Show Your Collection

TJMAC

These are my favorite threads. Also, I just learned how to display pictures. My photography skills are still a work in progress.














I will post some of my 70's and 80's stuff now that I have the hang of it.

cravetopps

well organized, beautiful display.

TJMAC

Here are a few more pics:

TJMAC

Thanks Mark. I am a bit of neat freak.

bigfische

Where did you get the 1969 and other binders? Ive been looking for a 1969 actually.

TJMAC

MJ Roop. Unfortunately, they aren't available anymore. However, try this link: http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping?DSP=50000&PCR=30000:100000:101000:101280&IID=TRUALBSET25. I believe these are the same binders as the Roops.

TJMAC

Here is are a couple picks of the best 30 from my 1969 set. I bought primarily PSA 6 and 7. I was very please with what I paid for the Mantle and Ryan. I overpaid for the Reggie a little.

RipublicaninMass

Sorry TJ, you are waaaay too organized for these boards!! You are showing us all up!

originalisbest

Terrific displays!

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Sorry TJ, you are waaaay too organized for these boards!! You are showing us all up! >>



Yeah I agree!

If I pay your way down to Florida can you come do that to all my stuff ?

I wouldnt know where to start

Bunker

I really like the way you have your cards displayed. You have a very organized collection.

rlankhaar

Very nice. Do you happen to have a picture of the whole room, and how everything is set up? I've been thinking a lot lately on how I want to display my collection, and its interesting to see what others have done.

TJMAC

Thanks guys. I sold off a lot of my extra cards and scaled down to just Topps base sets and PSA graded superstars and HOFers. I really enjoy posting picks of my stuff since it goes to guys who appreciate collecting. I really don't tell many people what I have due to lack of interest, but more importantly to protect what I have.

My brother is into collecting, but other than him there are not many people around. So, it feels good to share it with others. Also, my wife is great about giving me the entire finished basement to display my stuff. I also have a pretty nice collection of sports figurines that I will post later.


I am having a little fun taking pictures and posting them. Also, photobucket is a great place to store the images of the stuff you got.

jamesgotpoorman

Great set up!!

rose14com

That is a very cool collection. Did you build the displays yourself?

TJMAC

Kev,

Unfortunately, I am not that talented. Those are the Pennzoni cases that are decent for displaying. They are not top of the line, but they do the job. The key is putting a couple of screws or hooks behind them to make them move up a little bit. This keeps the cards against the wood. You can't tell the screws are back there since they don't stick out too far.

The book case was built into the wall by a family friend. I also have a 75 gallon fish tank on the other side of the room built into the wall. I will post a picture of that too.

rlankhaar, I will do my best to get a picture of the room. There is still some bare walls, so I am going to order a few more display cases. I have a hard time spending on supplies when there are so many cards I want.

Stone193

Very nice TJ.

I don't know if I'll ever be that organized!

But, it would be nice.

I assume those are Roop binders? The sets are neatly stacked and look fantastic!

I'll start on mine on Tuesday!

SidePocket

Beeeeautiful! Gotta mount the 56's sideways though to make it perfect!

nightcrawler

!!!Wow!!! Very impressive, and inspirational, thanks.

css23

Awesome collection and layout!

jmbkb4

I like your diversity among decades! Nice work.

julen23

not to be a fool here, but you can sit the binders upright and stack them like books?

i always thought the cards would get bent from them being upright, but i obviously don't know much about anything...

julen

CarlosA

Great display.

And since Julien brought it up. I too am curious how you managed to get the larger sets to stack so nicely without the pages bending.

I've had that problem with some of my binders so I'm just curious.

Either way the pictures are something to aspire to organization-wise. Thanks for sharing.

HoofHearted

IM-pressive display! Definitely an inspiration to the rest of us not-so-well-organized!

Thanks for taking the time to share your treasures!

Thulnanth

Awesome setup

Over the last 9 months or so I have stopped buying new stuff for my collection (gasp) and focused on organizing / displaying what I already have. In the process I have also been thinning out items I don't really care about, so I can use the space I have more effectively without having to cram everthing in. It has been a daunting project, but should be well worth it when complete - I have been inspired by many of the collections I've seen on these boards.

Currently I am busy bagging and boarding my magazines, then I need to finish sorting out my card albums and PSA slabs. I have also been looking at display cases for miniatures and will most likely get some once I have a little more money. I also need to update my have/want lists and my insurance info. Hopefully when it is all done I can get some nice pictures and post them here, so I can dazzle a few people too.

TJMAC - I have purchased 6 of those Light Impression binders with slipcovers; Roops kept saying they were out of stock, and then they closed shop . They are nice, but quite a bit bigger than a standard album. In your photo the Roops ones appear to be similar in size to a regular album - are they? I like the ones I got, but they are a little larger than I actually need.

Take it easy,
Jared

Estil

Wow, maybe this would be a good excuse to get a digicam and finally get with the times? I do have my over 50,000 card collection (I am NOT kidding; I just did inventory a few weeks ago, and these are all complete sets in binders; no junk commons or whatnot) that I'd love to show off, especially my Fleer/Ultra complete set collection.

BTW, I thought you're supposed to store binders flat?

frankhardy

Nice setup. I am sort of a neat/organization guy too. I will try to join you with some pics either later today or tomorrow.

TJMAC

Thanks again guys. Regarding storage of the binders, I have heard different schools of thought and can not tell you what the right answer is. All I know I have stored binders upright for years and have had no problems. The thicker stock cards of the mid 90's and later stand straight and do not need support . The key I found with the earlier cards is to ensure they are pretty tight together to keep them straight. I put a couple books on the end to help get a snug fit. Some of my early to mid 80's sets had a slight curl when I bought them as a boxed set, so they maintained it in the pages.


