later banned from commenting on that site, which is still in effect today. I still read their forums every once in a while, which is how I learned of the new baseball card movie, Jack of All Trades. It immediately caught my interest, so I paid the $3.99 to watch it on YouTube. It was nice to see the story told from the perspective of someone who was raised in my generation and born in 1977. I felt like I could identify with his perspective being raised in the boom era, which significantly impacts how I view l baseball card collecting today. My prime collecting years were as a 10-14 year old during the heart of the boom era between 1987-1991. Although those years represent my all-time favorite baseball card sets, the appropriate response seem to be--desteoy them. The 1987 Topps set in my personal collection is the result of multiple upgrades from at least 30+ factory sets (792 ct), 20+ vending packs (500 ct), and countless wax boxes. I used to run a pick-lot auction of 1986-1992 Topps on Ebay for less than $0.10/card after shipping, but it just never did seem to gain any attention like some of my other auctions. When it came time for me to get my house ready to sale with just a week l's notice and still working full time, 1987-1991 Topps were some of the first cards to be tossed into the rising flames of my backyard bonfire. Oh, what a glorious sight! I was burning cards for almost 2 days, as well as a bunch of other stuff for almost nearly a week, and still barely got rid of enough stuff in time. At first, it didn't occur to me to take pictures until someone on the forum said that it didn't happen if I didn't have pictures. To this day, I believe I did the right thing with the amount of notice I had to prepare my house for sale and move. It's good to see others from my generation are stepping up to roast some of their old junk as well. I hope this film inspires more people to start burning up some of their late-80's to early-90's baseball cards.
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