Tall Boys Sleeves

verb1 · January 14, 2013 3:19AM

I have some PSA graded 1969-70 Topps b-ball cards and am having a helluva time finding sleeves for these cards. I bought some on Amazon that advertised as Tall Boy sleeves only to find they're the standard graded card size. Can someone steer me to a place that sells sleeves to protect my graded tall boys?

PSASAP · January 14, 2013 3:28AM

Google Card Saver 3, and you'll find a site to purchase them.

FavreFan1971 · January 14, 2013 3:29AM

These guys have everything for cards. Columbia

alifaxwa2 · January 14, 2013 4:11AM

<< Google Card Saver 3, and you'll find a site to purchase them. >>

<< These guys have everything for cards. Columbia >>

He said graded.

PSASAP · January 14, 2013 6:12AM

link to graded card sleeves

alifaxwa2 · January 14, 2013 6:36AM

<< link to graded card sleeves >>

Wrong again. He also said TallBoys

brianwintersfan · January 14, 2013 6:44AM

Check out bags unlimited. I bought some there for my basketball cards. I believe they were actually for paperback books but they worked just fine.

alifaxwa2 · January 14, 2013 10:01PM

Any interest in using these? I have found 5x8 bags of these online in cases of 1000. The slabs measure 4.25x7.25, so there would be some excess.
I need 200, and figured if I could find a few people to split up the quantity, it might be worth buying.
2mil thickness is ~$21 per case, 4mil thickness is ~$35 per case. If someone wanted a bunch at cost ($2.10 or $3.50 per 100) plus exact shipping, might be worth ordering.

Anyone interested?

verb1 · January 14, 2013 10:25PM

I might go for those as a last resort. I KNOW someone makes sized sleeves for graded tall boys. I've seen them - I HAVE one on a card I bought years ago! - but I can't seem to find them anywhere now.

verb1 · January 15, 2013 12:48PM

Anyone interested, I found these:
http://www.bookblanks.com/Large_Clear_Peel_Strip_Bags_100_Pk_p/bb-3gbm.htm

The 4 5/16 x 9 3/4 should work. They have the resealable peel strip like normal graded card sleeves.

llafoe · January 15, 2013 1:02PM

Linkie-Dinkie-Do

alifaxwa2 · January 15, 2013 8:23PM

<< Anyone interested, I found these:
http://www.bookblanks.com/Large_Clear_Peel_Strip_Bags_100_Pk_p/bb-3gbm.htm

The 4 5/16 x 9 3/4 should work. They have the resealable peel strip like normal graded card sleeves. >>

This Place has those same sizes for 1/4 the price.

However, I ordered a sample of a few bags, including the 4 5/16 x 9 3/4 and couldnt get the slabs in them. The slabs are 4 4/16 and about 1/4 inch thick, so that size isn't going to work.

There was a 2nd bag I got a sample of that was slightly oversize both dimensions that could work if you can tolerate a little excess material. I will find the bag tonight and post a scan of a tall boy in it for those to consider.

alifaxwa2 · January 16, 2013 9:28AM

<< This Place has those same sizes for 1/4 the price.

However, I ordered a sample of a few bags, including the 4 5/16 x 9 3/4 and couldnt get the slabs in them. The slabs are 4 4/16 and about 1/4 inch thick, so that size isn't going to work.

There was a 2nd bag I got a sample of that was slightly oversize both dimensions that could work if you can tolerate a little excess material. I will find the bag tonight and post a scan of a tall boy in it for those to consider. >>

OK, so the other bag I got was 5 1/8 x 7.0, unfortunately, the overlap isn't long enough to seal, so that won't work. So, I got no good ideas at this point.

verb1 · January 16, 2013 9:47AM

Maybe Saran wrap?

alifaxwa2 · January 16, 2013 10:13AM

<< Maybe Saran wrap? >>

What I have been doing is getting magazine bags and origami-ing them around the slab and using a lot of clear tape on the back

verb1 · January 16, 2013 2:41PM

I bought a tall boy in the past 2 years that had a fitted sleeve, but I can't rmemeber who I bought it from. Wish I had asked them where they got it.

alifaxwa2 · January 17, 2013 4:59AM

I did some digging on the site you posted verb, and I think I might have found something that would work;
Check out this page

I think these; 4 5/8 X 9 3/4 (B4X9), while a bit long, should be sufficient to get the slab into it.

This old thread on Net54 is started by someone who says he used the above size and it worked well. His craftercity link now leads to the bookblanks site. So I imagine its the correct stuff.

Tall Boys Sleeves

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