The Roop binders for me, were the best way to go, but they got expensive. I bought a few of them when they were discounted.

Jared, my understanding is the light impression binders were the same. It is even the same picture on the Roop site. They are bigger than my regular binders, but are VERY sturdy.

TJMAC

jmbkb4,

I like collecting the different decades and representing them in my displays. I have more valuable cards than my 1984 Topps, but I don't display everything based on value. I am a collector first and a huge fan of the history of the game. Cards of George Brett, Rickey Henderson, Robin Yount and Eddie Murray deserve a place just like Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente. I grew up in the late 70's and 80's and the stars from that era are who I remember. Of course, I can afford to buy PSA 8's and 9's of all those players, so I do. Like I have stated in other threads I am trying to get at least the top 30 regular issue (not All-Stars, leaders etc) from 1959-1985. I will eventually expand beyond that, but I would like to finish those first. To me, the sets of the 70's and 80's display great in PSA holders.

I would love to even get Pre-War stars, but there is still so much I want from the 50's up.

2dueces

Here are just the T206's

T206 Collection

Uncbob

Impressive to say the least

I had mine in binders but recently transferred them to Card Saver Is and they are in the cartons the card savers came in
5 cartons hold my 50 Bowman FB/BB and 51 BB

See my sig for another type of display

Uncbob

<< <i>Here are just the T206's

T206 Collection >>



Nice display

TJMAC

Deuces, that is a very nice T206 collection. I remember seeing them in the price guides when I was a kid and thought they were cool. I remember one day when I was a teenager my friend and I were playing catch and his elderly neighbor was sitting on his porch thumbing through a photo album. He called my friend and myself over and showed us what he was looking at. Inside this album were about 150-200 T-206 baseball cards. I remember seeing Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Joe Tinker and several others. The fronts were in pretty decent shape, but the backs were glued. He told me that his father used to place them around his work area. I thought it was neat that a guy in his late 70's early 80's saved all these cards from his Dad. Especially, since back then there was no value placed on cards. To him they we were just a way of remembering his father. I am sure he has passed away now. Hopefully, those cards have remained in his family.

Thanks for sharing your pics.

Unc Bob,

I love the original Bowman cards. Your presentation is outstanding and way above anything I could do with a computer. Are all of these items from when you were a kid? They look great. If I ever start an all PSA Graded Set it will be the 52 Bowman. I just love the look of the 1950-52 Bowman Baseball.

Uncbob

Cards from when I was 14 and 15
Sport magazines 14-22

perkdog

Great display, thx for posting. I love the diversity of years as well

dpfitzell

very nice wow

TJMAC

Here are some more pics. I am trying to upload a lot of my pictures for insurance reasons, so I thought I would share some more. Thanks to those so far that have shown their collections. The case of figurines is upstairs in my den. It was too large to put in the basement.

TJMAC

Per someone's request, here are pictures of the room. There is still some bare wall space. It is a work in progress.

MikeyLikesIt

TJMAC,

Thanks for sharing these pics. Love the organization - I'm trying to get to that point myself. I found a shelf at Ikea that works great with the 3" binders. I was able to fit 12 in there perfectly. Problem is, it's full with the 12 sets/binders I have in there now so I can't take on any more projects without getting rid of one.

originalisbest

Absolutely terrific - thanks for sharing all! I hope to do the same when a bit more organized myself. Great collections and displays.

originalisbest

About Binder storage - I would agree storing flat usually works, but even then, I dislike cards at the backs of the album getting the weight on them, especially if they are too close to the binding mechanism.

How to address - if stored vertically, there's not too much pressure on any one card, but there is the problem of sagging/gravity working on those pages. This could be addressed by stacking tightly together on a shelf, and especially, taking up any extra room in the binder with magazines, or cardboard, or foamcore - posterboard - whatever, to not allow the pages any room to sag.

Uncbob

Great looking room
Love organization and neatness

Brian48

I have such a tiny collection compared to you guys. Unfortunately, this is about all I have for a display.

Gonblott

Can you show? Also, thanks for identifying where your best cards are lol whats your address? =P

Gonblott

Just kidding by the way =P. But it be cool if you can show us some pics.

Brian48

Yeah, I suppose I should post a few pics if I have them, eh? I just was showing my sad excuse for a (lack of) display

My card collection was stolen a few years ago (including a NRMT '58 Bobby Hull rookie) so now I have to keep everything sealed up in a vault.

Gonblott

Sorry to hear your stuff got stolen but no safe at home can prevent you from getting robbed. I know people with bigger safes that were robbed, the bigger the save just means more time..........robbers will wait patiently for anything.

Gonblott

I hold my stuff in a safe deposit box in the bank and half the time the basement vault door is ALWAYS open, you can look right in lol.

Brian48

OK. I've been meaning to take a few pics of my cards for a while now so I guess now is as good of a time as any. Here's a sampling of the stuff I like.

'71-72 Complete set Topps Hockey

'68-69 Complete set Topps Hockey

'73-74 Complete set Topps Hockey

Misc stuff

Complete set '78-79, '79-80, '80-81 Topps Hockey

Some Red Sox auto'd stuff

And in case you haven't noticed, I'm a big Roger Clemens fan.

danp306

Guys, thanks for the pictures of your displays. I love looking at different collections.

I'm new to this forum (been reading it for months, don't post much). BTW, I really miss Hal Lewis's website (lewisbaseballcards.com). He had some unbelieveable cards!! I guess he didn't like the images been used for EBAY scammer sales so got rid of the website.

I'll take some pictures of my display's tomorrow and try to post them.

Dan

jmbkb4

Brian48,

you need to move that Clemens 1993 Refractor more front and center!!!