Protecting sets in a binder

YazFenway08 · #1 09-23-2022, 07:51 PM

I think paranoia is the right word...

I always stored in binders and ultra pro sheets...but had custom cabinets made so I could store the binders horizontally. I was always just too worried that I would get some sagging/warping/etc and horizontally seemed the best way to go

and I preferred the side loading ultra pro sheets to avoid slippage out the top...not sure ultra pro even makes those anymore

Kutcher55 · #2 09-24-2022, 06:13 AM

The slip cases are an interesting idea. I don’t think ultra pro makes them and I’m kind of invested in a couple hundo of ultra pro equipment that matches nicely. I like the idea of those slip cases though.

Gonefishin I have been doing the same thing with my graded cards in sets. Photographs in the binders. Great minds.

Sounds like most go for vertical although we have a dissenting opinion on that one and the guy is a Yaz fan so he must know what he’s talking about

vintagebaseballcardguy · #3 09-24-2022, 08:18 AM

I bought slip cases and binders from Archival Methods, and they are good products. I still have some sets in them, but I have increasingly moved away from binders in favor of of cards/sets in toploaders/Card Savers in boxes. I didn't do this because I'm afraid of damage, however. I've successfully stored cards in binders for decades with zero issues. The reason I have shifted strategies is due to the fact that I am starting to collect more variations, and I don't want to worry about having to rearrange an entire binder set when I didn't leave enough empty spaces for the variations of a given card. My OCD demands that the variations of a card all be side by side and not have some at the end of a set. I know I'm weird.

I also like being able to "play" with my cards when I want to. I like arranging and then rearranging my early 50s sets. Sometimes I want them in chronological order, and sometimes I want them arranged by team.

mikemb · #4 09-24-2022, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

I bought slip cases and binders from Archival Methods, and they are good products. I still have some sets in them, but I have increasingly moved away from binders in favor of of cards/sets in toploaders/Card Savers in boxes. I didn't do this because I'm afraid of damage, however. I've successfully stored cards in binders for decades with zero issues. The reason I have shifted strategies is due to the fact that I am starting to collect more variations, and I don't want to worry about having to rearrange an entire binder set when I didn't leave enough empty spaces for the variations of a given card. My OCD demands that the variations of a card all be side by side and not have some at the end of a set. I know I'm weird.

I also like being able to "play" with my cards when I want to. I like arranging and then rearranging my early 50s sets. Sometimes I want them in chronological order, and sometimes I want them arranged by team.

My cards have been in binders for years with no issues.

I too have gotten into variations. My sets from 1965 on are in team order but those from 1964 or earlier are arranged in numerical order. So when I get a variation in a set in numerical order, say like number 7, I have to move almost 600 cards to fit it in. (I'm like you, variations MUST go next to or on top or bottom of each other.) I am very careful but really enjoy looking at and holding those cards again.

PS You are not weird. My wife calls my collecting habits "Quirky".

Mike

homerunhitter · #5 09-25-2022, 02:08 PM

I read somewhere that it�s best to lay albums fast instead of standing them up. Anyone else hear this?

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