My 1993 Topps Finest JUMBO All-Stars set is here; should I use pages or top loaders?

Estil

Amist all the hoopla surrounding my 1975 Topps quest, I completely forgot to mention to the rest of you guys that a couple days ago, my 1993 Topps Finest JUMBO All-Stars complete set arrived! I originally saw this set on Ebay about a month or so ago but it ended before I could place a bid on it. I was heartbroken that I missed out on this set with a supposedly super cheap $77 final bid, but then I saw that it didn't meet the seller's reserve (which turned out to be $150). So for $160 (counting shipping/insurance) I received this set plus an additional $20 for the three card 1993 Finest promo set which includes a neat Nolan Ryan done in the regular non-All-Star version that was not included in the 1993 Finest set proper).

Well, I got these cards last Monday and I am VERY impressed by the condition; they are virtually flawless (except they're kinda warped a bit but I'm sure it's nothing a few heavy books can't fix) and I am so, so lucky to have gotten such a super limited edition set (only about 1455 of each card exist in the world and you had to buy a whole $250ish box just to get ONE of these jumbo cards) at such a good price.

Now all I need is to get the proper supplies to display them in. I was thinking putting them first in penny sleeves and then in two pocket pages (the cards are 4.5" x 6" so with them in penny sleeves they should fit in 5 x 7 pockets fairly well); or should I get top loaders? I would LOVE to get these custom framed but I'm sure that wouldn't come cheap.

I hope I got the pictures up correctly (they're from the Ebay auction but trust me, no picture could ever do these beautiful cards justice).

And ajw (our resident Will Clark collector), I bet you'll like who's on the top card of the third picture!

storm888

I like 5x7 or 4x6 toploaders for some big cards.

BUT, because I sometimes use a matt, I can only see the front of the
cards. I use a green or black piece of paper, and penny-sleeve the cards.

I have NOT been having perfect luck with heavy books
on the warp issue. I am still looking for a better solution.

Estil

At least with the 3.5" x 5" 1994 Finest jumbos (if a set of those ever shows up) it's easy; just use the four pocket pages.

saucywombat

They make Card Savers that are great for the 94's. They don't make them quite big enough for the 93's.

Top loaders are they way to go for the 93's.

Estil

I'm leaning towards the top loaders myself. As for the 1994's, the four pocket pages should be fine (I've had a few of those size cards before). Now it's just a matter of finding the 80 card jumbo 1994 set. I can't emphasize enough how FANTASTIC these 1993 jumbos look; I just hope our resident 1993 refractor collector here has a set of his own too!

Estil

Okay, I've found 5 x 7 pages as well as the 5 x 7 top loaders on Ebay. The only problem with the top loaders is that I can't find the 5 x 7 penny sleeves to go with them (I don't like putting cards in top loaders w/o also using a penny sleeve); do they even exist?

storm888

Large "penny savers" are sometimes available here.

They always have 4x6.

You can email for 5x7.

They use the savers for First Day Covers.

http://www.jamesmccusker.com/

pandrews

rubber bands

Estil

Okay, I talked with my usual supply dealer (Matt's Baseball Cards) and he too says he doesn't have 5x7 sleeves (they might not even exist), so my options are as follows:

Top loaders (you think they'll be okay in top loaders w/o penny sleeves?)
Pages
Screw Downs

What should I go with?

Goot

That's a pretty sweet set man, congrats.

Estil

<< <i>That's a pretty sweet set man, congrats. >>



All the more reason I want to be sure it's displayed right. I am quite proud of it; only about 1455 copies of each card exist in the world. Again, I just hope getting the 1994 jumbo set will be that easy.