Close to Home by John McPherson for March 06, 2014

Right next door.

How about the ones who threw out your Playboys?

I still have most of the Classics Illustrated my father taught me to read from.

I had autographed photo collection of movie stars, mostly horror related. Boris, Bela, Lon Chaney, and a lot of others.5 Albums full. Went into the trash when we moved.

Plus G-Men cards, Horror of War, etc plus of course, late 1930’s- early 1940’s Superman, Batman, Whiz, etc comic books.

And my Lionel “O” gage train set – worth thousands today.

Had they not thrown them out, they would be everywhere today and therefore worth very little. The have value today, purely because they were played with and traded, not sealed and labeled “collectible.” Nothing billed as “COLLECTIBLE” with grow much in value. ..Beanie Baby, anyone?

Don’t forget stamp collections, and toy soldiers that were given away! Ohhh, it must be extra hot in that part of H!

Mom threw away my treasured boxes of comic books but I still have my Lincoln logs and Gilbert Conveyer erector set.

My Mom gave away my collection of Big Little Books, and then the war came and many were turned into pulp at the paper mills.

I had baseball cards from the 30s and 40s that were tossed.

Boy – today’s comic has struck a nerve. I lost all of my stuff I had stored at my mom’s during the Mississippi and Missouri floods of 1993.My kids today say, "Don’t you have any photos from . . .? and I have to say, “no”.

Sorry, but there are a lot worse actions people can take than throwing out things – I don’t think there is sufficient ‘sin’ involved to warrant a place in Hell (yeah, yeah, I know, its just a comic strip, so don’t take it seriously).

That’s terrible! I can see why you would be devastated.

I know a man that sued his mother for throwing away his comic books while he was away in the Army. He won the case. She lost her house and car. She had to move in with friends.

There was a ‘Law and Order’ episode of ‘Criminal Intent’ about a mom giving away her son’s toys for years. When he became an adult, he turned to crime.

my Batman cards!

I bet there is a worse room for parents who threw away their kids’ video games.