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Posted By: <b>Texas Ted</b><p>I was wondering how y'all keep your cards to either show them to others or so you can look at them yourself and still keep them protected.<br /><br />I know more modern cards (say 1948-59) are often found in plastic page sheets in notebooks. I also know that many cards are kept in top loaders, and filed by card number, team or whatever. But with encapsulation, different sizes like Cabinets down to OJs, not to mention odd stuff like Scrapps, I am looking for ideas to organize and show off my growing collection.<br><br>Texas Ted<br />Starting my third attempt at a second childhood.<br />

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I put everything into either semi-rigid holders, cut the holders to fit into top loaders then into album pages. It is a really solid and tough way to store most cards. The really rare stuff or really high grade stuff I slab with SGC and put into postcard sheets (4 pocket) and then into albums. Postcard-sized cards like Exhibits I store as stated above. The ones that are in the top loaders go into 2-pocket sheets and albums. The slabbed ones just stack up; haven't found a good way to store those in an album format. <br /><br />I often go home after a hard day and pull out an album to thumb through while watching the tube; good way to unwind.

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Posted By: <b>ted</b><p>I'm currently working on a custom case with thin treys that weill hold down the cards, also this way you don't have to worry about the pages folding or anything.....i'm really interested in being able to carry them all in one place but also being able to display them nicely.

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>three linen tableclothsa over it), in Mylar sheaths, in Lighthouse Vario stockpages, in 3 ring binders (only one of which is a fancy one from Subway Stamp Shop; the others are plain stationary store binders. Also on a webpage &lt;<a href="http://www.julievognar.com/home" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.julievognar.com/home</a><br />&lt;br /&gt;wichich I refer people to.<br />Saturday I'm getting together with 2 guys fron Network 54, and i will bring my artball in tissue paper and a paper bag, and 2 albums, all in a shopping bag.<br /><br />None of this keeps thieves away (except my bedroom is not obvious from where you walk in), but we haven't been robbed since son was in High School.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/Dddf.jpg"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/Db.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>I keep my sgc slabs in 4 pocket sheets which, in turn, are kept in archival binders from MJ Roop. Its a real nice way to store and be able to view your cards. Like Adam, I pull a binder out and flip thru my cards almost daily. Although my collection is relatively small (Ive only been collecting vintage for about a year now) I keep the binders in a fireproof safe. I will try to post some pics tonight when I get home.

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Posted By: <b>Adam J. Moraine</b><p>I have one of the most premier collections in my state (Iowa) I was featured in a huge 1 page article in my hometown newspaper (The Des Moines Register, April 5, 2003) I live in the capital city of Iowa (approx. nearly 275,000 people in Des Moines, alone) It helped me gain the exposure I were looking for to show my collection off. I store my high dollar cards in my safe (at home) autographed balls, and autographed misc. on bookshelves, signed bats lined up against wall,(in tubes) autographed display pieces (framed and matted, professionaly) hung on wall. signed 8 x 10 photos in sleeves, in a 3- ring binder, all other cards in albums or 5,000 count boxes. All of this stuff is in my bedroom, by the way, I need to expand into another room.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: <b>jackgoodman</b><p>Aren't you concerned with a break-in especially after being featured in the paper? I'm afraid to display any of my items for simply that reason. How do you handle it?

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>I had a chance to have my collection featured in the local paper and refused. I don't want any unwanted visitors coming to my home to view the collection, accompanied by rope, wire cutters, etc. Too many thieves out there in this world, sad to say, way too many people hooked on drugs looking for a way to steal, sell and satisfy their cravings. I should know I represent so many of them in court.<br />I have moved all my completed card sets to safe deposit boxes and only keep the ones I am currently working on at home, either slabbed or in mylar card pages, both residing in the safe. It's a shame but someone once said that discretion was the better part of valour and being as mum as possible about my collection (and careful) is my watch word now.

