Do any of you find graded cards convenient for set building/storage?

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

Not interested in registries or anything like that, but I just view slabs as a means of a decent holder for cards and a reasonable means of storage.

Slabs and OCD are a good mix.

Don't discount the registry completely. While the competition angle might not appeal to you, consider scanning all of your cards, entering them into the registry, and then creating a digital album. That way, you can sit on your couch (assuming you have a couch) and virtually flip through your cards anytime you want. Here's a link to a digital album.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

Slabs and OCD are a good mix.

Don't discount the registry completely. While the competition angle might not appeal to you, consider scanning all of your cards, entering them into the registry, and then creating a digital album. That way, you can sit on your couch (assuming you have a couch) and virtually flip through your cards anytime you want. Here's a link to a digital album.

The digital album could be cool I guess, but I am pretty hands on when it comes to looking at my cards/sets. I guess if I didn't want to have 100% graded, I could keep the commons in Cardsaver I s (or toploaders. ..there have been many threads on which is better for long term storage ).

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[kailes2872]

In my early/mid 50's baseball sets, I have been getting all of my HOFers and higher priced non-HOFers (Martin Hodges, Yankees team card, etc) graded. I do all PSA 6 & 7 and, as you stated above, there is not a ton of difference in the cost of graded vs non-graded. Since I have had mixed results on the actual grade of a raw card (ExMt tends to be about VG/EX - so I have to buy NM raw to get the equivalent of ExMt graded - which makes the cost negligible), I just buy the grade card and I know what I have.

I keep them in clear containers with lids and have them to look at. I make photo copies and put the photo copy in the binder (along with the raw commons of the set) to help me deal with my OCD tendencies.

As I get to older issues and smaller sets, I will probably start buying most, if not all, graded. The 48 Bowman set is 48 cards, PB 41 set is 72 cards, 33 Delong is 24 cards. I can see getting all of these cards in graded examples unless I run across the right deal and the raw cards are in good shape.

Good Luck in your collecting!