How Do You STORE Your BASE CARDS?

[Dwade3HeatC]

Me gusta base cards, but they are just taking up lots of space. Where and how do you guys store your base cards? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Scans would be amazing, thanks in advance (if I get any replies :rolleyes:)!


Edit:
Also, what do you do with your base cards? Just let them sit?

[Cubs]

got them in shoe boxes upon shoe boxes. alphabatized

[dbackfan12]

By team in 3500 count boxes

[dbacksfan4life]

All penny sleeved in 3500 count boxes. All alphabatized.

[AwesomeJuice]

I put sets in 9 card sleeves in 3 ring binder. Base goes in those cardboard boxes that you get boxes in

[matvoo]

Put all my base in my shoebox and at end of the year i sell them on craigslist for cheap

[PackRipper]

Rookies together, prospect cards together, verterans together. All alphabetized by the players first name.

[ToppsCollector1]

Sets and side collections in binders, extras in shoeboxes

[rojallad]

Throughout the year I will put all of my base and other virtually worthless cards in a two row. When it gets filled up, I give them away on here. Not sure why anyone would keep thousands of worthless cards. I could see keeping a select few that you liked but.....hoarding base....

[edclay]

Pile them next to the fireplace :devil:

[Julz24]

I keep mine in 3500 boxes. Organized by year, team, position, player and brand. I have custom cabinets built when I run out of room so they stow away nicely.

[tajikey]

I keep mine at the city dump.

[mrdallas]

Garbage works for me

[IronMonkey415]

Use them as decoy for cards that I sell on ebay.

Some say "thank you for the extra cards"
One gay said "Stop including pieces of crap base cards, I have no use for them."

That guy hurt me a lot.

[Addison]

I keep all mine unorganized (need to get organized) in stacks in a cabinet and the ones I get signed I keep in a binder.

[mrdallas]

Use them as decoy for cards that I sell on ebay.

Some say "thank you for the extra cards"
One gay said "Stop including pieces of crap base cards, I have no use for them."

That guy hurt me a lot.

One gay said "Stop including pieces of crap base cards, I have no use for them."
That guy hurt me a lot.

Ask for loob next time.... Lol

Just because it is too easy

[Dwade3HeatC]

Pile them next to the fireplace :devil:

Great idea!!!!!

[crazy4kinsler]

I keep all of mine sorted numerically by brand and year. I have literally a ton since the 1980s. I own a card store and am planning on putting them in there shortly. What I want to do is have people come in with needs/wants and trade like 2/1 of the same brand. They give me 2 1990 Topps (no matter the player) and they get 1 of mine (no matter the player). That way, the years can stay loaded. If they don't want to trade (which would be free), they would be charged low BV (usually 1-2 cents) on any of them.

There's a guy in Plano that does that and I really enjoy going in there looking for stuff to complete sets and/or player PCs. So I figured I'd give it a try. Obviously the stars and nicer RCs would be pulled, but everything would be in those boxes.

[toppsman]

All of my base are in 3500 count boxes, organized by year and brand and all in numerical order. I have about 90,000 right now. Trying to trim back, but then again, 2014 Topps Series 1 will add another box to the stack.

[phizeta564]

Put one set of each in 9 card sleeves and binder and put the rest in 3500 ct boxes until I trade them in for credit at my LCS

[HYPTZEMDSTRPLES]

Use them as decoy for cards that I sell on ebay.

Some say "thank you for the extra cards"
One gay said "Stop including pieces of crap base cards, I have no use for them."

That guy hurt me a lot.

Heh, I just got a card today with an extra junk common.He even bothered putting it in a sleeve.At least it's someone on my team.

[Ty Hope]

I throw them all away. Small houses over here in Japan...

[HYPTZEMDSTRPLES]

Sadly, I took most of mine to Goodwill last year.

[Dwade3HeatC]

I throw them all away. Small houses over here in Japan...

Throw them away????!

[death2redemptions]

I use them to chop up lines of coke

[Kelper7]

One gay said "Stop including pieces of crap base cards, I have no use for them."
That guy hurt me a lot.

Ask for loob next time.... Lol

Just because it is too easy

Or lube…

Just because it is too easy.

[Alex52]

I use them to chop up lines of coke

:special: I'm not gonna smell any cards I get from you... Not that I normally smell cards. :D

[Dwade3HeatC]

All penny sleeved in 3500 count boxes. All alphabatized.

All penny sleeved? For base cards? That's impressive :)!

[Dwade3HeatC]

I'd like to know more!

[Jake128387]

All penny sleeved in 3500 count boxes. All alphabatized.

You penny sleve every base card?! Must be a lot of work:)!

[jake312]

I have them in set boxes by year and shoe boxes are easy and neat!

[Homerun]

I put all mine in penny sleeves, then toploaders.

[ToppsCollector1]

All penny sleeved in 3500 count boxes. All alphabatized.

Ive contemplated doing this with extras, but adding toploaders

Doesnt seem like a good idea

[bobthewondercat]

Reverse alphanumeric ordering (Dewey Decimal System for tiebreakers). Penny sleeves inside 4-screw screwdowns. All in matching Muppets lunchboxes.

[Dwade3HeatC]

Reverse alphanumeric ordering (Dewey Decimal System for tiebreakers). Penny sleeves inside 4-screw screwdowns. All in matching Muppets lunchboxes.

I keep mine in water

[JBird]

i put them back in a pack after scribbling on one, reseal it and sell it as a "hot pack" on eBay.




I kid, I kid

[Bryan407]

I make boxes out of wood. I measure the top loader or card and build a custom wood box around them. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/02/u6a8u6ep.jpg
For example, and yes I have lots.

[Crisscross4767]

I built my house out of base cards so technically the base cards store me instead of me storing them.

[ILOVEBEER]

I keep mine at the city dump.

This made me laugh. Yeah, I stopped keeping base cards. Takes up too much room. I know people donate them, but i have been selling them in about 2000 card lots.

[Antmoon5]

This hate for base cards still intrigues me. There are still set collectors out there like me.

[sonnyday]

Usually wipe my ass with them then mail them back to the card manufacturers so they can include in future buyback products.

[Crisscross4767]

This hate for base cards still intrigues me. There are still set collectors out there like me.

Yeah like he said. In all seriousness though I create sets out of mine and put the ones that I'm close to completing in binders. The rest go in boxes.

[Bob Loblaw]

I literally just threw out 20k.

[ToppsCollector1]

I built my house out of base cards so technically the base cards store me instead of me storing them.

Do you live in russia by any chance? :D

This hate for base cards still intrigues me. There are still set collectors out there like me.

Yes there are. I collect base sets.

Yeah like he said. In all seriousness though I create sets out of mine and put the ones that I'm close to completing in binders. The rest go in boxes.

This is what I do as well. I have to have a specific number of cards from a set before I begin putting them in pages

[Doublexthebeast]

I get a case or two worth built up and list them on Ebay in a big lot. Put them in a flat rate box and get rid of that crap. Buyers get a great deal on a lot of freshly pulled cards and I get them out of my house.

[num1jrfan]

i keep mine in either trash bags. i kidd i kidd.

i ussually keep them for a few months then bring them to the hospital for the kids.