card saving inception dates?

[glynparson]

Peter is correct in 1988 it was in Copeland's collection. Was on the Wal Mart tour for its eventual giveaway in 1995.

[steve B]

I bought the first 9 pocket pages I saw in 1974, there was a small binder with the team logos on it too. Really poor pages, almost no extra room, and while it was sideload two of the columns loaded right next to each other so the cards could slide out and get creased on the other card.

First screwdown I saw was a sample the local shop got. Very nice, plastic screws and an insert so the card didn't get clamped in the holder. Almost like a slab, but with screws.

The next were folded over lexan. Pinched the cards on one end, but they were pretty secure. There was a batch of fairly nice commercially made ones than later someone I think local to Boston did a lot of homemade ones that weren't all that nice.

One of the things I need to scan is the big "collection" of card storage supplies I have since I didn't get rid of any.

Steve B

[begsu1013]

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[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

was there a monumental sale of a wagner in 87/88? (not that all of them aren't)

1988 was when Jim Copeland bought the "Nr-Mt" Wagner (after Mastro trimmed it). He then sold it to Gretzky and McNall in 1991, at which time PSA graded it (the first card they ever graded). They then sold it to Wal-Mart in 1995, I think.

[Exhibitman]

We used various photo albums in the mid-1970s. There were albums with plastic pages that were pretty decent at protecting the cards. Not quite sure when the formal card pages came into use as I dropped out of the hobby from 1981 through 1988 or so. I know that by 1988 when I went to a show for the first time in years there were a ton of products.

[vintagesportscollector]

Here's my 'card locker' from the '70s. Just pulled it out of the attic . Still filled with a '74 Topps set, sorted by team.

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[glchen]

I have one of those Sport Lockers too that I got in the 80s! I have a bunch of worthless 87 Topps inside!

I thought that top loaders were available around 1984 already? My "prized" 1984 Donruss Mattingly I purchased around that time in a card shop already in a top loader.

[glynparson]

bought many cards in those single piece of hard plastic open on three sides one curved edge. barely separated to slide card into. they also made them so they could stand up. many of the rookie cards i bought back then were in these types of holders

[Section103]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Here's my 'card locker' from the '70s. Just pulled it out of the attic . Still filled with a '74 Topps set, sorted by team.

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I had that EXACT case. Then I went low-tech and used Nike shoe boxes for the inevitable overflow of cards.

[JTysver]

Moving on to the Cards in Spokes- I remember doing that in 1973. I think it went out of fashion as skateboards started replacing bikes.