1958 Topps Race to the Finish

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by Tomman1961

Samsdaddy/Bob Lemke. I also remember the fear of PVC sheets with plastisizer added for softness. What is the thought today? I worked for a company in 2002 that had samples of PVC products made in 1970, stored for customers.By 2002 the samples were a gooey mess. If I bought sheets made in 1979, will they turn my complete 1955 Topps set into a gooey mess?

I am no expert in this area but my thinking is why not just buy new sheets. You know today's sheets are top quality, won't damage your cards and are fairly inexpensive. Sure it will be a pain to transfer all your sets over but you will have peace of mind.

I do not have a huge collection as I have returned to the hobby after being away for a while. All my cards are in penny sleeves and then inserted into Top Loaders or Card Saver 1's. I used to have some sets in sheets but some of the cards would creep up in the sheets exposing the top and it drove this OCD guy insane.

[Tomman1961]

Samsdaddy:
Point well taken.Time to get them into new pages, and stop asking the question.I think it is time I break down and buy new pages for my sets instead of crossing my fingers. Maybe we are saying to collectors that have this fear-spend the pennies to save your cards.
In my post I was saying I worked for a company in 2002 that had customer samples stored away. The samples were the size of an index card, and used as color matches for their vinyl products. 30 years later after the customers were long gone, I decided to clean out the samples room.The samples were 3 x 5 by about 1/8" thick. And slimy.
Tomorrow I buy 8 pocket pages for by 1953-1956 Topps.
Thank-Tom

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by Tomman1961

Samsdaddy:
Point well taken.Time to get them into new pages, and stop asking the question.I think it is time I break down and buy new pages for my sets instead of crossing my fingers. Maybe we are saying to collectors that have this fear-spend the pennies to save your cards.
In my post I was saying I worked for a company in 2002 that had customer samples stored away. The samples were the size of an index card, and used as color matches for their vinyl products. 30 years later after the customers were long gone, I decided to clean out the samples room.The samples were 3 x 5 by about 1/8" thick. And slimy.
Tomorrow I buy 8 pocket pages for by 1953-1956 Topps.
Thank-Tom

Good idea Tom. It will be a wise purchase.

As I have said before, the 1958 Topps All-Star Sub set is one of my all time favorite group of cards. Musial, Mays and Mantle are the best IMO.

[Bob Lemke]

We took a lot of heat for running that PVC-sheets article . . . mostly from those who sold the sheets. But I knew we were right at the time, and the passage of time has proved it.

[Volod]

Krause advertisers too, I'll bet. Probably 95% of companies with a vested financial interest in a product will attack the messenger rather than take a hard look at the product when questions are raised...money overrules common sense.