1950 - 1952 bowman cards / sets

[steve B]

I used to put them in pages. There were pages made just for the small bowman cards. But those were the old vinyl pages that aren't good for the cards in the long run. I'm not sure if any modern version is available. I'm slowly getting out of pages/albums. I find that sometimes the pages aren't stiff enough to keep from sagging if the album is vertical. So whatever is in the lower right pocket can get bent. Storing them flat has its own problems, most pages will stick together, and there's a risk of bending when you pull them apart. Less with modern pages like ultrapro but it can happen.

What I'm going to is
nothing at all for beaters- unless there's tape or bad enough damage that the card is fragile.
Penny sleeves for worn cards with already bad corners or creases.
Penny sleeves for many 70's commons
Penny sleeve and toploader for anything that's reasonably nice.

Sometimes I'll use the toploader for more expensive cards in any condition.
And I may start with cardsavers just to save a bit of space for some sets.


Steve B

[Chris-Counts]

You've picked three of my favorite sets. The artwork is truly amazing, especially when you consider how many great images somebody had to paint to create both the baseball and football sets. I keep mine top loaders ...