Raw T206 Storage

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

I keep all of my raw cards inside penny card sleeves which are inside Ultra Pro toploaders. Always works well.....

What I like about that arrangement (if you're using the tobacco-size top loaders), is that they are so easy to store. Also, you can take them out easily and put your eyeball on the actual cardboard - for those of you who have never done this, it is really a joy

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Runscott

What I like about that arrangement (if you're using the tobacco-size top loaders), is that they are so easy to store. Also, you can take them out easily and put your eyeball on the actual cardboard - for those of you who have never done this, it is really a joy

I use the bigger (3 x 4 ) holders because I like how easy I can take the cards out. In the smaller tobacco size ones they are more difficult to stick your fingers in. If I were to keep them in binders, which I don't, I would use the smaller tobacco size ones.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

I use the bigger (3 x 4 ) holders because I like how easy I can take the cards out. In the smaller tobacco size ones they are more difficult to stick your fingers in. If I were to keep them in binders, which I don't, I would use the smaller tobacco size ones.

Just pop the top corner against a hard surface - it's slanted, so no way to damage the card. The end of the sleeve comes right out and you can grab it (as opposed to sticking your fingers in).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Just pop the top corner against a hard surface - it's slanted, so no way to damage the card. The end of the sleeve comes right out and you can grab it (as opposed to sticking your fingers in).

I am sure that would work but since I am not a set collector the 3 x 4 top loaders work for almost all size pre-war cards and I can keep them all in neat piles....I like uniformity in my mess .

[jp1216]

I enjoy the set in a box. My father-in-law has now sold about a dozen of these:
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A few left BTW. . PM me first...

[dougscats]

I also keep my collection in the 15 pocket pages. As has been said, it's great for organizing the collection and it's a pleasure to be able to flip through it anytime.

To protect my cards from damage when inserting and removing, I put the card in a halved penny-sleeve, which fits inside the pocket well without squeezing the card, and insert it with a flexible plastic 6" ruler--See scan--I use a utility knife to cut the sleeves in half. Inserting the card driven by the ruler inside the sleeve takes a little practice, but it's pretty easy, and removing the card is as easy as pulling out the plastic sleeve.

Graded cards I represent by either a photo-copy cut to size or a replica card.

Doug

[bbcard1]

The reason i did the inserts was so I could use standard toploads but not have the cards flopping around looking funny.

[jimross]

I stack my t206s tight with rubberband and left them in attic. Hoping they will show ghost overprint when I take them out next time.

[Oscar_Stanage]

Great thread. I have accumulated enough that I am definitely going to take a shot at the monster. I'll have the usual suspects graded and maybe a bunch of others, but plan to keep the remaining cards raw.

I have ~30 raw now, and have gone with 3x4 premium toploaders w/ penny sleeves. However, I just found a nice wood box sized to hold the T206 toploaders so i think I will do that...

1) does Ultra Pro make premium toploaders in the T206 size? in 3x4, the premiums are worth it IMO (clearer plastic), but I am not sure they make premium in the T206 size.

2) does Ultra pro make penny sleeves? cant seem to find them either. I like the 1/2 penny sleeve idea that someone posted above, but would prefer the smaller size.

any answers are appreciated!

[G1911]

At the risk of committing hobby heresy, I store most of mine, p-vg stuff, without any sleeves at all in a small cardboard box. They all have rounded corners already, and I like them the way they were meant to be. Nothing has been damaged yet after a few years of doing this with all my vintage.

If the card is particularly fragile, it gets a tobacco sized penny sleeve and top loader.

[JollyRoger]

Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

Great thread. I have accumulated enough that I am definitely going to take a shot at the monster. I'll have the usual suspects graded and maybe a bunch of others, but plan to keep the remaining cards raw.

I have ~30 raw now, and have gone with 3x4 premium toploaders w/ penny sleeves. However, I just found a nice wood box sized to hold the T206 toploaders so i think I will do that...

1) does Ultra Pro make premium toploaders in the T206 size? in 3x4, the premiums are worth it IMO (clearer plastic), but I am not sure they make premium in the T206 size.

2) does Ultra pro make penny sleeves? cant seem to find them either. I like the 1/2 penny sleeve idea that someone posted above, but would prefer the smaller size.

any answers are appreciated!

These are the ones I was referring to. I think you can find them cheaper if you look around.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29095245376...waAsz6EALw_wcB