[Exhibitman]

I've recycled a lot of cards in the past. I once bought a collection that was 80% junk wax. Really junk, like Pro Set hockey. I basically told the collector that I was not going to pay for them but I would haul them away (he was moving and needed the space cleared) for free. I tried to give them away but no one wanted 5000 count boxes of them, so I dumped them into our recycling bin.

I've done some looking and there are quite a few cards in there with sold prices between $3 and $10 each, so there is value, just not the sort i wish to turn out at retail. I am probably just going to take it to my LCS and see what I can get.

The eye-opener is how worthless this stuff is with the exception of a handful of players and even then the really big money is gem mint slabs. I mean a Topps Gallery Players Private Issue Griffey is a $20-$50 card, raw, but in a 10 holder it gets into four figures. Otherwise, busting wax is like taking delivery on a new car: you open the pack and it loses value immediately unless you get a big hit.