I've carried around my childhood Pokemon cards for ages now -- I have them in sleeves, probably about 100 cards in very good condition, ranging from just sorta junk trainer cards to a few holos. I checked some of my holos at one point to see if I had the Golden Ticket that would buy me a house because it's so amazingly rare and, of course, did not (I think the highest one I saw was like $30 which is notable for a piece of cardboard, but still). For years I've told myself I'm going to sell them, and even toyed with the idea of selling a few singles on eBay and shipping them myself, but
man
I just don't wanna deal with all that, and I would rather perish than go into a card store and speak with a Card Man. That's always been the main thing to put me off, I really dislike that slice of hobby space and lately I've been choosing violence so if a Card Man says something off-putting to me I am simply going to crush his testicles in a vice grip.
all that being said!
I got the idea to check if the children's library might want them, and they do!
I'm going to drop them off next week and feel very good about the decision. Every move and every spring cleaning I tell myself I'm gonna do something about the Pokemon cards -- I don't play, I already picked out my favorites to keep for nostalgia/display, and I already picked out the Bulbasaurs to send to @knightofcups. So knowing it will go to some kids to actually play with makes me much happier than seeing it take up space in my home for no reason.
And I didn't even have to crush someone's testicles in a vice grip!
