How to best preserve Sporting Life Cabinets?

[h2oya311]

Awesome Tyge! I’m interested in how best to preserve W600 Cabs as well. That’s awesome that you have a Cobby! Amazing! I’ll defer to the W600 collectors on this forum, but I’d also love to see a few pics of a few that you have. Might be some really rare ones in there…

[Baseball Rarities]

Would love to see an image of your Cobb. What a great card.

I use 4 mil Mylar sleeves with acid-free backings for my cabinet cards. The sleeves come in a ton of different sizes and the backings can be cut down to fit whatever is needed.

https://www.bcemylar.com/

https://www.egerber.com/catalog_archives.htm

[TygeBrahe]

Thanks all
Sounds like perhaps a second lateral layer of Mylar or acid free board in a larger protective sleeve would prevent slipping.

I understand the interest in the Cobb card. It’s tragic that it’s the most damaged of them all, but you can’t pick these things.

I also have two Honus Wagners, both subtly different. One Wagner and the Cobb are in safety deposit and I’ll need to get them out before I can snap a photo, but I’m planning on doing that soon anyways which is why I asked for advice! The other Wagner I have is not in as great shape and I can post a photo later in the week when I’m back in person with it.

I’ve received a few DMs from folks asking what all the cards in the group are, I will itemize them all for you all at some point.

In total the collection is about 30 cards.

[TygeBrahe]

Here's a couple that I pulled out.

[TygeBrahe]

Obviously this guy gets a lot of attention

[Jay Wolt]

TB man those are sweet! Especially the Wags

[BeanTown]

Agreed, great eye candy and congrats for keeping in the family for all these years.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by TygeBrahe

Obviously this guy gets a lot of attention

Those are all very nice looking ones

Thanks for Sharing

If you ever decide to sell the Wagner let me know I maybe interested

[bigfanNY]

The mylar sheet with backing is great. I do that and then store them in Itoya art portfolios an 8 1/2 x 11 inch black book. That makes them easier to access and show family and friends.
The subtle differences in your Wagners is a result of them being issued over a number if years. So the decorations on the cardboard cabinets changed as well as the fonts of the lettering. Many players had both suit and tie ( Street clothes ) as well as baseball uniform issued. Your Moran is an example of street cloths. SB1 on this forum has the largest collection of these I have ever even heard of. I am sure if you reach out to him ( Scott) he can help you date them or group them by type.
Great group of cards thank you for sharing them with us.