nascar ticket stub Album/Binder ideas and help needed

nascarticketstubs

After reading Bunker's thread on the unikeep albums and labels, I realized I need to create a more professional look to my albums/binders that display my nascar ticket stubs and related items.

The hundreds of sheets I've used aren't cheap (as a lot of you already know), so considering the investment I've got in protective sheets and binders (which aren't exactly cheap either), I'd like to dress them up a bit.

I currently have the bulk of my 4000+ items housed in approximately 50 avery binders. They have the race track name and in some cases the year range, such as Daytona 1959-1979 written on paper and that's tucked in between the clear vinyl spine of the binder. I use 6 or 7 different types of BCW sheets to store and protect everything due to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of tickets, passes, credentials, brochures, etc. (9 pocket sports card page, 1 pocket big page, 2 pocket 5x7, 2 4x10 envelope, 3 pocket currency, 6 pocket page etc.) I really like how they display using these pages, its fun to flip through a binder and look at everything this way.

I guess my main reason for this post is to ask are there any people on here that are real good at creating graphics or labels or have any good ideas they can share so I can make these things look a little more respectable? I used to be a computer whiz but just don't have the time anymore or the software to do it (my laptop with photoshop on it bit the dust long ago).

Here's what I've got and how they look once you flip through them. Just a small sampling of things. Most of the albums have the tickets in chronological order and a smattering of passes, credentials, brochures, etc. organized as well as I can. Others such as Daytona have everything in order from 1959-2013.

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tennesseebanker

First off, Nice collection !

And yes there was a member on here that produced specific binder labels. I can't remember who it was at the moment, but he would make almost his own version of that years card design and incorporate it into the binder, pretty sweet the way he did it. If I remember who it was I'll let you know.

tennesseebanker

I'm not sure you were exactly planning on going this route, but this company make some nice binders & covers.

Archival Binders

nascarticketstubs

<< <i>First off, Nice collection !

And yes there was a member on here that produced specific binder labels. I can't remember who it was at the moment, but he would make almost his own version of that years card design and incorporate it into the binder, pretty sweet the way he did it. If I remember who it was I'll let you know. >>



Thanks, I've put a lot of time and effort in it. I started it in 1999 when I was in college, so this will be the 16th year of collecting. What started as a dream of assembling as many tickets to as many races as possible has turned into a reality. It's as fun now as it was 16 years ago when I'd actually find one I needed. I kinda had it planned out in my head what I wanted to do, but didn't even know if it was possible. Didn't have a clue how I would store/protect/display anything. I used to have everything stored in white envelopes in cigar boxes for gods sake. When I first started, I didn't know where or how I'd even find stuff. It eventually led me to creating a website, a trade network, and a fun hobby that gives me all kinds of personal goals to achieve. What started out as, "Can I find a ticket to every race for the Daytona 500, turned into getting a ticket to every NASCAR race ever run at Daytona, to getting a ticket to all of Dale Earnhardt's wins (almost) to getting a ticket to every race from a particular year or any other favorite driver, to getting a ticket to every race from an entire decade, etc.

nascarticketstubs

<< <i>I'm not sure you were exactly planning on going this route, but this company make some nice binders & covers.

Archival Binders >>



Those are awesome, and I've been looking for something like this. Never knew that's what they were called, slip cased binders. Holy cow tho, look at that price per binder. I'd actually like that so I could store these albums flat. Some of my pages want to curl (I guess that's what you'd call it). I wish I could find something like that for about 10 bucks a piece but that's obviously not gonna happen.

akuracy503

The ticket guys are taking over the board tonight!

I gotta give it to the ticket collectors, it does take more time and patience to acquire than most card sets out there. The odds can be ridiculous.
Truly many years of elbow grease went into your collection, congratulations.

nascarticketstubs

<< <i>The ticket guys are taking over the board tonight!

I gotta give it to the ticket collectors, it does take more time and patience to acquire than most card sets out there. The odds can be ridiculous.
Truly many years of elbow grease went into your collection, congratulations. >>



lol thanks. Man, if you only knew about the odds. Think about it, 16 years of searching almost every day, way, shape or form. Ebay, my personal website, posting ads on craigslist, people contacting me, flea markets, yard sales, etc. and I STILL haven't found certain ones. In 16 years. And who knows when one will show up? It's not like you card collectors out there who are looking for say, card #27 from a 1972 Topps set. You can probably have your choice from low grades to high grades at any national or even small card show. For example, where am I going to find a 1971 3rd annual Michigan Speedway Motor State 400 ticket stub?

Sure the odds are there's one out there, but when and IF Joe Schmo ever digs it out of his dads attic, and IF he wants to sell it and IF he ever lists it on Ebay, and IF I find it and bid on it, and IF I am actually the one to win it... I mean, you see where I'm going here, right? 16 years and I haven't come across that one yet. It's all a random quest to be quite honest, there's no guarantee I'll EVER find certain ones, But it's definitely not from a lack of trying. It's kinda what makes it so fun.

It's a whole different ballgame so to speak. Glad you recognize that. The patience is maddening some times, but when I do find one that I've searched forever, it makes it all that more special when I do add it and move on to the next one.

akuracy503

I can only imagine how difficult it was to gather that collection as it sits.
Figuring in how popular Nascar is, i'm sure there is some good competition for the vintage tickets?

nascarticketstubs

<< <i>I can only imagine how difficult it was to gather that collection as it sits.
Figuring in how popular Nascar is, i'm sure there is some good competition for the vintage tickets? >>



There's competition coming from many different directions. I'm the self proclaimed king of the NASCAR tickets, but you have guys (and gals) collecting certain years, such as 1990 or 1969, etc. You have people collecting tickets from their favorite drivers wins (Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, etc.). You have people collecting certain tracks (Daytona, Bristol, etc.) or even particular races such as the Daytona 500 or Darlington Southern 500 and you even have people collecting just unused ones. So trust me, it's not exactly a cakewalk picking these things up.

MLRMLEO

One nice collection! Thumbs up!!

bunt

Simply BADASS

cjaccardi

cool collection , actually really cool

what kind of tickets are you looking for. I get all kinds of collections offered me all the time. I always get nascar tickets offered never bought any.

jay0791

As a longtine Nascar fan I can say. Just awesome!!!!