Treasure hidden in plain sight!

[frankhardy]

Originally Posted by jimtigers65

Shane, great story. Mine is similar to yours. I’m a Detroit Tigers collector and have a complete run of 1952 to current, 49 to 55 Bowman’s and working on the inserts. I also collect Tigers autographs on Topps cards and run into the same problem as you. I pull a card out of album to send for an autograph. Sometimes I’ll have to replace it. My question to you; do you separate your autograph cards from non-autograph cards in your binders? For example, I have a binder of 1957-1969 non-autograph Tigers. I have a separate binder for my autograph Tigers cards in year order.

Great question that is right up my alley!

Yes, I do have them separate. For my autographs, I have an album for 1952 to 1974 Topps. I have a second album for 1975 to present Topps.

My team set albums go like this -

1950's Topps
1960's Topps
1970's Topps
1980's Topps
1990's Topps
2000's Topps
2010's Topps
Topps Tiffany
Topps Misc #1 (1951 up to 1989)
Topps Misc #2 (1990 up to 1998)
Topps Misc #3 (2003 up to present; no misc cards from 1999 to 2002)
Topps Odd Sized (large/bulky cards)
Topps Chrome
Topps Chrome Refractors
Topps and Bowman Heritage
Bowman
Fleer
Donruss
Fleer Misc
Donruss Misc
Upper Deck
Score & Sportflics
Miscellaneous (mostly vintage)

Autos
1952-1974 Topps
1974 to present Topps