storage ideas
 

Hi folks, I am curious how people here store their cards - any innovative ideas? I am probably pretty typical.

Star singles in top loaders and "shoeboxes". Sets I like look at in 3 ring binders and 9 pocket pages. I also have a lot of hockey singles from the 50-80s (probably 50-75K) that I store in a couple of old library card catalogue cabinets. The cabinets are getting hard to find but make perfect storage.

Best,
R Haynes

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Nothing fancy here. I use a few three ring binders but mainly top loaders, with penny sleeves in them, with not too tight rubber bands around them.....For my not too valuable cards I have them in a small firesafe x2, inside a 1200 lb jewelers safe in my house. It is in a monitored alarmed room. For my valuable stuff I use a safe deposit box with the same methodology, sans my own safes.....nothing too fancy. Oh yeah, I have a few on display in my home-office, on some built in bookshelves. I have a feeling I am fairly typical.....(well, at least for storage of cards).....best regards

Red Sox type cards:

All raw cards are in a penny sleeve/top loader/team bag combo. Graded cards are in a graded card bag.

N172 cards:

Three ring binder with tobacco pages.


The cards are stored in three and four drawer storage cubes such as this:


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"Regular size" Sox cards are in the four drawer cube, while oversize cards (T3, M101-2, etc.) are in the top of the three drawer cube. The middle drawer contains the N172 binder, while the bottom holds a binder for my modern collection (Adam LaRoche player collection.)

I have another three drawer cube that contains storage and mailing supplies.

thanks...
 

does the three drawers in the cabinet have partitions ? Either across or back to front? Moveable partitions would probably be best - I really like the card
catalogue cabinet but it is limited in the width of the item to be stored. See pic (not my basement!!!)

I use the Raiders of the Lost Ark system.

In all seriousness, I've purchased some from these guys:

http://www.aboxfactory.com/

I didn't try the chipboard ones, but the wood ones are pretty sturdy. Biggest drawback is shipping, but I got an email yesterday that they are running a flat rate shipping special of $10 shipping, from now through 12/24.

Leon, I'm not so sure...
 

that your methods are typical!
Just curious, -how do you get a 1200lb jewelers safe into your house?

Me?
Well, I don't have any room to store anything, so I have to throw it away a few hours after I open the mail.

I believe that is Jim Crandall's basement.

Jim---

Is that just your '88 Donruss?

'87 Topps. The pile on the right is Canseco rookies!

I've got ALMOST that many Andy Benes RC's! LOL!

If you like albums, Glen's cigarette card albums are about 100 times better than ultrapro pages and 3-ring binders.

I wish SGC made a nice cardboard box like PSA'a black boxes.

Locking Display & Storage Cases
 

The first one swivels with 3 sides that was a watch display case. I have 16 t206 Southern League cards per side all 3 sides lock. The second is a whiskey display case with 4 sections that has 3 locks. I have Memorabilia in it. I have 2 other swivel cases but they don't lock that I put secondary cards and pins in. My wife found 3 of these in a resale shop and our son got the Memorabilia one from a party store near him that was going to throw it way. I have boxes on racks in the basement for more common cards. D.

They do make partitions for the three drawer cube. They are made to form a 16 cube grid to store ribbon for scrap-booking (that is how I discovered the cubes - my wife is as addicted to it as I am cards.) You can break the partitions apart, however.

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