The Great Card Cleanse Of 2025 Part 3: The Basketful

Good Morning!

It's been a couple of months since I last updated on this project of hauling and cutting back on my collection and today's is a doozy!

I have been realizing for quite some time that I have waaaaaaayy toooooooo many autograph and relic cards just sitting around that have no meaning to me other than taking up space.

So, what to do about that....well...every year I mail out a big box (he hits me back as well) to a former blogger and he runs an eBay store and what better gift than the gift of cards to sell.

This year, I will be giving him all the ones I don't need. Well not all, more on that in a second.

Along with that I will send him some personal items as well I have picked up throughout the year so it's not completely impersonal.

I have been adding when I have time all of the goods to this laundry basket.

First picture was this one taken about a month ago.

 

And just like that, it grew like the laundry you don't want to take care of.

This will take me awhile to pack up and sort out and I still have one more sport to go before I can do that.

Oh, and touching base back on some of these cards, I am pulling out some baseball autographs to pwe trade to readers of the blog knowing that most of my readers are baseball card collectors. I will have a tab at the top of the blog with all of those and what I would want in return. These are lower end autographs I don't mind sending pwe.

I will update that in a post when I get them listed on here. It may take a little time as expected.

I have more to go with this cleansing project but so far, I have emptied many, many boxes of stuff. It's been so great to clear up space and just keep the cards that I need and not so much hoarding anymore.

As always, thoughts are welcomed on my project and would love to hear if you have done anything like this before.

Don't forget to drink your favorite beverage as you comment and hope to see you back for the next part...and the next post.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Great Card Cleanse Of 2025 Part 2: The Goods

I know a lot of you have been waiting to see what I turned all of those base cards into.

Well, today is your lucky day and I have my lucky cup of coffee next to me waiting to be sipped.

*takes a sip*

I know most of you will be shocked by my return as it's not really anything spectacular, but to me it was. Yes, it was seventy-five thousand plus cards and even at a penny a card I should have gotten something nice, but who do you know would take on that amount of base without blinking an eye or being fussy about what they took? Not too many I know of, actually I don't know of anyone else. Not to mention I freed up so much space and boxes that I can use for future projects that actually matter to me.

So, I still think in the end I am the winner here.

Let's take a look at my haul and yes, I miscounted, there were fourteen I got in return, not twelve.

WanDale Robinson Playoff Contenders Optic rookie. He started off the year hot, but, this Giants offense is all over the place.

Malik Nabers still is the best player on the Giants, we just have to get the ball into his hands.

This might help. The Giants are 0-3, coach is desperate, so let's turn to his rookie QB who he hopes can not only be the savior of this team, but the savior of his job.

I now have two of these, just because I guess. I still need a Caitlin Clark.

Cam has moved up to one of my favorite players on the team. He gives me Jeremy Shockey vibes.

Tyler Nubin has made some plays this year, hopefully this defense, especially the secondary, can turn things around tomorrow.

Everyone who has followed me on social media or on this blog know that I have chased the Donruss Rookie Sweater sets every year. 2024 is the one I am struggling with the most, I have a mile to go still but fortunately this was a new one.

I never turn down a LT card, especially a team color matching parallel.

Not sure where my father was hiding some Eli, but I will take them. I still need to check if I have them.

Darius Slayton has fallen off the Giants good graces so far this year, he hasn't been getting the ball in his hands. He is an underrated speedster if someone can get him the ball. Come on Dart!

 

And for some reason, I felt I needed this in the trade. Not sure if Howard will ever play, but I figured it gave me something to sit on for awhile. Maybe use it later on for something I want more. If any Steelers fans are interested, I will trade this for a Dart version!

There you have it. 

I know, probably about $20 in return value, but, these cards make me happy and that's all that matters. Don't judge me. Only judge me for drinking decaf coffee, but it's better than none!

I still have more base cards to dispose of and hopefully can pull off a second trade for those and clean up more space soon. I have also begun pulling out some of the hits, autograph and jersey cards, I will be downsizing as well and I have made a huge dent in that as well.

My collecting ways are changing and changing for the better. Make sure to stay tuned for future updates on this project. Much, much more to come.

Have a Super Saturday.

*takes a final sip*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Great Card Cleanse Of 2025 Part 1

I did a thing.

It's something that I never thought I would ever see myself doing, I downsized my card collection.

*takes a sip of a freshly brewed mug*

For most of my card collecting life, I have always been about hoarding all of the cards that I could and that included a TON of base cards from EVERY sport. But, after trying to do a few trades recently, I am realizing what I have doesn't hold a lot of trade value or worth for me to hold onto any longer. Not to mention the size of my card area is shrinking with stuff I don't absolutely "love".

So, after a few conversations with my father, he agreed to take on any and all of my base cards I wanted to dispose of. In exchange for the cards, I would get cards of a lesser amount, roughly twelve that would make me happy.

Yes, probably in the long run I lost some "value" in trading as much as I did, but I gained space and a few cool cards, so it all worked out.

In between filling out paperwork for college, getting through many doctor appointments and whatever else life threw at me, I was able to work on card boxes.

And work, and work, and work,

All of the cards were sorted by team for every sport. I had to go through 5,000 ct, 3200 ct, and even 800 ct boxes in this project.

It was as simple as taking them from these boxes and tossing them into bigger boxes....

Because I didn't get rid of them all. 

I held onto base from 1995-99 to add to my set lists, I took out a few players I liked and held onto cards that had iconic early 90's touch and any card with a cool photo (new segment in the future). I should also make note that NO NY Giants or non-sports base left my house unless they were doubles.

I had to literally run through thousands of cards to pull out my wants, which was both fun and very painful.

 

In the end, I filled up my father's car. It may not look like much from the picture, but over seventy-five thousand cards are packed in and heading to a new home.

I gave them a warm goodbye, blew them a kiss and knew I wouldn't be seeing them again. It was as if they were one of those pets you loved but knew it didn't quite fit with your family and belonged with another kind of feeling.

*takes a sip before finishing up tonight's post*

It was quite the project to take on, that's why I wasn't completely done when he came over to load them up. Yes, I wasn't done. There is roughly another ten thousand to send his way again. That will be next time and hopefully by then I will be completely done with it.

In the end, I am left with stacks of cards to re-sort into new boxes and sort by sets, more cards to sort and trade to him and most importantly, more room in the card area.

I call that a win.

This is only the beginning of my plans. I have more to cleanse soon as I will be going through complete sets collecting dust on my shelves along with boxes of jersey and autograph cards I am sending to a friend for Christmas.

At first it felt a little weird taking this new direction in collecting, but now, it just feels right, and it makes me happy to be able to find space again.

More on this project, what I got in exchange for this part and what else could be leaving next time.

In the meantime, drink your coffee, collect your cards and enjoy #CardsOverCoffee.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*