I don't know how many sports card memorabilia collectors would do this, but his certainly is a different story.
Clyde Bone, 57, says he'll trade his $500,000 sports card memorabilia collection for a home in San Diego to share with his fiancee.
"I don't have all the cards I collected," Bone said. "When I moved to San Diego from Arkansas, I had to give them to the shippers because there was no room in the 1960 Falcon. Also, I put a few of them in my bicycle spokes."
Boone is a retired firefighter thinks he has found a way around getting a mortgage at a time when they're very hard to obtain. He has been collecting sports card memorabilia since 1956 and now has over 1 million cards. He has more than 28 Mickey Mantle cards from 1962 alone and the most valuable of is worth approximately $600.
Thi is a dream collection of sports memorabilia cards, especially for a Yankees fan. Bone is more interested in in pondering the future with his fiancee, Deb. They have only been dating a year, but have known each other since junior high. He has been divorced six years and met up with her at a high school reunion earlier this year.
Bone is offering to trade his entire collection for a house in San Diego with a scenic view overlooking a canyon, a mountain or even a desert.
And while he may have a Hall of Fame collection, his ad says he's willing to trade it for a "home of much lesser value" and will even consider trading "for equity in home" and "possibly assuming the remaining balance."
Bone originally posted an ad on Craigslist on Feb. 14 at around 1:30 a.m. and had a response by 9 a.m.
He is also willing to consider monetary offers as well for his sports card memorabilia collection. Anyone interested?
