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So I just finished sorting 2000 1993 stadium club baseball

and it took forever as all the cards were bricking , which is a huge pain in the butt, so does anyone have any secrets to store then to prevent this . 

Very loosely.  The bricking tends to happen because they were packed too tight.

Thanks Bruno , hope your doing well in these trying times

I'd say the obvious, keep in a dry place inside the house and I strongly suggest to avoid garages and attics. Also, certain sheets will eventually cause cards to stick. I've read that they're unsure if it's simply the plastic sheets or the combination of the materials used to make cards glossy coupled with the plastic sheets.

Thanks  joshua

I found this article from the Chicago Times dated 1991 and thought it interesting that this was even a problem then.

''We began testing Stadium Club cards in a variety of sheets, all with 30 pounds of pressure,'' said Topps spokesman Timm Boyle. ''As of this week, we`ve seen no problems. If there are instances where something like this happens, we`d like collectors to send us the cards and sheet so we can test them.''

The article goes on and seems to lay the blame on the plastic sheet companies - but that wouldn't explain bricking in the boxes they come in.

Yep, because they did it in a climate controled process so no accounting for humidity, cold, heat, the gamut. Surprised, guess what causes bricking....

Okay, the extra layers of UV coating didn't help

Sportzcommish wrote:

I found this article from the Chicago Times dated 1991 and thought it interesting that this was even a problem then.

''We began testing Stadium Club cards in a variety of sheets, all with 30 pounds of pressure,'' said Topps spokesman Timm Boyle. ''As of this week, we`ve seen no problems. If there are instances where something like this happens, we`d like collectors to send us the cards and sheet so we can test them.''

The article goes on and seems to lay the blame on the plastic sheet companies - but that wouldn't explain bricking in the boxes they come in.