Does anyone have their collection organized by player?

[JLange]

...or is that just crazy? I am thinking (as I do from time to time) of re-shuffling how my collection is organized. So, instead of team sets and/or full sets, I would group together cards of each player across multiple sets. Wondering if anyone is currently organized in this way, and if so, are you happy with it? Bonus Question: How do you handle multi-player cards?

[CowboysGuide]

Interesting idea. I keep all my cards in order by sets. I may consider that for the HOFers, but I'd just purchase the cards again and leave my original books alone. I collect Dallas Cowboys so we're not talking a huge investment to buy another example of each HOFer.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JLange

...or is that just crazy? I am thinking (as I do from time to time) of re-shuffling how my collection is organized. So, instead of team sets and/or full sets, I would group together cards of each player across multiple sets. Wondering if anyone is currently organized in this way, and if so, are you happy with it? Bonus Question: How do you handle multi-player cards?

A lot of collectors on the board are "player" collectors. If not that, then some are HOF collectors. They seem to enjoy what they do. Multi-player cards could go in either place, I guess.

[Cozumeleno]

I don't anymore, but when I used to collect newer cards, I had loads of 5,000-count boxes organized by player for minor star/star cards (under $1.00). When I'd get enough of a certain player, it made it easy to sell on eBay or something. For multi-player cards, I'd always count them for the more popular player that I was able to sell the easiest.

[Harford20]

As I am both a HOF collector and a player collector, I have most of my Pre-War cards graded and store them in large cases.

Case #1--One large case is strictly for Ted Williams, of which I have over 200 different graded cards, postcards and photos.

Case #2--The second case is broken into section for each of 8 players that I focus on: Matty, Mordecai Brown, Eddie Collins, Jimmy Collins, Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young and Frank Chance. Each of these sections has as few as 6 cards for Young, up to 35 cards for Chance.

Case #3--The last large case is my T201/T202/T205/T206/E93/E98 HOFs and a few others.

Dave

[Exhibitman]

Some of it. About a dozen superstars from various sports have their own binders, because I collect photos and other paper ephemera, not just cards, for them. However, I try to collect only career-contemporary stuff. The rest is by subject matter [specific sports or nonsports] and some are by issue. It's a hodge-podge, or as I prefer, a Festival of Bric-A-Brac.