Exactly when did card holders come in to use?

That holder is a good way to keep those corners nice and rounded

[alanu]

When I found my 1972 Topps set in about 1990, it was in a shoe box with rubber bands around each series, so I guess my holders when I was 11 were rubber bands.

[bbcard1]

An interesting yet pointless collection would be to collect all the different kinds of card holders that have been made.

[tbob]

I'm not sure but I have always heard that the reason Carter, Nagy etc. had caramel pre-WW1 cards which were trimmed was because collectors back in the day trimmed the caramel cards to fit in to "holders" designed for T206 size tobacco cards...

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

An interesting yet pointless collection would be to collect all the different kinds of card holders that have been made.

I'm working on it. Pages, holders, a few binders...

Yes, I'm crazy.

I bought the same binder mentioned in 74. Still have it, but I haven't used it in years.

We had a thread about hobby supplies a while back. Lots of good info there.

Steve B

[Eric72]

My earliest hobby recollections were from the late 70's. Back then, I had 9 pocket, side-loading pages, made from good old PVC...practically guaranteed to turn yellow over a relatively short time. I also had pages to fit 1952-56 Topps.

I don't remeber seeing penny sleeves and top loaders until the very early 80's. I believe a '52 Mantle sold at auction for $3,000 in or around 1980 and started the collecting boom that soon saw Card Shops opening up everywhere. Larger selection of supplies following soon thereafter makes sense to me.

[drc]

Lucite's been around for more than 100 years.

[jimivintage]

So, basically, it's so impressive that PSA 9s and 10s even exist from the 60s and earlier. Crazy!