Card Sleeves

AnkurJ

For years I have seen packs of the flimsy sleeves to put cards in before inserting into top loaders. For modern stuff thats fine, but for vintage stuff, is that safe to use? For all vintage comics and artwork that I own, I use mylar which is inert and does not react with the chemicals released by old paper. The library of congress also stores their important and valuable documents in mylar.

So my question is, are mylar sleeves available for sports cards?

Ankur

SportsItUpCards

I think these are the best penny sleeves you can use period! LINKY

Giovanni

AnkurJ

If you have even noticed, after a period of time, those sleeves start to get wrinkled. That is caused by gasses (seriously) released by vintage cards and papers. MYLARS absorb and make those gasses inert, otherwise those gasses can damage the item. That is why the library of congress uses these.

http://www.the2buds.com/sumytrcd.htm

Ankur

originalisbest

It's actually fine to use the flimsy sleeves ankur -- for paper products I find most polyethylenes aren't going to damage them. That said, sure mylars are made for cards -- Jef Hinds (jhcomics.com) and E Gerber products (egerber.com) are a couple of good sources.

JeremyDie1

Yes I do use Mylar for my high end and long term storage. I also put the holders in intercept shield boxes. The cost of mylar at 18.00 dollars for 200ct. gets expensive. So most of my cards are in the regular sleeves that you can buy for two bucks at a 200 ct.