OT - 1951 Storage Question

[canjond]

I've been working on a collector grade '51 Bowman set and would love to store these raw cards in pages or some other format. How do you store yours? Are there pages made for 51 type sized-cards?

Thanks!

[Big Six]

I am collecting the '51 Bowman too and use a penny sleeve inside a top-loader. For some reason I am enjoying handling these cards (unlike my '59 set which is in pages)...enjoy the set...it's a beauty. And I believe they do make pages for the '51s but not sure of the model #.

[canjond]

Thanks for the info Matt. Let me know if you ever have dupes for sale!

[judgebuck]

I have the 1951 Bowman set and am currently upgrading it. I, too, like to look at the cards, and I use Card Saver II's with no plastic sleeves. Card Saver II's take up less space than top loaders. I keep them in a lockbox at the bank and often get them out to look at them.

[canjond]

Thanks fellas. I don't know why I find the set so much fun to slip through, but I do. I like the ideas...

[hangman62]

WOW,
keeping your baseball cards locked up at a Bank ! , It seems extreme to me...and kind of tough to enjoy
RalG

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Jon- There are pages for all sizes of the Bowman's, I have purchased small nine pockets for the 1951 & 52 sets as well as 12 pocket for the 1950. Same goes for a nine pocket Goudey, Playball, Leaf size card. I have bought them in 10 and 25 count groups on eBay.

[judgebuck]

I know it seems extreme to put these cards in a bank lockbox, but here is why I do it:

1. 1951 Bowman Mantle PSA 5 = $3000+

2. Eliminate fear of fire, theft, home invasion, etc.

3. Total set value = $6000+

Bank lockboxes seem to me to be cheaper than collectibles insurance. Also, I don't really like the idea of a fire/theft proof home safe.

What do you think?

[hangman62]

Judge,
Well, thats a lot of money tied up in baseball cards.. You do need the piece of mind there... the down side is you cant go down to the basement with your cup of coffee and open up an album and enjoy the set

[Exhibitman]

I like to have everything uniform so I put all postwar cards into a Cardsaver I or equivalent and then into 4-pocket pages and into clamshell albums. Probably takes up more space than it needs to but I like how they present.