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>everything fades...in ultra-violet, infrared, lamp and sun light, cloudy days, sunny days. Everything fades...photos, lithographs, color, black and white, sepia...everything. <br /><br />Except oil paintings.

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>unless its behind glass designed to prevent uv rays from getting through.

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>read the damn post, damn it! All paintings in the Asian Art Museum are rotated every 4 months--that means taken down and put in the dark for 4 years, and replaced by other paintings. Ultra-violet glass stops only ONE KIND of light. David <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/BT206cyb001.jpg"> ?

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred</b><p>What kind of light would that be...? Just ignore me Julie... I would...

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Posted By: <b>Glen V</b><p>I plan on scanning all my cards and making up replicas of them. Those I can display on the walls w/o worrying about theft and fading. Too hard to pull the cards out of a safety deposit box on a regular basis. This way I'll be able to see the card images daily.

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>I plan to hang all my cards on the wall, nicely framed, with glass painted black to prevent any light from entering!

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>card or photo into a black crisp. Just don't KEEP them in any light. That means you have to find something else to put on your walls...

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>For those of you who are storing their slabs in 4 pocket sheets and then in a binder, do you use the thin flimsy 4 pocket sheets (similar to the 9 pocket ultra pro sheets), or do you use those rigid 4 slab sheets made especially for slabbed cards?<br /><br />I have always wanted to display my slabs in a binder, but the rigid sheets are pretty costly and the flimsy sheets seem like they would buckle if the binder were stored vertically.

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Posted By: <b>Adam J. Moraine</b><p>Dear Fellow Forum Members:<br /><br />To answer the following questions, first about the safety of my collection, #1 I have a real mean dog (a chinese shar- pei) #2) I have an ADT home security system #3 My collection is insured. Answer to second question, ALL of my autographed display pieces are framed and matted with a uv protective glass that filters out sunlight. Second, all of curtains/ vanition blinds are completely closed shut.ALL the time, NO EXCEPTIONS!!! There is a very limited amount of sunlight that enters my bedroom. Lastly, the ball cubes that are made now filters out a high percentage of uv rays. (I purchase these cubes from the Bob Feller Museum) Cheap Plug for the Museum, Bob would appreciate it!!! <br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>Hey Adam, isn't that kind of like being the toughest man in France <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />BTW, I forgot to mention: The best of my cards are all in the safety deposit box far from the reach of nasty little thieves.

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>Richard,<br /><br />I have both the rigid pages for psa and gai slabs (gai slabs fit in the psa pages but you have to force it a bit) and the 4 pocket flimsy sheets for sgc graded cards (they dont make rigid sheets for sgc slabs). <br /><br />I also thought the rigid sheets were too expensive and bulky (you could only get four or five in a big notebook). In addition, I began crossing all my cards over to sgc. So now I only use the flimsy sheets. <br /><br />I simply store my albums horizontally (always have even with ungraded cards) rather than vertically.<br /><br />The best part is they look great and I can flip through my cards whenever I want. One last thing, the psa and gai slabs are pretty lose fitting in the flimsy sheets - so I stick with rigid for any psa/gai cards Ive still got.

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Posted By: <b>Scott Forrest</b><p>most 120 yr-old photos we find on ebay took 120 years to get as faded as they are now, and that still isn't too bad or we wouldn't be bidding on them. I figure mine can hang on the wall for another 20 years, and if they fade into oblivion (which they won't), I can live with that. Another way to think of it - 200 years ago there were NO photographs on the entire planet, so it's not really that big of a deal.<br /><br />If you have a photo and you like it, hang the damned thing on your wall and don't worry about it - I doubt you'll notice any changes in your lifetime.

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Posted By: <b>Josh K.</b><p>Scott, <br /><br />You are right about not noticing any fading. While Julie is correct, everything will fade over time, it will be so gradual that you will never notice it unless part of it is covered (ie not exposed to light) and part is exposed (for example the edges of a picture under the mat).