1954 Bowman Baseball store / display in pages

radman

Hey, I'm hoping that you all will share your wisdom with me regarding how best to store/display 1954 Bowman Baseball cards, which are just a bit too tall for standard sleeves and 9-pocket pages. Best to use vintage-sized sleeves and 8-pocket pages?

BTW, have you all noticed how the newer UltraPro Vintage sleeves, which are in the red/black fronted packs, are slightly larger/longer than the former version (in the more familiar blue/black fronted packs) so that they don't fit into 8-pocket pages? This is a problem for those of us who like to store raw cards in a sleeve and then display in pages......

Thanks in advance for any info......

Griffins

I've got mine in 8 pocket sheets and a slip cased binder.

radman

do you sleeve them first?

Griffins

nope, never have and have never had a problem.
Just make sure the binder is the right size for the set and it stands vertically without bending pages.

vladguerrero

<< <i>nope, never have and have never had a problem.
Just make sure the binder is the right size for the set and it stands vertically without bending pages. >>



+1 and fill any space in the binder with empty pages.

alnavman

noticed that standing vertically was recommended....I've had better success keeping cards that I have in albums laying flat..... is there really a preferred way to store them in the binders???? thanks

al.

alifaxwa2

<< <i>noticed that standing vertically was recommended....I've had better success keeping cards that I have in albums laying flat..... is there really a preferred way to store them in the binders???? thanks

al. >>



Laying flat puts weight down in the cards, risking the cards sticking to the pages. Plus, it adds the possiblity of pinching the front/back pages in the rings if laid flat, will damage cards significantly more than standing vertically.

alnavman

I'll have to check the album I have to make sure that the cards are still alright....some of the albums haven't been opened for awhile......