General Forum

I typically like to penny-sleeve all the cards in a set and then put them in a regular storage box. However, there'll usually be a few cards that are more valuable that I'd like to put in top-loaders, but these won't fit into the box. Does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with this? I could always keep the top-loaded cards in a separate box, but I'd love to keep sets together if possible. Thanks!

You could print out a picture of the card and put the picture in with the rest of the cards.

I put toploaders on top of the other cards in the box.

I have done line C2 for many years, but recently I noticed that

2 row boxes are wide enough for cards in top loaders, as well as all the others..

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I put my Sets in Binders. I, too, put my more valuable Cards in top loaders. I leave a sleeve in the 9 pocket page for the top loaded Card. Recently I have been going through and putting an index card in the sleeve with a description of the Card. I also label the Binder with the info that some Cards to complete the Set are in top loaders. I have my top loaders in open top boxes on top of the Binder Book Shelf. I have top loaders separated by year, also with a description that some complete the Set and are even duplicates of Faves. I have also been looking for rougher Cards on eBay to put in the Binder. I recently purchased a 74 Nolan Ryan and Reggie Jackson in Poor Condition. I have EX/MT in top loaders. I will leave my Collection to my nephew as I have no kids. He is a High School Baseball Coach who I got into collecting at an early age. I do the labeling to make it easy on him to figure out one day.

i put them under my mattress.

i put them under my mattress.

Thanks for all the replies! So far it seems like putting the cards under my mattress is the best option, but the two-row shoeboxes seem pretty good too, I'll look into that. I might move them into binders later on but right now I'd just like some more compact options.

I love the presentation and ease of access to my set that comes with storing them in binders but, I've also been conflicted with the potential for certain types of damage that can occur.

Storing sets in binders ( vertically on shelves)  I've found that the pages can be pulled out of the upper rings of the binders for heavy card stock high gloss cards as well as bending or warping of the cards in the #7 slot of the page.(resulting in a diagonal  "bow" to cards in that location.)

Also the encroachment of dust is a real possibility for the top 3 in the pages if stored vertically.

Allowing the binders to lay flat takes up more space and prevents most of that but then makes it much harder to get to a set that's buried on the bottom of the stack. 

All This however makes me wonder how do my fellow collectors in humid climates  prevent mold/ moisture? Do you use desiccant stickers on the inside of the box lids / flaps??

I have a combination of binders and "shoebox" style 2 row boxes they are nice for toploaders.

As far as addressing the OP I tend to keep the valuable cards penny sleeved but I put a bright yellow yard sale sticker on the top edge so they stand out from the stack.

Thanks for interesting topic!

Happy collecting!

I had a 2005 Topps Justin Verlander RC that was stored in a binder in my downstairs man cave. The downstairs of our house was not climate controlled. It got very cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The laundry room was down there also. We ran a dehumidifier at night. In 2018 I sent the Verlander into PSA and got a GEM MINT 10 on it after staying in that binder 13 years.  We bought another house in September and now my cards are stored climate controlled.