Why Not Stamp Your Own Cards?

[ullmandds]

it would be a cool historical record if everyone that once owned a given card put his/her "mark" on the back somewhere...but this is not reality?!

I think in your collection's case...it would not affect the value at all...but in most collections it would!

Personally...I don't feel my name would increase the value of any of my cards in any way...so I would have no interest/desire to do this.

In this day and age...it makes no sense to stamp/mark cards as what may have been done 100 yrs ago...and it seems a tad egocentric the more I think of it as well?

[tiger8mush]

I don't feel like much of my vintage collection is "mine" yet. I've only owned most of my vintage collection for the past 5 or 6 years. The items have existed for like 100 years, so others have owned them much longer than I. I'm not worried as much about ruining value as I plan on keeping them and most are low grade anyway.

The cards I bought as a kid in the late 80s, however, I could see stamping those. I pulled them out of packs and feel they are more "mine". That make sense?

Neat topic, Paul, that I've often considered.
Rob

[ullmandds]

Additionally...back then...some of the early hobby pioneers who actually created the checklists for all of these cards we collect would send their cards in the mail to others for research and such.

This would be a good reason to stamp your cards so as they wouldn't get mixed up with others collectors' cards.

[bn2cardz]

To each their own. It is yours do with it as you want. If you want to draw a beard on all the players and give them black eyes like you would if you were a child, so be it. They are your pieces of card board.

Since we are all a part of the hobby, we think we have the right to tell others what to do with their property with the hopes of one day owning that piece. In the end that is just coveting; what that person does with their stuff shouldn't matter to us if it it isn't illegal (e.g. insuring the collection then starting it on fire to claim the insurance)

[sportscardpete]

I say this in the most serious way possible - when I'm done collecting, and I want to sell off my collection (pending I'm rich out of my mind and don't need much money) I'm going to write on all the backs and say "I saved you money, you're welcome".


So unless that situation plays out, I can't see myself writing on my cards.