Cases. Holders? Cases...

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Drew,

Those look pretty sharp. Do those offer UV protection? Nice presentation.

Z

I believe they do say UV protected plus the plexiglass I used in the case itself has it. On top of that they are in a room with no natural sunlight and the actual room lights are on rarely. The final kicker of course is that I collect lower grade cards so my financial investment in them isn't too high. Haha

Thanks for the kind words.

Drew

[irv]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Good point and I'm actually going to try that. I ordered some penny sleeves for the larger vintage cards yesterday along with some properly sized toploaders. Not sure if the cards in the sleeves will then in turn be too big to go in the Pro Molds, but it's worth trying. I figure a card in a sleeve inside the thicker case won't look all that different than a BVG slab.

I am not happy with my current BVG purchases due to how the cards look, especially in the scans.
Seriously thinking about cracking these out and then just placing them in vintage sleeves and top loaders.

My Mick and Mays, although in older cut sleeves and top loaders, look much better, imo.

[campyfan39]

So are LED lights proven to be better than fluorescent tubes in regards to fading cards?

[irv]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

So are LED lights proven to be better than fluorescent tubes in regards to fading cards?

Fluorescent tubes are terrible and can cause significant damage to other materials, let alone the fading aspect of it.

From what I have read (but do your own research) LED's are the way to go.

[jchcollins]

My oversized penny sleeves and toploaders for 1952-56 finally came in today. Will have to see what I think of them and report back tonight.

Also for some of my more valuable older cards, I'm going to try the penny sleeve with the Pro Mold and see how that works.

[tiger8mush]

Dale, are you using a CCD printer, like a Canon Canoscan? If not, I highly recommend one. They are relatively cheap - just over $100 new. You'll want to rescan your entire collection and they work great on all slabs (BVG included).

Rob

Originally Posted by irv

I am not happy with my current BVG purchases due to how the cards look, especially in the scans.
Seriously thinking about cracking these out and then just placing them in vintage sleeves and top loaders.

My Mick and Mays, although in older cut sleeves and top loaders, look much better, imo.