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New Handmade Wall Display Cases!

orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So a few weeks ago i enlisted the help of my grandfather in making some display cases for me to put on my wall. He was a carpenter for over 20 years and then owned a furniture stored for over 30 years. So this kind of thing is right up his alley. All I had to do was give him all of the dimensions and tell him what i wanted and how they should end up looking. He went out and bought all the wood and glass and hardware and built them from scratch. Well they are done and we hung them up yesterday. I figured out they will hold about 55 or so graded cards in each case if they are sitting straight up and down. I filled them up with all of my graded cards for now, and then picked out some of my favorite raw cards to fill up the rest of the free space. I think they look great! Better than any display cases you can buy already made from a company. Thought i would share a couple of pictures, sorry about the quality, I used my phone to take them.

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What I Collect:

PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)

Comments

  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Very nice. Me likey. image
  • MrKnowthanxMrKnowthanx Posts: 322 ✭✭
    You have any idea of cost? I know you said he purchased the materials, but I am hoping he let you know final "ballpark" price.
  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You have any idea of cost? I know you said he purchased the materials, but I am hoping he let you know final "ballpark" price. >>



    I believe it was around $150 to make both of them. That includes the glass, wood, hardware, and stain.
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those are nice. And housing some very nice cards also image
  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Very nice, looks great!
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    Those are darn fine looking cases. I need to get me some of that!
    The N8 Collection: PSA Registry Sets & Showcases
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    WTG Grandpa! To show us what a really nice job he did, METHINKS you need to take better pics and show them to us! ENJOY!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>WTG Grandpa! To show us what a really nice job he did, METHINKS you need to take better pics and show them to us! ENJOY! >>



    I plan on taking better pictures when I can. I just took these ones real quick.
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    NIIIIICE!!!
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • GrandMasterBGrandMasterB Posts: 233 ✭✭
    Very nice cases....Those must be the centerpiece of the Man-Cave!!
  • calgarycollectorcalgarycollector Posts: 356
    Very nice, this is what I am thinking of doing to display my graded pack collection. With packs being so big seems like I'll have to cover the entire wall!

    BTW what's the rational of your sorting. It's not by year. My OCD wants to re-arrange to how I would do it sorry.
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    as cool as those cases are (and they are very nice) the most enviable part of this is getting to work with your grandfather

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • CubsFan41CubsFan41 Posts: 513 ✭✭


    << <i>as cool as those cases are (and they are very nice) the most enviable part of this is getting to work with your grandfather >>



    +1
    very nice cases. image
    Looking for Cello packs with Bill Buckner on top
  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>as cool as those cases are (and they are very nice) the most enviable part of this is getting to work with your grandfather >>



    I was thinking the same thing. Awesome in several ways. And then yes, fantastic cases with cards to match. Congrats
    To bigdcards: "you are right" - cpamike "That is correct" -grote15
  • radmanradman Posts: 89 ✭✭


    << <i>BTW what's the rational of your sorting. It's not by year. My OCD wants to re-arrange to how I would do it sorry. >>



    Rookie cards in year order, then non-rookies in order?
  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>BTW what's the rational of your sorting. It's not by year. My OCD wants to re-arrange to how I would do it sorry. >>



    Rookie cards in year order, then non-rookies in order? >>



    Almost. I did my HOF rookie cards in order by year. They took up the one whole case and went into the next case. After that, I did the rest of my graded cards in order by year. These are my non rookies, and rookies of non HOF'ers. After those, I still had some space so i just picked a few random raw cards from my raw collection that I liked, and put them in order by year. So yes, there is a method to my madness. And thanks for all the kind comments. It was special to have them made by my grandfather, and I know he had a good time making them. This is the kind of thing he does in his spare time during the day.
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    Evan, That is a very cool wall display, particularly when you factor in the fact that it was built by your grandpa. I purchased a case last year from EBAY. Its similar in design to the ones that your grandpa created, and I store my 75 Topps HOFer's set on the wall in my office. Its absolutely one of my most favorite things I own. I would never think about selling that set, as the wall display makes it look like a piece of art work. Congrats on those great display's.

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