What to do with 25 year old baseball memorabilia?
August 6, 2015 11:47 AM

So, back in grade 5 (or 5th grade, as we called it in Brooklyn), our teacher had us all write to various sports teams and basically ask for free stuff. I ended up deluged with schedules, stickers, postcards, and a few autographed photos. Somewhere along the way, I also picked up about a hundred autographs (on 3 x 5 index cards, with neatly handwritten descriptions) of baseball players from the 40s-70s. How can I find out if this load of presumed shite is worth anything?

We're moving and purging old possessions. I've been holding on to these items for at least 20 years and have always procrastinated doing anything about them. Should I just give it to an eBay consignment seller? Donate to Goodwill? Recycle? My hopes are pretty minimal of getting anything out of this, but any advice is appreciated.
posted by greatgefilte to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (2 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
It couldn't hurt to run a list of stuff by the people at the baseball hall of fame - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 11:51 AM on August 6, 2015


Paper good are fairly easy to photograph well and are dead simple to ship, so I'd say put em on eBay yourself! You might have better luck splitting it into lots by team, but that will increase the work load quite a bit. (Especially if you'll be shipping from Canada as it says in your profile. Though it might still be wise to list any Expos and Blue Jays items as separate lots.)
posted by clorox at 10:59 PM on August 13, 2015


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