Year Books : Do You Keep Them ?

Hello everyone,

I was doing some sorting through the forgotten boxes of my collection when I came across several German yearbooks (from 1978 to 2005, West Germany and Berlin).

I was wondering whether you keep this kind of thing or remove the stamps to put them in your albums. Are they collectible items or just disposable junk?

For some yearbooks, the answer is easy: they're just pieces of cardstock with nothing more to them. But these are little booklets with descriptions, illustrations of first-day cancellations, etc. So it's not an easy decision for me. I have to choose between keeping my collection consistent (same albums, everything organized in the same way…) and keeping things that don't quite fit in.

That was my rambling for the day!

The way I see it and what I have practiced is if there is space, I keep everything intact. If there is a need to transport or ship those types of things the extra weight goes. Unless of course I know that the presentation/storage medium adds value. Sometimes you won't know for 100 years from now if the packaging is worth more than the stamps just like old toys.

Example: My wife is online selling some die-cast car models I purchased long ago. The pristine intact boxes are getting me good money while others of the exact same models sit unsold.