"So eventually our whole house will be filled with baseball catalogs?"

barrysloate · #1 04-14-2019, 02:41 PM

Thanks Fred, but all things must pass.

jcmtiger · #2 04-14-2019, 02:52 PM

recycled mine unless I sold something in the auction.

MikeGarcia · #3 04-14-2019, 02:59 PM

, probably around 1967 or '68 , my Uncle Sylvester threw away a National Geographic Magazine , after he and my cousins had read it two or three times.

..we still talk about it at family gatherings....

..

Hankphenom · #4 04-14-2019, 03:06 PM

I just moved and seriously thought several times that I could die of a heart attack while carrying box after box of catalogs out of the basement to the curb for recycling pickup. I could just never bring myself to toss them over the years, they are so beautiful and full of great stuff, plus I had the space in the basement. But it's just not very smart to save them and let them pile up for no particular purpose when someday somebody's going to have to go to a lot of trouble to dispose of them. My God, those things are heavy, even a small box of them!

barrysloate · #5 04-14-2019, 04:09 PM

They're incredibly heavy, and I know because I tie half a dozen together and they weigh around 25 pounds. They don't have to be that dense- everything is pictured clearly online, but the AH's feel obligated to do so. They feel they must WOW their audience, when a smaller catalog would be more practical and save a lot of paper.

ullmandds · #6 04-14-2019, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

They're incredibly heavy, and I know because I tie half a dozen together and they weigh around 25 pounds. They don't have to be that dense- everything is pictured clearly online, but the AH's feel obligated to do so. They feel they must WOW their audience, when a smaller catalog would be more practical and save a lot of paper.

I agree...additionally the catalogs tend to be so big and heavy that I can't manage them while in the bath tub! I literally have to be seated at a table or desk to manipulate these monsters!

drcy · #7 04-14-2019, 05:47 PM

My dad was a professor, and the professor's second story office next to his was filled with so many piles of papers and books that the department brought in an engineer to determine if the floor/ceiling could withstand the weight.

steve B · #8 04-14-2019, 09:48 PM

I'm fortunate that there's a local museum/library that's specifically for one of my other hobbies. And they have access to a few others internationally, so if I wanted info about an auction listing, even one from a very long time ago, I could probably get it.

Our hobby should found/support something like that but realistically never will.

Hopefully I won't get the "bad gateway" error that wiped out my first try at this.

pokerplyr80 · #9 04-21-2019, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

They're incredibly heavy, and I know because I tie half a dozen together and they weigh around 25 pounds. They don't have to be that dense- everything is pictured clearly online, but the AH's feel obligated to do so. They feel they must WOW their audience, when a smaller catalog would be more practical and save a lot of paper.

She also complained that a counter many had been resting on appears to be sinking. I tried to assure her the catalogs would do no long term damage to our house, other than taking up a little space.

Orioles1954 · #10 04-21-2019, 05:53 PM

Auction catalogs are mostly a service for consignors. Everyone loves to see their items in print.

yanksfan09 · #11 04-21-2019, 07:51 PM

I throw most out eventually , but will keep ones that I bought significant cards from generally. Cool to look back at the write ups but it certainly gets out of hand to save all forever.

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