BEST WAY TO STORE RAW SETS??

brianwintersfan

Just curious what methods people on the board like to use to store sets.Binders make me nervous because cards have a habit of working there way out of the pages.I know pages look nice because you can page through your set.Anybody use top loads and a shoebox??
Any thoughts

lostdart58

My 55 Bowman set is kept in Top loaders in a shoe box (most soft sleeves are too small for this set.)

My 59 Topps set is in soft sleeves and then in Top loaders in two shoe boxes

My post 80 sets are just in card boxes with the higher end cards in top loaders.

I also have a raw 72 set which are in soft sleeves and two card boxes. I should do something better with this set though.

bowdowntome

Personally, I prefer pages and binders. I do use some to loaders however, but only in certain cases. I use top loads for the smaller early Bowmans, and other odd sized cards. I use pages and binders mainly because I have storage issues, and with 50+ sets, space is an issue for me.

HoofHearted

I use the 700-count and other size boxes designed for cards. They're cost and space efficient.

hh

Stone193

Brian
I don't do it but the people who are really being safe about cards - especially UV coated modern - say if one stores them in 7 or 800 ct. boxes - they should be in penny sleeves also.

The other group seems to favor semi-rigids with penny sleeves for ultra protection against sticking. Again, I think this is more for those with the modern cards with the UV and/or foil on the cards - I wouldn't be surprised if people with chrome or dufex tek cards feel that the penny sleeve is needed also.

mike

yankeeno7

All my 70's-current sets are in penny sleeves then a white long box. Stars are kept in penny sleeves and top loaders in a separate shoebox.

MarkLee

Like a bunch of others here ... I have Topps 1981-1991 sets in penny sleeves and then in boxes. These large sets won't fit in 800 ct boxes with the sleeves on so I split them into two 550 ct boxes. This keeps them fairly tight so they don't move around much in the box, but not so tight that you can't easily pull a card out to look at it. I have 1976-1980 sets in sleeves and top-loaders in the giant shoeboxes. These are pretty HEAVY due to the number of top loaders, but I like to occasionally sit in my easy chair while watching games and look through a box.

softparade

All of my raw sets are kept in penny sleeves in binders. They all fit snug inside the pages, the penny sleeves keep the cards from moving around.

stown

I keep my older, larger ones (56 and earlier) in hard top loaders and in a shoebox. The regular sized, yet still vintage, go in a penny sleeve, then a hard top loader or card saver, and then into a shoebox. Due to the limited number of cards in the sets back then, the shoebox has just the right amount of space. However, for example the '55s, there's still some space left over. To fill the gap, I loosely crumble up newspaper and use it sort of like a bookend.

Over the years, I've noticed a tanish-tent on the top of the top loaders even though they have been in a shoebox and not exposed to any sunlight. I've been told by numerous sources that it's only the plastic aging and won't effect the cards. I've checked almost every card that has the tint and they appear to be uneffected (or at least that's what I keep telling myself so I won't loose any sleep over it).