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Remember these holders from the 80's?

shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
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These bring back some memories.
"My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."

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  • bvcbvc Posts: 100 ✭✭
    How about those holders that were a folded over piece of plastic and kind of acted like a clamp for the card, even though it could still easily slide out the sides? Know what I'm talking about?
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
    I remember those! I checked to see if I had any left, but I don't.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    I'd like to see a collection of all the different holders that have been used over the years. It would be cool to see the evolution of the hobby throughout the years.
  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭
    There have been some beauties. I remember That 2 piece plastic case that you welded shut with 4 screws. It was 1 inch thick I believe. It was supposed to be for your most valuable cards. Looking back now, it didn't seem to matter much that that was probably the worst thing you can do to keep a card in good shape. I remember peeling one of the corners off of a 1984 topps mattingly I had in one of those cases for like 8 years
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There have been some beauties. I remember That 2 piece plastic case that you welded shut with 4 screws. It was 1 inch thick I believe. It was supposed to be for your most valuable cards. Looking back now, it didn't seem to matter much that that was probably the worst thing you can do to keep a card in good shape. I remember peeling one of the corners off of a 1984 topps mattingly I had in one of those cases for like 8 years >>



    Did you put it in a penny sleeve first?? image
  • WhiteTornadoWhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There have been some beauties. I remember That 2 piece plastic case that you welded shut with 4 screws. It was 1 inch thick I believe. It was supposed to be for your most valuable cards. Looking back now, it didn't seem to matter much that that was probably the worst thing you can do to keep a card in good shape. I remember peeling one of the corners off of a 1984 topps mattingly I had in one of those cases for like 8 years >>



    I think those were called "screw-downs", correct?
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    The thick lucite holders were called ice blocks.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i like the Mad Dog evolution from '87 Fleer MLB neophyte to '87TT veteran with garage door sideburns and a Hoss Radbourn mustache.
  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>There have been some beauties. I remember That 2 piece plastic case that you welded shut with 4 screws. It was 1 inch thick I believe. It was supposed to be for your most valuable cards. Looking back now, it didn't seem to matter much that that was probably the worst thing you can do to keep a card in good shape. I remember peeling one of the corners off of a 1984 topps mattingly I had in one of those cases for like 8 years >>



    I think those were called "screw-downs", correct? >>



    Yup, that's it. "I'll take a 1 inch screw down please". LOL

    I put them in a penny sleeve after I screwed up my Mattingly. Learned the hard way. Still, not optimal protection
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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
    I too learned the hard way that cards should have gone in a penny sleeve before being put in a screwdown. Luckily I only had one or two minor casualties.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • MiniDuffMiniDuff Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭
    Learned that one on an 86D Canseco. All four corners stayed on the plastic when opened... woops... sure looking impressive. I used to think of those things as the bank vaults of cardboard.

    Honestly, my most hated storage method is sadly still in use today. Periodically someone sends me cards in a hinged plastic case. You know, the ones that held 25 cards, 50 cards, etc.. Nothing like rounding the corner on every card in the case. I learned that one on 84 Topps Strawberries. Amazes me that some still haven't figured that out 30 years later. A year or so ago, I got what was originally a stunning 71 lot, yes 71, in 4 or 5 of these. After shaking out enough black chips to start an art project for my daughter, I still got a bunch of 8s from that lot. I can only imagine what they looked like before they got to me...
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  • TishashereeTishasheree Posts: 85


    << <i>There have been some beauties. I remember That 2 piece plastic case that you welded shut with 4 screws. It was 1 inch thick I believe. It was supposed to be for your most valuable cards. Looking back now, it didn't seem to matter much that that was probably the worst thing you can do to keep a card in good shape. I remember peeling one of the corners off of a 1984 topps mattingly I had in one of those cases for like 8 years >>



    I inherited my dad's collection about six months ago, and he had several of his 'best' cards in screw downs. I didn't have the heart to tell him that some of the cards were destroyed upon opening. He had a beautifully centered 1961 Willie Mays that literally peeled out of the holder in sheets. I wanted to cry, and wish I would have just left it in the holder. Some of the others came out fine though. Maybe they weren't screwed down as tight?
  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    I remember those lucite holders were kind of a status symbol. They came in 1/2 inch and 1 inch I think?

    Remember the dealers at shows that had display cases full of cards with no price stickers on them, lol? More status I think. Too cool for price quotes. It's like they were mini museums.

    I remember the semi rigid top loaders with "rookie" on the top. Or they came in different colored borders like red. I haven't seen those in awhile.

    Penny sleeves are a good investment.
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    After reading this thread I remembered that I have a 1913 Fatima in one of those stupid inch thick lucite holders. Luckily I was about to get it out without any paper tear or anything. That was a close one.
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