storage ideas

[rhaynes74]

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

[Leon]

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

[Jason Carota]

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:




"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.

[rhaynes74]

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!!!)

[Jim VB]

I use the Raiders of the Lost Ark system.

[Jim VB]

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.

[JasonL]

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.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

I use the Raiders of the Lost Ark system.

I believe that is Jim Crandall's basement.

[GoldenAge50s]

Jim---

Is that just your '88 Donruss?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Jim---

Is that just your '88 Donruss?

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

[GoldenAge50s]

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

[PolarBear]

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.

[D. Broughman]

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.

[Jason Carota]

Originally Posted by rhaynes74

does the three drawers in the cabinet have partitions ? Either across or back to front?

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.