Vintage set collectors - best way to store ungraded sets

[bsuttonosu]

...do you store them upright or on their sides? I see Kevin has his laying flat on their sides in the safe. I store mine flat like that but upright is easier and more space efficient on most shelves. I have this constant worry about the pages (and cards) warping due to the weight with some of those big Topps sets. Any strategy to deal with that?

[Cardboard Junkie]

I store mine in penny sleeves and rigid toploaders in shoe boxes and super shoe boxes......more recent sets are raw and topps sets from 82 up are factory sealed. (the 82 is opened but still in the jc penny box).

[stlcardsfan]

I store my 59-80 sets in D ring binders with ultra pro 9 pocket pages. I lay them flat. My binders are a little different. I used to deal with a company that provided Rawlings salesmen the binders they would use and I got a bunch of them for free. They are a nice complement since they are of course baseball related.

[Jason Carota]

My '58 Hires no tab set is in a binder. I lay it flat, as well.

[Vintagevault13]

Thanks for the opinions so far. I am really enjoying reading the entries. I have added a poll at the top so please be sure to vote.

[darkhorse9]

I'm OCD with my ungraded sets. I keep them in binders with any inserts from the packs included. They're in 3" binders with an extra copy of a Hall Of Famer on the outside to identify the set.

[jasonc]

Vintage sets are in binders. I only have a few vintage sets through, just like flipping through the pages better than top loaders.

BTW, nice display darkhorse.