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question on card storage

nascar20nascar20 Posts: 652
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what is the best way to store cards for the long term say 20 years,have some of my 70's sets just in card savers II.
later jeff
set needs
03/04 & 05/06 topps black
72-77 topps baseball raw
72-75 topps football raw
any years santo,williams,banks,
payton,butkus,sayers,piccalo,ditka,hampton
wantlist

good transactions katscards,swartz1,packman,Salinas

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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    Card Saver IIs are fine by me image
    Wondo

  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Card Saver IIs are fine by me image >>

    Me too but without penny sleeves. At least for modern cards that is. Older "non shiney" cards should be fine in penny sleeves long term.

    I have had too many problems with newer cards reacting with penny sleeves after being stored a while.

    The cards were actually ruined.

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • GonblottGonblott Posts: 1,951 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Card Saver IIs are fine by me image >>

    Me too but without penny sleeves. At least for modern cards that is. Older "non shiney" cards should be fine in penny sleeves long term.

    I have had too many problems with newer cards reacting with penny sleeves after being stored a while.

    The cards were actually ruined. >>




    What happened with the newer cards Lawn?
  • FavreFan1971FavreFan1971 Posts: 3,103 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Card Saver IIs are fine by me image >>

    Me too but without penny sleeves. At least for modern cards that is. Older "non shiney" cards should be fine in penny sleeves long term.

    I have had too many problems with newer cards reacting with penny sleeves after being stored a while.

    The cards were actually ruined. >>



    Agreed. I had the same problem with penny's but with card saver II's. Anyhow. I store all my cards from 1988 and back with penny sleeves and anything newer without
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Card Saver IIs are fine by me image >>

    Me too but without penny sleeves. At least for modern cards that is. Older "non shiney" cards should be fine in penny sleeves long term.

    I have had too many problems with newer cards reacting with penny sleeves after being stored a while.

    The cards were actually ruined. >>




    What happened with the newer cards Lawn? >>

    Well a minor issue is the fact that the card surface becomes very "clowdy". Cards that have been stored long term have to be wiped with a soft cloth to get the gunk off.

    The major issue I have had was a bunch of Bowman Chrome cards actually developed "pits" all over the surface. These cards are worthless now.

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • nascar20nascar20 Posts: 652
    thanks for the replys putting these sets together from when I started collecting,just want to protect them .Hopefully my sons will treasure them when I'm gone
    later jeff
    set needs
    03/04 & 05/06 topps black
    72-77 topps baseball raw
    72-75 topps football raw
    any years santo,williams,banks,
    payton,butkus,sayers,piccalo,ditka,hampton
    wantlist

    good transactions katscards,swartz1,packman,Salinas
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭✭
    Weird lmman, I know you've mentioned that before. I would suppose some chemicals within the glossy card itself react badly with the penny sleeves. Card saver IIs should work OK tho, as will 100% mylar holders (you might check egerber supplies, or Jef Hinds comics for supplies of mylar holders.)
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