1952 - 1956 Card Storage Methods - help!

flcardtrader

I am in the process of moving all of my vintage from sheets/albums to top loaders and grading the collection at the same time. Its been a fun project as I never really documented the condition of each card....lot of upside but also a lot of "wow, that card is beat!". One thing is sure, my well-loved collection is not chock full of 10's = none in over 15,000 cards that I have top loaded.

But I digress....

I am looking for the best method to store oversized 50's Bowman and Topps cards. I figure I have about 1000 oversized cards that need protection so screw downs are out as being a cost effective method.

Should I:

1) Keep them in the album
2) Move them to traditional top loads, even though I have no penny sleeve to put them in?
3) Use Card Savers
4) Other method?

Thanks for any input your can provide.

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charrigan

I have always been a fan of Card Saver 1s. I find them easy to load, very secure, and space/cost efficient.

flcardtrader

Thanks Casey.

How do you store them once the cards are in the Card Savers? Do you stand them up in some type of card shoebox or do you lay them flat?

BobH

<< <i>Thanks Casey.

How do you store them once the cards are in the Card Savers? Do you stand them up in some type of card shoebox or do you lay them flat? >>



Card Saver 1 holder in those BCW card vault storage boxes.There are different size boxes. Check out the measurements of " super size vault" for taller cards vs the " vault storage box" for regular size cards in Card Saver 1 plastic holders. bcwsupplies.com

charrigan

I actually have mine in shoeboxes right now, other than a few in a nicer case. I appreciate BobH's idea, those look nice. If others had opinions about how to best store CS1s, I'd be interested, too.

Bravesguy44

Ultra Pro makes top loaders and penny sleeves for 52-56 Topps. You can search "Ultra Pro Vintage Toploaders". They work great.

Mickey71

Top loaders.......yes, they make the penny sleeves for them like Bravesguy said. I would not store in CS1's for like a decade or longer. Go on EBAY and look up vintage size top loaders and sleeves.

flcardtrader

Thanks for the help and knowledge share.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>Ultra Pro makes top loaders and penny sleeves for 52-56 Topps. You can search "Ultra Pro Vintage Toploaders". They work great. >>



Leave as is or this idea seems the best to me.