Playbill Clutter

[dshnookie]

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!

[BrodyFosse123]

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.  

[Dollypop]

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.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 4/10/22 at 2:06pm

WERE they full of bugs? If so, that could've been a serious infestation on your hands

[JSquared2]

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!

[Dollypop]

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

 

[Dollypop]

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.

 

Updated On: 4/10/22 at 02:31 PM

[phan418]

Posted: 4/10/22 at 3:19pm

i sent you a private message. hope to hear from you soon. thanks

[hearthemsing22]

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. 

[VintageSnarker]

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.

[annang]

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.