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Best holder to protect sports cards from chemicals and the elements
NIPSZX
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I have heard not to place your sports cards in the plastic sleeves due to the chemicals ruining your cards. Does this go for hard plastic holders as well? Or only the soft plastic loose leaf notebook sleeves? What is the best method of storing and protecting your cards?
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If that's true my entire raw collection should look like 1975 Topps by now.
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The 9 pocket sheets you could buy in the 80's had PVC which can supposedly ruin your cards. They stopped making them with PVC so no worries unless you have an old set that was put in sheets in the 80's. The sheets with PVC have a definite chemical smell to them.
Kris
My 1971 Topps adventure - Davis Men in Black
Very few card supplies are archivally safe (I.e. Mylar) but cards are not as sensitive to these issues as comics. I have kept raw sets in penny sleeves and top loaders for decades and see no problems.
I remember back when the sky was falling if you used the PVC pages. Honestly, I have a couple of albums with cards I got as a kid from say 1980-1983 that are still in the PVC pages. Nothing real special but I look at them from time to time and there is still no damage to those cards. Of course, I wouldn't have left any nice Mantles or anything in there, but all my Joe Charboneau rookies seem to be holding up just fine!