Card organization and storage possibilities--soliciting insights
DeutscherGeist
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As stated many times before over the years, I collect a lot of individual player cards, their rookies and HOFer mostly from the 80s and 90s. I only have a few sets and subsets and factory sealed boxes.
I have recently consolidated all my graded cards (mostly PSA slabs) and placed them in date order in a pelican case. I have a few BGS, SCG, TFA (The Final Authority), AGS (Advanced Grading Service). Like slabs go with like slabs and then placed in date order. Yes, I organized the pelican case in different compartments for the non-PSA slabs.
I thought about how nice it would be having all cards in one type of slab, but it would be a waste to resubmit perfectly good slabs just because the shapes are not uniform to the majority.
Most often, I have the exact same cards in raw condition placed in Card Savers. I am in the middle of consolidating those and putting them in date order.
In some instances, I bought cards that were in nice screw downs. I have kept them in there for years. I was thinking of having them slabbed or placing them in nice card savers. that would mean I would be left with many empty screw downs.... kind of a waste.
Still further, I have those same cards in card sleeves too (duplicates, triples, etc). I am consolidating those in date order and then placing them in a 400ct box--perfect fit and space efficiency.
I have a 1987 donruss factory set that has been opened. Box is still very much intact, just faded--not crushed or creased. Leaving uprotected cards in a non-sealed factory box might not be the best solution. I am considering placing those in an Ultra Pro Album or perhaps sleeves--they may not fit back in the original box because of the extra thickness of the sleeve.
For instance, I have dozens of Tom Glavine rookie cards, a few slabbed, many in card savers and sleeves. The card is of a hands down HOFer, but because the card is so abundant, it is not a particularly valuable card like perhaps at least a MINT Mattingly rookie. It is no Henderson or Ripken rookie for sure. I do not see the sense in slabbing a whole lot of Glavines.
I guess separating cards according to slab, card saver or sleeve is not such a bad idea. When cards are so abundant and cheap, one can afford to do this.
How do you guys do this. Just curious to hear of all the different organization systems.
I have recently consolidated all my graded cards (mostly PSA slabs) and placed them in date order in a pelican case. I have a few BGS, SCG, TFA (The Final Authority), AGS (Advanced Grading Service). Like slabs go with like slabs and then placed in date order. Yes, I organized the pelican case in different compartments for the non-PSA slabs.
I thought about how nice it would be having all cards in one type of slab, but it would be a waste to resubmit perfectly good slabs just because the shapes are not uniform to the majority.
Most often, I have the exact same cards in raw condition placed in Card Savers. I am in the middle of consolidating those and putting them in date order.
In some instances, I bought cards that were in nice screw downs. I have kept them in there for years. I was thinking of having them slabbed or placing them in nice card savers. that would mean I would be left with many empty screw downs.... kind of a waste.
Still further, I have those same cards in card sleeves too (duplicates, triples, etc). I am consolidating those in date order and then placing them in a 400ct box--perfect fit and space efficiency.
I have a 1987 donruss factory set that has been opened. Box is still very much intact, just faded--not crushed or creased. Leaving uprotected cards in a non-sealed factory box might not be the best solution. I am considering placing those in an Ultra Pro Album or perhaps sleeves--they may not fit back in the original box because of the extra thickness of the sleeve.
For instance, I have dozens of Tom Glavine rookie cards, a few slabbed, many in card savers and sleeves. The card is of a hands down HOFer, but because the card is so abundant, it is not a particularly valuable card like perhaps at least a MINT Mattingly rookie. It is no Henderson or Ripken rookie for sure. I do not see the sense in slabbing a whole lot of Glavines.
I guess separating cards according to slab, card saver or sleeve is not such a bad idea. When cards are so abundant and cheap, one can afford to do this.
How do you guys do this. Just curious to hear of all the different organization systems.
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i wouldnt spend the money on sheets to store an '87 D set
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