Playbill Clutter
Playbill Clutter
Playbill Clutter#1
Posted: 4/10/22 at 11:10am
Guys,
I have so many playbills and programs from Broadway and various off-Broadway houses that I don’t know what to do with them?
Is there a market for these to sell some and make a little money?
Toss them / recycle them?
Donate them somewhere for a future BCEFA flea market?
I’d say most are from 2011-present
I have a signed Helen Mirren The Queen one, and The Anarchist signed by Patti and Debra Winger, I think a Jake signed one from Sea Wall / A Life. Random stuff.
Help!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Playbill Clutter#2
Posted: 4/10/22 at 1:38pm
Selling them on eBay is such a chore I donated my entire Playbill and souvenir programs almost a decade ago. I had vintage ones from the 1920s all the way up to the 2000s. I kept all my vintage Bob Fosse shows, Streisand in WHOLESALE & FUNNY GIRL, and donated the rest, which was about 1,000 Playbills and hundreds of souvenir programs. For decades I not only collected them from shows I saw but added classic shows before my time.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Playbill Clutter#3
Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:01pm
My Playbill clutter problem was solved by a former cleaning lady who threw out about 2,000 of mine during my recent hospitalization. She said they "were full of bugs".
Please note that I identified her as my FORMER cleaning lady.
Playbill Clutter#4
Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:06pm
WERE they full of bugs? If so, that could've been a serious infestation on your hands
Playbill Clutter#5
Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:09pm
Dollypop said: "My Playbill clutter problem was solved by a former cleaning lady who threw out about 2,000 of mine during my recent hospitalization. She said they "were full of bugs".
Please note that I identified her as my FORMER cleaning lady."
Sounds like you're living in filth and squalor. Sounds like an episode of HOARDERS!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Playbill Clutter#6
Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:10pm
JBroadway said: "WERE they full of bugs? If so, that could've been a serious infestation on your hands"
I don't know. I was hospitalized for 6 months. However, she had my phone number and should have called before discarding them
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Playbill Clutter#7
Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:31pm
JSquared2 said: "Dollypop said: "My Playbill clutter problem was solved by a former cleaning lady who threw out about 2,000 of mine during my recent hospitalization. She said they "were full of bugs".
Please note that I identified her as my FORMER cleaning lady."
Sounds like you're living in filth and squalor. Sounds
like an episode of HOARDERS!"
I wouldn't say that. The Playbills were in a 6' tall bookcase in the living room and the heat was on while I was gone--which reached into the warmer months. When I was finally released in July, my house was sweltering. THAT may have caused the infestation--if there was such a thing.
Playbill Clutter#8
Posted: 4/10/22 at 3:19pm
i sent you a private message. hope to hear from you soon. thanks
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
Playbill Clutter#9
Posted: 4/10/22 at 3:37pm
I also have a TON of playbills and I’m trying to decide if I should bundle them for people, or just go through them, figure out how much they’re all worth and sell them for one bulk price on eBay.
Playbill Clutter#10
Posted: 4/10/22 at 6:14pm
The problem with selling in bulk is shipping. It would be best if you could somehow arrange to sell/give them away in person.
Playbill Clutter#11
Posted: 4/10/22 at 6:19pm
Laura Heywood (BroadwayGirlNYC) runs a charity shop on eBay that takes donations of large collections of memorabilia. She’s easy to find and contact on pretty much any social media.
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