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Do you put your vintage cards in a penny sleeve before you store them in a 9 pocket album sheets?

mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
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When you guys put together a vintage set and store/display it in an album, do you put a penny sleeve over the card before putting the card in a 9 pocket sheet. Or do you just place the raw card directly into the sheets?

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  • alifaxwa2alifaxwa2 Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭
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  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    no. I put them in the pages raw.
  • bigfischebigfische Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    Yes, they go in penny sleeves first.
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  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭
    no


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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826
    For my Heritage sets, I've been using this exact method. I place the card in the penny sleeve and then into the 9-pocket page. It seems to keep the card a bit more snug so it won't slide out.

    The odd problem I've run into in the last year is that some of the Ultra Pro penny-sleeves that I've purchased at the shop are made just a fraction of centimeter too wide and don't fit perfectly into the 9-pocket pages anymore (the penny sleeves just sort of wrinkle inside the pocket and leave an air gap). Meanwhile, the Ultra Pro penny sleeves I purchase at the Comic book store fit perfectly. I'm not sure if the sleeves at the card shop are a new version or an older version. The pocket pages I'm using, by the way, are also Ultra Pros. That's the only snag I've run into. I brought this topic up once before on the board and didn't get a whole lot of feedback.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    any new penny sleeves ive bought are a bit too wide. but i had a stash of old ones that fit just fine. sigh.
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, they go in raw. Looks a lot better to me.

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  • JVetteJVette Posts: 206 ✭
    raw here
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭


    << <i>For my Heritage sets, I've been using this exact method. I place the card in the penny sleeve and then into the 9-pocket page. It seems to keep the card a bit more snug so it won't slide out.

    The odd problem I've run into in the last year is that some of the Ultra Pro penny-sleeves that I've purchased at the shop are made just a fraction of centimeter too wide and don't fit perfectly into the 9-pocket pages anymore (the penny sleeves just sort of wrinkle inside the pocket and leave an air gap). Meanwhile, the Ultra Pro penny sleeves I purchase at the Comic book store fit perfectly. I'm not sure if the sleeves at the card shop are a new version or an older version. The pocket pages I'm using, by the way, are also Ultra Pros. That's the only snag I've run into. I brought this topic up once before on the board and didn't get a whole lot of feedback. >>




    The penny sleeves do keep the card more snug in the pockets. The old penny sleeves are a little to wide and wont fit properly. The newer ones out now fit perfect.
  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭
    raw
  • AlanAllenAlanAllen Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭
    Yes, I use penny sleeves inside 9-pocket pages. I've found that Ultra-Pro Platinum penny sleeves fit great, but the regular Ultra-Pro sleeves do not. My supply is a couple of years old though, so maybe they have tweaked the size recently.

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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826


    << <i>

    << <i>The penny sleeves do keep the card more snug in the pockets. The old penny sleeves are a little to wide and wont fit properly. The newer ones out now fit perfect. >>



    So the mystery continues. Are the old sleeves too wide, or are the new ones too wide? How could my comic shop have more current supplies than my card shop?

    I think its the other way around.
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Not sure what you use,but Cardboard Gold is the ones I use. They fit in toploaders and pages perfectly. link
  • prscott933prscott933 Posts: 1,976
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  • stormsurgestormsurge Posts: 858 ✭✭
    I trim em to make sure they fit image <joke>
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Nope.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    I put mine in trojan magnum condoms before they go in the slit.....of the 9 pocket page. I find they are sometimes a little too snug.
  • ukonsean27ukonsean27 Posts: 39
    Yes, they go into penny sleeves first.
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    You need to make sure the penny sleeves dont crumple or wrinkle when getting then in the 9 pocket album pages. The right size penny sleeve is key here. I recommend them because the sleeve provides added protection against the elements. A snug fit prevents air from mixing with the card surface. The added benefit is that it will be easier to take the card out from the pages and safer too--no direct handling involved.
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  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    I recommend using a sleeve if you don't know the card very well. It's particularly important for vintage, as you have no idea where that card's been over the years. I mean, it's just not worth the risk.
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