A Unique thought to collection T206

[freakhappy]

You can do what you want with your cards, but count me as one that would not "mark" any of my sports cards. Back in the day, marking sports cards wasn't a big deal...it was a way to show ownership of your collection (I believe ). To do it nowadays is like topps selling manufactured patches...why o why would you make fake patches?? Also, sports cards weren't really valuable or looked at nearly the same way they are nowadays. They were thrown away most of the time or given away to kids. Just totally different perspective in today's world concerning them.

Although I know it's not the end of the world or anything, I believe it seems like a selfish move to do something like that nowadays...to purposely deface an antique doesn't seem ideal.

Either way, thanks for starting this topic so we could discuss it

[t206blogcom]

Terrible idea.

[bnorth]

They are your cards, you paid for them. Do what ever you want with them. In another 20-100 years maybe someone will try to collect cards with your back stamp. They are just mass produced baseball cards not 1/1 works of art.

[jrlebert]

I'm sorry, but I guess I just don't get it. Burning cards? Stamping cards?

Why? What this site has been so incredible for is preserving and passing on the legacy and history behind old pasteboard. Between Leon, tedzan, and many, many others on this site, some of the posts contained on net54 have become a part of the historical narrative and catalog of information on both the most collected and obscure sets. Why are we attempting to destroy or distort cards from these sets?

Like I said, I guess I just don't get it, but count me out.