1952 Topps Discussion?

[Vintagevault13]

I applaud you for making this decision. It sounds like this journey is for a collection and not an investment and I can assure you that you and your kids will enjoy the cards even more as you hold them. This may sound crazy, but I swear that I can still smell bubblegum on some of my 52's! I would encourage you to get to know sellers/dealers that you can trust so you can avoid alterations and/or fakes, especially on the higher value cards. A nice alternative to the grading slab is to keep the cards in penny sleeves and top loaders. Ultra Pro makes these for the larger 52-56 Topps and they provide excellent protection at a low cost.

Continued luck on your journey.


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[journeyto407]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

I applaud you for making this decision. It sounds like this journey is for a collection and not an investment and I can assure you that you and your kids will enjoy the cards even more as you hold them. This may sound crazy, but I swear that I can still smell bubblegum on some of my 52's! I would encourage you to get to know sellers/dealers that you can trust so you can avoid alterations and/or fakes, especially on the higher value cards. A nice alternative to the grading slab is to keep the cards in penny sleeves and top loaders. Ultra Pro makes these for the larger 52-56 Topps and they provide excellent protection at a low cost.

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Thanks so much Vintage. It just makes more sense for a number of reasons...and thanks for the heads up for getting to know the vendos. It's a shame that that's the case, but such is life.

Question, so with 52 Topps raw, will they fit in the Ultra Pro Platinum 9-slot pages?

[journeyto407]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

A nice alternative to the grading slab is to keep the cards in penny sleeves and top loaders. Ultra Pro makes these for the larger 52-56 Topps and they provide excellent protection at a low cost.

Vintage...so do they make pages where I can put the card in a penny sleeve, then a top loader, and then in an ultra pro page? (better protection than just putting them in the page by itself)

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by journeyto407

Vintage...so do they make pages where I can put the card in a penny sleeve, then a top loader, and then in an ultra pro page? (better protection than just putting them in the page by itself)

I am not aware of any sheets like that. You can put the vintage sleeves/top-loaders in the 4-card Ultra Pro sheets if you want to use a binder. I believe I saw that you were using them for your graded cards. These will work the same, but actually stay in the pockets better. Best of both worlds.


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[NateMack]

I have my 54T set in top loaders and in the 4 card sheets. I tried this as a whim and it turned out pretty nice for display purposes. The 54 set is only 250 cards though and it fills up a 3 inch binder pretty tight...

Just thought I would chime in...

Thanks,
Nate Mack